Tiddbits from Dawn

A-mazing Valentine

Happy Valentines Day! I saved the final Valentine card I made to share today. This one was for a special teenage boy. I find the older boys get the harder it is to make cards for them. This one is a throwback to something he used to make for us when he was little. Take a look and then I'll explain.

Included with every card he used to give us a maze was included. They were all hand drawn either on the back of the card or on a separate piece of paper. It was so cute and I still have mine! When I saw this download for my Silhouette I knew this would be the perfect card. The sentiment was included in the download only it had "ME" at the end so I searched my fonts until I found the perfect match. I resized it and cut it out to complete the front of the card.

Inside the card I used Thoughtful Banners and Teeny Tiny Wishes to create a sentiment to go along with the outside sentiment. Then a couple of rows of little hearts were added with an image from Heart Happiness.

And I hope your Valentines Day is AMAZING too! We're having a little Valentine pancake dinner with pancakes shaped like hearts. I did this last year for our grandchildren. We'll make it a tradition by continuing this year. Their parents will be home later tonight and we'll head home tomorrow...to rest! :)  - Dawn

 

A Pretty Basket

If it was Easter I could have used "A Tisket A Tasket" as a title for today's post but my basket's not green or yellow. Take a look....

 

This is a new Sale-A-Bration bundle coming on February 16th. It includes this stamp set called Blossoming Basket and the coordinating Dynamic Textured Embossing Folder called Basket Weave. Isn't it pretty? I couldn't resist when Stampin' Up! released these for Demonstrators to pre-purchase before they become available as Sale-A-Bration items on February 16th. This bundle will be free with a $100 purchase. For my card Rich Razzleberry card stock was embossed with the Basket Weave EF. It looks pretty here but even prettier in person. The basket is so easy to color with the Stampin' Blends. I used Rich Razzleberry to color the blossoms. Since I love Bermuda Bay with Rich Razzleberry I added Bermuda Bay by bringing it in with that sweet scalloped circle and the current Sale-A-Bration item, Shimmer Ribbon also in Bermuda Bay. Every basket needs a bow! I left off a sentiment on the front of the card but it would work for just about any occasion.

Inside the card I added one of the sentiments and the little butterfly included in the Blossoming Basket stamp set.

I think you'll love the new products that are coming to Sale-A-Bration next week. I've got to get my Valentine cards ready to get into the mailbox! I can't believe that it's Friday already. I hope you have a great weekend! - Dawn

Here's a video from Stampin' Up! all about the Blossoming Basket Bundle.

 

 

Bikin' Valentines

This Valentine card is being brought to you by a pretty Emerald Envy and Tempting Turquoise bike.

That bike basket is so cute and the perfect place to put a whole bunch of hearts from Heart Happiness. The problem is there's no lid on that basket and those hearts just float off taking Valentine greetings along with them. The sentiment fit perfectly with this card and it's from Bloomin' Love. Right now love isn't just in the air it's everywhere!

Inside the card I used a banner and xoxo from Bloomin' Love too.

I know that's an Emerald Envy spot on the inside of this card. It happened because there was a little ink on my fingernail and I didn't realize it. I'll fix that when I sign the card by writing over it with my Emerald Envy Stampin' Write Marker. As one of my friends says, "there's always plan B". :)

I'm going to try to stick to plan A today and get some cards made and my Valentine goodies for the grands gathered and ready for delivery. Hope I don't have to resort to plan B! Have a great day! - Dawn

 

Valentine Treat Holder

I've got a really quick and easy treat holder for you today! And it's all on a video tutorial. I'll show you a couple of pictures and then I have a video tutorial to show you how to make it. I promise it's easy. Check out the pictures and if you like them and want to make some yourself then watch the video. Let me know if you think I sound like I'm from the south. I don't think so but others say yes!

This is a re-make of a project I did a few years ago and I'd seen others make these too. I used updated tools for this one as some tools retired. :(

Here's a side view...

If you'd like instructions here's the video...

Have a great day! - Dawn

 

Running Into 40

Sunday our oldest son turns 40 and I can hardly believe it! I struggled with what card to make him but he loves to run so this is what I came up with for his 40th.

