Lots of Hearts for Dynamic Duos #38

Hello and Happy Saturday to you stampers! This week at Dynamic Duos, we have a "Bold and Sassy" color combo which is perfect for your Valentine's Day creations...or for ANY occasion, really. You really can't go wrong when Pretty in Pink is involved, I always say. 

Note to self: anytime I even think about using white embossing powder on black card stock, it is ALWAYS a disaster. I stamped that sentiment 4 times. Totally regret my decision NOT to use the Embossing Buddy before the powder started pouring. Yikes!

My new favorite stamp set from the SU Spring catty HAS to be Hearts a Flutter. I love that it has coordinating die cuts, too. Awesome-sauce! This card was originally going to only have three hearts but then the Glimmer Paper got involved. Then the layers. Then the bling. You know how it goes. All of the supplies I used are listed at the end of the post.

I hope you will join us and play along at Dynamic Duos this week. Our challenge closes Thursday, February 7th at Noon (PDT). Please stop by and visit the rest of the Design Team to see what they created with this awesome color combo: 

Allyson Andersen

Christina Barnes

Vicki Burdick

Karen Day

Deanna Dean

Jenny Engelke

Anne Marie Hile

Bobbie Jones

Erna Logtenberg

Amy White

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Stampin' Up! Supply List

Stamps: Hearts a Flutter and A Happy Heart (ret. sentiment) 

Paper: Red Glimmer Paper, Pretty in Pink, Real Red and Basic Black card stock

Ink: Real Red Classic ink and VersaMark

Punches: Small Heart Punch

Accessories: White Baker's Twine, Framed Tulips Embossing Folder, Adorning Accents Embossing Folder, Hearts a Flutter Framelits Dies, White Stampin' Emboss Powder, Basic Rhinestones and Stampin' Dimensionals

Tuesday Morning Valentine

Hello and Happy *terrific* Tuesday! Hope you are enjoying your day out there. Well, I realized today that I am slowly on track to earning the "Worst Blogger EVER" award because I have been horrible about keeping up since the holiday season. Nope. No way. Can't let that happen. No more slacking!:) 


This morning I saw this week's sketch had posted over at Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenges and was immediately inspired to get my craftin' groove on! 

I have had a bunch of new Stampin' Up! goodies just sitting on my desk for entirely too long now, including this pretty DSP. It's called Love and even though it isn't in the catalog, you can stil order it (item #124156). I kept the card pretty clean and simple, because I think it lets all of the cool elements of the sketch stand out. Sometimes simple is a good thing, right?


I did run the Real Red strip through the paper crimper for some added texture. Ok, is it just me or does using the paper crimper for anything immediately make you want to take a trip to Starbucks? The texture reminds me of the little sleeves they add to the cups. Just me? Hmmm, maybe I am just looking for an excuse to get a mocha today. I also added some glitter to the heart in the sentiment (from A Happy Heart, ret.) then covered the little circle in Crystal Effects for some shine. 

Here is the inside of the card, too:

Thanks for stopping by today! :)

Stampin' Up! Supply List: 

Stamps: A Happy Heart (front and inside sentiment) and Filled With Love (inside image)

Paper: Love DSP, Whisper White, Real Red and Pretty in Pink card stock

Ink: Real Red classic ink

Accessories: Paper Crimper, 1 1/4" Circle punch, 1 3/8" Circle punch, Scalloped Circle punch, Scalloped Border punch, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Crystal Effects and Jewels

Non-SU! Accessories: ribbon

Bring On the Pink

Ladies and gentlemen, we interrupt the regular "holiday programming" to bring you some L-O-V-E! (Read that in a Barry White tone...haha!) Yup, I am officially tapped out on Christmas card ideas...well, for today anyway. I needed a serious break from the holiday magic and decided to skip ahead a couple months to the next big holiday...Valentine's Day! Although, I DID look up a few other, lesser-known, holidays coming up, in January. Did you know:

1/5 is "Bean Day"

1/8 is "National Bubble Bath Day"

1/10 is "National Clean Off Your Desk Day"

1/14 is "Dress Up Your Pet Day"

1/16 is "Nothing Day" AND "Appreciate a Dragon Day"

1/22 is "Answer Your Cat's Question's Day" (Huh??)

1/23 is "National Pie Day" (mmmm!!)

1/31 is "Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day" :)

It'a amazing what you can find on the internet! Although, I did find a REALLY fun site recently, with lots of awesome, creative inspiration: Stamping 411. They do a new sketch every Saturday and I have been wanting to play along. Click on the link above to check it out. This sketch was the inspiration for my card: 

I think we all have our "go-to" colors when we are in a creative slump. For me, that color is...shocking, I know...Pink! I saw this sketch and a Pretty in Pink-themed Valentine's Day card came to mind. I pulled out some Sending Love (ret.) DSP (which I MUST love, I have 2 packs of it??!!) and got to work. I even punched the 2 hearts in the 1" square from those papers, because they were so sparkly and fun. I punched out one of the hearts from the Heart-to-Heart XL punch and the single heart from the Small Heart punch, then popped them up on the small square. How can you go wrong with a Pretty in Pink, Real Red and Very Vanilla color combo (and, of course, some pink bling)? That, plus a big bow, in my favorite satin ribbon...it just says HAPPY to me! :)

I inked up the A Happy Heart (ret.) stamp for the first time with Real Red Craft ink and clear embossing powder. You can't see it really well in the main photo so I kept snapping away until I got a shot of it, here: 

As always, my latest craze is to decorate the inside of my cards. Sure, it seems to add an extra stamp because of the added mailing weight, but it's fun for me to continue the theme of the card, all the way through. The sentiment is also from the A Happy Heart set (ret.) and I added just ONE more tiny punched heart, just for fun:

I hope you enjoy this one! I would love to hear what you think. I always appreciate the feedback and more importantly, the fact that you would take some time out of your day to leave it. Thank you SO very much for stopping by to visit! :) Until next time...


Happy Stamping!