Clean and Simple Valentine's Day Cards

This is a very clean and simple card! Are you lovin' the new framelits dies? Once again i've used the Hearts Collection framelits dies for this card. ohhhh how i'm lovin' them... ; ) : )



To fork the ends of my greeting banner i once again used my Full Heart Punch. I really love how simple this little trick is! Sometimes it takes a few tries when using your paper snips to get the right look for your banner but i find if i use the heart punch or a square punch it's quick and easy.. ; )

Since these cards were so simple to create i made several of them with different greetings and switched up the colours a bit..! Hope you like... : )



Products used for this project:

Stamp Sets: En Francais Background (109521), Messages for Mom (W117016,C118580) or Something to Celebrate (retired)

Card Stock: Baja Breeze (111352), Whisper White (100730), Cherry Cobbler (119685), or Blushing Bride (119796)

Ink: Basic Black (101179)

Accessories and More: Big Shot (113439), Hearts Collection Framelits Die (125599), Basic Rhinestones (119246), Full Heart Punch (119883), Cutter Kit (106958-Distresser), Stampin Dimensionals (104430), Snail adhesive (104332)

--Don't forget if you order $60 (before shipping and taxes) or more through me between January 24th and February 29th 2012, not only will you receive a Fabulous FREE Sale-A-Bration product but you will also receive a Fabulous FREE card tutorial from me!! ; )

Here is a Testimonial from one of my customers:

Hi Natasha
What a great idea! I love all the cards in this tutorial and it is a great way to showcase SAB. These will also be really easy to adapt for other products. Thanks for sharing!

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Key to my Heart

I'm in love with the new Hearts Collection Framelits Dies that Stampin' Up! has just came out with! They are so much fun!! --you'll notice the fun I've been having once you see my next few posts.. ; )

Once i cut out the heart with the big shot i then sprayed a bit of stampin' mist directly onto the heart and crumpled it up into a ball. (my stmapin mist is half water and half mist). Lay flat to dry.


With white craft ink i stamped my greeting right on the black satin ribbon!! so cool... ; )

Once the heart was dry I attached one side of the ribbon to the back of the heart with a stampin' glue dot. I then slipped the trinket key on from the other side of the ribbon and attached it down at the back of the heart with another glue dot. I added stampin dimensionals to the back of the heart before i attached it to the card front.

For the Background i stamp the medallion image from Artistic Etchings in basic gray (stamping off once to lighten the gray) and then i inked up the en francais background stamp in basic black and stamped over the randomly stamped medallions.

I love the way this card turned out so i thought I'd make a few more for the flower shop where i sell my handmade cards. I was short on trinket keys so i changed it up a bit. This is a perfect card for Valentine's Day, Anniversary, Birthday.... you name it ..It's PERFECT for any loved one! : )


As you can see the only thing i changed up was the key! I stamped the key from the Artistic Etchings set and punched it out with the large oval punch. I also added a small heart and small rhinestone gem!



Hope you like.. : )

Products used for this project:

Stamp Sets: En Francais Background (109521), Artistic Etchings (W118517,C120573), You're a Gem (W122268,C122270)

Card Stock: Basic Gray (121044), Poppy Parade (119793), Blushing Bride (119796), Whisper White (100730)

Ink: Basic Black (101179), Basic Gray (109120), Craft White (101731)

Accessories and More: Big Shot (113439), Hearts Collection Framelits Die (125599), Fashionable Hearts Embosslit Die (125596), 5/8" Black Satin Ribbon (117285), Linen Thread (104199), Large Oval Punch (119855), 1/16" Handheld Punch (101227), Cutter Kit (106958-Distresser), Basic Rhinestones (119246), Stampin Dimensionals (104430), Mini Glue Dots (103683), Snail adhesive (104332), Trinket Keys (121892)

--Don't forget if you order $60 (before shipping and taxes) or more through me between January 24th and February 29th 2012, not only will you receive a Fabulous FREE Sale-A-Bration product but you will also receive a Fabulous FREE card tutorial from me!! ; )

Here is a Testimonial from one of my customers:

Hi Natasha
What a great idea! I love all the cards in this tutorial and it is a great way to showcase SAB. These will also be really easy to adapt for other products. Thanks for sharing!

