Monday, January 25, 2010

Happy Valentine's Day - BBTB2 Contest

Hey there, if you've been on my blog in the last week or so then you've already seen this card in the post below, as I also used it for Taylored Expression Sketch Challenge #98. It started off to be my entry to the Bitten By The Bug 2 contest but thought I would combine it with another challenge.

The BBTB2 contest was to make any valentine's project, using any cut from any Cricut cartridge but you had to add purple in the color theme. I really liked that idea because it's the color theme in my downstairs bathroom and a little bit in my bedroom but with much more latte color. For some reason I've liked that color combo for home decor for awhile.

Since this will Scott's Valentine's card I made a matching box using the Stationary Box with a Frame Top from The Cutting Café designed by the very talented Regina Easter. Her set comes with 4 different tops, the frame (the one I used), circle opening, rectangular opening and a solid top.

So here's my entry in the BBTB2 contest:


Scott's favorite candy bar is Snickers, just in case you were wondering ;p




With masking tape I used the same stamp as the inside of the card, I just stamped each word separately on the tags (also, those really pretty diamond pins were given to me by a friend of mine, Tracy Gough all the way from England, thanks again Tracy!):


Inside of the card:


Most of you know that I love to embossing my stamping images:


Back of the card & envie:


The greatest stamp for card makers!


Love Mix:
Most of it is listed in the post below, but here are a few extras:
-Stamps: Inkadinkadoo "Happy Valentine's Day", MSE! "Love Postage" and MSE! "Back of Cards Set"
-FCI: Colorbox "Warm Violet"
-The Cutting Café Stationary Box cutting template
-Misc: Pigment Ink, Embossing Powder, Heat Gun

8 comments:

Carole Beath said...

Wow, card candy. I mean of course the cashe of snickers for Scott but mostly I mean wonderful card eye candy for us to admire. You do awesome creations, my friend.
Carole

Margaret said...

Very pretty. I'm sure he'll love it. I love your colour combination and funny sentiment. Very true.

A Little Time said...

Wow! I love the deep, rich colors in this project. this is gorgeous!! Thanks for playing with us at BBTB2.

Regina Easter said...

wow wow wow wow...how fabulous is this....hugs

Jeri said...

What a fantastic Valentine set. Love how you coordinated everything. The colors are as yummy looking as that candy. Thanks for joining in the contest at BBTB2.

Enfys said...

What a stunning project Nikki, everything looks good enough to eat.
big hugs
En xx

DonnaMundinger said...

Gorgeous set Nikki! LOVe the color scheme! You really do beautiful embossing too. Wish I could get the hang of it! Scott will love this. (that "Hallmark" stamp is a hoot!) xxD

Sharon Caudle said...

Gorgeous!!! I love it!! Your work is always fantastic! :) The colors are soooo scrumptious!! And I adore your "made just for you" stamp! Fantastic set, Nikki! I really love it! hugs!

My to do list...

*Become a Project Corner & Spotlight winner on the Cricut™ Chirp Newsletter (or at least a highlighted thread)
*Ongoing Memorial Journal for Morgan
*Scrapbook for my favorite moments at DisneyLand and DisneyWorld (my other obsession, big, big, big Mickey fan!)
*Scrapbook for my trip to Europe
*Scrapbook for the last two years of the kids for my DF's mom and one for his Dad.