Game On Masculine Valentine

 It's that time of year again, when I create a new creative design for a masculine valentine for my hubby, who some of my customers refer to as Mr. Stampin' Up!, because he delivers their orders to them for me! This year I used Game On for my design. I don't know if you noticed, but all the cards in the image with the playing cards are hearts! In fact it's a royal flush of hearts, one of the rarest hands in poker!! I can't think of a better metaphor for a good husband in marriage that has lasted for almost 43 years! Lucky me, indeed!

I'll be featuring this card in my Monday Morning Live on Facebook today so tune in at 11 am PST to Playing with Papercrafting:

           

• My Crumb Cake base is 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4" on the long side.
• The next layer is Soft Suede, cut at 5 1/4" x 4".
• The Very Vanilla panel is 3 1/2" x 4 3/4". It's sponged around the edges with Soft Suede. On it the images are embossed in Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder, even the sentiment on the banner.
• The images are from Game On, including the bottom sentiment.
• The sentiment on the top banner is from the Always in My Heart stamp set and is die cut with the Floral Heart dies.
• All the small hearts are die cut with the small stitched heart in the Mini Curvy Keepsakes Dies. You'll notice that they don't have the hole for the tag that that die has built in. That's because I got my husband to take it off with some metal cutters because I wanted a small heart of that shape.
• The hearts are Crumb Cake, sponged with Soft Suede, Real Red, and Gold Brushed Metallic cardstock, which won't be available again until the next July/Dec Mini Catalogue, but I have a ton of it left.
• The final embellishment is a bow tied with a quadruple layer of linen thread and added with a glue dot.

That's the materials and measurement used. Tune into my Facebook live this morning to see how to put it together, or catch the replay on YouTube.

Especially if you live out of town, today is the deadline to sign up for my February Technique Online class, where we are featuring Fun Folds. We'll be doing a Lever Card, an Accordion card and a Crossover card!

Here are the details: 

You asked for Fun Folds and Fun Folds is the focus of February's Online Technique class. We will be doing 6 cards - 2 each of 3 different fun folds: Lever card, Crossover card, and an Accordian card, shown above. You can choose sentiments of your choice from your own stamp sets so the cards will be all occasion.

Note: I will send you class packages containing cardstock and DSP, cut, punched and die cut, along with embellishments, but I'm not allowed to send you prestamped images, due to copyright issues. You will need a basic list of supplies or alternatives to complete your projects that you can find below.

Option 1

The paper package with all the cardstock, DSP (cut, punched & die cut) & extras for $20.

Option 2

The paper package with all the cardstock, DSP (cut, punched & die cut) & extras is free with an order of $30 or more from my Online Store.  Don't forget that it is Sale-A-Bration and orders of $60 or more earn Sale-A-Bration rewards from the SAB Brochure.

Date: Saturday, Feb. 20, 1 pm. using Facebook Live with links to the YouTube Replay afterwards.

Register HERE by Monday, Feb. 8.

I hope to have some of you join with me.

If you live in Canada, and don't have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the right side bar at the top of the page. You can shop with me from anywhere in Canada by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the top menu or clicking on any of products below from my Online Store.

Product List

Game On Cling Stamp Set (English) [152646] $26.00	Always In My Heart Photopolymer Stamp Set [154337] $24.00	Always In My Heart Bundle [156194] $68.25	Brushed Metallic Cardstock [153524] $20.00	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [120953] $12.00
Soft Suede 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [115318] $12.00	Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [102482] $12.00	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101650] $13.25	Versamark Pad [102283] $13.00	Linen Thread [104199] $6.75
Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder [109129] $8.25	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $41.00	Mini Curvy Keepsakes Box Dies [150644] $46.00	Dies Floral Heart [154306] $52.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $163.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Stampin' Seal [152813] $11.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25

True Love for As You See It Challenges

 It feels so good to get back in the swing of As You See It Challenges every other Friday, and I love the new graphics for our website designed by our team member, Amy Jasper! This week we have a Sketch Challenge and it's one concocted by yours truly!  Here's the Challenge Banner:

I decided to open my package of True Love Designer Series Paper for the first time and use both the flowers and the graphic designs on the back. I picked the medium sized flowers on the first design in the package and then some tiny black polka dots on a white background as another piece. For the round element I changed the shape and used a square vellum doily turned to a diamond shape and sponged with Petal Pink ink. Here's a closer look so you can see the doily.

