Cocoa's Heart- I {Heart] You :-)

Hi Stampers!

Today I am posting on the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps blog and wanted to share a fun Valentine’s Day card that I created with a few more of Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps (SNSS) Digital Stamps- Cocoa’s Heart and Valentine’s Day Greetings.

Did you know that Sweet ‘n SassyStamps has over 200 exclusive digital stamp images (also known as “digi’ or “digis”) in the online store?  Are you intimidated by digi stamps- you do not need to be...they are so easy to use and you can print them out and color them just like a normal stamp image.

One thing I personally love about digi stamps is that you can re-size them to fit your design plus they do not take up the space in your craft room :-)

I decided to use the Splitcoaststampers’ SC568 Sketch Challenge  along with the Just Add Ink JAI294 "Add Something New" Blog Hop (both of these digital images are new to me :-)) for inspiration.

I hope you will find the time to check out both of these challenge sites as well as the SNSS Blog Post :-).

To create this card:

Insert the digital images for Cocoa’s Heart along with the sentiment from the Valentine’s Day Greeting set ( I cropped and re-sized the sentiment).   

Print the images out onto a piece of 8 1/2" x 11" Whisper White cardstock and color the Cocoa’s Heart image using Spectrum Noir™ Alcohol Markers along with a Faber-Castell® Pitt Penn marker to add the checked border. 

Fussy-cut out the heart, mount onto white cardstock and fussy-cut around the heart to create a white border.

Add additional shimmer to the heart using an AquaPainter™ with Frost White Shimmer Paint over the entire heart (but not Cocoa) and add Crystal Effects® to his nose (both are a bit difficult to see in the photos).

Emboss a piece of Smoky Slate cardstock with the Happy Hearts Textured Impressions™  Embossing Folder and layer onto Basic Black cardstock.

Add the embossed panel to the Whisper White card base, layer the black and white polka dot background and add the Cocoa's Heart and Valentine's Day Greeting sentiment using Stampin' Dimensionals®.

Use the Owl Builder Punch to punch out two little hearts from Melon Mambo cardstock, layer onto on

Another view trying to show the shimmer :-)

e another and add to the banner along with the Rhinestone to finish off the card.

This was a fun card for me to create- I hope you will try some of the digital images for yourself- if you have any questions, please feel free to ask in the comment area :-)

Stamp Sets:  Cocoa's Heart, Valentine's Day Greetings (both digital images from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps)

Ink: Printer Ink, Spectrum Noir™ Alcohol Markers- Blender, BP6, DR5, PP5, BGR3; Frost White Shimmer Paint, Faber-Castell® Pitt Penn marker

Paper:  Whisper White, Basic Black, Smoky Slate, Melon Mambo; retired Neutrals Background Paper

Accessories: Big Shot™ , Happy Hearts Textured Impressions™  Embossing Folder ,  Punches- Owl Builder, Hexagon; Rhinestone, AquaPainter™ 

Hugs and have a blessed week, my friends!! 

What I Love- You!

Hi Friends! 

I hope all of you had a wonderful weekend!  I have been working on a few projects and wanted to share a quick, easy Valentine’s Day card using the new What I Love (2016 SAB set) along with the Bloomin’ Love (Occasions Mini set).

I decided to incorporate the Create with Connie and Mary CCMC388 Color Challenge as well as the Pals Paper Arts PPA282 Sketch and if you have not had a chance to either site yet, I encourage you to do so, fabulous inspiration from all!

To create this Clean and Simple (CAS) card: 

Trim a piece of Whisper White cardstock and mount onto the Blackberry Bliss card base.

Ink the heart image from Bloomin’ Love with Blackberry Bliss Classic Ink and stamp onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock.

Using the Bermuda Bay and Pear Pizzazz Stampin’ Write Markers, color the flower centers as well as around the leaves/ background and carefully fussy-cut out the heart (be careful as you color since the Blackberry Bliss Classic Ink will definitely run if you touch it too much with your markers :-)).

Ink the banner stamp with Blackberry Bliss Classic Ink, stamp onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock, fussy-cut the banner and mount the banner behind the fussy-cut heart image.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Heart Framelits™ to cut a heart from Bermuda Bay and Blackberry Bliss cardstock, split the Blackberry Bliss in half and adhere behind the Bermuda Bay heart.

Mount the fussy-cut heart/banner onto the layered cardstock heart using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Happy Heart Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Pear Pizzazz cardstock, trim and mount onto a piece of Blackberry Bliss cardstock and mount the panel onto the card front.

Ink the sentiment from What I Love using Blackberry Bliss Classic Ink and stamp onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock. 

Trim the sentiment panel and mount onto a piece of Blackberry Bliss cardstock, adhere this panel to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Mount the heart layer to the card front to finish off the card.

Quick, easy and fun!!  You know me, I may have to add a few Rhinestones or Pearls but tried to leave it CAS for now :-)

Stamp Sets:  Bloomin’ Love (2016 Occasions Mini), What I Love (2016 SAB)

Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Stampin’ Write Markers- Bermuda Bay, Pear Pizzazz

Paper: Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Blackberry Bliss, Pear Pizzazz

Accessories: Big Shot™, Happy Hearts Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder

Thanks again for stopping by- hugs and have a blessed week, my friends!

HYCCT1501B Love You

Hi Again Friends!

This card was created for Splitcoaststampers’ HYCCT1501B Dini’s “Lend A Hand” Challenge along with the Create with Connie and MaryCCMC375 Sketch and the Just Add Ink JAI282 Inspiration Challenge.

I do not have any stamps with hands but remembered this retired Stampin’ Up! stamp from the Handmade with Love II Angel Policy stamp set, so I did a bit of creative stamping :-)

To create this card:

Directly apply the Smoky Slate Classic Ink pad to the interior of the Happy Hearts Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock.

Trim the embossed panel, use the ink splatter stamp from Gorgeous Grunge to apply Melon Mambo Classic Ink to the background and mount onto a piece of Basic Gray cardstock.

Add the Silver Cord across the panel and adhere the panel to a piece of Melon Mambo cardstock, trim and mount again onto the Whisper White card base.

Cut a few pieces of sticky note paper to cover the top and bottom of the hand image stamp and ink with Melon Mambo Classic Ink, remove the masks and stamp onto Whisper White cardstock. 

Repeat this step for three images and cut out using the Big Shot™ with the Square Collections Framelits™.  Cut additional squares with the same framelit™ from Smoky Slate and Basic Gray cardstock, split these squares in half and adhere behind the stamped images.

Mount the hand images onto the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Ink the sentiment from the retired set, Short & Sweet using Smoky Slate Classic Ink onto Whisper White cardstock, trim and create the banner points with the Hexagon Punch, mount onto Basic Gray cardstock and create the banner with the Hexagon Punch.

Adhere the sentiment to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Add Rhinestones to the center of the hearts on each hand image to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Hand Stamped with Love II, Short & Sweet (both retired Stampin’ Up!)

Ink: Melon Mambo, Smoky Slate

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Gray, Smoky Slate, Melon Mambo

Accessories: Big Shot™, Square Collection Framelits™, Silver Cord, Hexagon Punch, Rhinestones 

Thanks again for stopping by- I will be sharing more of the cards that I created this weekend shortly!! Hugs and have a great weekend, my friends!