secrets!
Not February QuicKutz secrets.
Or sparkly Glimmer Mist secrets.
Or Distress Inks shipment secrets.
But just general-run-of-the-mill-I'm-a-goofy-blogger-fun-to-have-under-your-hat secrets.
Well I love 'em...and I get to share it with you in just a couple of days. On Super Bowl Sunday. On birthday Sunday. In four more days!
{you're going to love it - just trust me on this one - and relax it doesn't involve shopping!}
Hey - it's Wednesday. "Hump-Day" if you will. WOOT WOOT...how about a little more inspiration today?
A little die-cutting, inky-stamping, lovey-dovey inspiration!
Lolly is already in the Valentine spirit, and is cranking out some beautimous cards...
Here is the same card "layout", but she changed up the colors, the patterns and the supplies. She used the same QK Butterfly and the Nesting Label...but she cut the label out of thin cotton batting. CUTENESS! What a fun little backdrop for her turquoise-blingy flutterby! Fun, fun, FUN!
EmmBee is also working on Valentine cards, but with her little girlies. This idea she came up with is perfect for young ones. They can do the assembling all by themselves! She used the Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Heart die {the third largest heart cut twice, the smallest heart cut three times}. A couple of circle punches, for the eyeballs and they were all set. Teach your kiddos how to set-up an assembly line...and you photograph the fun! {The font she used is a Sizzlits Strip called Honky Dory}
Here is one more kiddo-approved card. Cut your card bases from the
Spellbinders Labels Eight - folding your
cardstock in half first, and keeping the fold inside the left hand cut line. VIOLA - a shaped card. Then use your Spellbinders
Classic Hearts again, the
QK Lemonade font for size-appropriate letters and any
2x2 QK Heart and let your young spellers go to town. LOVE 'EM...just love 'em!
Lara wanted to throw out one more idea using the January QuicKutz release. She made up a bunch of invitations and decided on a mass-production style. This means, she printed her information onto cardstock from the computer and simply added a die-cut as a finishing touch. She used the NEW Alarm Clock {I think it's one of her faves!}.
And when I say she mass produced them, I mean mass produced...
She said it was great using up a bunch of scraps for this project, and no two are the same. Each person got a unique invite...and she was done with the project before she knew it! BRILLIANT!
I've been chatting with several of you about my excitement with the new stamp lines Dani is bringing to
Scrapy Land. But have no fear ladies...I love die-cutting as much as I love stamping. I'm not giving up one for the other. The thing I love about the lines he ordered is I think they mix so well with
shapes in the QuicKutz line and
Nestabilities in the Spellbinders line. They work wonderfully hand-in-hand.
I used "Mer Ian" from The Greeting Farm {the cutest little merman I've ever seen!}, colored him with bunches of Copics {I will get better about photographing the stack of colors I use, I promise!}, cut him out with my Deckled Rectangle Nestabilities, tossed on a starfish and seashell from the Relax NSD Gift Set and added my sentiment with Oatmeal and Moxie.
This translates to "see you later". Had to get "sea" in there, and used a little teen-talk for my daughter. This got tucked in her suitcase this morning as she heads out of town for 3 days.
Scrapy Land LIVE! DEMO tonight:
- no password needed
- 6pm MST {AZ time...that's 5pm in CA, 7pm in TX and 8pm in FL}
- no supplies, it's just a demo tonight
- we'll be talking ALL THINGS EPIC, Epic cutting, Epic embossing, Epic Flex Mats, Epic platforms, etc.
- bring your questions, or email me ahead of time
- if you want to chat live, or ask questions on the fly, you'll need to be logged in
- spread the word, the more the merrier!
Any questions - you know what to do. And GOBS of comments yesterday, YAY! Lots of entries for the "birthday celebration week" prizes. LOVE IT! Same goes for today...leave 'em here to be entered!
