COUNT ON ME VALENTINE!

 Hi, Friends,

Although it is late, I want to share one more valentine card!  This one uses the stamp set Count on Me.

I love the way this one turned out!  

MY RECIPE:

     STAMPS:  Count on Me, Paper Pumpkin (sentiment)

     CARDSTOCK:

          Soft Suede:  5-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored at 4-1/4

          Real Red:  4 x 5-1/2

          Sweet Talk DSP:  3-7/8 x 3-7/8

          Sweet Talk DSP:  1-1/2 x 3-7/8

          Real Red:  3/8 x 3-7/8

               SCRAPS:  Real Red, Basic White

               INSIDE: 

                    Real Red:  3-3/4 x 5

                    Basic White:  3-5/8 x 4-7/8

     INK:  Early Espresso

     BLENDS:  Soft Suede (L), Real Red (D)

     DIES:  Stitched Rectangle Dies

     ACCESSORIES:  SU Die Cut Machine, Linen Thread, Dimensionals, Rhinestones

HOW I MADE IT:

1.  Use Early Espresso ink to stamp signature stamp on back of card base.

2.  Stamp two hearts using Early Espresso ink on lower right corner of inside panel.  Color using markers.

3.  Adhere inside panels together; adhere to inside of card. Base.

4.  Adhere patterned paper onto Real Red Cardstock.  Adhere Real Red strip to seam of patterned paper.  Tie Linen Thread around strip of Real Red Cardstock.  

5.  Adhere panel to front of card base.

6.  Use Early Espresso ink to stamp bear on scrap of Basic White Cardstock.  Cut out using Stitched Rectangle Die and SU Die Cut Machine.  Stamp sentiment on bottom of die cut using Early Espresso ink.

7.  Cut out Stitched Rectangle from Real Red Cardstock.  

8.  Adhere stamped image to Real Red Stitched Rectangle.  Attach to front of card base using dimensionals.

9.  Add rhinestones (see sample for placement).

Here is a picture of the inside:

I hope you enjoyed this project!  

I have more projects to share soon.  Hope you have an awesome week!

Happy stamping,

Linda

LOVE AND HAPPINESS VALENTINE CARD!

 Hi, Friends,

Today has been a busy day for me.  Among other things, I got to go set up my sale table for the Salvation Army Blessings/Angel Tree Crop that I will be a vendor at this week.  But I want to share another valentine card, this one using the Love and Happiness Bundle.  We made it at January Play Day, and it was also on the Card Buffet in January.

It is hard to see in the picture, but the heart is embossed with flowers.  The embossing folder is a hybrid embossing folder, which means that you can place the heard die IN THE EMBOSSING FOLDER, run it through the SU Die Cut Machine, and the heart gets cut out and embossed at the same time.  

MY RECIPE:

     STAMPS:  Love and Happiness

     CARDSTOCK:  

          Highland Heather:  5-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored at 4-1/4

          Real Red:  4 X 5-1/4

          Sweet Talk DSP:  3-7/8 x 5-1/8

          Sweet Talk DSP:  2-5/8 x 3-7/8

               SCRAPS:  Blushing Bride, Real Red, Highland Heather

               INSIDE:  

                    Real Red:  3-3/4 x 5

                    Basic White:  3-5/8 x 4-7/8

     INK:  Gorgeous Grape

     DIES:  Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Bouquet of Love Dies

     EMBOSSING FOLDER:  Bouquet of Love Embossing Folder

     ACCESSORIES:  SU Die Cut Machine, Dimensionals, Red Rhinestones

HOW I MADE IT:

1.  Use Gorgeous Grape ink to stamp signature stamp on back of card base.

2.  Adhere heart die to lower right corner of inside panel.  Adhere flower to one side of heart.

3.  Adhere inside panels together; adhere to inside of card base.  Add red rhinestone to center of flower.

4.  Adhere heart paper to Real Red Cardstock.  Adhere to front of card base.

5.  Adhere Highland Heather print paper to Real Red scalloped die cut.  Attach to front of card base using dimensionals.

7.  Stamp sentiment on scrap of Blushing Bride Cardstock.  Cut out using die and SU Die Cut Machine.

8.  Place a dimensional on the back of the right side of the sentiment die cut.  Add adhesive to back of left side of die cut.  Adhere to front of card base, over the bottom part of the embossed heart.

