Love/Valentine Card ~ Forever {1st Post}

I have a one layer CAS card to share

This cute little cat is from one of my very first PS sets.

I die cut a PS heart for him to hold and added a PS sentiment die cut.

*Card base 5.5 x 4.25 in.
*Cat from the Chubby Chums stamp set from Paper Smooches.

*Sentiment cut using the Always & Forever die set from Paper Smooches.
*Heart cut using the Wedding Showers die set from Paper Smooches.
*E57 and E59 markers from Copic.
*Memento Tuxedo Black stamp pad from Tsukineko.

May your day always be filled with love and laughter.

Crafty hugs,   

Dawn

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Love/Valentine Card ~ Always & Forever

Happy Monday everyone.

I can't believe February is already half over 

and this is only my second post for the month.

As a lot of you know I've been battling health issues.

 I've really been trying to listen to my body and let it be the boss.

I made today's card for my hubby. I think the sentiment says it all.

*Card base 5.5 x 4.25 in.

*Sentiments cut using the Always & Forever die set from Paper Smooches.
*Heart cut using the Classic Hearts die set from Spellbinders.

May your day always be filled with love and laughter.

Crafty hugs,   

Dawn

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Love/Valentine Card ~ I {heart} U

One of my newest crafting goodies are these cute LF alphabet dies.

I left the dies attached together and it worked perfectly for my card front.

I think I'm going to buy a second set of this alphabet set to break apart.

First I die cut the letters from the black panel.

Next I cut the I and U from red and inlaid the in place.

Then I die cut the red heart and added it in place of the O.

To finish up I colored up and die cut the bird to sit on the heart.

*Card base 5.5 x 4.25 in.

*Letters cut using the Quinn's Capital ABCs die set from Lawn Fawn.
*Bird from the Snow Day stamp set from Lawn Fawn.
*Heart and bird cut using the Snow Day die set from Lawn Fawn.
*R29 marker from Copic.
*Memento Tuxedo Black stamp pad from Tsukineko.

May your day always be filled with love and laughter.

Crafty hugs,   

Dawn

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Simon Says Work it Wednesday Use something new {alphabet dies}
Cardz TV {card} #1 Valentine's Day card

Love/Valentine Card ~ Pizza My Heart {1st Post}

Valentine's Day will be here before you know it.

I stamped then colored up the heart pizzas with my Copic markers.

Next I die cut them and added them along the side.

I cut one of the pieces out so I could add it near the sentiment.

I hand cut the banner to fit the sentiment.

*Card base 5.5 x 4.25 in.

*Heart pizza, heart pepperoni and sentiment the Pizza My Heart stamp set from Lawn Fawn.
*Heart pizza cut using the Pizza My Heart die set from Lawn Fawn.
*E13, Y21 and R37 markers from Copic.
*Memento Tuxedo Black stamp pad from Tsukineko.

May your day always be filled with love and laughter.

Crafty hugs,   

Dawn

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Marker Pop #85 Valentine's day
Simon Says {Mon} Something new {pizza my heart set}
Simon Says {Wed} Something new {pizza my heart set}
Word Art Wednesday #217 Anything goes

Love/Valentine Card ~ Kitty Cuties

I have a quick post and Valentine card to share.

Aren't these kittens adorable.

*Card base 4.25 x 5.5 in.
*Image from the Cozy Kittens digi set from From the Heart.
*Sentiment from the No Matter What stamp set from Verve Stamps.

*Hearts and tiny dots cut using the  From the Heart die set from Verve Stamps.

*E13, E15, C3, C4, R83, R46 and RV34 markers from Copic.
*Multiliner 0.3 marker from Copic.
*White Gelly Roll gell pen from Sakura.
*Memento Tuxedo Black stamp pad from Tsukineko.

May your day always be filled with love and laughter.

Crafty hugs,   

Dawn

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Love/Valentine Card ~ Latte Love

The first weekend of 2016 here. Can you believe it? 

Sadly that means my winter break will be over in days.

The weather here is sunny, cold and really windy.

I have another Valentine-ish card to share.

*Card base 4.25 x 5.5 in.
*Cup from the Holiday Treats stamp set from Verve Stamps.

*Hearts and tiny dots cut using the Wavy Hearts, From the Heart and Heart Quartet die sets from Verve Stamps.
*Cup cut using the Cup of Cheer die set from Verve Stamps.
*Sentiment from the Latte Love digi set from Verve Stamps.
*R37 marker from Copics.
*Memento Tuxedo Black stamp pad from Tsukineko.

Before I let you go I'd like to let you know about a 

wonderfully generous sale Julee is having over at Verve Stamps.

May your day always be filled with love and laughter.

Crafty hugs,   

Dawn

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Word Art Wednesday #216 Anything goes
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     Inspiration sketch

Love/Valentine Card ~ A Little Sweetness {2nd Post}

Hello sweet bloggie friends.

