Simply Love--#tgifc250

For this week's TGIF Challenges color challenge, I made a simple card for Valentine's Day. It was finished after several trials and errors.  I started out with some really ugly stamping yesterday, but this morning revisited the piles of pieces I had laying on my desk.  I picked out a Pool Party design from the Parisian Blossoms designer series paper (#151192) and a greeting from the Parisian Beauty stamp set (#151466) to pull together a card using a Smoky Slate card base, a layer of Melon Mambo and a die cut heart banner using Melon Mambo and the Be Mine Stitched dies (#148527).  Sleeping on a problem really helps! I love the simplicity of this card.

Not everyone had problems creating with this color combo of Smoky Slate, Melon Mambo and Pool Party.  You can see the beautiful results over at the TGIF Challenges blog:

Happy Valentine's Day!

--Sara Nell

A Valentine--#tgifc249

This week's TGIF Challenges theme challenge is Valentines.   I remember spending hours in the card shop looking for just the right cards to send to my Great Aunts Hattie and Lucile.  I always think of them as Valentine's Day approaches and wish they had lived long enough to get some of the Valentines I've made since joining Stampin' Up! In their honor, I have added a vintage touch to my Valentine with Pressed Petals specialty designer series paper (#149500).

The hearts were all die cut using the Stitched Be Mine dies (#148527) dies.  They are Pressed Petals paper, Rose Glimmer Paper (#146960), and Mossy Meadow and Rococo Rose card stock.  The large Mossy Meadow heart was embossed with the Coastal Weave 3D embossing folder (#151503).

The dotted background was stamped in second generation Mossy Meadow ink using a stamp from the Artisan Textures stamp set (#151278).  The greeting is from Parisian Beauty stamp set (#151466) and was stamped in Rococo Rose.  Sequins from the Woven Threads sequin Assortment (#149498) and a bow out Mossy Meadow twine from the Magnolia Lane ribbon combo pack (#149485) complete the card.

Card stock layers are Very Vanilla, Rococo Rose and Mossy Meadow.

For lots of great Valentine ideas, head over to the TGIF Challenges Blog here.

Wishing you a Happy Valentine's Day!

--Sara Nell