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

Happy Valentine's Day with TESC98

Hey there, finally I was able to get back to making a card based off of one of Taylored Expression Sketch Challenges. This week is #98 and it was really fun to work with. I decided to combine this with the latest Bitten By The Bug contest (which is a Valentine's project using purple in it) so you will see another post of this with a matching bag or box for some Valentine's gifts.

Here is the TESC98 sketch:


And here's my take:




This really cute ice cream image and sentiments are from Taylored Expressions Sprinkled with Love stamp set. It has a bunch of really cute yummy desserts and other sentiments. I'm really looking forward to using the mug and swirly steam on another card.
I used Glossy Accents on the ice cream dish to make it look somewhat real glass, which is REALLY hard to see in the picture:




I always loved this die cut from Cricut's Stamped cartridge:


So anyway, wish me luck on being picked to being in TESC's Top Crop.

Recipe:
-CS: Bazzill Basics "French Silk" and "Bouquest", Mi-Teintes "Stygian Black"
-PPs: DCWV "Love", "Gold Script Designer", Olive Script" and from The Mat Stack
-Stamps: Taylored Expressions Sprinkled with Love
-FCI: Colorbox "Chestnut Roan", "Dark Brown" and "Merlot"
-Prismacolor Pencils: PC946 Dark Brown
-Sakura Glaze Pens
-Stickles: Xmas Red
-Cricut Cart: Stamped for Love cut at 3" with a shadow and AE for the Scallop frame cut at 3 3/4"
-Misc: Marvy Liquid Applique, Heat Gun, Black Pigment Ink, Glossy Accents

TFL!

Next Holiday...Valentine's Day...& 2S4U

It's been a long time since I've participated in a 2 Sketches 4 You challenge...something I can't believe I don't do every week with their really great and fun sketches to work with!

Since I'm always doing things at the last minute I decided to jump over all my to do projects and go right into Valentine's Day. Especially since Regina over at her store The Cutting Café came out with a really great Heart Bag.

So I got to it and made one to give a little gift to my DF and a matching card to go with it.

So I'll start with this really cut bag. I took a really pretty pink patterned paper by Anna Griffin and I printed Regina's Valentine Big Holiday Words printable stamps on it:


I also used one of Regina's Circle Word printable stamp:


I love Regina's bags and boxes that have windows!




And here's the matching card that I made using Kazan's sketch for this week's challenge. Here's Kazan's sketch:



On this I got to use this beautiful printable stamp frame designed by Regina, it comes from another great set of hers called Valentine Borders which are the perfect size if you want to make a quarter fold size card:


I pulled the Valentine word from the Big Holiday printable stamp set:


I'm really please how this set came out!


Matching envie:




A borrowed quote from Sophocles for the inside of the card:


Candy:
-CS: DCWV's The Fall Glitter Stack, Bazzill Basics "Tutu Pink"
-PPs: Anna Griffin from her pink collection and ivory collection and DCWV's The Christmas Glitter Stack
-Fluid Chalk Inks: Colorbox "Chestnut Roan, Rose Coral and Warm Red
-Flowers: Prima Got Flowers? and Gartner Brides Table Confetti Embossed Ivory Shimmer
-Rhinestones: Michaels and MM Rhinestone brads
-Punch: Fiskars Heart Border Punch
-Ribbon: Light Pink Ric Rac
-Template: Regina's The Cutting Café "Heart Bag"
-Printable Stamps: Regina's The Cutting Café "Big Holiday Words", "Circle Words" and "Valentine Border"
-Misc: Pink Rhinestones, adhesive

TFL!!

Merry & Bright...Coffee...and Happy Valentine's Day???

Regina has the cutest and really fun pillow boxes over at The Cutting Café. You should really check out her site and see the latest item she has designed, which I can't wait to make one! She's also having an amazing sale on all her designer boxes!

Here are 3 pillow boxes that used from her Assorted Pillow Box Set, which has 4 great different frames!

You should also go over and check out what the other designers have been up to with The Cutting Café.

This is the pillow box with the Star frame which I also used one of Regina's printable stamps from her Circle Christmas Printable stamps, which is a set of 12 different stamps and 3 different sizes!!








This one I used her Decorative frame and since I just love anything that has to do with coffee beans...I decided to make a coffee gift box. All those beans are from a great stamp from Impression Obsession and I also got to use some of my other favorite coffee stamps...SU! What's Brewing? and CTMH Coffee Shop.






And yeah yeah I know, I'm a little ahead of schedule on Happy Valentine's day, especially when I'm not even close to having my Christmas Cards done!!! But I couldn't resist when I saw Regina's Heart frame pillow box. PLUS, I got to use her Valentine printable stamp from her Big Holiday Words set!



Here's the one with one of the Big Holiday Words from that set.






TFL!!!