Love Make-n-Take

Happy Thursday! The snow is still here and so are my hubby and son! Eric goes back to work tomorrow, but Brodey doesn't have school! That's why I am posting so late today!
This fun and simple card is actually a Make-n-Take I will be doing this weekend at the Scrappin Pad! 11 ladies have decided to brave the elements and crop 'til they drop this weekend! I think they will enjoy this card!
I know that most of you won't be at the Scrappin Pad this weekend so I'm going to share my supplies and directions here for you! The stamp set is called Love Defined. I've used it on several cards I have posted HERE and HERE. It's available in the Occasions Mini Catalog for a limited time.

Supplies:
White 4x5.5 inch card
Cardstock in Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Melon Mambo
Love Defined Stamp Set
Small Oval Punch
Circle Punch
Scallop Oval Punch
Ink in Whisper White Craft, Melon Mambo, Baja Breeze
Markers in Melon Mambo and Baja Breeze
Embossing Folder

Directions:
1. Cut a piece of Melon Mambo cardstock to 2x4 inches. Emboss with embossing folder and Big Shot machine. Take your Whisper White craft ink and ink the raised portion of the embossed image.
2. Take your embossed piece, place it on the card, and use a pencil to lightly trace along the top and bottom. (These pencil lines will act as a guide for you to stamp the heart strings.)
3. Take the heart strings stamp, ink with Baja Breeze ink, and stamp over the pencil marks.
4. Adhere your embossed piece of cardstock where you drew the pencil lines. (Apply your adhesive to the card so that you do not flatten out the embossed design.)
5. Punch a scallop circle out of the Baja Breeze cardstock.
6. Stamp your flamingo stamp onto Whisper White cardstock using Melon Mambo ink. Punch out with the circle punch and adhere to the Baja Breeze scallop circle. Adhere to the card.
7. Use your markers to color the love stamp as shown in the photo above. Huff on the stamp to remoisten the image and stamp onto Whisper White cardstock. Punch out with the small oval punch and adhere to the card.

This is a very cute and simple card that uses some fun techniques! Just about any color combo would work!
Well I'm headed to bed! I'll be posting a very colorful card tomorrow!

I LOVE Color

Color is fun. Color is beautiful. Color is exciting!!! So why are people scared of it? ;)
I'll admit it can be intimidating sometimes to figure out that perfect color combination, but I have the perfect solution...Never fear! The Color Coach is here! Haha! I had to!
I love this thing! It has all the Stampin Up colors on one side and it has two different color combos on the other.
The color combos are awesome! I use this almost every time I make a card. I even used it today to make this fun card with the Love Defined stamp set.The colors I used for this card are Cajun Craze, Baja Breeze, Basic Gray, and Chocolate Chip! LOVE that color combo!
The directions and supplies for making this card are below.

Directions:
1. Take your Baja Breeze, Cajun Craze, and Basic Gray markers and color the hearts on the tree stamp. (Coloring three hearts at a time gives the tree a more unified look) Once you have the hearts colored, color the tree trunk with your Chocolate Chip marker.
2. Remoisten the inked stamp by huffing or blowing your breath on the stamp. Stamp the tree onto Whisper White cardstock and cut out with a scalloped square. Mat the scalloped square with Baja Breeze cardstock.
3. Color your LOVE stamp with the same markers and stamp onto Whisper White cardstock. Punch the LOVE out with your small oval punch and adhere to a large scalloped oval punched from your Cajun Craze cardstock.
4. Adhere your tree, LOVE oval, and two hearts punched from Cajun Craze and Baja Breeze cardstock to your card.
5. Punch the edges of your Baja Breeze, Cajun Craze, and Chocolate Chip cardstock with your decorative edge punch. Trim to fit your ribbon width.
6. Adhere your trimmed cardstock on top of each other, leaving a peek of the color at the bottom. Tie your ribbon across and you are done!

Supplies:
-Love Defined Stamp Set
-Stampin Right Markers in Basic Gray, Cajun Craze, Baja Breeze, and Chocolate Chip
-Small Oval Punch
-Scallop Oval Punch
-Small Hearts Punch

Well I hope you are having a marvelous Monday! Brodey is at school today learning about Martin Luther King, Jr. They were supposed to be out, but had to make up a snow day.
I hope you enjoyed today's card share! If you have any questions please send me an email at aprilmassad@yahoo.com! Remember you can shop for Stampin Up products 24/7 online HERE!

Love Defined...

I can't tell you how much I LOVE this stamp set!
I love the kissing flamingos, the tree, the strings of hearts...ALL of it!
Several of the stamps are very versatile and aren't just limited to Valentine's Day!
We used this set at my last Stamper's Night Out on this card.
A few of my new papercrafters said "oh this looks difficult!" I assured them that it wasn't and when they were finished they were so excited and couldn't believe how easy it was to put together!!
I'll share the steps and the supplies below!

STEPS:
1. Take a 5x5 card and trim the front flap down to 4 inches.
2. Trim a piece of pink cardstock to 4x5 inches. Stamp and emboss with white embossing powder. Adhere to front flap of card.
3. Take a red strip of cardstock and punch with the Scalloped Border punch. Adhere this to the edge of the front flap.
4. Using the Love Definition stamp, stamp the back flap so that it shows where you trimmed the front flap.
5. Cut a piece of white cardstock with your Top Note Die. Score at 3.5 inches. Adhere the shorter flap to the back of the card so that it wraps around to the front of the card. Embellish with hearts punched with the Glitter Paper and scalloped ovals.

SUPPLIES:
SU Top Note Big Shot Die (p.207 Catalog) 113463
SU Heart Punches (p.203 Catalog) 119881 and 117193
SU Red Glitter Paper (p.7 Mini Catalog) 121790
SU Scalloped Oval Punch (p.201 Catalog) 119856
SU Small Oval Punch (p.203 Catalog) 119863
SU Scalloped Trim Border (p.201 Catalog) 118402
SU White Embossing Powder 109132
Versamark Ink
SU Love Defined Stamp Set (p.9 Mini Catalog) 121941

Well I hope you like this card as much as I do!
Today is my little boy's 5th birthday! I'm baking ice cream cone cupcakes! My house smells yummy!
Stay warm and enjoy your Wednesday!