Je t’aime – Freshly Made Sketches #170

SKP Watermarked Photos2-015I cannot explain the allure that Paris and Le Tour Eiffel hold for me, but they do. So when the newest release from Clearly Besotted included a stamp set with it, it immediately went to the top of my ‘must have’ list!! This is a beautiful rendition of the Tower, including an adorable heart right smack in the middle of it…perhaps they should modify to real Tower to include the heart, it’s pretty darn cute!!

SKP Watermarked Photos2-018I truly do not know where this vintage-y style is coming from…but I love it!! I, of course, went through my paper bin and found these delightful papers that just scream Paris to me, and then I built the card around them! I wanted something for the Tower to sit on…I didn’t want it floating on the page, so I pulled out this adorable pierced tag set from My Favorite Things. I dye cut two tags, in different patterns, and got a bit inky with my Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

SKP Watermarked Photos2-021In fact, every layer ended up being distressed, it took the ‘newness’ out of the papers. Can you see the pretty pattern in the top tag? I trimmed it specifically to include those swirls, no need to add any more stamping to it! And the fiber…isn’t it amazing? It’s part of my collection that I have had for-ever! It feels so good to use some of my pretty supplies!

And with all this gong on on the outside, there was no way I could leave the inside blank so…

SKP Watermarked Photos2-020Voila! Another pretty pattern paper and a lovely swirl stamp from a retired Stampin’ Up! set called Elements of Style. I inked it up in the Vintage Photo Distress Ink and then stamped off before stamping on my card. Love!

The sketch for today’s project is courtesy of Freshly Made Sketches…such a fun sketch this week!

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And that’s all folks! I hope you and the folks over at Freshly Made Sketches enjoy my creation for the challenge this week!

I will be back tomorrow with another fun challenge for you from the talented designers at The Paper Players!

Wishing you joy and blessings!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Vintage Cream by Papertrey

Pattern Paper: Lost & Found: Rosy by My Mind’s Eye

Ink:  Early Expresso by Stampin’ Up! and Vintage Photo Distress Ink by Tim Holtz

Stamps:  Je t’aime by Clearly Besotted Stamps and Elements of Style (retired) by Stampin’ Up!

Dies: FPierced Traditional Tags by My Favorite Things and Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!

Tools:  MISTI by My Sweet Petunia

Embellishments: Retired Fiber from Making Memories and unknown brad

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A Little Love…

Greetings! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas if you celebrate! I do, and I have had a wonderfully busy, sweet and fun time with all of the family. Right after Christmas I celebrated my anniversary so I am just now getting back into my card room. I was able to put in almost a full day of creating today! So fun!

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I came across this fun sketch from My Favorite Things and decided that since Valentine’s Day is the next big holiday on the calendar, I would make a Valentine-y sort of card. Well, I still have plenty of time to bring out the hearts and the red; today, I wanted to be a bit more subtle with it:

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What do you think?!?

Since I based my card on the sketch, I arranged and adhered my two pattern paper layers together and then die cut an oval into them with my Oval Stitched Mats by Lil’ Inker. Don’t you LOVE those stitched lines? I then arranged a complimentary pattern paper to cover the opening. I chose a subtle pattern so I could stamp on it.

Next came the banner layer, and I just repeated patterns already on the card. The rust/orange/Cajun Craze layer is the same as the back layer, just peeking out. I stamped a sentiment from the My Favorite Things stamp set Simply Fabulous Sayings. I followed up with one of the larger sentiments in the same set and then added one more of the stamps, just changing the ink color up.

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This is a really fun stamp set with lots of options to mix and match the sentiments. Isn’t this paper darling? I love that the colors are non-traditional Valentine colors but the paper still has subtle hearts running through it, setting the tone of the card.

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I’m a bit low on a variety of hearts, but I managed to find this heart die in the Stampin’ Up! Thinlits – Circle Card dies. I thought I just needed one, but in the end I think two are perfect, overlapping and in boy/girl colors.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Did you know I sell my cards? Please pop on over to my card shoppe and take a peek! I will be adding to the store on the 1st of each month so make sure to come back!

Wishing you joy and blessings!

Products Used:

Cardstock: Stamper’s Select White by Papertrey

Pattern Paper: Blink of an Eye by My Mind’s Eye

Ink: Cajun Craze and Crushed Curry by Stampin’ Up!

Stamps:  Simply Fabulous Sayings by My Favorite Things

Dies: Stitched Mats: Ovals by Lil’ Inker and Circle Card Thinlits by Stampin’ Up!

Embellishments: None

Other: Envelope by Stampin’ Up!

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