You mocha me happy

Happy Wednesday! Love cards can be sent on any day, not just Valentine’s. This dry embossing folder is by Cuttlebug and I believe it has been discontinued but might still be found on Ebay.. or another heart folder would work too. For circles, I always stamp first and then cut! It is easier to line up the punch or cutting die than the stamp but do what works best for you. The coffee beans and cup were colored with alcohol ink markers. Some other options I want to try for this card is a brown swatch behind the white strip and the stitched hearts on top of the solid. Links are below!

C310 Coffee Beans Mini

C320 Handmade Card Inside

D329 You mocha me so happy

A186 Solid Heart

EE25 Dots and Circles

A249 Created By

CC78 Cup and Saucer Small

Three Potted Rose cards

Dull Glossy Paper, flowers, Just a Note, Missing You

Happy Monday! I love using textured paper for a background. On all of these cards, the background is 4×5-1/4″. The white paper (dull glossy) is 4×2-5/8″ with the color swatch sized 4-1/4×2-7/8″. I used 3D foam squares to pop up the smaller swatches with one foam square in each corner and one in the middle. The roses were colored with alcohol ink markers. Links are below!

DD47 Circle Rose – link (tap/click here)

CMO121 Congrats Set – link (tap/click here)

C322 Missing You – link (tap/click here)

D371 Just a note – link (tap/click here)

C320 Handmade Card Inside – link (tap/click here)

Aloe plant – wishing you… card

Dull Glossy Paper, Thinking of You

Happy Saturday and wishing you a song in your heart! The background paper on this card is white felt and I used glue to assemble all the pieces except the aloe plant in a pot. For the aloe plant, a 3D foam square was used to pop it up (tip below!) and it was colored with alcohol ink markers. The white swatch with the words and squares is dull glossy paper.

C320, Handmade card inside – https://shopec.com/shop/ols/products/c320-handmade-card-inside

aloe plant – https://shopec.com/shop/ols/products/cmo104-aleo-vera-trio-cm1-l-vr-tr

aloe cutting die link – https://shopec.com/shop/ols/products/cdcmo104

F245 wishing you – https://shopec.com/shop/ols/products/f245-wishing-you-dot-dot-dot-just-for-you

A76 retro block – https://shopec.com/shop/ols/products/a076-retro-bitty-block-076-rtr-btt-blc

Tip: cut foam squares in half diagonally to create triangles for smaller pieces. And in half again if needed!

Spring bunnies

alcohol ink, Dull Glossy Paper, Easter

Good afternoon! Sharing several bunny cards today. We are loving this heart embossing folder and will be adding some swatches to the website once back in the shop. Keep checking if interested! Let us know in the comments if we need to work faster on making it available 😉. The circle with words on it is 2” and I used a punch but a cutting die works too. Links to stamps and cutting dies are below!

Bunny Cutting die – https://shopec.com/shop/ols/products/cdg329-spring-bunny-cutting-die-cdg-spr-bnn-ctt

G329, bunny medium – https://shopec.com/shop/ols/products/g329-spring-bunny-med

C320, Handmade card inside – https://shopec.com/shop/ols/products/c320-handmade-card-inside

F235 triple flag – https://shopec.com/shop/ols/products/f235-triple-flag-banner-stamp

triple flag cutting die – https://shopec.com/shop/ols/products/cdf235-triple-flag-cutting-die-cdf-trp-flg-ctt

F245 wishing you – https://shopec.com/shop/ols/products/f245-wishing-you-dot-dot-dot-just-for-you

E166 Spring bunny – https://shopec.com/shop/ols/products/e166-kbs-spring-bunny

dull glossy paper – https://shopec.com/shop/ols/products/dull-glossy-paper

D311, Easter spring wishes – https://shopec.com/shop/ols/products/d311-easter-spring-wishes

aloe plant – https://shopec.com/shop/ols/products/cmo104-aleo-vera-trio-cm1-l-vr-tr

aloe cutting die link – https://shopec.com/shop/ols/products/cdcmo104

Butterflies – E343 – https://shopec.com/shop/ols/products/e343-string-of-butterflies-343-str-of-btt

Quick note: Orders placed Feb 12th-17th will ship Feb 18. Thank you for your patience!

