Valentines

Eeek, how did the days leading up to Valentine's get away from me.  I guess it is because we were really busy.  Anyway, here are a bunch of valentines I created.  Almost all of them use images and elements that come from my scrap bins!!

This squirrel image is from smARTworks. 

 This growing plant is also from smARTworks. And see the hearts on the brown piece of cardstock, they are embossed with clear embossing powder.

 

This grid card was tons of fun to create.  The heart image is an old one from Stampin' Up!  I had stamped off about a hundred of them a number of years ago so I decided to use a bunch up.  Cut 9 out and sponged around the edges with tea dye distress ink.  then I adhered them to 9 squares of white cardstock that were stamped with text using more tea dye distress ink.  

                                                                                                       

  This next card was also a scrap card... I used up this cardboard heart shape that I had stamped up last year!  Added a few strips of brown cardstocks and did a bit of faux stitching.  I think you could use this card for either a masculine or a feminine card. 

This next card was lots of fun to make.  The sponged piece was also sitting in my scrap bin waiting to be used.  It had been created using a t!m holtz mask.  I simply added the sentiment, white silk ribbon, and glitter butterfly.   

  I love this very Clean and Simple card!  Just colored the crayon image with red watercolor pencil crayons and then, using a real red crayon, wrote on my sentiment!! 



The main panel on this last card was something I created a few years ago, a decorated paper bag - and now I am "repurposing" it for a card. I strategically cut the branches and words to fit a card front, added some brown cardstock along the top and bottom as well as some lovely brown ribbon. Added it all to a card base and, voila, new life!!


I hope you all had a great Valentine's Day!! 
Donelda

smARTworks Tea Party Announcement - Salted Background

Okay so it is my turn to come up with an idea for the next Tea Party challenge. Mmmmm, what to do?? Well, let's really have some fun. I absolutely LOVE the look of salted backgrounds! I've mostly created them with watercolor paint on watercolor paper and then a sprinkle of salt while it dries...but I am curious to see if I can use my new reinkers I just received. Now, you don't have to use an entire background, you could choose to use just a little bit of your salted background in some interesting way. Have fun with it. If you've never made a salted background, HERE is a great tutorial from Splitcoaststampers. I hope you all join us for this one. The smARTworks design team members will all be posting next Wednesday (July 1) and we'd love to see a creation by you. Just create a card or project using a salted background. If you have smARTworks rubber, show it off but if not, use what you have!! Make sure you comment on one of our blogs so we can all admire your work!! See you next week!! Now, where did that box of salt go???? Donelda