I can't really say our son is running to get to forty like this guy but there are worse things that could be found at the finish line! I used a combination of a lot of things I had around here to make this card. It started with Soft Sky and Garden Green card stock. To cut the grassy hills I used some Lawn Fawn dies. The runner is from a small set of running stamps I found in a clearance bin somewhere. They're by Stampabilities. The finish line is in sight and the banner, on which I printed "happy", is cut with the banner die from the Bike Builder Framelits. The retired Little Numbers Dies cut the "40" out of Elegant Eggplant card stock. Of course, it has to be a sunny day, although it was freezing cold on the day he arrived 40 years ago, so I put a WPlus 9 sunshine die cut in the corner. It's from their Sunshine Layers die set. The tennis shoes are from the Epic Celebrations Sale-A-Bration stamp set. They're orange because he's a huge Clemson fan! :)

Inside the card I added another pair of these tennis shoes, both pair are colored with Pumpkin Pie & Smoky Slate Stamp 'n Blends. The sentiment is from Epic Celebrations too. It's stamped in Elegant Eggplant too although it looks black here.

This card went straight into the mail this morning. Now to get our granddaughter's card made this afternoon. I think I have that one figured out already but that doesn't mean it will end up like I've planned! But first I've got an appointment to get to and I don't want to be late. I hope your day is terrific! - Dawn

A Joy Fold Valentine

I love a good Joy Fold card! They're so much fun to make and the ladies at my Cards & Coffee class Monday thought so too.

It was up to the Sure Do Love You and Heart Happiness to make this card happen! The Painted With Love Specialty Designer Series Paper helped too. The little card (the top flap) was heat embossed using the pretty outline heart stamp with Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder on Rich Razzleberry card stock. Then my very favorite heart image, from Heart Happiness, was stamped in Melon Mambo and added inside the embossed heart with Stampin' Dimensionals. Finally the stamped and die cut banner was added over the hearts.

Here is the card open so you can see how easily it layers up.

It's a quick post for me today. I've got some projects to finish up and those birthday cards are still waiting for me to put them together. I don't know how I get so far behind! :) Here's to catching up  today. Have a great day! - Dawn

A Little Red & White

I hope everyone had a great weekend! We got some work done and I was able to stamp and sew a little bit. That's always a good weekend! Yesterday when I saw The Paper Players challenge for this week I knew I had already made the perfect card for it. Here's the challenge...

And here's what I had created...it was kind of like a love note to myself to have something done before I knew I'd need it! :)

Such a simple card but I think it's makes a "lovely" statement! Almost all the hearts came from the Heart Happiness stamp set. Real Red ink and some White Stampin' Emboss Powder made quite the impact on the Thick White card stock base. To cut out the three hearts, that were heat embossed on Real Red card stock, I used the Sweet & Sassy Framelits. It has a heart die to match both of them. They were added to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals. The one little heart with "Always" inscribed on it was found in the Sure Do Love You stamp set along with the banner sentiment inside the card.

Easy, peasy red & white card!

This morning is Cards & Coffee so I'm off to finish getting ready for that! Then I've got to go out and run those errands that I haven't gotten done in the last two weeks! If I let my mother run out of Ritz crackers it will be a disaster! :) I hope your Monday is marvelous! - Dawn

 

 

Sure Do Love You

The title of this post is also a great sentiment found in the new stamp set of the same name. Sure Do Love You is also a Bundle which includes the stamp set and Lots to Love Box Framelit dies.

Isn't that a fun bundle? The large die cuts a really cute box which I've been playing around with lately and will share with you soon. Today I created a card using it to make a tag for the focal point.

Here's a close up of the tag so that you can see the Gold Heat Embossing on the Fresh Fig heart.

The Designer Series Paper is from the Painted with Love Specialty DSP. All of these products are from the Painted With Love Suite. I love the little hearts, which include some gold foil hearts. The Melon Mambo watercolor striped heart came from the Heart Happiness stamp set but the die from which is was cut is in the Lots to Love Box Framelits. The Powder Pink tag is embossed with Polka Dots and tied up with a Calypso Coral Ombre bow. And the banner was also stamped in Calypso Coral ink. It's kind of a different color to add but it's found in the DSP and turns out to be so pretty!

