Showing posts with label Valentine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Valentine. Show all posts

Thursday, January 05, 2023

Happy New Year

 Oooh how time flies- I cant believe it's been a few months since I posted - where has the time gone!!! It's been busy for everyone I know.

Anyway I'm back and have a cute card idea to share with you - the same idea but 2 different color ways and a great way to use up some of those scraps you have lying about.

A fun scalloped thin cut die cut border from Are We There Yet? cardmaking stamp set creates these fun frills, and an embossing folder creates texture at the top of the card.

The pretty doily heart die cut is from our new Now & Forever Stamp set with Die cuts set along with the words and pretty rose image.

The color combination  I used on the top card are Ballerina, Flamingo, Mulberry, Wisteria & Pewter

The 2nd card used Honey Butter, Sundance, Melon, Papaya & Scarlet

It's perfect for a quick and easy card and I hope you like them as much as I do xx



Thursday, February 06, 2020

Be Mine Banner

You will always be Close To My Heart ..... so won’t you be ‘Be Mine?’
I heat embossed the flowers directly to the wood and added Espresso cardstock to the other pieces - make sure you order your plain wood banner while supplies last and decorate it to suit your decor
😘  #legaciesoflove #bemine #ctmh #3dart #paperflowers #embossing #rangerembossingpowder #woodenbanner #hearts #girlboss #createalifeyoulove #joinmyteam

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Sweet Sale - One Day Only

EEK - I love when Close To My Heart does this :O)
They are having a one day sale just for Valentine's Day - does it get an 'sweeter' tham that??

Anyway - check out my website at 5pm EST today for the deals. The sale will run until 5pm EST February 15th - so just 24 hours to get all of those goodies.
Don't miss out xxx
sarabatkin.ctmh.com

Wednesday, February 01, 2017

Hello Lovely Cards


So love these patterns in the Hello Lovely Workshop your Way.
I added the stamps set A1192 Happy Heart (this set is available in French and Spanish versions) 
for the sentiment which I stamped using Flaxen ink and the heart image in Sorbet ink.
I used the Journalling pen to draw the stitching around the edge.
The flowers were cut at 2.75" and the leaves at 1"
For a fun accent I used the CTMH Mini Stapler and Mini Staples - totally in love with this - at the edges of the New England Ivy cardstock piece.
I think the end result is really pretty and I hope you like it too x
Love Sara xxx

