Unicorn Challenge Blog - the theme Love/ Valentine's

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends

How is your week going? I had a day catching up with job yesterday. Today I am going out with a friend. We both like crafting so we might come back here and make some things together after lunch.

Being the first Tuesday of the month the new challenge starts on the Unicorn Challenge blog. The theme is Love/ Valentine's. This is just the right time of year to be making this kind of card.

I used an old card to make this card. The flowery rose paper was inside the card and fitted my card nicely. I cut the aperture with my Double Pierced Circle dies from Creative Expressions. 

This is such a cute image. The die I used for the sentiment is one from Tattered Lace. I don't know if they still make this one, The ribbon with the bow came from another card. So there was lots of recycling in this make. 

I will be sending this card to my cousin. She is going through some treatment at the moment and I want her to know that we are thinking of her. She love hedgehogs she often posts pictures of the ones that come to her garden on Facebook. 

I would like to enter challenge 56 at the Path of Positivity Challenge Blog. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Valentine Hearts

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How is your week going? We actually managed to sneak off to the cinema on Tuesday evening to see Passengers there was a 2 for 1 offer at our local Odeon. My husband got home early and we dashed off to catch an earlier performance,  it was very enjoyable.

While there is a slight lull in wedding makes (I have supplies on order for the invites) I thought I ought to start thinking ahead to cards I might need in the not too distant future. Well February and Valentine's Day are not far away so I decided to make a card for my husband. We usually give each other cards and have a nice meal usually the M & S meal deal.

I started by making all the mats and layers. 

Then I started playing with my dies. I used the Heart of Hearts die set and the Heart Love die set both designed by Sue Wilson for Creative Expressions. I remembered that I had bought some Distress Glitter in a sale. I know it is pink but I decided to use it anyway. I was just going to use it on the love die but I liked it so much I used it to edged the Heart of Hearts dies. I didn't use the heart detail this time I embossed the hearts instead. 

The sentiment was cut with a Britannia die. The text layer was a late addition to the design but I think it shows off the hearts nicely. 

So this card is now hidden in a drawer. I can blog and share it on Facebook as he never looks at those. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. Take care, 

I would like to enter 10th January Challenge at TTCRD, challenge 7 at the Creates and Makes Challenge blog, challenge 332 at the Crafty Creations Challenge blog and challenge 119 at the Inspiration Destination Challenge Blog.

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie

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Valentine Heart

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

Well this is the end of the week - bring on the weekend and a couple of days of not having to get up.

Do you remember that I managed to sell my husband's Valentine's Day card meaning that I needed to make another one. I thought I would try a different design this time.

I wanted to use similar materials to my first card.  I had my new Grand Calibur so I was able to do some A4 embossing again and I took the opportunity to use my Heart Lattice embossing  folder for the background.

I like this stamp that came from Clarity Stamps. I stamped it with CS Perfect Medium and heat embossed with CS White fine detail embossing powder. 

I hope you have a great weekend. We are visiting our niece and her partner to talk wedding invitations. I have made a few samples to show them after our discussions in November.

Happy Crafting 

Hugs Jackie

An Early Valentine's Day Card

Hi My Blog Friends

Everything is back to normal at our house we are all back to work and we mostly seem to be fit and well.  How are you all getting on?

This is the Valentine's Day card that I have made for my husband. I got this done early as I have some wedding invites to make in the next few weeks as well as a couple of commissions I have picked up a long the way.

I used a Clarity stamp to create the background and the focal element of this card. I stamped the All You Need is Love stamp with CS Perfect Medium and heat embossed it with White Fine Detail embossing powder. 

I cut the stamp out with one of my heart dies and to get the black mat I drew round the outside of the die and cut that out by hand,

There you have it all done and dusted and I know it is there when the time comes. I hate  making things in a rush it never ends well.  I did feel a bit guilty about the Christmas card I made him because it came from a kit. This one is a bit more creative. 

I would like to enter this in the Craft Stamper Magazine January Challenge "Take a Stamp".

I hope your weekend goes well. We are off to pick up a couple of rabbits tomorrow, for our daughter, if all goes well I will post some pictures soon they are very cute. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

Valentine's Day Card ( a bit late).

I made this for my husband so I didn't want it to be too girly.  I love putting colours together so there is lots of matting and layering going on.  I often use Centura Pearl card as I love the sheen that it gives. Black card helps to make a project more dramatic and a bit more manly. The white Centura Pearl card is embossed with a 6 x  Embossalicious  embossing folder (they fit thorough my Big Shot) the edge is inked with Red Berries Distress ink. The hearts are cut in two pieces from a Spellbinders Die d-lite. First I cut the background and covered it with a double sided sticky sheet and then I used Indigo blue gilding flakes to make it shine. The filigree  design was cut from red card to match the card blank. I used red sticky tape and Aleene's Turbo tacky glue to stick it all together. the sentiment is one I had in my stash that I have wanted an excuse to use for a while. The final touch was to use Tulip beads in a bottle to put the pearls in the corner.

Thanks for taking a look.