You're my anchor

#622-2020-02.

This layout design is from this week's freshly made sketches challenge.

The supplies I used are :

White cardstock,

Anchor embossing folder,

Anchor stamp and cut,

Ribbon messages die,

Scalloped heart,

Heart gems.

I don't have any sentiment stamps for an anchor sentiment ,so I had to write it on the ribbon die myself. I struggled for over an hour trying to put some hemp cord around the scalloped heart and anchor to make it look like a rope around the heart and anchor, but I couldn't seem to get it to look the way I wanted it to, so I left it off and just went with a piece of hemp on the top of the anchor instead.

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Just saying hello

#621-2020-02.

The layout design for this card is from this week's Poetic Artistry's Mojo Monday challenge.

I couldn't decide on which other patterned paper to use with the one I chose, so I just used one kind of printed paper for the whole card. This particular printed paper is from my watercolor pastel paper pad. I also used black cardstock for the border on my layers.

The beginning layer is 4" x 5 1/4". The second layer is 3 1/2" x 4 1/2".

The third layer is 2" x 5 1/4". And the fourth layer is 2 1/2" x 4".

The circle is a 2 1/2" circle.

The bee that is just above the sentiment is from Ms. Sparkle & Co. stamp and die set (pictured above). The other bee is from Fiskers Beary Fun rubber stamp set.

The sentiment is from Essential Sayings clear stamps. I adhered it to a lavender craft ribbon and added a few Pearls.

This completes my card.

Thank you for stopping by to visit my blog. Whether you simply just like my card and you want to let me know what you like about it, or you want to let me know that there's something missing that could make this card look better, all comments are welcome and appreciated.

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Valentine Panda 2

#620-2020-02.

This layout design was my own idea.

Supplies used are :

Light green blank card,

Black cardstock,

Boho paper pad,

Clouds and Grass paper pad,

Panda stamp and cut,

Ribbon Messages stamp and cut,

Scalloped heart die cut,

Pearls,

Heart gems,

Black ink (sentiment and Panda's).

Paper piercing tool.

The ribbon behind the heart looks orange in the pictures, but it's actually a peach color. 

Valentine Panda

#619-2020-01.

My Mom has always liked panda's, so I made this card for her.

Supplies used are :

Peach blank card,

Black cardstock,

Clouds and Grass paper pad,

Boho paper pad,

Heart lace edge frame die cut,

Panda stamp and cut from Hampton Arts mama elephant collection,

Scalloped heart,

Heart gems.

Loving Valentine

#618-2020-01.

I tried other layout's for this design from this week's freshly made sketches challenge, but I finally decided on this one. At first, I was going to put a regular circle inside the scalloped circle. But it just didn't look right. Then I played around with other ways to use the printed paper which I used for my background image on this card. 

But the more I thought about it, I finally decided on using a heart over the scalloped circle instead.

The supplies I used are :

White blank card,

Red scrap paper,

Valentine printed paper,

Scalloped circle die cut on red paper,

Scalloped heart die cut on shiny white paper,

Roses in a vase embellishments,

Red hear gems.

The die cut that I used for my sentiment is from the die cut set pictured above. I'm not sure what the name is for this set of dies. The sentiment is from the free printables from papercraft inspirations.

I added the heart gems to give my card a little texture, along with using a little bit of Bravo burgundy ink on the edges of my heart and sentiment.

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Love stretches the heart

#617-2020-01.

Here is another card for this week's freshly made sketches challenge.

Today I went to our local Joann's craft store because I wanted to see if they had any good deals going on. And sure enough, they had a bunch of their printed 12x12 sheets of scrapbook papers on clearance for 25 cents each. So, of course I couldn't resist buying a few sheets.

Other supplies that I used are a hearts edge frame die and a couple of hearts embellishments that have a circle adhesive on the back to adhere it to my card.

The sentiment is a wood mount stamp.

I am always very critical of my cards and I know that most of the time, my cards aren't near as pretty as those that are posted on the challenge. However, I still enjoy making my cards and posting them on the freshly made sketches challenge.

I appreciate it that you stopped by to visit my blog. Your comments are also appreciated!

Thanks.