{Love Is In The Air}

Hello friends! Wow, this is a whopper of a post but I had a very productive (long naptime) afternoon so I have lots to show you! I created three cards, with three different die-cut heart shapes. These adorable cutting files came from Lori Whitlock. Oh boy if you have not been to her store and you own a die-cut machine then you have to see her awesome cutting files! (I am in no way affiliated with LW just a very happy customer.) I cut the hearts out and ran them through my Cuttlebug with a woodgrain embossing folder by The Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby). I sponged the hearts in 3 different colors, red, pink, and white. I added a strip of patterned paper that I cut using the Argyle EK Success border  punch. Next I cut out strips of paper using the PTI Photo Finishers metal dies. I stamped the Valentine sentiment using the A Muse Studio "Essential Sentiments" collection. Now, that adorable flower was created using another cutting file this time from "Lettering Delights" and my KNK Zing. The collection is called "Quilled Flowers". Love, love LOVE that set!! I added a button to the center and glued the flower on top of a bow tied with basic twine. Here are the other two cards:

 

                                                                  
                                                                         I love the splashes of hot pink!           

On this heart I tried something different by heat embossing the entire heart using white embossing powder. I really like the way this one turned out!

Today I am playing along with a few challenges:

 Moxie Fab World Cool Tools Die-Cutting Challenge

Raise The Bar Challenge #87 - A Banner of a New Year!

Make It Monday With Kraft Outlet - Stamp it Pretty

MYGRAFICO Challenge #119 - Love and Valentines

 

{YNS Jenny Suchins Designs Sneak Peak}

   Hello Friends! Today I have a treat for you, a sneak peek of the upcoming New Release from YNS, "Special Delivery". This adorable set was created by the unbelieveably talented Jenny Suchin! This set and several others will be available to order on Janurary 11th, and we will also be having a blog hop showcasing all of the adorable Jenny Suchin designs. I decided to create tags for a baby boy, and a baby girl. These would be great for a shower, or a "welcome to the world" baby gift. I used my KNK Zing, and a tag from Lettering Delights to create the scallop circle tag. I weaved vanilla satin ribbon in the outer tag slots. I love how that turned out! I used the CHF Lace backgrounder on the tag, and then added a die cut circle that I stamped the main seniment on. The paper is a light light shade of bluish green, more like sea foam actually. Super adorable! I finished off the card with a wooden button from Oriental Trading, and stitched ribbon from SU. Here is the Baby Girl Tag:

     

I made his tag exactly the same way, only in pink! I hope that you will me and he rest of the YNS Design Team for our blog-hop on Janurary 11th, there will be prizes!! Thank you for visiting my blog today and have a wonderful weekend!

                                                                              

{Love Muffin Tags}

  Hello friends. Today I am happy to show you my first "postable" project using my handy dandy new Electronic Die-Cut machine the KNK Zing. This amaZING (lol) machine was part of the World Card Making Day package I won from Paper Crafts Magazine. Even after 2 months I still can't believe I was one of the winners. Anywho, I must admit I left the Zing in its box for a couple of weeks, I was scared of it! It isn't as easy to operate as my CricutEx, but last week I decided to take the plunge and open the box. The learning curve is steep, and I had a tough time getting it figured out, but after a few swears, (keepin' it real) and intense frustration, I am slowly starting to love my machine. Now onto my tags!  I used the Lettering Delights tag set " Basic Tags" to cut out my cute little tags. The stamp set I used is from one of my favorite stamp companies YNS Your Next Stamp, "Love Muffin". I stamped the cupcakes and colored the wrapper, heart, and leaf with Copic, Promarkers, and Sharpies. The muffin top was paper pieced using some adorable paper I just picked up from Hobby Lobby by Paper Studio. I added some vintage lace, regal rose grosgrain from SU, and patterned paper from October Afternoon. I finished off the tags with twine for tieing. I hope you like my tags, and keep an eye out for more projects using YNS, and my KNK Zing!