Valentine's Day cards

Fair warning: this post contains a lot of pictures!  These are the Valentine's Day cards I created using Kendra's cutting guide and card layouts.  If you are unfamiliar with this challenge (or idea), you use 6 sheets of 6x6 patterned paper to create 15 cards.  She gives a cutting guide for each sheet of paper and card layouts using those papers.  It's really fun and uses up (almost) entirely those sheets of patterned paper.

Below are the scraps that are left over.  The bigger pieces are no more than an inch tall.  Sometimes I seem to have trouble measuring correctly and one of those larger leftover pieces came because I cut part of the paper too short.  But it usually works out in the end.

I tried to keep most of the elements the same since I am creating them all for the same occasion.  It makes it easier for me.  Not all of the cards use the same elements, but most of them are the same.  I did use the same image stamps set on each card, but I used sentiments from different sets to fit the recipient and the space a little bit better.

Card #1: uses some stretchy cream lace that appears on a couple of the other cards and some adorable heart shaped pearls which appear on almost all of the cards.

Card #2 uses a heart and star stencil that I just got last month as well as a star embossing folder (on the green panel) that I also just got last month.  I added some die cut hearts to the striped panel as it seemed a little empty with anything there.

Card #3 has only the heart shaped pearls as embellishments.

Card #4 got a good dose of those heart pearls.

Card #5:

Card #6: uses the left over triangles from the previous card.

Card #7 was for my honey, so I could use a little sappier sentiment.  It also uses my favorite lion from the stamp set.  They are all adorable, but he's the cutest!

Card #8 was for my 6-year-old nephew; I thought the image was kind of fun.

Card #9 will be posted with information on March 1st.

Card #10 has a cute little heart die cut, and I stamped some hearts around on the pink layer with some light pink ink.

Card #11

Card #12

Card #13 I already shared in a post earlier in the month.  You'll notice that the last three cards have a different color mix for the lions.  I colored these three first and couldn't remember how lions looked.  (I know, sad!)  When the darkest brown ink began to run out, I switched to the other color combo and realized they looked better.

Card #14 uses the cream lace and the heart/star stencil

Card #15 uses the heart/star stencil and some really tiny strips to create a fun layout.

 Thanks for making it all the way to the end!

Card #1:

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT "Lovely Lions" and Verve freebie sentiment

Challenges:

Cards Galore--anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #636--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Card #2:

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT "Lovely Lions"

Dies: MFT "Tag Builder Blueprints 5" tiny hearts

Simon Says Stamp stencil

Park Lane star embossing folder

Challenges:

Through the Purple Haze #113--anything goes

NBUS #59--never before used schtuff (this was the first outing for the embossing folder)

Card #3:

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT "Lovely Lions"

Challenges:

Pattie's Creations #215--anything goes

Penny's Challenges #565--anything goes

Card #4:

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT "Lovely Lions" and Verve freebie sentiment

Challenges:

Crafty Calendar--add a heart

Krafty Chicks #704--all occasions

Card #5:

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT "Lovely Lions" and Verve Freebie sentiment

Dies: Verve "Classy Labels"

Challenges:

Sheepski Designs #83--anything goes

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Card #6:

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT "Lovely Lions" and Verve Freebie Sentiment

Dies: Verve "Classy Labels"

Challenges:

Creative Inspirations--someone you love/a special friend (this one went to one of my daughters)

Crafting Happiness #163--cute

Card #7:

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT "Lovely Lions"

Challenges:

We love Stamping--Romance (for my honey!)

Card #8:

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT "Lovely Lions"

Challenges:

Moving Along With the Times #163--love hearts

Card #10:

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT "Lovely Lions" lion and hearts; Verve "Text Objects" love

Dies: MFT "Stitched Heart STAX"

Challenges:

Crafty Gals Corner #252--add a heart

Card 11:

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT "Lovely Lions" and Verve freebie sentiment

Card #12:

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT "Lovely Lions"; Verve "Text Objects"

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"

Challenges:

Aud Sentiment #310--use dies AND/OR love/anniversary/wedding

Card #14:

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT "Lovely Lions"; Verve "Text Objects" 

Dies: MFT "Stitched Heart STAX"

Simon Says Stamp stencil

Challenges:

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #224--anything goes

Creative Knockouts #515--die cuts/punches/stencils

Card #15:

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT "Lovely Lions"

Simon Says Stamp stencil

Challenges:

Alphabet Challenge--X is for X-tra hearts