Did someone say cards?

Just like call good scrappers, I probably have a bit of excess and odds and ends laying around from my scrapbook pages.  Unlike a lot of you, I'm not that good at either scrapping or card making but at least attempting to do so keeps me occupied!  lol

Here are a bunch of cards I've made in the past month from different items.  I tried to use what I had on hand as well as try a few new things as well.  I hope you like my crafty creations!

I think the black and white cards with a pop of color are elegant spring time additions - if I do say so myself!! haha  The black and white paper was purchased at Hobby Lobby in Michigan.

Thanks for spending time with me!

Project #6: Valentine's Day and Blog Candy

Congratulations!  We have a winner!

I will email you!


Project #6:


February is one of my favorite months.  


Why you might ask?


Well, because it is the birth month of me and my brother!  It's the shortest month of the year, so it's unique.  It's Black History month.  Within the month we have at least 2 recognized holidays, Valentine's Day and President's Day!  I think that's a lot of activity for one small month, don't you?


If you'd like to learn a little more about Valentine's Day, here's an interesting article:
http://www.theholidayspot.com/valentine/history_of_valentine.htm

Thanks to everyone who has stopped by to offer comments and enter for a chance to win some blog candy.
We are in the home stretch and I have to warn ya, it will be a wee bit tougher to enter to win.


So before we get to the rules for this blog candy, let's talk about the projects, some are finished and there is one that I need your help on.


Projects:


The cards below were created using my Design Studio and mostly the Love Struck cartridge.  The rust colored card was created using the hide feature on my Design Studio (I honestly forget what cartridge I used!)  I added various bling such as brads, iRoc gems, 3-D stickers, heart confetti, ink, heart ornaments, ribbon etc to make the cards a bit more exciting.  They are intended to be on the less complicated side because we will be using these to show new scrapbookers how to make cards.


Ok, I need your help - I wanted to make a non-traditional Valentine's Day card. I started out with brown cardstock with a teal and white ribbon.  Then I got stuck.  When applying for the blog candy, please make recommendations as to how I can complete my card.  If you recommend a Cricut cut, please name the cartridge and the cut

This is a paper bag album my friend's daughter gave to me.  It's it adorable?  She is a beautiful young and talented lady!

Need your help, please suggest how I should finish this card.  See notes above!

Blog candy:


For all of this weeks give-a-ways, you MUST be a follower of my blog.  This is a blanket statement for the reminder of the week!  
(It's easy, Google offers a free account.  I believe you can sign in via Yahoo also and some other places.)


In your comments, please let me know how I can complete my brown card.  Please include specific product references, if you can.  Or, specific cartridge and related cut names as well.  Be creative!!!


Also, be sure to include your email address.  I'll need to know how to contact you when you win!!  I will notify the winners by the 30th of the month via email.  They will have 3 days to respond to me with their mailing address.  I want to be sure to get these packages out to you quickly!


To help you get jump started on your Valentine's Day projects, the blog candy is a paper pack from DCWV, rub-on letters from Heidi Grace, some cute heart ornaments and some heart glitter.  

Project #4 and Blog Candy: Trying something new!

Congratulations we have a winner!

I will email you at wjiharris at yahoo dot com
I'm asking all winners to respond by Tuesday of this week so their prizes can be mailed ASAP!




For project #4, I wanted to try something new. I issued a challenge to myself and I had to use what I had on hand to try something new.  Well, being that I often "buy before I try", it wasn't hard to go into my stack and look for something new to explore.  lol


My ingredients I came up with are all from K&Company (it just happened that way - trust me it wasn't planned!)  I used an embellishment kit, a printed tag, printed chipboard letters and a colored transparency to create this project.  The "LOVE" letters are popped out with foam dots.

Let me know what you think!


Blog Candy:

The blog candy for this will be two packages for chipboard accents by Lucky You.  The first photo is the picture of the chipboards in the first package.  They are all actually pretty large.

Love's in the Air!

Hello Everyone!
I hope you are enjoying a wonderful holiday!  For those that have been snowed in for the week, hope your time was filled with making beautiful crafts!


In 2011, I haven't spent nearly enough time as I would like at my craft table.  I did get some quick cards made for my display board at JoAnn's.  I'm just getting started in this adventure and my Education Coordinator there has been great!  These are idea cards for a children's Valentine's workshop.  They are die cuts from K & Company and they are simply adorable!


Probably later this week, I'll post more Valentine's Day projects and some blog candy, too!  If I reach 56 followers by Friday, the blog candy will include Cricut cartridges!  We'll see how it goes!


Thanks for looking!

This project was created using a JoAnn's project card.  All the cuts are from Plantin School Book.