Happy Valentines Day!

I just had to squeeze in a few more Valentines Day projects. :)

First up is the card I made for my daughter. (She has a pet rat. There aren't too many Valentines rat images out there, so I went with this cute Valentine Mouse instead.)

Louie is my favorite bear and one of my favorite DSB images, so of course I had to make one more card using the Louie Love set. (The circle sentiment is from the Simply Valentine Greetings set.) All images are from the DigiStamp Boutique.

I'm entering these in the "Love" challenge over at Paper Crafting Journey as well as the "Anything Goes" challenge at Charisma Cardz.

Hope you had a SWEET day!
Lisa

Sweets for Your Sweetie

I've been making lots of Valentines Day projects lately! My daughter asked me to make some of these candy boxes to give to friends/coworkers at school. This box is my favorite - lots of PINK (including the sweet digi paper) and this adorable little Louie from the Louie Love Set (DigiStamp Boutique).

Supplies: Louie Love Set (DSB), Heartfelt paper set (DSB), pink cs (HL), Copics, white grossgrain ribbon (Bags and Bows), Copics, mini-binder clips (Walmart)

Here's a close up of the little guy. I used E41, E42 and E43 Copic markers and left some of the area white. (I don't have a true off white Copic yet - they're all too dark/yellow/brown.) I used short strokes to try to give the feeling of fur.

I'm entering my project into the following challenges:
CMC Copic Challenge - Texture (fur)
Inky Chicks - Valentine or Anniversary
Paper Crafting Journey - Love
Charisma Cardz - Love
Milk Coffee Challenge - Valentine
Oozak - Anything Goes with favorite colors (pink!)
Love to Create - Feelin' the Love

Here is a group shot of all 6.

images: Archie and Olivia (DSB)

If you're a regular visitor to my blog, no doubt you've seen these candy boxes before. However, if you're new and would like to try your hand at making some of your own, check out my tutorial: Milk Carton Boxes. These boxes are truly the easiest 3d paper project I've ever made.
Lisa

Whimsie Doodle Sketch Challenge

The current Whimsie Doodles challenge is one of my favorites - a sketch challenge! I used this adorable image (Mailed My Heart) from the freebies page. (I can't believe this cutie was free!) To make her fit the sketch, I cut out just part of the image and mounted her on top of a circle cut from printed cardstock.

Supplies: Mailed My Heart (Whimsie Doodles), blue polka dot dp and sentiment (DigiStamp Boutique), polka dot and heart dp (Paper Studios-HL), Valentine sentiment dp (Martha Stewart), heart brads (Recollections-Michaels), organza ribbon (Bags and Bows), red cs (Hobby Lobby), scallop edge punch (Fiskars), white CS (PTI), circle cutter (Creative Memories) and Copic markers.

I'll be back soon with some more Valentines related projects. :)
Lisa

TSG

This week's challenge at There She Goes stamps couldn't be more perfect! This week's challenge was to make a card or other papercraft project based on this fun inspiration photo:

My 18 year old issued a challenge of her own. She needed a Valentine card for her boyfriend using the TSG set, Puppy Love (my fave!). And, oh by the way, would it be possible to drop the card off to her at college tomorrow? Along with the 6 candy boxes I was already working on? Um yeah, sure, kiddo. Nothing like a little pressure to kick you into creative mode!

The inspiration photo was perfect for a masculine card - the grey and metal elements were easy to incorporate into my card and gave it a "guy card" feel.
Lisa

Crafty Sentiments New Release

Note: If you're looking for my Totally Papercrafts challenge post, please scroll down below.

Suzette, my Totally Papercraft teamie and owner of Crafty Sentiments is releasing some adorable new stamps in her store. She graciously shared her artwork with us so that we can help celebrate!

This sweetheart is called "Just Dance". She's so adorable, isn't she?

I'm showing her off in a couple of different challenges. :)
CMC Copic Challenge Group - Texture (her hair)
Oozak.com - Favorite Color Combo (pink and brown)

Head on over to Suzette's store to see the rest of this great new release of stamps!

Lisa

Be Mine, Valentine!

Happy Friday! Have you started making Valentines yet? If not, here's a good incentive to get going! This week's Totally Papercrafts challenge is "Valentines or Love".  We are sponsored by Squigglefly, who kindly provided us with some adorable Valentines/Love related images. For my card, I chose this adorable image entitled "Oh Please Be Mine!".

This image is so detailed with lots of shading, so it was easy to get this painted look with less Copic markers than you would expect. I kept my card simple to put the emphasis on these two sweeties.

Come join us this week and make a Valentine or love related card or other paper project! You could win your choice of digis (like this one!) from Squigglefly! And, of course, don't forget to stop by Totally Papercrafts to see the other ladies' great samples!
Lisa

Tied up with a Bow

Whew! This Kenny K image is sweet - but smokin'!

Supplies: "Bow" digital stamp (Kenny K), cream seam binding (Ribbon Carousel), 

Copic markers, light pink rhinestones (J and C Creations), heart punches (CM and Paper Shaper), 

paper piercer (Making Memories), and assorted paper from my scrap stash.

I am submitting my card into the following challenges:
Delightful Inspiration -sketch
Bearly Mine Challenges - Hearts Galore
J and C Creations - Something Old and Something New (old=pink rhinestones, new=Kenny K image)
Colour Q Challenges - pink/primrose/raspberry/espresso/vanilla
Paper Crafting Journey - For a Girl
Charisma Cardz - Pink and Brown
Cute Card Thursday - A Different Corner
Milk Coffee Challenge - Valentines

Pink and brown is my favorite color combo, so I had a ton of fun making this card! Hope you find time to do something fun and crafty this weekend, too!
Lisa