Happy New Year

Oh my,  I did not want to stay away from my blog that long.   The holiday season seems to get more crazy each year.  So it's back to the grind and start creating.

Valentine's Day is just around the corner.  I would like to show you one of the newer faux postage grids  with a Valentine theme.

Happy Valentine's Day

Wishing everyone a Happy Valentine's Day. Look what I got at "StampFest by the Bay "this weekend in Clearwater, FL. It is a brand new "Faux Post" stamp image from Just For Fun®.
There will be many possibilities for this new stamp.

Finishing Valentine cards

Hello Bloggers,

Valentine's Day is just around the corner. I have been busy designing for Just For Fun® and below are a few of the Valentine cards. Hope you enjoy.

This is a faux postage technique Valentine card.

Non traditional colors were used for this card and I really like how it turned out. How about you, please leave a comment if you would like.

To view even more Valentine ideas go HERE and visit Just For Fun's blog. The design team has also been creating Valentine cards.

A New Year

Oh, my gosh, I can't believe my last post was at Thanksgiving. I truly wanted to post during the month of December, but I got so busy and now the month is over.



Hopefully you have been reading the Just For Fun blog Here. The design team did a wonderful job creating some very unique Christmas cards.



So now it is time to get ready for another holiday "Valentine's Day". Go Here to see all the Valentine cards that have already been posted.

Please hop over to the other design team members blogs.

Janine Blackwelder

Roni Johnson

Sara LaGace

Last but not least Just For Fun® is having a sale until Jan 31st. Take 25% off on your total purchase. This should help you get the creative juices flowing, click Here to start shopping.

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day to all my stamping friends. Wishing you a wonderful day of chocolates and roses. Here is my rose to you.
The rose and leaves are colored with Copic Markers. The colors used for the rose are R17, R27 and R 59. For the leaves I used YG11, YG06, YG07 and E15 for the stem of the rose. I really like how the colors just blend together using the Copic markers. I have been doing a lot of practicing since last month, when I took the class to get Certified. Lots of information was given to us, now I need to practice, practice, and more practice. I have found that as you keep using these markers it gets easier.

Stamps: Just For Fun, Rose G2873 and Valentine Frame E2668
Accessories: Copic Markers, Martha Stewart border punch, Spellbinders Ribbon Tag, Tuexedo Black Memento Ink Pad, red ribbon

BLOG HOP

We welcome you to Just For Fun's® first "Blog Hop". This will be fun so sit back, relax and visit each design teams blog to see what they have done. Some will even have blog candy to give away.

sherrycheever blog

Splashes of Watercolor

Linda's works of Heart

Exploring Creativity

Terre's Scrap Therapy

Embellished Dreams

I have a Valentine "grunge heart" card. I stamped three dot heart B1944 and colored using Distress Ink fired brick, cut them out and layered them on top of each other and set aside. On white cardstock stamp valentine frame E2668 using black ink and trimmed with deckle scissors and colored using a stipple brush and cranberry ink . This was layered ontop of red cardstock which was trimmed on the two sides using Martha Stewarts heart border punch. Emboss a piece of white card stock with cuttlebug embossing folder D'vine swirl, tie a red satin ribbon around it and layer on a folded red card. Everything else will then be layered on top of this. To finish the card I punched out some branches using Martha Stewart's punch in red and white and placed them around the layered grunge hearts.

All stamps: Just For Fun® - B1944 dot heart, E2668 valentine frame

Ink pads : Distress Ink - fired brick, Archival - jet black, Adirondack - cranberry

Accessories: Martha Stewart Punches, grunge paper, satin ribbon