I have created my first Valentine's Day card for 2016.

First I used two stitched rectangle dies to create my gold frame.
Next I backed the frame with heart vellum paper.
Then I stamped, colored and die cut the dog and flowers.
To add a little more sparkle I added glitter to the flower centers.
To finish up I stamped the Valentine Sentiment.

*Card base 4.25 x 5.5 in.

*Dog and flower from the Watson stamp & die set from Taylored Expressions.
*Sentiment from the Best Bots Forever stamp set from My Creative Time.
*Frame cut using the Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies More die set from My Creative Time
*Gold paper from the Foiled Cardstock 6x6 paper pad from DCWV.
*Vellum Heart paper from Paper Pizzaz.
*E13, R29, G29 and Y28 markers from Copics.
*Gold glitter glue from Recollections.
*Memento Tuxedo Black stamp pad from Tsukineko.
*Jet Black Archival stamp pad from Ranger.

May your day always be filled with love and laughter.

Crafty hugs,   

Dawn

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Simon Says {Wed} Make it sparkle
Word Art Wednesday #214/215 Anything goes

Inspiration sketch

Guest Designer ~ Addicted to CAS

I'm back to share my September Guest Designer 

Addicted to CAS mid challenge motivation card.

Thanks ladies for making me feel so at home.

The challenge code word this time around is DREAM.
Our host this week is Kseniji from Sweet Kobylkin.

Sweet little Brrrnice is dreamin' of her favorite guy, Brrr.

These cute penguins are available from Scribbles Designs.

Who just happens to be the generous sponsor

at Addicted To CAS this time around.

*Card base 4.25 x 5.5 in.

*Penguin digis from Scribbles Designs.

*Heart cut using the Wavy Hearts die set from Verve Stamps.

*YR07, R29, N2 and N4 markers from Copic.

May your day always be filled with love and laughter.

Crafty hugs,   

Dawn

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Word Art Wednesday #202 Anything goes/Family friendly

Thinking of You Card ~ How Wonderful {2nd Post}

Happy Sunday everyone.

I'm going to have to keep my posts quick.

My cooling fan broke on my computer so I 

have to do a little and turn it off so it won't overheat.

First I stamped the sentiment and cut it with a circle.

Next I placed the trimmed circle in the corner.

To finish off I die cut and added the hearts.

*Card base 4.25 x 5.5 in.

*Sentiment from the Wonderful Marvelous stamp set from Verve Stamps.

*Hearts cut using the Wavy Hearts die set from Verve Stamps.
*Circles cut using the Nesting Circles die set from We R Memory Keepers.

*Memento Tuxedo Black stamp pad from Tsukineko.

May your day always be filled with love.

Crafty hugs,   

Dawn

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   Inspiration sketch

Love/Valentine Card ~ Heart Beats {1st Post}

I've been having fun playing with my embossing powders.

First I stamped the music sheet with a rainbow stamp pad.

Then I topped it off with clear powder before heating it up.

I wanted to keep it CAS so I just added color with my borders.

To finish up I added the sentiment to the corner.

*Card base 4.25 x 5.5 in.
*Music notes and sentiment from the Love Notes stamp set from CAS-ual Fridays.
*Clear Embossing Powder from Personal Stamp Exchange.
*Paintbox 2 Pigment Option Pad from Color Box.
*Memento Tuxedo Black stamp pad from Tsukineko.

May your day always be filled with love.

Crafty hugs,   

Dawn

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Love Card ~ You Had Me At Meow

I've had this card in the works for a few days.

First thing I did was color up the tigers.

I went with traditional tiger colors.

Next I added them to the base layers keeping 

with my black, orange and white color combo.

To finish off I added this cute MCT sentiment.

I just got the set it came in today. tee hee.

It came in a set with little kitties but I 

thought it would work with these big kitties, too.

*Card base 4.25 x 5.5 in.
*Forever Friends digi from Deedee's Digis.
*Sentiment from the You Had Me At Meow stamp set from My Creative Time.
*YR04 and 100 markers from Copic.
*Memento Tuxedo Black stamp pad from Tsukineko.

May your day always be filled with love.

Crafty hugs,   

Dawn

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Love/Valentine Card ~ Heart Song {2nd Post}

I started out creating my water colored background.

Next I die cut my large heart balloon from flannel.

The smaller one is cut from more water colored paper.

Then I added a little twine and some little beads.

To finish off I added my sentiment on my hand cut banner.

*Card base 4.25 x 5.5 in.
*Hearts cut using the Heart Board Fri-Dies set from CAS-ual Fridays Stamps.
*Sentiment from the Love Notes stamp set from CAS-ual Fridays Stamps.
*Versamark Watermark stamp pad from Tsukineko.
*White Embossing Powder from Personal Stamp Exchange.
*Watercolor, beads and twine from my stash.