{Sorry for the length of this post - but I'm now officially caught up with everything the "Fab Four" sent me while I was at CHA! THANKS for reading along to the end!}
I'm here for your habit...
February 3, 2010 at 9:03 AM 
Reader Comments (44)
Cute, Cute, Cute......Love the cards. Butterflies are my favorite and what a darling way to use that heart die. How long before Dani gets in those darling stamps? I'm not a stamper but I got to have me one of those. :)
Very cute cards....The idea of mixing the stamps with the die cuts is a great idea~!
Looking forward to the LIVE tonight!
Mary N
Oh I love the Be Mine card..
Love Love Love the new stamps!
Wow - love everythng that you ladies are showing us and getting us inspired!
Missed commenting on the wonderful work on the Tuesday blog entry. The eMmBee's card is so cute, lovethe 2 journals and the recipe pages ar wonderful and will want the recpes translated!
Great work everyone!
Karen
Wonderful cards - I especially like them NOT pink and NOT hearty - so those butterfly ones were just perfect. And I love the owl card - something I can do with my daughter as well !
So when is Dani getting the little merman ? I fell in love with him the first time I saw him - and I HAVE TO HAVE him !!!
I will not stay up tonight (have to get at 6 a.m. anyway) - so I wish all of you lots of fun.
And Susan - PLEASE film !!!
Greetings,
Ute
Super cute cards. I am loving Mer Ian. He is so cute but I am drawn to anything beachy. Cant wait for all things Epic tonight.
molly
CUTE CUTE CUTE - and I love it when you play with the numbers and words. GR8 .... =0)
What a great ideas. I specially loved the invitation. I'll use this idea some time (the clock is on my wishlist now)
Susan, I will miss the show, it is middle of the night here in Europe. Please record it and put it on the blog.
Lots of pleasure tonight!
So much creativity! I should workout, but may play for a few minutes first!
Great ideas--especially the "lovely owl" from EmmBee!
I just received my new and improved Epic machine last month and haven't had a chance to put it into action. Tonight's demo should be just what I need.
Thanks so much for such creative inspiration. --Goldie
Scrapy Land you guys are so generous...thanks for the chance to win!!!
I second Ute please record the demo tonight I just can't stay awake until 1am. Love the stuff you and the fab four have produced. Thanks for all the work you put into the blog.
Dania, the mer-man is a digital stamp that you can buy and download from the Greeting Farm (no need to wait to play with your copic markers).
Love all the cute cards.
Love the cards, especially Lolly's. Some people just don't like the Valentines Day theme but still deserve a card. These are cards one could easily send. Thanks to all of you!
Another bunch of great ideas. More dies that I now need. Thanks.
Lolly I am definitely copying your card ideas for my adult set of Valentines! Love the extra texture of the felt!
Lara, I am also going to use your invitation idea for the next birthday invites I have to make--- love the way you streamlined the process and used up scraps too!
Hopefully I will be at the show tonight if I can get DH to take the girls to dance! :D
I love the way the cards all look 3D. Looking forward to tonight - that is if things don't get too busy around here.
Great ideas! Lolly - what did you use to make the label with on the first card, it looks like velum??? How did you get the colors around the edges? Thanks! Stefanie
Love the creativity!! Of course I love the owl card because i have a thing for owls. Looking forward to the sl live!
once again Ladies your projects are awesome!
Susan, really cute card. Im sure your daughter is going to love it!
Terry
Gr8t cards ladies. I love the inspiration! Keep em comming.
very cute cards. Susan that merman is adorable. Looking forward to the Live show tonight. Just gotta feed my diabetic dog in 5..4..3..2..1... there goes my alarm which means the dog is headed to get me, lol and then I'm headed to the show. Thanks everyone for sharing your great work!
Great ideas ladies. So many things I want to try. Thanks.
Love the cards!!!!
nope I hate secrets. but I guess I have to wait so i'll be patient lol. I see lots of dies I seriously need