Wintery Love

Sometime last year I was asked to be a Guest Designer for Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.  This month, I am finally getting the chance.  They have two fabulous sketches that you can work with for the entire month.  Here are my two cards:

I had this adorable stamp set out and had used it for a birthday card and decided to use it again to create a Valentine's day card.  I really love paper piecing on simple images and the scarf on this guy is perfect for the patterns.  I stamped him and then stamped him again on the patterned paper, cut the scarf out and adhered it in place.  Then I stamped some hearts around him in a pale pink ink.  The snowflake was already die cut and sitting on my desk .  I finished everything off with some gems, some ribbon and an adorable little tag.

 

My second card uses some more images from the same stamp set.  These penguins are super cute.  I created a little scene where the penguins are marching off to the mailbox to send some love.  Super cute!!  I added some glue with some chunky glitter to create a "ground" for each of the images to add a bit of sparkle.  The sentiment is from the same set, but it actually reads "May Your Heart (And Mailbox) Be Packed With Merriment", but I wanted it to be for Valentine's Day, so I masked off the "Merriment" so I could stamp "love" instead.  I was FINALLY able to use up that heart ribbon in the background--I have had it FOREVER!!!  I also added a bit of a fancy border die cut piece to add a bit more interest.  I finished it off with some pink rhinestones that were left over from projects my girls did years and years and years ago! Oh!  And I paper pieced each of the scarves on these little cuties!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will go check out the Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 blog for more inspiration.

Card #1:

Supplies:

Stamps: My Favorite Things "YUZU Polar Pals" and "Everyday Sentiments" for 'love'; Pretty Pink Posh "Penguin Pals" small hearts

Dies: Memory Box "Lindeman Snowflake"; unbranded label die

Challenges:

As You Like It--gems or pearls? (I use both, but I think I end up using gems/rhinestones more as pearls are more elegant and most of my cards are a bit more fun than elegant)

Creative Fingers #293--anything goes

Cupcake Inspirations #610--add a tag

Penny's Challenge #589--anything goes

Card #2:

Supplies:

Stamps: My Favorite Things "YUZU Polar Pals" and "Everyday Sentiments" 'love'

Dies: Papertrey Ink border die; Kat Scrappiness "Slimline Distress Edge" nesting dies

Challenges:

Pattie's Creations #226--anything goes

Creative Knockouts #539--something to say

Shopping Our Stash #540--crafty remnants (ribbon and border die cut from scraps)

Fab n' Funky #609--include a stamped image

Word Art Wednesday #686--anything goes with an uplifting sentiment

ART Impressions Stamps #396--highlights (I used a white gel pen to add highlights to the penguins, the mailbox, and the hearts on the letters)

Krafty Chicks #753--anything goes