A simple black and cream valentine

 

   I wanted to play with the stamp set I have from Raisin Boat called Free as a bird.  I wanted to keep it simple so I embossed the bird and cages with a pewter embossing powder and die cut it with a fun heart die from Nellie they fit nice as this is a longer style heart. I then embossed the bottom of my card  that I had die cut with an accucut die and added a black print paper from my scraps. I cut a small stripe of silver paper and added a black washi tape on top to pull the silver out a bit.I die cut the word love with a paper smooches die. I added a small stripe of the black printed paper under the scallop and I was done. Not your traditional Valentine colors but I do like the simplicity and the elegant feel of this card.
    I will be entering this in Raisin Boats Challenge # 30 Love is in the air and MFT sketch challenge Be sure to stop in and see the other wonderful cards that the talented paper artist have made at both of these wonderful challenge blogs.
   Thanks for stopping and I hope this black and cream card helps you to think out side the box for your Valentine ( Wedding/Anniversary) card making.
Donna

" When I stand before God at the end of my life, I hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and I could say,"I used everything you gave me" Erma Bombeck Writer

Sweet Tweet Valentine card

    I made one more card for MFT Sketch Challenge. For this one I used the Wood plank background stamp and used a corner rounder on the corners and then stitched it to the front of my card with red thread. I die cut the vine border from red paper and then added dots of blue pearl pen. I stamped the bird and saying from Raisin Boats Tree's Company stamp set I colored it with Copic markers. I then matted it with red and aqua paper I die cut with spellbinders  oval die.s
   This is a quick and cute Valentine card that is good for a male or female,boy or girl.I hope you like this cute simple card.Be sure to check the other great cards that people made for this challenge.
   Donna
" When I stand before God at the end of my life, I hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and I could say,"I used everything you gave me" Erma Bombeck Writer

MFT sketch challenge baby card

    I was so happy for Susan Opel when I saw she got a new job over at MFT . I always loved seeing her posts when she was the editor over at Paper Craft Magazine ( Which will be missed) I don't have many stamps from them but I do have several die.s.
    This is my take on the MFT sketch challenge  I used one of the Mini doily's dies for the mat under the circle. I stamped the cute frog big from Raisin Boats Loads of love stamp set. I colored it with Copic markers and used Momento ink to stamp the image and the saying. The saying is from MFT set Clearly Sentiments about Babies.
   I hope you checkout the other great cards over at MFT Sketch Challenge.
Donna
 
" When I stand before God at the end of my life, I hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and I could say,"I used everything you gave me" Erma Bombeck Writer