The Perfect Mix Valentine Card by Amanda Wilcox

Send a Perfect Mix for Valentine's Day!

Amanda is back today with some Valentine inspiration. This sweet card features our Love Quarry Stamp Set and Valentine Word Trio Die Set along with some fun stenciling! 

Amanda stamped and colored the cement mixer truck from our Love Quarry Stamp Set choosing a color palette of red, pink and teal. She also stamped and colored a duo of construction cones using the same colors. She cut the images out using the coordinating Love Quarry Die Set and added some glossy effect to the images for a to add a bit of shine. 

She cut out the banner with the XOXO from our Valentine Word Trio Die Set in three colors (red, pink and white). She used the pink banner base and inserted the red and white letters back in. Then she added the truck and cones to the top of the banner. So fun! 

NOTE: the Valentine Word Trio Die Set is currently out of stock but we have more on the way so make sure to sign up to be notified when it's back in stock on the Valentine Word Trio Die Set product page. 

For the background she used our Bokeh Hearts Stencil Set and our Petite Hearts Stencil. She started with a teal cardstock panel and used the two piece Bokeh Hearts stencil, adding teal ink over both stencil layers. This created a nice tone-on-tone effect. Then she applied more hearts using the Petite Hearts Stencil with white texture paste. The teal cardstock panel was cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set.

She assembled the card together, using dimensional adhesive and layering it over a white scalloped background pane that was also cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set.

We hope this card inspires you create some Valentine cards. Also, make sure you try Amanda's technique of layering different stencils together!

See more of Amanda's work over on her blog, Twiddler's Nook!

Cat Window Card by Samantha Mann

Window Sitting!

If you have cats you know how much they love sitting in windows. Today Samantha used the cats from our Cat Silhouettes Die Set and created a unique window scene with die cuts. 

To create the window frame she used the die from our Frames & Tags Die Set, cutting it out from gray cardstock. She inked up a panel to go behind the frame using distress oxide inks in shades of pink. This created her window.

For the wall she created "wallpaper" by using a piece of patterned paper with tiny gray hearts from our Love & Meows Paper Pad. She cut the paper just a bit short of the card height to leave a white space for the "floor." 

To create the curtain she cut out a big curve using our Land Borders Die Set with some textured vellum paper. She added a sash by using the Land Borders Die Set again with pink paper, cutting it twice close together to create a curve with two stitching lines. This is such a unique use of the Land Borders Die!! She added a pink bow using the bow from our Pines & Holly Die Set.

She assembled the window and curtain onto her card and added the trio of black kitties that were cut out using the Cat Silhouettes Die Set. The finishing touch is the sentiment "from MEOW to you" from our Cat-itude Stamp Set. She embossed the sentiment in white onto a banner that was cut out using our Bookmark Die Set.

This scene is so adorable and it would be great to send to a cat lover. The touch of pink would even make it a great Valentine card! 

We hope this card inspires you to look at your shape dies in new ways and see what you could create with them! 

To see more beautiful cards by Samantha you can visit her over on her blog, Sam' Scrap Candy!

Snowy Thank You Card by Amanda Wilcox

Thanks a Latte!

Do you need to send out thank you cards to friends and family who have treated you over the holidays? Today we are sharing inspiration for a winter themed thank you card by Amanda!

This card features the following products:

Cup of Cocoa Stamp Set

Snowfall Die Set
Thanks a Latte Die Set
Frames & Tags Die Set

Amanda stamped the cute trio of mugs using our Cup of Cocoa Stamp Set. She colored them in shades of blue and green and added glitter for a touch of sparkle. She cut the images out using the Cup of Cocoa Die Set. 

She used the Snowfall Die Set to cut out white snowflakes and then layered the mugs over the centers for a fun wintery look. 

For her card background she covered a panel with blue ink splatters and then cut it our using the zig zag edged rectangle die from our Frames & Tags Die Set. She layered all of the snowflakes and mugs over the background and added the sentiment, die cut out using our Thanks a Latte Die Set.

We hope this card inspires you to send out some wintery themed thank you cards this season! 

See more of Amanda's work over on her blog, Twiddler's Nook!

Loads of Love Card by Samantha Mann

Loads of Love!

It's a new year and we are ready to spread some love! Today Samantha created a love filled card using our Love Quarry and Valentine Postage Sampler stamp sets paired together! 

To start, she stamped the three construction trucks along with the construction cones from the Love Quarry Stamp Set and colored them in yellow and gray with a pop of pink! She cut them out with the coordinating Love Quarry Die Set. She decided to add a bit more fun by adding in the images of the speech bubbles with hearts and the heart balloons from our Valentine Postage Sampler Stamp Set, coloring them to match and cutting them out with the coordinating Valentine Postage Sampler Die Set. She also added some fun white accents to her images with a white gel pen . 

Next, she cut out the frame with three windows using the Frames & Taags Die Set with pink cardstock. She created a subtle heart background to layer behind the frame using our Petite Hearts Stencil with white texture paste onto the white stitched cut outs. The she added piles of dirt by cutting out hills using the cloud edge from our Sky Borders Die Set and flipping it upside down. She added white and brown paint splatters to her piles of dirt to help give texture. 

She then layered on the construction vehicles. It's so cute how she added the speech bubbles above the cement truck and the big heart balloons behind the dump truck! 

Last she added the sentiment, also from the Love Quarry Stamp Set, embossed in white on a black rectangle. 

We LOVE how all of these elements come together. This card would be perfect for Valentine's Day or just to send a bit of extra love any time of year! 

To see more fun cards by Samantha you can visit her over on her blog, Sam' Scrap Candy!