Last Minute Valentines

 Happy Sunday Everyone!

It is Superbowl Sunday, but this girl is not going to be watching.  Anyone else prefer to go shopping during the Superbowl, knowing you will have the entire store to yourself??  Best shopping day of the year, imho.  Yesterday was a stay at home and organize the craft room day.  It turned into use products I have not used in ages, work on half done projects sitting on my desk and disassembling cards that I did not like to be able to use some of the paper again day. 

I ended up making a few more Valentine cards-they are a big seller at work.  

I needed some inspiration so I started with the sketch from Fusion Card Challenge.  Today's Valentine critters are from my most favorite Valentine set, Valentine Critters from Sweet n Sassy Stamps.a  The bird was colored with Copics and fussy cut out.  For the long strip, I used the IO Birch Tree Dies; I die cut them from white cs and adhered them along the side of the card (obviously I turned the sketch).  I grounded the bird with a heart die cut made with the Spellbinders A Lotta Love Small Die Kit.  I stamped a sentiment strip, adhered everything to the card and added some sequins.  Wink of Stella adds sparkle to the heart, but you cannot see it in the photo.  

I am also linking up to the Tic Tac Toe Challenge-I used left row down, bottom row across, and left to right diagonal.  

Next up is this sweet pup.  He was colored with Copics and fussy cut out. 

I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches for this card. 

 I die cut my kraft background with a

Geometrical Floral Die from Spellbinders.  I inlaid the geometric frame back into the space, then die cut it again with red cs.  I inlaid the red triangles into the kraft frame.  The sweet sentiment, which is from the Lots of Love snss stamp set was stamped in the aperture.  I tied a piece of twine around the panel, popped up the pup on dimensional tape and added a few black sequins finish the card.  

 

I am also linking up this card to Festive Friday Challenge.  I used the following elements: aperture, stitching, cute, red, hearts.  

Lastly, I decided to use some washi tape.  I NEVER use it and frankly, don't know how to use it well.  I searched for some inspiration on Pinterest and came up with inspiration from the amazing Debby Hughes, otherwise known as Limedoodle. 

 

This looks waaaay better in real life; honestly, I just did not want to try and get a better picture!  

I placed strips of washi tape on a piece of card stock and then diecut out various circles with the IO Wacky Stitched Circles Dies. I cased Debby's card exactly, layering the circle and then adding a sentiment strip.  The sentiment is from the Love Wordfetti stamp set from Sweet n Sassy Stamps.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a wonderful Sunday and Happy Valentine's Day!

Lee Ann 

Supplies used in today's project(s)

Copic Sketch Markers SSS | Blick	3M Scotch ATG Advanced Tape Glider SSS
Neenah Classic Crest 80# Ream Smooth Solar White Cardstock SSS	Simon Says Stamp Assorted Moonshine Sequins SSS
Versafine Onyx Black Ink SSS | scrpbk	EK Success Cutter Bee Scissors SSS | scrpbk
Tonic Craft Guillotine Trimmer SSS	Memento Tuxedo Black Ink SSS | scrpbk
	Versamark Ink SSS | scrpbk
Embossing Buddy SSS	Brustus Monroe Alabaster White Fine Embossing Powder SSS
Wacky Stitched Circles Dies IO	Gina K Connect Glue SSS
SB Geometrical Floral Dies Spellbinders	IO Birch Tree Dies IO
Wagner Precision Heat Tool SSS	snss Valentine Critters SnSS
Spellbinders A Lotta Heart Small Die Kit Spellbinders	snss Lots of Love SnSS
snss Love Wordfetti SnSS