TO ORDER STAMPIN' UP! PRODUCTS ON-LINE 24/7, CLICK HERE

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Getting back into the swing of things..

ok....so i'm still cracking up over the last post!

oh Leigha you're sooooooooo cute..bawaaaaaaaaaaah! You really do know how to cheer up a gal!-- i can just see you running around the house with your glitter heels and your big smile!! -- calmly doing all your Mrs. Clever duties!! -- you ROCK girl!

Yes i may of had a "losing it moment" and only Leigha could really understand why i was "losing it" but it didn't last long and i got over it real fast! --no outer body experience was had so i resumed to my daily routine pretty quickly!! tehee.. : )

I'm enjoying the summer activities so much i've hardly stamped this summer!! --hey there is nothing wrong with playing "potato" (cute way alyssa says playdough) outside with the little ones while the sun is shinning and the other kids are playing in the pool!!

Until last weekend i hadn't even touched a stamp since the end of June!! --I KNOW HORRIBLE!!-- was having serious "mommy me time" withdrawals ---but seriously how could i resist my cutie patootie when she looks at me with her totally cool "morning time" glasses on and says let's go play mom...


--for those of you who know my daughter you know it's hard to resist her cuteness and OF COURSE i'll hang out with her any chance i get!! : )

Leigha brought over some GREAT projects for us to create last Saturday!! Thank you Leigha for getting me back into "STAMP" mode!! All of us girls had such a great time stamping, chatting and mostly laughing-- ohhhh we laughed soooooo much and so hard!! I've been having super fun with the kids the last few weeks but come on.......hanging out with the girls and stamping was a notch above for sure!!

-- Leigha...what do you think of my berries? be honest.....don't hold back....!!
(hopefully she will post her card as it's so much prettier then mine....me can't watercolour...boohoo...my berries exploded and my bird well there are no words that can discribe that poor little bird!!....i guess i'll have to keep practicing..)

ooooooooooooohhhh always fun times ..we never hold anything back when we get together.. bwaaaaaaaaaaha : )

So after a fun weekend with the girls i was super motivated to get things rolling for the fall. I have new clubs starting in September and with the new catty in full swing i'm having a blast creating fresh new projects with all the new colours, new ribbons, new accessories, new stamps, well all the products Stampin Up has to offer!! Louise and i got together Friday and Saturday this past week so i had double the crafting time!! woohooooooo!! We created a bunch of fresh new projects and now i have to decide what projects i'm going to use for my stamp club get togethers starting in September. So until i can decide what cards are going to be for club and what cards i can show you now, you'll just have to wait a little bit longer to see what i've been up to!! aaawwww so mean i know!! ... but don't worry i won't let you down-- i have plenty of oldie but goodies to show you in the mean time. I've been going through all my photos and wow there are so many cards i just haven't had the chance to show you yet. Some of my favorites will be revealed this month!! Here is just one of the many favorites of 2010/2011:


I created this card awhile back and i'm pretty certain i cased it from Seeing Ink Spots blog. (thank you for the inspiration)!!

Quick Tip: Pull a thread or two from the middle of your ribbon to help bunch it up!


Products used for this project:
Stamp Sets: En Francais Background (109521), Elizabeth (117120); You're a Gem (W122268, C122270)
Card Stock: Whisper White (100730), Basic Black (121045), Crumb Cake (120953)
Ink: Basic Black (101179), Sahara Sand (105208)
Accessories and More: Basic Black Striped Grosgrain (115615), Hemp Twine (100982), Scallop Circle Punch (119854), 2-3/8" Scallop Circle Punch (118874), Boho Blossom Punch (119858), Scallop Oval (119856), Large Oval (119855), Antique Brads (117273), Cutter Kit (106958-distresser), Snail Adhesive (104332), Sticky Strip (104294), Stampin Dimensionals (104430)

Hope you like... : )

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