Valentine scrapbook pages

These pages turned out way better than I had thought although they are not exactly as I had hoped they would be, either. There is NO stamping on these pages but you don't always have to stamp either. Shh! Don't tell my husband that! I will deny, DeNy! DENY!!!

Calming Camellia

I really had fun playing with Calming Camellia. I wanted to use the leaves too when creating with this set. If you remember from last week, the cards all had the gorgeous flower grouping on them. So this time I pulled the leaves out and created a few more cards. 

Granny Apple Green is the hero on this card. The top layer was embossed with Hive and I used the debossed side. You can see how the honeycomb looks like it is sunken in, that is the debossed side of the cardstock. The embossed side would have the honeycomb raised. It really doesn't matter much. Both sides are pretty! The stems are from the Bough punch. This punch has two boughs that you can punch out. I only used the one.

Driving By

This set is so stinking cute! I think these older looking vehicles are so much fun and create some adorable cards. I added the Sunshine & Rainbows paper and I have several fantastic cards just waiting to be addressed and sent out to some happy people.

This card was the subject to a recent Facebook Live that I did. I started with Pool Party cardstock. The layers are Magenta Madness (This color will be retiring you! Stock up while you can!) To create the background for the van, I used watercolor pencils and scribbled them on a piece of watercolor paper. I then used a water brush to blend the pencil colors out and into each other. I stamped the van over the top and colored the tires with watercolor pencils too. The windows I used a white gel pen to color. I didn't like the way the black was balance so I added the three black matte dots and that made all the difference.

Amaryills Bloom

I got this Amaryills Abloom as a gift from another demonstrator. I have to admit that I wasn't so sure about it when I got it. I did play with though and while I'm pleased with what I made, I'm still not sure about this stamp set. 

I started with Soft Succulent cardstock for the card base. I added a layer of Tidings of Christmas that I tied a piece of gold ribbon around. I die cut a piece of Basic White and Cherry Cobbler with the dies from Hippo & Friends labels. Then I stamped the flower with VersaMark ink and heat embossed it with gold embossing powder. The greeting was stamped with Evening Evergreen ink.

Happy Holly-Days

You get to see how much I like nature again! Happy Holly-Days stamp set was purchased by me because I adored this bird! I kind of knew that it wouldn't hang around more than the mini catalog but I still loved this bird enough that I bought the set. I did use it but then didn't take the time to write up posts and share with you.

The bird and holly are fussy cut. If you don't like fussy cutting, DON'T FUSSY CUT THE HOLLY LEAVES! They were a pain in the bum and I don't mind fussy cutting. The bird wasn't too bad. The card base is Granny Apple Green and the strip in the middle is Real Red. The bird and holly are colored with blends. The red has gold foil along the edges. The foil is a bit pricey so to make sure I'm not wasting any of it, I cut 1/2" strips and adhered them to the edges of the Real Red cardstock.