Heart You

Another Love card this time I've used Mo's Heart You and some old Simple Stories.

I used Sketch Saturday to inspire the sketch but the image mat isn't quite look enough for it to be an obvious match to the sketch.

I used MFT Stitched Banners and their Stitched Scallop Frame for the image and the sentiment is a Simon says Stamp one. There's a tiny bit of paper on the sentiment which I've just checked and blew it away must remember to double check. Not hurry to take the photo before the light go.

Hooked

Now that Christmas is over I thought I would get out the love inspired images out, I have a feeling this chap from Mo Manning called Hooked hasn't been coloured up before or I just don't remember.

Because of the size I made and the busy papers my image looked better being clean and simple just paper pieced the heart using the same read as the red trim.

Some Bunny

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
Thank you for joining us for the Anything Goes Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is

It Must Be Love 

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My card today just developed, I first I made the back with Oxides. I used Abandoned Coral, Picked Raspberry and Antique Linen. I then used the Simon says Stamp Stitched Rectangles obviously when it was dried.

I then used the little hearts from the Simon Says Stamp Choose Happy, first with Versamark and then with the Ranger Enchanted Gold embossing powder.

Background done I now needed to decorate, I kinda wanted to use this bunny from the Simon Says Stamp Somebunny he's so cute. I only coloured in the pink areas and because some bunny didn't buy the dies I had to cut round one of stamped bunnies and left a bit of a white edge. I then layered the ears, body and feet.

I also knew I wanted to stamp the Some Bunny sentiment so out came another essential item in my craft room the Simon Says Stamp Stitched Banners, it would work for the bunny to sit on too. I found I had enough scraps of the background for my heart sentiment which then completed my banner.

Another essential craft item my Simon Say Stamp Clustered Leaves it comes along to the Craft Crop I go to each month, its a perfect size for layouts but I had to cut it so enough leaves showed up from behind my banner.

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Heart You

I can't believe I didn't get time to make a Penny Black card last week. I don't card make everyday like I used and one of the days I do was taken up with making Order of Service covers. There was three of us making 50 of them, I know how the bride wants her invitations so if we thought the Service ones were fiddly wait till we start the invitations.

I do have a Penny Black card in mind for the mid month reminder for Penny Black Saturday Challenge so fingers crossed that the next two days behave themselves.

Now that Everybody Art Challenge is fortnightly and the new one isn't till next week I have a very quick and simple card using a Mo Manning Heart You, thats Hubbys Valentine done then.

The papers are some dotty ones I found and the frame is from MFT, the hearts are the Simon Says Stamp Doily Hearts and Holiday Hearts and Stars. Finished of with a retired stamp set from Simon Says Stamp and the Stampin Up Scallop Oval and Oval punch.

Just had to layer up the little chap and my work is done.

I nearly done my Charlotte Cal blanket, its all connected and now starting the full border, the bit I hate because its now too heavy for my neck and shoulders so I'm trying to get that done asap but have to keep stopping to have a rest.

Sew Much

I really do love this heart die from Simon Says Stamps but I just can't stop using twine in the gaps that look like stitches, you don't have to but I can't resist. Add the sentiment from the January Kit and a Memory Box Needle die, you have match made in heaven.
This time though I cut the die at a jaunty angle in the actual folded card and backed the card in red and stuck the heart back where I cut it out. I then made holes where the stitches were for my twine and threaded through the red background so the heart would be flat.
I added a little scallop border down the side so I could add my card to the Splitcoast Stamps challenge CAS256, I know a bit of cheat but it works. Unfortunately this card looks like the last time I used the scallops die because its disappeared out of it packet.

See you at 2pm with a new challenge.

Mojo Monday Heart

Just when you thought it was safe but the Simon Says Stamps large Doily Heart makes another appearance, I do love this heart and I can't stop myself from threading twine round it finished with a bow.  To be honest I made it for another card which didn't work but saved the heart.
The sketch is from Mojo Monday but thats passed now but pleased how it turned out. I was going to use the Falling Hearts stencil with embossing paste but who am I kidding that I what to go through all that palaver when the Falling Hearts die works fine for me and less stressful. But I do plan to work out how to emboss with the stencil. Yes that is another sentiment from the Perfect Love sentiment set did I tell you much I love this set. The stripy paper came from Simon Says Stamps kit that I've actually had time to play with.

See you at 2pm with a new challenge.

Triple Hearts

Happy New Year to you all and lets hope its a good one but its looking like another busy one for me.
Oh yes my Doily Hearts from Simon says Stamps are back again and once again I couldn't resist threading twine in the large one and making a bow.
The smaller hearts I cut one out and cut off the scallops to give me the centre which I used as a guide for the red centres that I also embossed with the swiss dots folder.
The beautiful sentiment is from their Perfect Love set.

We've been away celebrating the New Year and should be on our way home now and life will start to return to normal.

With Love Boy

I thought I better put this card on my Blog before I forget and its past Valentines day, if you need him, he's Mo's digi image With Love Boy no waiting for the Postman and you'll find him here.
I haven't tried paper piecing with a digi image before and its quite easy just like if I print out journalling. You print out the pic and then using repositional glue, place the patterned paper over the the image and put it back into the printer to print again, simples!
The paper is Echo Park and Flourishes and scroll border punch from EK success. Had a go at doodling round the image mat, some of the tiny hearts are a bit odd but I think I got away with it.

I really need to have rant but I don't think it will be enough but lets just say the due to some serious neglect of care, the RSCH sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok that felt better.