Explore the Universe

Aliens, Dull Glossy Paper, Valentine's Day

Good Morning. We have a few more Valentine cards we’ve been working on. We have been busy with orders so I haven’t taken the time to blog. Sometimes there is just too much to do!

Image: Pink card on a black background with two green aliens sitting inside a pink spaceship with a tiny pink heart in the space above them. The words above them say, “Let’s explore the universe together.”

Image: Pink Valentine card with green aliens on a white background.

Stamp Links:

G362 Alien Love. E338 Exlpore Universe. A186 Solid Heart. A188 Stitch Heart

Feb. 2, 2022 – Beautiful Memories

Dull Glossy Paper, With Sympathy

Happy Wednesday! This sympathy stamp works really well with small flowers. Here is another version compared to the one last week. The flower was colored with alcohol ink markers.

Stamp links are below!

Stamps: G374 Loved One Special, CC82 Black Eye Susan Small, HH28 Dots and Lines Border

We’ll have more valentine cards coming too!

January 28, 2022 – Owl Valentine

Dull Glossy Paper, Valentine's Day

Back with Valentine’s! On this card, the heart border on the left was created with A190 Tiny Heart stamp. The owl was colored with alcohol ink markers. Don’t look too close to the words! I was using dull gloss paper and my hands had some lotion so I smudged it a bit when I was glueing the pieces together. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Stamps: E256 KB’s Bookish Owl, C226 Hoo will be my Valentine?, C320 Handmade Card, A190 Tiny Heart

Copic Markers: E37 Sepia, E55 Light Camel, R32 Peach, E93 Tea Rose, Y17 Golden Yellow

Artist’s Loft Markers: E10 Mocha, B2 Ice Blue

The ribbon holes were created with EK Success Vertical Slot punch.

Have a great weekend!

January 27, 2022 – Wish big!

Birthday, Dull Glossy Paper

A little break from valentines with yesterday’s sympathy and today’s birthday card. I love these skinny candles and love blending the alcohol ink markers. I had one little issue with the dark blue that it just wasn’t blending well. I tried putting it on first and then the lighter color and then tried reverse. Not sure why it dried so fast but oh well! That sometimes happens. Things don’t always go as planned. Still love how these look though!

Stamps: B302 Wish Big, EE53 Skinny Candles, C302 Blow Out the Candles

The candles come in a set of reverse images so when stamped together, there is more variation. There is also a cutting die for them if we needed one to pop up. Link is here > https://shopec.com/shop/ols/products/cdee53-skinny-candles-cutting-die-cd5-skn-cnd-ctt

For the inside:

G350 > https://shopec.com/shop/ols/products/g350-bday-brilliantly-fantastic-g35-bdy-brl-fnt

G352 > https://shopec.com/shop/ols/products/g352-celebrate-bday-special-g35-clb-bdy-

I haven’t decided which one to use yet but am leaning more towards G350.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Thursday!

January 26, 2022 – Beautiful memories

Dull Glossy Paper, With Sympathy

A quick sympathy card today. This is a clean layout with just one layering swatch and two stamps. The flower is EE65 and was colored with alcohol ink markers. The ribbon hole was created with EK Success Vertical Slot punch.

Stamps: G374 Loved One Special , EE65 Pansy Med

Envelope stamp link: C320 Handmade Card > https://shopec.com/shop/ols/products/c320-handmade-card-inside

Happy Wednesday!

January 24, 2022 -Hoo will Be?

Dull Glossy Paper, Owls, Valentine's Day

Good Evening! Here is another Valentine card. I got a good report from my surgeon today which was reassuring because one knee is further behind than the other and I was worried. So all is well!

Stamps: E256 KB’s Bookish Owl, C226 Hoo will be my Valentine?, C320 Handmade Card A186 Solid Heart

Celebrating you – Jan. 19, 2022

Birthday, Dull Glossy Paper

Hello! Here is a fun birthday card. The cake was colored with alcohol inks and the background was created with an ink pad rubbed on dull gloss paper. Links to paper and stamps are below!

Dull Gloss Paper Link > https://shopec.com/shop/ols/products/dull-glossy-paper

Stamp links > DD95 Fondue Cake, C320 Handmade Card Inside, F253 Celebrating you