LITTLE-APPLEFALLS: Valentine

Friday, 8 February 2013

All you need is Love!

Hi, and welcome!

I've been very remiss in not welcoming my new Followers......sorry......but I'm so glad you're here!

What an eventful and busy week.....and the weekend is goin' to be just as busy!

Oh, well.....onwards and upwards, as they say......always wondered who "they" are, lol.

There's another great challenge over at

This week our theme is:

LOVE IS IN THE AIR!

With February 14th approaching (or for any reason, really) we ask that your creations be themed on LOVE or VALENTINES. We are excited to welcome back our TWO sponsors for this week, Robyn's Fetish and Floppy Latte Designs! So we have two prize winners this challenge!

One randomly drawn winner will receive their choice of five (5) digital images from Robyn's Fetish ... and another randomly drawn winner will receive a prize of $10 to spend at the Floppy Latte Designs store. Thank you both for your generous prizes!

The Hubster and I may have been married for almost 44 years.......I know!.......who'da thunk we'd have lasted this long...hahaaa!......and I was most definitely a child bride......but we still like to exchange Valentine cards and smoochie kisses, heehee. The Hubster will be receiving this little creation, this year......

Bright and cheerful, just like the Hubster! This little fella is Elmer the Lovestruck Elephant from Floppy Latte.....cute, eh?
I cut a strip of bright yellow corrugated card and placed it with the pretty pink paper onto the card base. A strip of green spotty paper anchors the two together, with a piece of red gingham ribbon for texture......

There is a remarkable likeness to the Hubster, here....at least in the expression...hahaa! Elmer is coloured up with .....wait for it.....COPICS! Yep, thought I'd buy the two pinks shown here, just to see what all the fuss was about.....Verdict? I want/need/have to have.....please send donations to my home address, lol......The image is layered onto a piece of green, textured card stock which has been cut with a Spellbinder's scalloped rectangle die.......

I used a small piece of the corrugated card to back this fun sticker.........

I have quite a lot of this red, textured paper (from the Paper Shop) and used a little-used Sizzix die to cut the hearts.....a flat-backed pearl finishes it off, nicely.....

A sweet little Valentne card for my lovely fella!

I'd love you to take a look at what my Teamies have come up with.....and you'll get to meet the newest member of our team....go see!

hugs,

Anne-Marie x

Challenges:

http://brokenboxstock.blogspot.co.uk/ Be my Valentine

http://cardmakinmamas.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/im-in-mood-for-love.html Love

http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.co.uk/ Love is in the Air

http://digihaven.blogspot.ca/ Love/Valentine

http://polkadoodle.blogspot.co.uk/ Lots of layers + Pink+red

http://totallypapercrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ Valentines or Love

http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ Have a Heart

http://cutiepiechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ Valentine

Wednesday, 6 February 2013

Colour of Love

Hello, and welcome!

I have some really exciting news.....well, I'm excited about it, anyway...hahaaa!

A few weeks ago, I was invited to become a Design Team member for one of my favourite challenge blogs

http://perfectsentimentschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

Jennipher has a fabulously talented Team and I'm so looking forward to working with, and learning from them. They've already made me feel right at home......thank you, Ladies!

So....let's get right to the details of the Challenge........it's a very appropriate one for this time of year...heehee.....

PSC65: The Colour of Love

Create a card with a sentiment of love or anything appropriate for Valentine's Day. You must include your sentiment on the front of your card. Use Red and White for your colour scheme to design your card. You may incorporate black or any other neutral tones but your dominant colours must be red and white.

Nice one, eh?

I like that, as a DT member, I have the flexibility to choose an image from the sponsor, or go with something that fits the theme, from my own stash.

Our Sponsor

will award one lucky random winner 5 free digis of their choice!

I was ~~petrified~~ nervous about making this, my very first DT creation for this wonderful challenge blog......but, here goes........

I used a sweet Tatty Teddy stamp from "Me to You" that came as a freebie with a recent craft magazine.....the papers are from the same mag....and you know how I like my freebies, lol.....

I stamped the image using Archival Ink in black, then did a little colouring with my trusty Promarkers......the white card strip was embossed with a Cuttlebug folder and a strip of red grosgrain ribbon was placed along the bottom......

I twisted two lengths of this lovely red ric-rac together to make a little rosette, and added the die-cut leaves....

Have I mentioned that I am a sticker hoarder? Found this cutie on a very old sticker sheet.....am surprised it was still sticky, hahaa.......

I found the little felt flower in my stash.....I wonder who keeps puttin' all this stuff in there?....can't remember ever havin' seen this before......and topped it with a piece of Card Candi.......