XOXO / Written Card Tutorial

 Hello and welcome to my blog, thanks for dropping by! 

Today I am showing  a card  I made for my sister on Valentine's Day, the nontraditional colors makes this card suitable for lots of occasions don't you think?

I was excited to play with  "liquid embossing" which only cost $2.00 at the Bi-rite, you get three in a pack, now that is a deal! I cover the "Heart Bouquet" digital image (created by moi) with "Liquid Embossing" and fell in love with it, it looks like those puffy stickers we had when we were kids, I was a serious collector and always had so much fun trading with friends.





I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge: "Anything Goes" , optional - use a heart

Products Used:

 Card Stock: White , light blue, dark blue

Spellbinders: Scallop Circles

Image: CBDS, colored "Hearts Bouquet" found HERE

Confetti: XOXO

Distress Inks: Faded Jeans , Antiquities - Verdigris

Liquid Embossing: Clear Glass Finish

Stickles: Silver

Embossing Folder: Heart Blocks

 Circle Punch: 1"

How To Make This Card :

• Use light blue card stock for the base (card) ,   Cut 8 1/2 " by 11" (standard size)  @ 4 1/4" , fold
• Cut a piece of white card stock @ 4 1/16" by 5 2/16" , emboss and attach to card
• Cut 3 Scallop Circles (Spellbinders), 2 of the largest and the smallest.

Largest Scallop circle - Dark blue

2nd largest- White with Image

Smallest - Dark Blue

Ink lg. scallop circle with faded jeans distress ink 

Ink 2nd lg. scallop circle with Antiquities Verdigris

Ink sm. scallop circle with faded jeans

(Punch 1" circle with circle punch to layer on top of smallest scallop circle.

Layer and adhere scallop circle with image over largest scallop circle.

• Make double ribbon bow and use tape to adhere ends to back of inner card, cover inner card with white cardstock for a neat appearance.
• Add Embossing Liquid evenly over image and set to dry for approx 1/2 hr.
• Add silver Stickles around the edges of dark blue scallop circles
• Add confetti -XOXO confetti to 1 " circle punch cutout 

There you have it, I hope you have fun creating and have a super day!!



Saturday Sneak Peek -- Love is in the Air...Week 2

Good evening everyone.  I am a bit later than usual getting this post out today.  It was quite a night for me.  I didn't get to bed until after 2 am which used to be early for me but these days, I've been trying to crawl in no later than midnight.  However, it wasn't to be last night and it was after 4 am when I fell into a sporadic sleep only to wake up at 7:10 and realize I hadn't uploaded a card to a challenge blog that was scheduled to post at 10:00 am.  Oy vey! So up I got and with one eye closed and the other eye half closed, I took care of business.  Then I crawled back into bed and spent the next two hours writing down everything that kept popping into my head that I have to get accomplished in the next two days.  Needless to say, it has been one of those days but I'm here now.  Hopefully, I won't get fired. ;)

It is time for the next sneak peek in our Love is in the Air collection.  Check out what is in store for this coming Wednesday...

Soooooo....have any ideas as to what the image might be?  I think I may have made this one way too easy.    If you think you might know what the OVERALL image may be, no matter how outrageous the guess, please offer it up by Tuesday, Feb. 18th at 12:00 pm EST (noon) in a comment on this post to be eligible to win a possible goody.

Don't Forget...

There is still an opportunity to win a copy of Naomi's latest release, 'Heart Bouquet'.  Click HERE and scroll down to find out how.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful week everyone and I will see you all on Wednesday!