Lisa’s Handmade Cards

Happy Valentine’s Day! In the normal Lisa fashion I waited until the last minute and then decided to whip up a few batches of cookies and these cute little gift tags. It is also my BIL Austin’s Birthday. I sadly made him the worst cake ever as well- note to self: making the cake layers the night before is a bad idea. Not sealing them up air tight also a bad idea. You will get comments like, “I plead the 5th” when asked how it tastes and “It’s like a toast cake.” LOL, at least my cookies are good and my in laws now have a “remember when” story about me to tell for years to come.

The monkey stamp is a digi from Bugaboo (I added the 30 on the cake), the Cupid Bear is from Whipper Snapper, the elephant is a Dustin Pike digi image, and the squirrel is a Greeting Farm image. I used a lot of cuttlebug, my cricut, did some sewing, and inked lots of edges. That’s about it. I’ll be back tomorrow with my Squigglefly DT card.

I am back from my Disneyland family vacation and sooo ready to craft it up. I made this card using a free digi from Lily-Boo’s Boutique. The pattern paper is from Scenic Route. The balloons and ladybugs are 3D. I went a little crazy with embellishments. I guess I was a little overly excited.

Challenges Followed-

Everybody Art Challenge- Valentine

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge- Love is in the Air

Crafty Cardmakers- Digital Delights

Project #11

This weeks Squigglefly challenge is to do a mostly white card with lots of sparkle. This was a true challenge for me. I used a digi sentiment from artist Nina Brackett. I cut two hearts out from felt, sewed them together, and stuffed it. I didn’t think to show a side photo so that you could see that. The patterned paper is from Sassafras. I embossed my card with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder.

Every Monday Squigglefly has a new challenge. There’s a prize now given every week!  The prizes will vary from free images to goodie bags. A Squigglefly image does have to be used to be eligible for a prize.

I’m entering my card into the following challenges as well-

Frosted Designs- embossing

Dare You to Digi- Hearts/Valentines

Project #9

I thought I’d have a ton of time to craft today but it didn’t happen. So instead I had only a few minutes to whip up a card this evening. I’ll take what I can get.

It isn’t Valentine’s Day without my favorite smoochin’ frog. Isn’t she cute? These Whipper Snapper stamps are definitely my favorite image/sentiment combo. I’ve colored her up multiple times and decided this go around to make her pink. She looks sunburned and fabulous at the same time. The patterned paper is from Sassafras.

I’m entering this card into the following contest:

One Stop Craft Challenge- Love & Kisses

Stamp Something- Funny Something

Project #7

My sweeter than sweet SIL Marianne gave me some Close to My Heart paper that is covered in jean pockets. I’ve been trying to think of a good project to use it for. The current contest at Bitten by the Bug 2 is to use any Valentine’s Day cut. I didn’t want to just stick a heart on a card and call it good so I came up with the idea of lots of hearts on a card, lol. I cut one of the jean pockets off the paper and made it into a pocket with a pull tag Valentine. Half of the hearts are embossed using my Cuttlebug. The stamped hedgehog is from Penny Black. I’m also entering this card at Caardvarks (red heart), Simon Says (punch it- half of the hearts are from a punch), Practical Scrappers (embossing), and Crafty Creations (Valentine’s of Love).