9.  Add Red Rhinestones to sentiment die cut (see sample for placement).

Here is a picture of the inside:

I hope you have a Happy Valentine’s Day tomorrow, and that you use it as a day to do something special for someone else!  

I have one more valentine card to share with you tomorrow, so be watching for it!

Happy stamping,

Linda

NUTS AND BOLTS VALENTINE CARD!

 Hi, Friends,

It has been another very busy stretch for me:  I held a card buffet on January 29, and have spent a good bit of my time since then putting stuff away, refreshing card boxes and getting ready for another event, the Angel Tree Crop at the Salvation Army.  You might have seen some of my before/after pictures that I posted on my business page on Facebook, Linda’s Paper Sunshine.  I had a couple of valentine cards on the card buffet and thought I would post them before Valentine’s Day arrives next week!

This project uses the Nuts & Bolts stamp set—I must admit I fell in love with these adorable robots as soon as I saw them in the January - June 2022 Mini Catalog.  Here is my card:

MY RECIPE:

     STAMPS:  Nuts & Bolts

     CARDSTOCK:

          Highland Heather:  5-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored at 4-1/4

          Real Red:  4 x 5-1/4

          Basic White:  3-7/8 x 5-1/8

          Sweet Talk DSP:  1-1/2 x 3-7/8

          Real Red:  3/8 x 3-7/8

               SCRAPS:  Basic White, Real Red

               INSIDE: 

                    Real Red:  3-3/4 x 5

                    Basic White:  3-5/8 x 4-7/8

     INK:  Memento Black

     BLENDS:  Real Red (D), Smoky Slate

     DIES:  Stitched Shapes Dies (Retired), Circles Layering Dies

     ACCESSORIES:  Dimensionals, Rhinestones

These little guys are just too stinkin’ adorable!

I kept the inside super simple, just a couple of hearts in the lower right corner.  You can use the rest of the space to say exactly what you want to say.

HOW I MADE IT:

1.  Use Memento Black ink to stamp signature stamp on back of card base.

2.  Stamp two small hearts using Memento Black ink on lower right corner of inside panel.  Color hearts using markers.

3.  Adhere inside panels together; adhere to inside of card base.

4.  Use Memento Black ink to stamp sentiment and two small hearts on lower right corner of Basic White Cardstock.  Color hearts using markers.

5.  Adhere striped paper to left side of Basic White Cardstock.  Adhere Real Red strip to seam of patterned paper.

6.  Adhere panel to Real Red Cardstock.  Adhere to front of card base.

7.  Stamp robot using Memento Black ink on scrap of Basic White Cardstock.  Cut out using die and SU Die Cut Machine.  Color robot using markers.

8.  Adhere circle to Real Red scalloped circle die cut.  Attach to front of card base using dimensionals.

9.  Add rhinestones (see sample for placement).

I hope you enjoyed this fun card!  I will close with a picture of our sweet cat, Chloe, getting comfy for a nap in her hammock!

Hope you have an awesome weekend with lots of time for something fun!

Happy stamping,

Linda

SENDING HEARTS PAPER PUMPKIN ALTERNATIVE VALENTINE!

 Hi, Friends,

Just wanted to stop by and share a cute valentine card with you today (even though it is after Valentine's Day)!  I fell in love with the snail stamp and wanted to make a card featuring Mr. Snail.  So here is what I came up with:

I also made a second card that was very similar, but had a different DSP at the bottom.  The reason I used two different DSPs was that there were two different card bases in the Paper Pumpkin kit.  I cut the card bases apart into pieces 1-1/2 x 3-1/2 and made 48 cards instead of eight!

