I Love You Not Only For....

 I absolutely love the sentiment on this card (no pun intended LOL!).  We all need people  in our lives who encourage us to be the best we can be, who bring out aspects of our personality that nobody else does, who challenge us, who accept us just the way we are, warts and all, and who just make us shine  :)   This card is a tribute to all the people in my life who do that for me!

Since this sentiment has such a lovely "soft" font, I wanted to keep this card pretty CAS.  I chose to use this wonderful, understated DP so it wouldn't overpower the sentiment  panel.  The "bumps" of the heart were a bit bare and needed a little something so I filled one of them with some grosgrain and a button - again keeping it low key so as not to detract from the sentiment.  Some sheer, red ribbon balanced things off wonderfully and I can't wait to give this to one of my friends :).

Have a fabulous week and why not take some time to thank a person in your life who exemplifies this sentiment -- you'll no doubt make their day :D

Marisa


What's In It?
Stamps:  Love Sentiments I
Paper:  Mellow Moss, Real Red, DP
Accessories:  Heart and Scalloped Heart Nesties, 1/4" Moss Grosgrain Ribbon, Button, Twine, Glue Dot, 5/8" Sheer Red Ribbon, Dimensionals

I'll Love You Until...

Hello everyone.  It's a wonderful honour to be one of this month's Sweet and Sassy Guest Designers!  Thanks Kim!!  I had never used digi stamps before making this card, and it has been a wonderful experience.  I love how you can adjust the size of the image you are working with to fit your needs - the possibilities are endless!

Our 14th anniversary was on July 1st (which is also Canada Day so hubby has no excuse for forgetting our anniversary LOL!) so love was still in the air when I made this card.  I selected Love Sentiments 1 as it has a wonderful mix of fonts and sentiments.  I can see myself using this set for Valentine's Day, weddings, anniversaries, and even encouragement.  I paired the set with this Stamping 411 sketch.  Though I modified it to fit my needs, the basic sketch fundamentals are still there.  In addition, I dipped into this week's Playdate Cafe colour challenge as the colours were a perfect fit.

I used my heart Nesties to frame the sentiment which reads "I'll love you until the day after forever."   Just love the mix of fonts in this sentiment, not to mention the sentiment itself!!  The hearts embossing folder was a great background for this card and some touches of bling, ribbon and flowers finished the card off nicely.

That's it for today.  Have a great week and I'll see you next Saturday :)




What's In It?
Stamps:  Sweet and Sassy Love Sentiments 1
Paper:  Real Red, White
Accessories:  Hearts Embossing Folder, Scalloped Heart and Heart Nesties, Marvy Flower Punch, 5/8" Pink Satin Ribbon, Half Pearls, Button, Dimensionals

Rocking Horse Cuteness

Hello everyone! I hope everyone is having a good week and those of you on the east coast have had a chance to dig yourselves out from all that snow.

For my card today, I chose to play with the adorable "Rocking Horse", illustrated by Leah Cornelius.

I know I sound redundant, constantly saying how I love this and that image, but seriously, this adorable image just tugs at my heart strings.

I printed the image twice on Neenah Classis Smooth Solar White 80lb card stock and then colored one with Copics. I then used a craft knife to cut out the rocking horse. The other image I filled in with a medium gray marker (for this I generally use my Prisma markers), I then trimmed it to size and using my Cats Eye ink pads applied the ink all over the panel, using a napkin to sort of smooth the ink. Since the image is a dark gray, I didn't worry about creating a mask. I then adhered the colored, cut-out image right on top of the gray one with 1/16" foam glue squares. I love doing this because it really does add awesome dimension. Here's a close up:

I have to admit that I've gotten quite good wielding a craft knife, lo. Once I cut out the image, I use a fingernail file to gently soften the edges and then go along the edges with a medium gray marker - again, usually use my Prisma Markers for that.

My second card is a very quick & simple card. As much as I love to color, sometimes no image is required to create a simple, elegant card... the sentiment alone does the job.

The sentiment is from Love Sentiments 1. Just plain black and white card stock, some recycled ribbon and black brads. To me this clean and simple style is timeless and took me less than 10 minutes to create and that, my friends, is a record for me. Remember, I over analyze everything, lol! I love quotes/sentiments and squeal with delight everytime Korin releases sentiment sets. Actually, I squeal with delight not just at the sentiments.....but at all the new digi releases...... :-)

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