Obrigados

A special thank you from all of us for a Portuguese friend. I hope I've got the sentiment correct (he speaks at least four languages fluently).

The main sentiment is die cut from black card, heat embossed on patterned paper, fussy cut and paper pieced. I've stamped the present in Versamark ink, partially paper pieced it and shaded it with antique linen distress ink.

Challenges:

Lawnscaping Challenge #62: Paper Piecing

Top Tip Tuesday Challenge #105: Hexagons and/or Circles [Circles]

Supplies

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Quinn's ABCs, Home Sweet Home, Pa rum pa pum pum

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Antique Linen, Versamark

Dies & Punches etc: Lawn Fawn Circle & Scalloped Circle Stackables, Quinn's ABCs Lawn Cuts

Paper: Black, kraft & white card from stash, Lawn Fawn Bright Side Petite Paper Pack

Highlights: White embossing powder, white gel pen

Thanks for visiting, hope to see you again soon.

You are loved

Paper Smooches set us a special challenge this week to create a project with a heart on it. I've used this weeks designer draft sketch, die cut a foam heart, & Stickled the heart in my sentiment. My fur ball is coloured with Cool Grey Promarkers & left hanging on some washi chevrons atop my mini card.

Top Tip:

Washi not wide enough, you can line up strips side by side to get different widths and as it's repositionable you can more it around without ruining your project until you get it right.

 

Challenges:
Paper Smooches Special Challenge: PS project with a heart
PS Sparks Designer Drafts Challenge: Sketch
Allsorts Challenge Week 193: Valentines
Sentimental Sundays Challenge #141: Love is in the Air
Top Tip Tuesday Challenge: Let Me Call You Sweetheart 
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #202: From the Heart (with Sentiment)

Happy Valentine's!

I really wanted the heart to be the focus of this card, so I coloured my heart thief from Mo Manning in shades of grey & kept my cardstock to layers of white on white with some Stickles for glitter & Glossy Accents for shine. 

Top Tip:

If your piece of cardstock is larger than your embossing folder, choose a pattern that you can easily match up & re-emboss with a pokey tool from behind.

Challenges:

Allsorts Challenge Week 193: Valentines

Crafts4Eternity R#110: Be My Valentine
Sentimental Sunday Challenge #141: Love is in the air
Simon Says Stamp: White on White
Top Tip Tuesday Challenge: Let Me Call You Sweetheart

Hope you've had a lovely day & see you soon.

Engagement

I wanted a go at negative space & pink space, so I die cut a heart from the white textured card front & coloured it pink with Worn Lipstick Distress ink. A second heart was embossed with flowers & vines, coloured with distress ink, the flowers were highlighted with Star Dust Stickles and the whole heart was covered in Glossy Accents.  I love how the Stickles picks up the colour of the distress ink underneath it. More Stickles were added to the large heart & the banner sentiment. The base card was coloured pink & stamped with roses & vines. 

Dust 'Em Off: This is my first time using the Disney stamps & Jak Heath Paper. I've had them in my stash for ages. I very rarely use the Congratulations stamp, but I do love all the curls- perfect for glitter!

Top Tip:

If you don't have the space or cash for all the colours of glitter glues, just buy an iridescent glitter glue. It will pick up the distress ink or Promarker/Sharpie colour underneath. The Stickles looked really pink after applied to the wet (or almost dry) distress ink and the sharpies changed my iridescent glue rainbow colours.

Challenges:

In the Pink Challenge #7: Keep it CAS- Lots of Pink Space
Top Tip Tuesday Challenge #89: We're All Heart (TIP)
Lawnscaping Challenge: Dust 'em off

Supplies

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Jessie's ABCs, Papermania Clear Stamps Sentiments, EK Success Disney Princess

Dies & Punches etc: Xcut Nesting Heart Dies, Docrafts Embossing Folder Pampered Pets (Vine)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger Distress Ink Worn Lipstick, Peeled Paint

Paper: White card from stash, Jak Heath Pretty Peony 3 Background Sheets (Freebie)

Highlights: Glossy Accents, Stickles

Hope you enjoyed your visit.

A Small Big Thanks

This was a quick CAS card with lots of sparkles. I love that you can colour (& glitter!) this sentiment from Paper Smooches Chit Chat . I used a fuchia pink Promarker to colour the sentiment & the punched heart. Finished the thanks with glitter & the heart using white gel pen faux stitching & glossy accents for shine.

Top Tip:
Use a toothpick to spread the glitter glue in the narrow spaces of the sentiment letters.

Challenges:
Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge: Trend Watch Typography

I ♥ Promarkers  Challenge #142: Pretty in Pink

Sentimental Sunday Challenge #128: Thanks/Thanksgiving 
Top Tip Tuesday Challenge #89: We're All Heart (TIP)