Inside the card I used another gold embossed heart that I first tried out on Whisper White card stock but preferred the Fresh Fig. The sentiment inside the heart is another stamp from Sure Do Love You. I'm on a "no scrap left behind mission lately"! :)

I had hoped to get more card making done yesterday afternoon but instead I spent too much time in the morning watching the snow come down. It's such a rarity around here that I just enjoyed it while I drank my tea! Then I had my regular work to do too. This morning I've got to get some ceilings trimmed out for my husband to paint when he gets home! I better get a move on! I hope you have a good day and I hope my creativity doesn't end with the ceilings today! - Dawn 

Hearts on a String

This little card I'm sharing today is one for our three year old grandson. I had a lot of fun making this one and loved how it turned out. I did use some retired Valentine Designer Series Paper from last year called Sending Love. I just fit with the card. You see what you think...

The bear from We Must Celebrate was colored with my Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends and fussy cut from the Whisper White card stock. Next I figured out which square framelits from the Stitched Shapes and Layering Squares framelits would work to make a frame in which to place him. Two plain square framelits were placed on the inside and outside of the stitched square framelit and held together with a piece of tape and run through the Big Shot like this...

This set up cut a perfect frame for that cute bear. He went onto the Whisper White panel with some Fast Fuse and some Adhesive Strips were used to pop that frame right over him. Next the little Real Red hearts were die cut with the row of heart dies from Everyday Jars Framelits. Five of them were added between his waiting hands with a tiny dab of Tombow Multi-Purpose Glue behind each of them. All that was left to do was add tiny pieces of string in each of his hand with a Basic Black Marker. The sentiment was then added underneath the frame with my well-used Labeler Alphabet stamp set. I always leave an extra clear block on the craft table when I'm using this set. If I'm going to use a letter multiple times I put it on that extra block so I know where it is. That helps me keep up with the letters.

Inside the heart I added another colored bear who holds a bit bigger heart this time...and the sentiment fits!

I've got a few more Valentines card left to make but at least I've got a start! It's going to be another cold day around here so I'll continue to work on the projects we started over the weekend. That should keep me warm! Have a lovely day! - Dawn

 

This Little Piggy Loves You

Sorry I missed you yesterday! Wednesday got much more involved than I anticipated, especially my mother's trip to the doctor. When I got home I was done and so was everything that I intended to do!  I'm sure everyone has days like that. I had another card all ready started to share today and then I saw the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches and set that card aside to share another day. This sketch allows for tons of options and I went with another Valentine card to make using it.

This card is going to be our youngest granddaughter's Valentine card. I should have moved it to the right a tad more but it's too late now! A small piece of Wood Textures Designer Series Paper is where that piggy is taking a walk. I chose that piece because I thought it looks like the outside of a barn. The grass was added to the bottom with the same stamp of which this piggy is a part. A Garden Green Stampin' Write Marker was used to ink up the grass and two rows were stamped at the bottom of the DSP. Of course, the Pink Pirouette Stampin' Blends were used to color the piggy itself. They are wonderful! A Melon Mambo Stampin' Write Marker was used for the nose and toes. Then I fussy cut out the piggy, without the daisy in its hand, and added it with some adhesive to the front of the card. All those cute tiny hearts that this little piggy is tossing were die cut with the Everyday Jars. There is a fun little row of hearts right in there! The sentiment is from another of the piggy stamps. I have a Versa Marker pen that I used to ink just the sentiment up before heat embossing it in White Stampin' Emboss Powder on Berry Burst card stock. 

Inside the card I saved a few tiny hearts to add around the sentiment....

It's the weekend! I hope you have some wonderful plans. My husband has Monday off too so we've talked about a couple of home projects we may work on but when all is said and done we'll see what really happens! Be sure to come back on Monday when The Stamp Review Crew is hopping again. You'll love the stamp set we're reviewing this week and I know you'll find lots of inspiration for using it. See you Monday! - Dawn