Crafty Round Up...Lots of Love

 

All week, I've been stealing moments here and there, and have managed to make a large number of cards this week...most, but not all, of them related to the themes of love, valentines and hearts...which seem to be the predominant challenges right now.

To start off, this card was inspired by the sketch at Inky Paws #141.  I die cut a heart shaped window and stamped Newton dressed as the Statue of Liberty right in the middle of the window.  I added a couple of other images from the same stamp set, and used a sentiment that is so very true!  I can't wait for Covid to be done, so I can go to New York for fun.

I am also entering this card at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Love and/or Heart, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Love is in the Air, Inkspirational #232: Hearts, and Use Your Stuff #415: Hearts.

Next up is a card that requires no sentiment--but it is obvious what this doggie is saying.  I used the Pawsome Heart stencil from Funky Fossil, added a dog from MFT Woof Pack and some speech bubble hearts from MFT Love Speech Bubbles.  I think this might be Sherlock's Valentine to his 'sisters'.

I am entering this card at CAS on Friday #198: Love, Happy Little Stampers February Stencil Challenge: Anything Goes, Happy Little Stampers February CAS Challenge: Love is in the Air, Just Us Girls #570: Valentine, Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Love and/or Heart, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Love is in the Air, Inkspirational #232: Hearts, Use Your Stuff #415: Hearts, and Shopping Our Stash #438: Love is in the Air.

And...another Valentine's Day card.  My initial inspiration for this card was the color scheme at Color Hues #11: Red & Pink.  I thought it would be a struggle to put red with pink, but as I played along, a couple of ideas came to fruition.  Here is the first...

I used the MFT Staggered Hearts Border die, and cut it 5 times to cover an entire card front.  Then I took an assortment of additional hearts in red and pink, and scattered them about.  If you look closely, you can see that I put 3 red gem stones on 3 of the red hearts.

I am also entering this card at Happy Little Stampers February CAS Challenge: Love is in the Air, Just Us Girls #570: Valentine, Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Love and/or Heart, and Inkspirational #232: Hearts.

Here is another take on the Color Hues #11: Red & Pink color scheme.  I used a liberal interpretation of the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #471 and because the three die cuts that make up this heart form an intricate pattern, I am also entering this card at Addicted to CAS #190: Pattern. 

I am also entering this card at  Just Us Girls #570: Valentine and Inkspirational #232: Hearts.

I am such a sucker for any and all mouse stamps.  I think it's because we had rats before we got our dog, so I pretend the mice are just very cute rats.  I recently bought Secret Admirer from Waffle Flower, and just started playing around with these adorable mice.  I ended up with 4 more valentines cards.

When I saw the photo at The Card Concept #148: Sweetheart Sweets, I was inspired to create this next card.  What do you think a cute mouse would give as a Valentines gift?  Chocolates in a heart shaped box, of course.  I was inspired by the chocolate and the pink in the inspiration photo.  My card style is Clean and Simple.  I am also entering this at Less is More #436: Chocolate.  Also, HAPPY 10th BIRTHDAY to Less is More!!  Let's celebrate with Chocolate.

Here are a few more cards I made with those sweet mice from Waffle Flower.  I am also entering these cards at Happy Little Stampers February CAS Challenge: Love is in the Air, Just Us Girls #570: Valentine, Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Love and/or Heart, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Love is in the Air, Inkspirational #232: Hearts, Use Your Stuff #415: Hearts, Shopping Our Stash #438: Love is in the Air and WWC #307: Anything Goes with a Feminine Twist.

I created a background on this card using the Falling Hearts Stencil, so I am also entering it at Happy Little Stampers February Stencil Challenge: Anything Goes.

Now, for a complete switch of gears, my last card is a wintery birthday card, inspired by the sketch at MFT Sketch #527, Festive Friday #77: International Polar Bear Day (bears, blue, ice, sentiment) and Addicted to Stamps and More #398: Birthdays.

Well, that was kind of exhausting.  Now, to put some of those valentines in the mail....

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Time Out #43...Warm Winter Wishes

Hello and welcome to a new challenge at Time Out.  This week, our challenge is Christmas with an optional twist of pink and/or purple.

I decided to take my MFT polar bears out to play, and I dressed them up in some stylish pink and purple gear with a bit of Copic coloring.

I hope that you will take some Time Out to play along with us over the next two weeks.  Please see the Time Out challenge blog to see more inspiration from the Design Team and our Guest Designer Suchi.

Our sponsor this week is Uniko and their designers will also be joining us in providing you with inspiration for our challenge.

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Tag You're It #32....Reminder Post...Stay Warm

Hello there.  There is still time to play along with the current challenge at Tag You're It!  Our inspiration tag this week is provided by Kelly Szafron and it is a fun one.

I kept my card design very similar to Kelly's and also had one main image on my tag.  I used one of the polar bears from MFT Cool Day and colored his scarf and hat with Copics.  I used some die cuts from the Memory Box Ribbon Candy Border behind my tag--I kept some of the strands white and colored 2 of them with the same green Copic marker as I used on the tag.

I hope that you will join in on the fun at Tag You're It this week and make a tag.  Head on over to the Tag You're It blog to see more inspiration and to link up your creation.

I am also linking this tag up at Virginia's View #19 and The 30 Day Coloring Challenge at The Daily Marker.

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