Tuesday, January 08, 2013

Happy Valentine - Stamp Of the Month

Oh how I love the Stamp of the Month - Happy Valentine, the elegant roses & love themed phrases 
make it a perfect set - not just for Valentines day but for Weddings, Engagements and any project where you want to show your love for someone.
I used Ruby cardstock on this 5"x7" card - I scored the pieces at the top and bottom and then rubbed the ruby ink pad over them to accentuate the score marks.
The middle pieces were sanded using the coarse side of the sanding block
I stamped the image in Ruby ink and colored it using the ruby markers and olive markers.
I made swirls with the Black Sparkles and then added a scrap of Black tulle ribbon and 
small pieces of black gingham ribbon. Narrow strips of Black cardstock top and bottom to separate the areas and as a mat for the stamped image finishes it off.
 This gorgeous cream card is probably one of the easiest ever. A Colonial White cardstock base has a wide strip of Desert Sand cardstock and a piece of Black and White Striped ribbon wrapped around it.
A smaller piece of Colonial White cardstock is then stamped with 2 of the rose images in black ink 
& has Almond Glitz Gel Glue in the center of the flowers. 
The word Love comes from my favorite stamp set ever - Love Life - D1482. 
A knot of matching ribbon is glued to the front.
 Again Black cardstock is featured along with the Black & White striped Ribbon. 
This time I colored the images using the Sweet Leaf Markers and the Sorbet markers.
 This card was fun to do - I used the Casual Expression stamp set - D1525 and stamped it in Cotton Carndy ink - matted on matching cardstock and on Sweet leaf cardstock. 
The flowers were heat embossed using versamark ink and white embossing powder. I colored the embossed images using the cotton candy and Creme brulee and sweet leaf markers. 
Black sparkles added some 'bling'
 The last card featuring black hahaha - this time the large rose cluster stamp was embossed in Gold embossing powder and then the cardstock cut into 4 equal pieces and added to a white cardstock base. Again another very easy but very effective card.
 This card uses Chocolate cardstock which has been scored and rubbed over with the chocolate ink pad and then added a scrap of Avonlea paper and Smokey plum cardstock. the images were all stamped in smokey plum and then colored with sweet leaf and blush markers with a dot of honey ink in the center of the flowers. Then lots of Glitter tape for shine and glitter.
 The long card above uses Hollyhock and cocoa cardstock and matching inks. I stamped tone on tone with the small rose stamp on the flap and added the small strip of cocoa cardstock which I used the corner rounder with the guard removed to make the scalloped edge. Then pierced holes using the piercing tool kit.
The heart was stamped from the Love Life stamp set. Brown sparkles added shine.
 And this final card uses paper from Scholastic paper pack and the ribbon from the Pear and Partridge WOTG. I used silver embossing powder this time to give shimmer to the flower.
And this cute desk top calendar is the fun project we are making this month - the colors are Gypsy and Sweet Leaf. The calendars were bough online by a friend so I'm sorry I can't help you with the supplier :O(
We are using a mask to cover the center of the area and then removed when the stamping is finished so that you get a clear space - in the center of this is the sweet leaf cardstock mat.
The gypsy cardstock is tone-on-tone stamped with the same color ink - then I added the cricut cut image from Cricut Artiste and stamped 'Celebrate Today' from Casual Expression stamp set in Sweet Leaf ink. 
A little piece of the Black & White striped ribbon and a Bling gem finishes it off .
Well I hope I have given you lots of inspiration for using this gorgeous stamp set.
As with all of our limited edition Stamp of the months sets there are 2 ways of receiveing this set. 
You can pay the full price of $17.95 (+tax & S/S) or if you spend $50 on other items you will qualify 
to receive this set for just $5 (+tax & S/S)
Let me know if you would like this set 
Love Sara x

Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Love - Valentine card.

This is a card which we made when CTMH came to Detroit. Well it started off as that card but then I put my own 'Sara' twist to it and added a few more details LOL
I really like these 6x6 Die cut Kraft cards from CTMH. 
This card used the Elemental level 2 paper pack - and this is the Sorbet pattern.
The Swirl from the Love Life stamp set was stamped in Desert Sand ink and the word Love was stamped in Sorbet ink - as were the swirls on the Cricut die cut heart. 
I rubbed my Desert Sand ink pad over the Milepost star shape and added the Bling Button (love these) to the send of the star - then added the clear sparkles to the swirls.

Twill Ribbon finished off the flap of the card - I love the rustic feel to the ribbon - 
it really compliments the kraft cardstock :O)
Hope you like it :O)

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Valentines card.

Yes I know I am late in posting this but here you go. Here is the Valentines card I made for my darling husband Richard. It used the That's Amore paper and stickease, Dimensional elements, & Chocolate ribbon. The photograph was from our wedding in 1993. Hope you like it :O)

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Valentine's Treats

Elliott came and told me at 9.30 at night that he needed 16 Valentines gifts for his school friends for the following morning - don't you love it when theydo stuff like that! SO 30 minutes later this is what we had done. His job was to sort through the candy in the house and put it in clear bags - and my job was to make the bag toppers - this is the result and I think we did a good job :O) Hope you like them :O)

Monday, April 27, 2009

Valentine Card for my beloved husband




I know - it has taken me long enough to get this card photographed but here it is - a fun stair-step card in red, black and grey. I hid it in Richard's case as he wasn't here for Valentine's Day - boohoo - I spent it all on my own doing my taxes :O(

He found it when he opened his case when he got to England :O)