May your day always be filled with love.

Crafty hugs,   

Dawn

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Word Art Wednesday #171 Anything goes
Jo's Scrap Shack #75 Valentine's Day
Simon Says {Wed} Add a Little Texture {flannel heart}
Digi Sketch Challenge Love is love
Craft Your Passion #249 Anything goes
Open-Minded Crafting Fun #30 Up in the air
Dragonfly Dreams #14 Love is in the air

Love/Valentine Card ~ With Love Forever

I have a shaker card  and a quick post to share tonight.
I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day.

*Card base 4.25 x 5.5 in.
*Sentiments from the No Matter What stamp set from Verve Stamps.
*Heart window cut using the Jotted Heart Die from Verve Stamps.
*Medium hearts cut using the Heart Quartet Die from Verve Stamps.
*Sm hearts cut using the Die-namics Blueprints 8 die set from My Favorite Things.
*Embossed using the Arrow #2 folder from Sizzix.
*Design paper and beads from my stash.
*Tuxedo black stamp pad from Memento.

May your day always be filled with love.

Crafty hugs,   

Dawn

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Virginia's View #12 Shaker cards
DoubleClick Skittles #15 Use a heart

                                                Inspiration Photos

Love/Valentine Card ~ Puppy Love {2nd Post}

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Hope yours is filled with lots of love.

I combined a lot of my crafty goodies to create my shaker card today.

I just love this sweet little Eureka puppy and thought he would 

look cute peeking over my heart shaker element.

 To make my shaker I used two stitched MCT hearts

then filled it with heart sequins and tiny beads

For my sentiment I stamped then fussy cut 

the Verve envelope and added a little stamped love.

To finish off my card I added another MCT die cut heart, 

a heart sequin and one of the tiny beads in the corner.

*Card base 4.25 x 5.5 in.
*Puppy Peeker digi from Eureka Stamps.
*Envelope and sentiment from the Take Note stamp set from Verve Stamps.
*Large hearts cut using the Wavy Hearts die from My Creative Time.
*Small heart cut using the Heart 2 Heart Love Frame Dies from My Creative Time.
*Heart sequins and beads from my stash.
*Tuxedo black stamp pad from Memento.

May your day always be filled with love.

Crafty hugs,   

Dawn

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Word Art Wednesday #170 Anything goes
Jo's Scrap Shack #75 Valentine's Day
Craft Your Passion #248 Always anything goes
Hiding In My Craft Room #187 Super scrap Saturday
Sentimental Sundays #245 Seeing red a little or a lot

Love/Valentine Card ~ Heart Strings {1st Post}

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Hope yours is filled with lots of love.

I played with this week's Viva la Verve sketch and some of my 

sweet Verve goodies to make my Valentine card.

I started by cutting the design paper at an angle then 

framed it up with black paper to highlight the heart design.

Next I added the sentiment using the larger die cut heart.

To finish off I added a few smaller die cut hearts and an arrow.

*Card base 4.25 x 5.5 in.
*Sentiment from the No Matter What stamp set from Verve Stamps.
*Large heart cut using the Jotted Heart Die from Verve Stamps.
*Smaller hearts cut using the From the Heart Die Set from Verve Stamps.
*Arrow cut using the Arrow Die from Verve Stamps.
*Design paper from the Head Over Heals 6x6 paper pad from Bo Bunny.
*Tuxedo black stamp pad from Memento.

May your day always be filled with love.

Crafty hugs,   

Dawn

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Viva la Verve February week #1 Sketch
Verve Stamps Inspirations Vivacious Valentine
Word Art Wednesday #170 Anything goes
Jo's Scrap Shack #75 Valentine's Day
Craft Your Passion #248 Always anything goes
Hiding In My Craft Room #187 Super scrap Saturday
Sentimental Sundays #245 Seeing red a little or a lot

Love/Valentine Card ~ Hearts and Stripes

I have another Valentine card to share today.

*Card base 4.25 x 5.5 in.
*Sentiment from the No Matter What stamp set from Verve Stamps.
*Large heart cut using the Wavy Hearts die from Verve Stamps.
*Small heart cut using the Heart Quartet die from Verve Stamps.
*Embossed using the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder from Provo Craft.
*Design paper from the Head Over Heals 6x6 paper pad from Bo Bunny.
*Tuxedo black stamp pad from Memento.

May your day always be filled with love.

Crafty hugs,   

Dawn

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Viva la Verve February week #1 Sketch
Verve Stamps Inspirations Vivacious Valentine
DL Art February linky Anything goes
Word Art Wednesday #170 Anything goes
Little Scrap Pieces Show it off Saturday
Eureka Stamps #127 All is love
Sweet Stamps #208 Pink, white and one other color {black}

               Inspiration sketch                                    Inspiration photo