Simple Valentine and Envelope

Hi Sweet friends, Lindsay here with you today!

For my Inspiration 101 post, I thought I would bring you a cute little Valentine/Envelope combo, inspired by a lovely picture from Pinterest.

Here is a look at the inspiration:

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So, to start, I took a card base, and stamped my hearts, using the Foxy set.  These little images are perfect for creating clean and simple designs.

I then stamped a Valentine sentiment from the Just the Basics stamp set, using one of the pink inks.  I finished it off by rounding the corners.

To complete the set, I created a little envelope using my punch board from WRMK.  Super quick and easy to do!  I hope you were inspired to take a clean and simple design and try it out on your next project.

Thank you for joining me today!

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Kiss

Hey there sweets!  

Todays inspiration comes from the pages of Paper Crafts magazine.  When I saw this gradient star, and simple layout, I knew it was the perfect starting point for my Valentine card.

I brought out some fun glitter from American Crafts, and set to work by die-cutting a heart, and running it through my Xyron sticker maker. 

I then took a white panel and stamped the little hearts from the Kiss Me set, in gold ink.  I layered up the glittered die cut heart with foam adhesive, and added a strip of vellum, heat embossed with my sentiment.

 

Lastly, I added some fun sequins, and outlined my panel with a black multi liner, before adhering it to a pink card base.  It is certainly more embellished than the original, and that's okay!  It is all about getting that creative spark, and running with it.

Thank you for joining me today!  I hope you take a fresh look at some of the magazines you have, and create something one of a kind inspired by it's content. 

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Inspired By Advertisements

Hey sweet friends!

Lindsay here, and I am back today with another Inspiration 101 post.  We all have magazine, or subscribe to them.  I have oodles of them sitting around, so I decided to go on a mission, looking for anything that sparked my interest.  Well, I found an ad for the beauty store, Ulta, and a bottle of perfume.

As you can see, there was pink, black and outlined flowers in this little picture, and I used them all for my card here.

Taking the outline flowers from the Elegant Flowers set, I heat embossed them randomly onto a pink panel.  I then took a black card base, and adhered that panel with foam.

To finish it, I stamped a sentiment from Elegant Sentiments in white, and adhered it in the middle, again, taking inspiration from the ad.

Thank you for joining me today!  I hope you find inspiration in the magazines, and advertisements you have.

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Using Journaling Tags

Lindsay here with you today, sharing a new series I like to call Inspiration 101!  Making cards is one of those things that I love to do, and want to do a lot of, but sometimes those creative juices just don't come when I need them to.

Inspiration can be found in so many places, from decor magazines, to the supplies we already own.  For my project today, I chose a little journaling card that I thought would be fun to recreate on a card (you can see it in the corner of my photo).  There are so many companies coming out with these types of products, and they make for great inspiration, all of the design work is done for you!  It is just up to you how you want to interpret it.

To begin, I took patterned paper from the new Lily Bee, We Are Family collection, and cut out the center of both papers.  I chose the one particular paper for its polka dots, as seen in my inspiratioin.  I also wanted to include the look of the negative space as it is on my inspiration piece as well.

I then stamped and embossed in the open area, using the new Elegant Sentiments set, so that it stood out against the Kraft paper.  As a last addition, I added a few Navy Enamel dots to the card to emphasize my sentiment.  Super simple!

I just love this set, don't you?  It is so lovely, and versatile.  Well, I hope you enjoyed, and I hope you look at your products with a new light, using them in your next paper crafted project!  Be sure to share it with us!

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