• I used Thick Whisper White, which I still have quite a bit of left, but you would have to order Thick Basic White now. From everything I've heard it's just as good, if not better than Whisper White.
• I added some True Love Designer Series Paper, the polka dot design, but backed it with some Basic Black cardstock to give it some definition.
• A Square Vellum Doily was sponged with Petal Pink ink using a Blending Brush and it was mounted to the left of the card front using glue dots where they would be covered by the heart and flowers.
• I had a Champagne Foil heart in my scrap bin so added that on top of the doily with Stampin' Seal.
• The flowers were fussy cut from a sheet of the True Love DSP and coloured in with the Petal Pink and Soft Seafoam Stampin' Blends Combos. They were mounted with Stampin' Dimensionals.
• I used the Always in My Heart Bundle for the sentiment, stamping it with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and die cutting it with the banner die from the Floral Heart dies. Even though you can fold it so that it stands up 3D, I didn't want it above the flowers so used glue dots to hold it flat.
• The ribbon is a retired one: Petal Pink metallic edged ribbon. I made a bow and added it using a glue dot. The final touches are a few Frosted Epoxy Droplets.

Let cute George explain all about Sale-a-Bration:

          

Contact me and I'd be happy to answer any questions you have.

If you live in Canada, and don't have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the right side bar at the top of the page. You can shop with me from anywhere in Canada by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the top menu or clicking on any of products below from my Online Store.

Product List

Always In My Heart Photopolymer Stamp Set [154337] $24.00	Always In My Heart Bundle [156194] $68.25	True Love Designer Series Paper [154281] $15.75	Champagne Foil Sheets [144748] $6.75	Square Vellum Doilies [152484] $6.75
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229] $11.25	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121045] $12.00	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $13.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $8.25	Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [147108] $10.25
Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154893] $12.00	Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154902] $12.00	Frosted & Clear Epoxy Droplets [147801] $12.25	Petal Pink 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Metallic-Edge Ribbon [151194] $9.50	Dies Floral Heart [154306] $52.00
Paper Snips [103579] $13.50	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $163.00	Blending Brushes [153611] $16.25	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50
Stampin' Seal [152813] $11.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50

Always in My Heart for Freshly Made Sketches

 This is my first Valentine card of the year and I made it with materials from the Love You Always Suite from the new Jan/Jun Mini Catalogue. It has some lovely Designer Series Paper and Foil and I was torn about which stamp bundle to get because they are both useful and very tempting. I picked the Always in My Heart Bundle strictly for that ornate heart die, but now I'm kind of wishing I'd picked the Forever & Always Bundle for the dies that coordinate with the True Love DSP and for the large die cut words. Oh, well, hindsight is 50/50 as they say!

I wanted to play along with the sketch for Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #468. Here is the banner for the challenge:

Both the Love You Always Specialty Designer Series Paper and the Love You Always Foil Sheets have a shiny metallic finish, so make this card particularly flashy. I tend to like my Valentine cards to be a little-over-the-top, so this is okay with me. This design could be toned down by replacing some of the shiny foil with a similar colour in a plain designer paper or cardstock.

• The Love You Always Specialty Designer Series Paper is featured in the background and on the fourth layer - the smaller horizontal, Sahara Sand coloured one.
• The Love You Always Foil Sheets are used in the Blushing Bride vertical layer, and in the Sahara Sand heart die cut, which is found in the Floral Heart Dies.
• On top of the Sahara Sand Love You Always Specialty DSP layer, is a layer of the Pearlescent Paper found in the Sand & Sea Suite.
• The center of the heart is stamped on Very Vanilla in Blushing Bride ink, with an image from the Always in my Heart stamp set, and is die cut with the same die from the Floral Heart Dies, so the heart fits right in the center. The rest of the ornate Very Vanilla die cut can be saved for another project.
• Every layer is adhered flat to the card front except for the Sahara Sand Love You Always Specialty DSP, which is added with Stampin' Dimensionals.
• The die cut heart is added with Glue Dots.
• The finishing touch is the addition of several Pastel Pearls, from the Hydrangea Hill Suite.

It's time to think about subscribing to the February Paper Pumpkin Kit, now that the January kits have been delivered. You have until Feb. 10 to sign up. February's kit features 9 cards and envelopes with a sympathy or "thinking of you" theme and a soft floral design.

To subscribe click HERE.

If you live in Canada, and don't have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the right side bar at the top of the page. You can shop with me from anywhere in Canada by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the top menu or clicking on any of products below from my Online Store.

Product List

Always In My Heart Photopolymer Stamp Set [154337] $24.00	Always In My Heart Bundle [156194] $68.25	Love You Always Specialty Designer Series Paper [154280] $20.00	Love You Always Foil Sheets [154286] $13.50	Pearlescent Specialty Paper [154291] $5.50
Sahara Sand 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121043] $12.00	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101650] $13.25	Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad [147100] $10.25	Pastel Pearls [154571] $8.75	Dies Floral Heart [154306] $52.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $163.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50	Stampin' Seal [152813] $11.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25