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Valentine's Day Cards

With V-day coming up, I decided to make a bunch of cards for this occasion.

The card below was made with scrap papers, ribbon, and acrylic lettering. I inked the edges to give it an antique look and put puff pieces behind the hearts to give it more dimension.


This next card (below), I used these glossy heart stickers to make a flower and used a fabric sticker for the center. I used ribbon to make the stem and leaves of the flower. I created the bee out of puff pieces and used a sharpy to make the black lines. I cut small pieces of wire to make the antennas. The bee's wings were made from this clear silk flower. Once again, I used puff pieces to give the flower petals dimension.




This next card (below), I made by using my leftover pink swirly twirly border. I painted the chipboard circle with pink ink chalk, and then placed a fabric sticker on top. I used 3 different types of ribbon overall. I added the rhinestones to jazz up the card.




This next card (below) looks simple, but it actually took a really long time to do. The big flower is chipboard. I painted it pink and then put this thing on it to make it shiny. I took a long time to try. The heart is also made of chipboard. I added those beads to give the page texture. I wrote the xoxo in red and added the fabric embellishment to it.


This next card is one of my favorites (below). I used puff pieces to raise the patterned paper on the card. I rounded the edges and inked all edges in a light pink ink chalk. Then I cut the 2 flower petals out to make a heart. I attached the flower with a big baby blue round bag. I used rub ons for the letters.

This next card started out with me practicing my stamping. The leaves of the flower are a stamp. I used two different flowers and held them down with an antique brad. I also used antique brads for more texture. The xoxo are rub ons. Of course, I also used puff pieces to raise the picture on the card.


This last card was tiring to make. The flowers are actually rub ons, but they took forever to put on because they would not rub on. The U and ME are acrylic letters and they are actually red. I added brownish gold rhinestones to give the card more details. I finished on the card with a green ribbon that has flowers on it.


I need to learn to be more efficient because these cards took a few days to make.

New Projects for the New Year

Hello again! Today I accomplished a few things. First, I made a lovely accordion tin album. See below.

This is the front cover. The tin came with a sticker that covers the entire front tin. I added the tag and used puff pieces to give it a 3d look and inked the edges to give it that antique look. Again, I really need to be more aware when I take my photos. Sorry for that shrimp chip bag in the back.

The tin opens up and has 6 pages. See above. Each page is different and you can put pictures on all of the pages. It seemed like an easy project when I started, but 2.5 hours later, I realized it was not as easy as it looked. Overall, it's a very cute gift to give to someone.

Next, I tried making a Valentines day card. See below. I used chipboard and colored it with chalk ink. The swirly twirly line of magenta is a felt sticker. I held the two flowers together with a rhinestone brad. The word "love" is a metal embellishment. The inside of the card contains the definition of the word love.


I had extra materials, so I made a matching magnet. See below. I used this square cork board magnet that I got from Jo Ann's and glued paper on it. Then I added the magenta felt swirly twirly sticker, the "lovely" embellishment, and then the pink rhinestones. I left the space on top so that a picture could be added.


My aunt made this super cute "he loves me, he loves me not" card. See below. It looks simple to make, but it took a really long time. She had to tear the paper in a precise way, cut the flowers, and then individually cut and apply the rub on letters. A lot of work, but it is so cute.


Our scrapbooking adventures continue on tomorrow. Hopefully we'll be more productive, but creativity takes a lot of time. I'm also hoping to squeeze in a trip to Jo Ann's again. Yay!

Big Haul From Joann's Fabrics

I love scrapbook shopping especially if I find really good deals. This week I found at Joann's that all clearance items were an additional 50% off. Love it!!! I spent $60 (I know, it's kind of a lot considering how much stuff I already have), but I got:

-2 8.5 x 3 photo albums - Regular $14.99; Sale $4 and $5
-1 12x12 photo album - Regular $19.99; Sale $5
-1 stack of far east 6x6 paper - Regular $14.99; Sale $4
-4 packs of chipboard letters (about 50+ letters) - Regular $5-6; Sale $1.50
-1 clear paint pale - Regular $4.99 - used my 40% coupon on this, it wasn't on sale
-2 travel rub on sheets - Sale $0.98 each
-7 assorted embellishment packs $.98 each
-2 accordion in a tin projects $1.89 each
-5 packs of easy to make pages (they make about 3-4 pages and comes with all the embellishments) - Regular $5.99; Sale $1.50
*These are rough estimates.




I can't wait to use these things!!! I'm about to spend the next 3 afternoons scrapbooking. Hopefully i'll be able to complete some projects soon.

Leila's Shadow Box

So I made this for my cousin Leila for Christmas. It's a shadow box. I don't think you can see the 3d effect of it, but it looks pretty nice.

Materials:
-1 12x12 black wooden shadow box
-3 sheets of 12x12 reversible cardstock paper
-2 big flowers
-2 small flowers

-1 button
-1 gem brad
-1 metal date thing
-red letters (can use anything)