Crazy Love #3

Today's Valentine's Day card is actually one that I made for the holiday but also decided to keep it vague enough that I could use the same design for more generic occasions.  The flowers and pink color scheme lend itself well to the romantic holiday, but they also could be used as a general note or even Mother's Day card.

I've been looking to make some more versatile designs so that I can have more cards on hand for last minute occasions.

This entire card was made with bits that I got from an estate auction last year so while I can't identify most of the elements, I'm glad that I was able to work my way through more of my stash.

Identifiable Elements:

• Gold puff paint - Studio G

Crazy Love #1

We're kicking off this year's Crazy Love event with a pretty funky Valentine's Day card!  Last year I accidentally missed one day of this series so hopefully I keep on track this time around.  

I'm always looking for ways to use non-traditional colors for my holiday cards and when I was looking at my stash for inspiration the yellow heart gems I've had for years really jumped out at me.  I paired them with some scrap paper I'd had saved for quite awhile as well and this lovely card was born. 

Identifiable Elements:

• Ink- So Saffron by Stampin’ Up!
• Sentiment- “Wacky Wishes” by Stampin’ Up!

Crazy Love #9

The real theme of this Crazy Love series seems to be quick and easy cards, and I'm okay with that.  This card is a lot more traditional Valentine's Day.  I may have gone overboard with the heart embellishments but I like to think of it as my love just pouring out into my work (my love for shiny things, that is).

This card was completely stress free to make which is exactly the type of card I like.  I just hope the recipient enjoys it as much as I do!

Identifiable Elements:

• Sentiment- Wacky Wishes by Stampin' Up!

Crazy Love #6

Today's card took a lot more time than I initially expected because I decided to try something that I haven't done in awhile which is coloring!

I got to use a few colors that I haven't played with in a bit like the light blue (it was a bad day to try and photograph it so it looks a little dingier than in person) and as with a few of the cards in this series I really like not having totally traditional colors for Valentine's cards.

The coloring took some time, especially because my hands were a little extra shaky this morning and my sneezing was off the charts but it definitely could've turned out worse.  I would like to try and incorporate coloring into my work more often since it looks nice and is fairly relaxing to do.

Identifiable Elements:

• Light pink marker- Primrose Petals by Stampin' Up!
• Dark marker- Raspberry Ripple by Stampin' Up!
• Sentiment stamp- "Something to Say" by Stampin' Up!
• Flower stamp- "Secret Garden" by Stampin' Up!

Crazy Love #5

Today's Valentine's Day card is a little non-traditional in the Valentine realm.  I thought this stamp set was just the absolute cutest thing and decided to use the chameleon from it as color inspiration as well.  Raiding my mom's stamp set collection is a favorite past time of mine.

The card came together slowly, building from the sentiment out.  I'm most proud that I was able to work some more of my grandma's bling into the card pretty seamlessly.

The card was difficult to photograph in the excessive Arizona sun since I couldn't actually see my phone screen but other than the marker on the chameleon everything looks relatively like it should.

Identifiable Elements:

• Stamp set- Paper Pumpkin January 2019 kit from Stampin' Up!
• Card base- Very Vanilla by Stampin' Up!
• Green ink & marker- Pear Pizzazz by Stampin' Up!
• Brown ink- Tip Top Taupe by Stampin' Up!
• Bling- Prima Marketing

Crazy Love #4

Another real simple card made fabulous by bling!  I really liked making this card because I was able use Navy and Teal, two colors I don't usually think of when I'm brainstorming Valentine's Day cards, but that pleasantly surprised me.

This card was pretty quick to make but I think it will be a cute one to send out to friends.  I also was able to use up some bling that had long been collecting dust to make room for some more (as soon as I get my but over to Tuesday Morning).

Identifiable Elements:

• Polka dot paper- Well Traveled by Carina Gardner collection by Carta Bella
• Navy ink- Night of Navy by Stampin' Up!
• Sentiment- Wacky Wishes by Stampin' Up!
• Washi tape- Cat's Meow collection by Paper Lane

Crazy Love #2

Today's Valentine's card is a super simple, yet super cute little number.  I really wanted to use the Bloomin' Love stamp set my mom had in her collection.

It took a couple of tries to figure out exactly which color I wanted to stamp in as the light pinks were often just a hair too light to really show up well.  I tried to choose a pink that matched the dark parts of the flower paper in the background.  

If I had more scraps of the background flower paper I'd definitely be making this card again.

Identifiable Elements:

• Pink ink- Flirty Flamingo by Stampin' Up!
• Pink paper- Pink Pirouette by Stampin' Up!
• Yellow paper- So Saffron by Stampin' Up!
• Stamp set- "Bloomin' Love" by Stampin' Up!

Crazy Love #1

For the first 2 weeks here leading up to Valentine's Day I'm hoping to do a "Crazy Love" series here with fun Valentine's Day cards I can send out to my friends (especially the out of state ones).  The first card is this one that I made using some scrap paper I had.  I love the way the colors all look together and I think it turned out super cute.

The best thing about this card was how quickly it came together so I might be making some other versions to send out as well.

Identifiable Elements:

• Teal paper- Bermuda Bay by Stampin' Up!
• Pink paper- Blushing Bride by Stampin' Up!
• Stamp set- "You're My Type" by Stampin' Up!