"Hanging Heart" Valentine

Using Hallmark Card Studio, I printed the sentiment onto white cardstock in each of four sections.  This gave me four card fronts.  Then I placed the cardstock onto the cutting mat for my Cameo and cut the heart opening.

Once the hearts were cut out, I used a guillotine cutter and cut it into four pieces 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" to make four fronts and trimmed 1/4" off two edges.  That allows the red card base to show.

A Divine Swirls folder was used to emboss each of the four fronts.  Then I added a small piece of baker's twine and a pre-made bow.

A smaller heart was cut then pop dotted for dimension.  I coated the small heart with Crystal Stickles.

This idea came from a Stampin' Up demonstrator's blog.

Bee Happy Card

After making Halloween cards for the past week, I switched directions and made a few of this layout.

The background was embossed; the bee is clip art that I colored with Promarkers; the tiny hearts were done with a Martha Stewart punch; the flower centers were done with Stickles.

My Version of a Stampin' Up Card

Saw this one in a Stampin' Up catalog I was looking through this evening.  Most of the time I don't have all the stamps and punches they use on their examples, but this time I did!

The stamp set is Language of Friendship.  I used a 2 3/8" scalloped circle punch to mount the bird.  There are Stickles in the centers on the flowers.  I used a Cuttlebug folder for the background and added a little ink for dimension.

Spring Flower Card

Ashlyn's Alphabet was used to cut the flower and the stem. The photo doesn't show that the flower is cut from mica paper.   The sentiment stamp is an old Studio G, I think.  I wanted to add something to the corners and ran across these Stickles that Okie gave me a long time ago and there were some yellow ones that worked just fine.  I added a little pen work to the borders.

Prima Flower Card

This card was designed by Lori Teeler.  When I saw it I knew it would be one that would travel well so it would be a good one to include in my CFS cards.

Thanks to Karen Y. I now have an abundant supply of the Prima flowers.  This is the first card I made using the ones she sent to me.

I used my Cuttlebug for the white background, SU scallop punch for the border strip and the circles are 1 1/2" and 1 3/4", computer generated the sentiment, layered two Primas and added some stickles in the center of the top flower.