My heart seemed full as it could hold

I’ve got a little banner to share today featuring the gorgeous A Heart for You Rio from Simply B Stamps.

And here’s a close-up of the beautiful image.

It’s a Valentine banner, but you guessed that right?  I’ve used dies from the December Club La-La Land kit as well as the idea for the banner from the included project.  I love the dies in these kits they are just awesome.

Given the theme of my banner I am entering it in the current challenge over at Creative Corner.  It is going to form part of the decorations of an office for Valentine’s Day, I’m turning the office into the “tunnel of love” in revenge for the occupant (a male manager at work) covering my desk with glitter balls for Christmas.  As a crafter I’d never inflict glitter on someone’s workspace, I’m still trying to get the glitter off so he must pay and what better way than having to work in an office decorated like the tunnel of love?!

My project is clearly not a card so I’m also entering it in current challenge at C.R.A.F.T. challenges.  Love to Scrap is running a challenge asking you to use at least one item starting with an initial of their name.  I have “L” covered with the word love, “T” for twine, “S” for sentiment and “B” for blossoms.  I almost had a clean sweep but I just couldn’t think of anything starting with “C” to add to my banner.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes E30, E33, E37, 0

Lips R24, R46

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit N5, N7, N9, R24, R29, R46, R59, R89, T6, T8, T10, 100

Heart E08, E33, E35, E47, R05

Dove C0, C1, C3, R0000, R000, R00

Chalks & Powders etc

Lindy’s Stamp Gang Embossing Powder ~ Candy Cane Red Gold

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

La-La Land ~ Heart Header Border, I {heart} You Sentiment, Love Owl Tag & Open Hearts Banner (December Club La-Land kit)

Embellishments

Prima Flowers ~ Peaceful Sarasota

Inks & Paints etc

Smooch Glitz ~ Firecracker

Papers

Bazzill Cardstock ~ Red

Blue Fern Studio Sanctuary ~ Conservatory

Ribbons & Trims etc

Twine from stash

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ A Heart for You Rio (retired)

Challenges

Creative Corner ~ Love is in the air

C.R.A.F.T. #293 ~ Not a Card

Love to Scrap #45 ~ Initial Challenge of 2015 (use at least one item starting with L,T,S,C or B)

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Siempre en nuestros corazones

To celebrate the Day of the Dead I have a card featuring the lovely new Dia De Los Muertos Betty from Simply B Stamps.

I wanted my card to have the cheerful aspect of Dia De Los Muertos that seeks to celebrate life rather than mourn death while still being somewhat muted in keeping with the usual tradition of sympathy cards.  The beautiful papers from BoBunny and Lili of the Valley I think worked to create that blend.

To make up my card I followed the current sketch over at Die Sketchtanten and used some beautiful dies to add elegance to the circle and rectangle elements.  The sentiment comes with the stamp and I printed it using a shadow effect although the purple I picked looked lighter on screen so it’s a bit hard to see the black shadowing.

Over at Fairytale Stampers they have a use something new challenge going on, my image is new (released today) and the beautiful lilac paper is new from a Lili of the Valley pad that arrived just this week.  I’m also entering my card in the current challenge at Love to Scrap where the theme is dots, which I have in the lovely BoBunny paper.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin C00, N0, N1

Eyes V0000, V09

Eye shadow V01, V12, V15

Lips & Hearts R24, R29, R46, R59

Hair N4, N6, N8, V01, V05, V06, V09, 100

Outfit Y13, Y15, Y17, Y19, Y26,

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Marianne Designs Creatables ~ Petra’s Large Oval

Spellbinders Nestabilities ~ Stately Circles

Embellishments

Kaisercraft Sparklets ~ Hearts & Princess

Inks & Paints etc

Shimmerz ~ Sugar Plum

Spica ~ Clear, Lavender, Lemon & Pink

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Milled Lavender, Scattered Straw & Victorian Velvet

Papers

Bazzill Cardstock ~ Pansy

BoBunny Double Dot ~ Vintage Maize

Lili of the Valley ~ Timeless Victorian

Ribbons & Trims etc

Live and Love Crafts Lace ~ Chérie (coloured with Seedless Preserves Distress Ink)

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Dia De Los Muertos Betty

Challenges

Die Sketchtanten ~ Sketch #2

Fairytale Stampers #46 ~ Something new

Love to Scrap #40 ~ Seeing Dots

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