Sharing the love.....

I hope you had a nice Valentine's Day!  One of the best parts of being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator is being able to share what I love doing with others.  I made these mini Valentine's Day cards for patients at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center Sandra and Malcolm Berman Cancer Institute.  I hope these little "love notes" made them smile and brightened their day!

Once again, I pulled the colors directly from the Fresh Prints Designer Series Paper Pack.  Coastal Cabana, Real Red, and Whisper White look so clean and crisp together. 

I used Real Red ink and Whisper White card stock to stamp the scalloped heart from the Hearts A Flutter stamp set, then cut it out with the Hearts A Flutter Framelits.  I used the "love you" stamp from the Hostess set called Express Yourself to stamp a greeting in the center of the heart.  The inside of the card had a layer of Whisper White card stock with "Happy Valentine's Day" from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set stamped in Real Red ink.  I popped up the heart on the front with some Stampin' Dimensionals.

I am also so excited to be participating as a vendor next week at a Crop that will benefit Oncology Support Services at Greater Baltimore Medical Center.  I am looking forward to a fun day of creativity! 

Happy Stamping,

Vintage Valentine

Here is the final card from my Love Notes stamping class.  I love to make vintage-looking cards, and this is an old-fashioned card that could be any type of love note you want -- Valentine, anniversary card, engagement card, or simply a love note to your honey!

 

 

 

 

Here are the supplies I used for this card:

Stamps:

Ciao, Baby!

Paper:

Riding Hood Red (4 ½ x 8 ½”, 4 ½ x 4”)

First Edition Specialty Designer Series Paper (1 ¾ x 4” for 2 Full Heart punches)

Very Vanilla (scraps for Petite Curly Label punch)

Ink:

Riding Hood Red

Crumb Cake (for distressing)

Accessories:

Perfect Polka Dots Folder

Full Heart punch

 Petite Curly Label punch (FREE Sale-A-Bration item – woohoo!)

Small Heart punch

Crumb Cake ½” Seam Binding Ribbon

Mini Glue Dots

Stampin’ Dimensionals

Stampin’ Sponge

  

Ciao, Baby Stamp Set



This weekend will be exciting here in Baltimore!  The town has purple passion, that's for sure!  (Kind of sounds like a Stampin' Up! color, doesn't it?  lol)  The buildings are lit with purple floodlights, many people have decorated their homes with purple lights and Ravens gear, and everyone has been wearing their Ravens jerseys and purple all week long.  Let's hope our Ravens win the Super Bowl!  GO RAVENS!

 

 

"Tunnel" Valentine Card

One of the cards we will be making at my Love Notes stamping class is a "tunnel" Valentine card.  I was inspired by Dawn Griffith's tunnel card, and I decided to give it a try for this fun Valentine card.  I hope you like it! 

Front of card.

Front of card close-up.  I love all the layers!

You get quite a surprise when you open the card! 

View from the top of the card.  Isn't this so cool?

 

As you can see, I love to layer card stock and designer series paper!  Let's just say this card would require extra postage if you are mailing it.  lol

 

Here are the supplies I used to make this card:

Stamps:

You Are Loved

Paper:

Very Vanilla (2 pieces cut at 5 ½ x 8 ½”, scraps for stamping and cutting with framelits and punching, 2 pieces cut at 4 3/4 x 1 5/8")

Raspberry Ripple (5 ¼ x 4”, 2 pieces cut at 5 ¼ x 1 7/8”, 5 ¼ x 4”)

Pretty In Pink (5 x 3 ¾”, 2 pieces cut at 5 x 1 5/8”)

Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Stack (2 pieces cut at 4 ½ x 1 3/8”)

Ink:

Raspberry Ripple

Pretty In Pink

Accessories: 

Hearts framelits

Crochet trim

Lacy Brocade embossing folder

Delicate Doilies Sizzlit

Large Oval punch

Decorative Label punch

Small Heart punch

 

If you would like to learn how to make this card and live in the Baltimore area, please contact me for more information about my classes.  All of these items can be ordered from my online store http://nancyamato.stampinup.net.  I will post another card from my Love Notes class tomorrow!

 

Of course, we are wearing our purple all this week to support the Ravens in the Super Bowl.  What a fun time -- many of the buildings have purple spotlights on them, people are decorating their houses and offices with purple lights, and there are lots of fun events planned for the weekend.  GO RAVENS!