And we have a fabulous sponsor this week - Stretch 'n Bubbles. You can get details about the prize over at Colour Create.
If you have never checked out Stretch 'n Bubbles, you must head over there now. Every Wednesday, Allison offers a free digital image, and they are fabulous! I used one of her images on my first card.
Isn't that image so adorable? I added the sentiment and coloured everything with my photo program - If you want to really see some colouring, you need to go check out the other design team members from Colour Create.
The little hearts on the side were little Valentines buttons that I snipped off the back.
I haven't done any ruffles in awhile, so I thought I would add a couple of rows on this card.
I zig zag stitched around the perimeter of the card - obviously I need to practice at that!
The cupcake cut is from the Cricut Celebrations cartridge - that particular cupcake has a candle on it, but I snipped it off. The stamps and sentiment are from the Papertrey Ink Tiny Treats: Valentine set.
Isn't that great! I love those soft colours together! And we have a fabulous sponsor for this challenge:
The Rubber Room is offering a gift certificate as the prize for this challenge. Head over to Colour Create to get the details.
I have been making lots of Valentines lately, but not using the traditional red and pink colours. For this card, I used the new Tiny Treats: Valentine set from Papertrey Ink. That set contains the cutest little images and sentiments! Stay Tuned because I am working on my kids Valentines for school and I am using that same set for those! I will post those in a couple of weeks.
Anyway, here is a close-up of the little boat image. I sewed the little ruffle so that the thread would look like waves - well that was my intent anyway - ha ha! I am going to enter this card into the Just Us Girls Challenge as well, where the challenge is to use sewing on your project.
I had all kinds of ideas for this card - and it started out completely differently! Then I found this little sentiment on the Cricut Graphically Speaking cartridge, and I just had to use it!
I stamped the little circles with the Papertrey Ink Background Basics Retro set. I inked all of the edges with PTI Dark Chocolate ink.
If you get a chance, please head on over to all of the other design team members blogs. They all have some beautiful creations to share with you!
Here is my submission:
I bought these felt hearts last year on clearance, and almost forgot about them. I layered the hearts with a heart shaped button.
I used PTI Berry Sorbet ribbon and ink along with a sentiment from the PTI Say It With Style set.
Here is my card:
I love love love Papertrey Ink Berry Sorbet! Love it! The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink Say It With Style set, stamped in Berry Sorbet. I am not a very good stamper, but Papertrey stamps are absolutely awesome! They stamp perfectly everytime!
Here is a closeup of the gorgeous Amy Butler paper in the background along with the other embellishments. I used the Nestabilities Flower 1 dies for the little yellow flowers.
The sentiment is from the Cricut Sweethearts cartridge, the leaves are from Stretch you Imagination, and the scalloped frame in the background is from the Storybook cartridge.
I made the flower using scalloped circles cut out of tissue paper with the Nestabilities dies. I stamped the tissue paper circles with random stamps using gold and silver ink. I also sewed around the perimeter of the card with silver thread.
Finally I inked the edges of the sentiment with gold ink.
Wow - this was a tough sketch for me! The square on the side reminded me of a belt buckle, or some kind of lock, and the next thing I knew, I was looking for a key on one of the Cricut cartridges, and it blossomed from there.
The shapes are all from the Cricut Indie Art cartridge. You can hardly tell, but I embossed the background paper with a Sizzix heart plate.
I printed the sentiment on my computer using a font called "Hole-hearted".
I used the Papertrey Ink Signature Greetings set for the sentiment along with PTI Enchanted Evening ink and buttons.
Love the buttons!
And here is my submission:
I used the Papertrey Ink Blooming Button Bits set. 
I added a bow and a little ruffle at the bottom.
This is a closeup picture to show the sentiment and the backgrounds in more detail. For Christmas, my Mom gave me a huge container of Prima Flowers, and I used a bunch of those layered in the top right corner.
I also decided to add in the Just Buggin' challenge, which is to use the shadow or blackout feature.
I have a heck of a time taking photos of white cards, and just when I thought I had gotten used to my new camera, I realized maybe not so much.
I stitched around the perimeter and distressed the edges slightly. The hearts are from the George cartridge, and the sentiment is from the Papertrey Ink Say It With Style set.
I colored in the sentiment and added some little gems underneath for some extra bling!
