Valentine Paper Piecing

Made a quick card using the Simon Says Stamp February card kit.  It was quick, easy and relaxing to make.  I pieced together several samples of the paper included in the kit in a chevron pattern.  I put vellum over the top and added a sticker from the kit.  This is one of the rare times you will see me use pink!  Thanks for stopping by!  -  Patty

Shaker Cards - Snail Mail Fail

I made a couple of shaker cards with the January SSS card kit.  Love the snow stamps included in the kit.  Created them the usual way with the 3M double sided foam tape.  Mailed them to myself and they arrived so squished that nothing moved when I shook them.  Bummer!  Need to come up with a better way to do shaker cards!

And so it begins...

Finally starting the card making blog I have been wanting to do forever! I have been scrap-booking and crafting for over 15 years and really enjoy the crafting community, so I decided to jump in.  I have uploaded some photos of an in-lay card I created with the Simon Says Stamp January kit. I also played with making shaker cards with the stamp set included in the kit.  Those are the cutest snowflakes!

I used Memory Box snowflake dies and a Darice embossing folder.  I learned it is easier to insert the small piesces if you lay the die cut object from the card portion over the inserted object and use a pin to poke the small inserts into the inlay.  I put the die cut blue snow flakes over the patterned snowflake that was inserted in the card design.  I took a pin and poked the small, blue pieces out of the blue flake and into the patterned paper flake.  Worked like a charm and I didn't lose any pieces!

Thanks for stopping by!

-Patty