My Valentine to the Ernman...

Using the same layout idea as one of the cards in the previous post, I made this for the Ernman for Valentine's Day.  The set is from Inky Antics called "Delivery Benton".  I used my Copics to color him and added clear Wink of Stella to the roses.  I wish I had many, many other people to make this for (because I LOVE making multiples) but other than a loved one, my mind is coming up blank...



I am LOVING this...

 I saw a card featured this week on OWH that had a small rainbow colored starburst used as a kite.  As I was trying to figure out how that was done, I created this.  I LOVE this!  I mean I REALLY love this!  This is SOOO up my alley in the bright department...

 

These pieces, just like in the previous post, were already cut.  Since I really love making a starburst rainbow, that wasn't all that surprising to find this group of cut pieces.  I haven't however, ever done one vertically.  I made eight.  And even after I've made all these Starburst cards today, there are STILL pieces cut for more...

 

So now, I am up to 28 cards made in June using ONLY what I have in my studio... 



Let's go to Paris...

Holy Eiffel Tower Batman!  I haven't been in my studio since the 9th!  WAY too much travelling.  But the piecé de resistance was watching my brother run the 118th running of the Boston Marathon ON Patriot's Day in Massachusetts.  He is soooo amazing!  And in all the times I've seen the Boston Marathon, I've never seen it from the Start line... wow!  I spent most of the time just bawling...

 

This card is one I've made a # of times before.  As I was assembling the papers, I discovered I didn't have the paper I really like to use for this which had blues, reds and yellows over words.  I was about to say, "Oh well, next time... " when I realized (duh!), I can add my own blues, reds and yellows with some background stamps and my own inks.  It came out fantastic!  After the ink dried, I crumbled the paper over and over then distressed it with Vintage Photo ink.  All the pieces, with the exception of the paper I altered, are scraps... ALL of it!  Boy did I make a dent!  :)



A true love card...

This is a CASE of one of my own creations.  I went out of my element when I made a Valentine's card for my Ernman this year.  I liked it so much that I decided to CASE it for OWH.  It is labor intensive but doing eight at a time made it very worthwhile...

 

Here are the steps I took:

1. Cut white paper to 5.25" x 4"
2. Using Paper Piercing guide and tool, make holes around rim of paper for future faux stitching
3. Spray Red Smooch Spray (this stuff is impossible for me.  I can never get more than one spray at time before I have to pull up the nozzle for the next spray.  I have a few colors, same problem.  I will never buy it again until I KNOW the manufacturer has fixed the problem)
4. Spray Dylusions Cherry Pie ink spray (no issues with this... yay!)
5. Spray Shimmer Smooch Spray (same problem as #3)
6. Adhere 3 types of washi tape to left and right side
7. Partial stamp Tim Holtz background stamp to bottom left corner
8. Stamp "I love you..." and arrow
9. Add die-cut flourish to washi on left
10. Add 3 die-cut hearts
11. With a black Sharpie pen connect holes made in step #2 around rim of card to create faux stitching.  All 130 holes.  How do I know there are 130 holes?  Because I found myself counting them around card #3...
12. Attach card to black 5.5" x 4.25" piece. 

And there you have it.  Something completely out of my element...

 

Experimenting...

 

The first card is one I purchased in a "kit".  The second and third are my CAS of it.  Although they could be Valentine's cards, they serve their purpose with OWH as "Love" cards...