The second card looks like this:

The other difference was that I ran out of the hearts provided in the kit, so I used the white hearts from the Resin Hearts Embellishments (January - June 2021 Mini Catalog).  The insides of the cards were exactly the same.

MY RECIPE:

     STAMPS:  Sending Hearts (January, 2021 Paper Pumpkin)

     CARDSTOCK:

          Petal Pink:  5-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored at 4-1/4

          Poppy Parade:  3-5/8 x 4-7/8

          Pool Party:  3-1/2 x 3-1/2

          Paper Pumpkin Card Base:  1-1/2 x 3-1/2

          SCRAPS:  Basic White, Pool Party, Poppy Parade

               INSIDE:  

                    Poppy Parade:  3-3/4 x 5

                    Basic White:  3-5/8 x 4-7/8

     INK:  Memento Black, Pool Party, Poppy Parade

     BLENDS:  Pool Party, Poppy Parade

     ACCESSORIES:  Ornate Layers Dies, Stitched Shapes Dies, Squares Layering Dies, Stampin' Up! Die Cut Machine, Resin Hearts Embellishments, Rhinestones, Dimensionals

The inside of the card looks like this:

HOW I MADE IT:

1.  Use Poppy Parade ink to stamp signature stamp on back of card base.

2.  Stamp "snail" on lower right corner of inside panel using Memento Black ink.  Color using Poppy Parade and Pool Party markers.

3.  Adhere inside panels together; adhere to inside of card base.

4.  Use XOXO stamp and Pool Party ink to stamp repetitively on the Pool Party panel.  Adhere to top of Poppy Parade cardstock.

5.  Adhere Paper Pumpkin card base DSP to bottom of Poppy Parade cardstock.

6.  Adhere panel to front of card base.

7.  Use rectangle die from Ornate Labels Dies to cut die cut from scrap of Poppy Parade cardstock.  Adhere over "seam" of DSP and Pool Party cardstock.

8.  Use Memento Black ink to stamp snail on scrap of Basic White cardstock.  Color using markers.  Cut out using square die from Stitched Shapes Dies and Stampin' Up! Die Cut Machine.

9.  Cut scalloped square from scrap of Pool Party cardstock using die from Layering Squares Dies and Stampin' Up! Die Cut Machine.

10.  Adhere stamped image to Pool Party scalloped square.  Attach to front of card base using dimensionals.

11.  Add rhinestones to snail square.  See sample for placement.

12.  Add White Resin Heart Embellishment to Poppy Parade rectangle.  See sample for placement.

I hope you are having a great day!  Today is sunny here, but not necessarily warm.  I will take the sun, though--love my sunshine!  

Thanks for stopping by today!

Happy stamping,

Linda

HEARTFELT VALENTINE CARD!

 Hi, Friends,

Since it is Valentine's Day, I thought I would share the Valentine card I made for Doyle.  I found a card on Pinterest that I thought was perfect, so I CASED it.  CASE means Copy and Share Everywhere, and it is perfectly acceptable to copy someone's work, just always, always, always give credit to the original creator!  Amanda Mertz made the card I fell in love with; you can find the card on her blog didyoustamptoday.blogspot.com, post dated February 7, 2020.  Here is my project:

MY RECIPE:

     STAMPS:  Heartfelt

     CARDSTOCK:  

          Night of Navy:  5-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored at 4-1/4

          Crushed Curry:  4 x 5-1/4

          Pretty Peacock:  3-7/8 x 5-1/8

          Basic White:  3/4 x 3-1/2 (cut 5)

          SCRAPS:  Night of Navy, Basic White

                INSIDE: 

                    Crushed Curry:  3-3/4 x 5

                    Basic White:  3-5/8 x 4-7/8

     INK:  Not of Navy, Pretty Peacock, Crushed Curry

     ACCESSORIES:  Tasteful Textile Embossing Folder; Stampin' Up! Die Cut Machine, Heart Punch Pack, All the Trimmings Embellishments (Retired), Dimensionals

You might have noticed in reading through the list of products/dimensions above that I have listed BASIC WHITE instead of WHISPER WHITE.  The factory that manufactured Whisper White cardstock permanently closed during the COVID pandemic; Stampin' Up! had to hustle and find a replacement product for us!  Therefore, we now have Basic White instead of Whisper White!

