Be Mine

I've been crafting up a Valentine storm lately! I've posted a few of these projects so far, but most will be shared in the weeks to come and most were created with Valentine themed paper collections, but what if you don't have one? 

Any brightly colored fun patterned papers will make beautiful hearts...so dust off those punches, grab some thin metal dies or plug in your digital cutter and get going!

For my Be Mine card I used Bella Blvd's Play Date line with a set of heart shaped nesting dies from My Favorite Things. 

Have you seen all the white embossed vellum lately? I love the look, but I don't have embossing supplies so I used some alpha stickers instead.

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Ooh la la...I'm in love with hearts right now! And vellum! And crafting Valentine projects! And crocheting!

Speaking of crocheting...in this post I talked about teaching myself to crochet with the help of on-line tutorials. Well, this weekend I learned a little more...

...I crocheted my very first granny square following this tutorial.

Perfect for Valentine's Day, I made my first heart using this tutorial. It's part of a bunting project...wouldn't a bunch of these hearts look adorable strung together? Anyway, the tutorial is taught using a smaller gauge yarn and smaller hook than I did here, but going bigger is great for beginners and practicing.

Hope you have a lovely week!

Love is in the Air

Happy Valentine's Day!

I have a special treat for you today...four Valentine's Day cards to celebrate the day with! This first card was created with the super sweet Lovebirds collection from Doodlebug Design.

I adore this line! I imagine you've guessed that by now with the parade of projects cards I've made over the past month! ;)

The next three designs were made with another fabulous Valentine collection, Kiss Me from Bella Blvd.

Please be sure to visit both the Doodlebug and Bella Blvd. blogs for more great Valentine projects from my extremely talented teammates.

I've got to run now...I'm baking heart shaped sugar cookies for my two Valentines. Have a very sweet day! Thanks for spending a bit of your day visiting! :)

Traditional, Digital or Hybrid?

What kind of scrapbooker are you? Have you caught the digital bug or do you like to roll up your sleeves and jump right into your paper, stamps and various accents and tools? Since I stared scrapbooking in 2003, I've dabbled in digital not really knowing it or thinking much about it. My very first page was of my three year old son painting. I took his painted hand and made an imprint on paper. When it was dry I scanned it and then imported it into Print Master so I could crop it  and copy it over and over to make patterned paper for my page. So you could say I've always been a hybrid scrapbooker.

I don't think I could ever completely leave behind the buttons, ribbon, chipboard and oodles of other embellishments that are so fun to play with. However, in recent times, I've incorporated more digital elements for my paper crafting to become a  more eco-friendly scrapper. If I can reduce the amount of stuff I have on my pages, the better for the environment. For example, lately I've been interested in doing more stamping on my greeting cards, but that would require a lot more product with all the stamps, inks, etc. Stamping is one area I can really see myself creating digitally.

Anyway, I thought I'd share a couple hybrid cards with you today. This first card I created using a fabulous digital kit called 'February' by Jen Martakis of Two Peas in a Bucket.

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Isn't this loopy heart pattern adorable?!?! I love it! The little tag I attached with pop dots to give the card texture is a also from the kit and has a loopy frame. If you click on the picture you will get a larger image and can see these details better.

This next hybrid card is from a digital kit called 'This Year' also by Jen Martakis. She's oh so talented! Anyway, I really love the bright and happy colors of this kit. Makes it so you can use it for just about any project you can dream up!

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This kit includes some colorful journaling blocks that I used as a frames for each letter of my sentiment. The alphabets are included too and I really like the subtle graph paper pattern they have.

Supplies

Be Mine
Card Stock:  Bazzill Basics
Patterned Paper:  February by Jen Martakis
Tag:  February by Jen Martakis
Ribbon:  May Arts - Buy
Rub-On:  American Crafts

Love
Card Stock:  Bazzill Basics
Patterned Paper:  February by Jen Martakis
Journaling Blocks:  February by Jen Martakis
Alphas:  February by Jen Martakis
Ribbon:  May Arts - Buy

Well, that's a wrap for this post. Leave me a comment and let me know what kind of scrapper you are and I'll visit your blog to see your creations. Thanks for dropping by! :) Kathy