HOW I MADE IT:

1.  Use Night of Navy ink to stamp signature stamp on back of card base.

2.  Stamp small heart using Pretty Peacock ink on lower right corner of inside panel.  

3.  Adhere inside panels together; adhere to inside of card base.

4.  Emboss Pretty Peacock cardstock using Tasteful Textile Embossing Folder and Stampin' Up! Die Cut Machine.  

5.  Adhere embossed Pretty Peacock panel to Crushed Curry cardstock; adhere to front of card base.

6.  Use Crushed Curry, Pretty Peacock, and Night of Navy ink to stamp arrows on narrow rectangle Basic White cardstock pieces.

7.  Lay arrow pieces on front of cardstock; when you are happy with the way they look, adhere to front of card base.

8.  Use Pretty Peacock ink to stamp stitched heart on scrap of Basic White cardstock.  Stamp sentiment in middle of stitched heart using Pretty Peacock ink.  Cut out using heart punch from Heart Punch Pack.

9.  Punch scalloped heart from scrap of Night of Navy cardstock, using punch from Heart Punch Pack.

10.  Adhere sentiment heart to scalloped Night of Navy heart.  Attach to front of card base using dimensionals.

11.  Add Crushed Curry stars from All The Trimmings Embellishments (retired).  See sample for placement.

Here is the inside of the card:

I stamped the small heart stamp using Pretty Peacock ink on the lower right corner of the inside panel.  The colors do not show up very well in my pictures!

I hope you enjoyed today's project!  This card didn't photograph as well as I really like, and I apologize for that.  I am definitely not a professional photographer!

Happy stamping,

Linda

Bear Hugs January Play Day Project

Hi, Friends,
Today I am sharing with you a project we made at January Play Day.  This project is a CASE of one designed and made by Connie Babbert, inkspiredtreasures.com, post dated January 8, 2016.  Here is a picture of my project:

and the inside of my card:

The inside photo is fuzzy, but shows you what the inside looks like!  Here is my recipe:

STAMPS:  Bear Hugs

CARDSTOCK:
     Crumb Cake:  5-1/2 x 8-1/2, scored at 4-1/4
     Mint Macaron:  4 x 5-1/4
     Its My Party DSP:  1 x 5-1/4
     Its My Party DSP:  1/4 x 5-1/4
     Crumb Cake:  2-5/8 x 4-1/2
     Its My Party DSP:  2-1/2 x 4-1/4
     SCRAPS:  Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo
     INSIDE:
          Crushed Curry:  3-3/4 x 5
          Whisper White:  3-5/8 x 4-7/8

INK:  Early Espresso

MARKERS:  Mint Macaron, Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo, Early Espresso

ACCESSORIES:  2" Circle Punch, Triple Banner Punch, Bear Hugs Framelits, Big Shot, Magnetic Platform, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy stamping,
Linda

Bloomin Love CASE January Play Day Project!

Hi, Friends,
Today I am sharing with you a project we made at January Play Day.  It is a CASE of a project I found at stampinup.com, dated January 5; it was also posted on Pinterest by Stampin Up.  Here is a picture of our project:

and the inside of the card looks like this:

Here is my recipe:

STAMPS:  Bloomin Love

CARDSTOCK:
     Mint Macaron:  4-1/4 x 11, scored at 5-1/2
     Whisper White:  4 x 4
     SCRAPS:  Tangelo Twist, Mint Macaron, Whisper White
     INSIDE:
          Tip Top Taupe:  3-3/4 x 5
          Whisper White:  3-5/8 x 4-7/8

INK:  Tangelo Twist, Mint Macaron, Memento Black

ACCESSORIES:  Bloomin Heart Thinlits, Precision Plate, Magnetic Platform, Linen Thread, Pearls, Glue Dots

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy stamping,
Linda