Getting Cricky Design Team Post - It's Valentines

Happy Friday, everyone!! I hope you have fun plans for the weekend!! It has been scorching hot here...in the 100's...we're having a heat wave!! :( No playing outside, so hopefully I'll get some crafting time in :) It's my turn to design at Getting Cricky and today, we are featuring the It's Valentines stamp set.

I threw in a bunch of Tim Holtz techniques for my tag today. The tag was white when I started, and I used a TH swirl stamp inked with an Adirnodack Paint Dabber in Snow Cap. A music notes background stamp from My Paper Studio in Mahogany Distress Ink was stamped next and once the ink dried, it was wiped from the white swirls. Tea Dye and Vintage Photo Distress ink were sponged on next, and then wiped off.

Only You is from It's Valentines. The frame is from TH, filled with Glossy Accents.

The filmstrip is from TH, as are the grungeboard wings, which I covered in TH music note tissue tape.  The grungeboard heart was inked with Barn Door Distress ink and then covered with Rock Candy Crackle Distress Paint and then inked with Mahogany Distress Ink once it cracked. The tag is a Spellbinders Mix'd Media Elements tag, inked with Vintage Photo. Sweetheart is also from It's Valentines:

Click HERE to purchase your own set.

Here's a sneak peek at my other featured card. Head on over to Getting Cricky to see it and the incredible projects my talented design team sister Jessie  has created!! Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend :)

Getting Cricky Promo Week - Day 2

Happy Monday, everyone!! I hope you had a wonderful weekend!! Today is Day 2 of Getting Cricky Promotional Week!! Several members of the Getting Cricky Design Team will be featuring a new project every day this week leading up to our monthly blog hop on Friday. Last month, we each chose one stamp set and used it all week for our projects. This month, we are mixing it up!! We each chose one cartridge or SVG file that we haven't used in more than three months and are using it all week with any stamp set!!

My project week cart is Wall Decor and More. I created this card with the current Getting Cricky and Crop Stop challenges with wedding themes in mind, but it could be used for a Valentine's card as well. I used paper from Pink Paislee called Butterfly Garden. This paper is so beautiful!! I found the package at Hobby Lobby when they were having their 50% off paper sale last week (LOVE that sale...I stock up on paper!!). The clear plastic packaging looked like it had been opened and I almost didn't buy it...it was the only package they had of Pink Paislee. But I counted and all the papers were there and undamaged, so I'm so glad I did!! It is truly gorgeous!!

I thought Chapter 1 was perfect to represent the first chapter of married life :) I stitched the edges with my new sewing machine.

The heart is from Wall Decor and More. I used my Gypsy to make a slightly larger heart for the background, and then attached the layers with foam tape and added the picture of the pretty angel. She was on one of the sheets of paper in this stack. I inked all of the edges with Tim Holtz Walnut Distress Ink. The pink square is a Spellbinders Fair Isle Pendant die, and the flower is a Spellbinders flower die.

For the corner designs, I used a die from the Spellbinders Fair Isle Pendant and cut it in half. The scallops along the bottom are Spellbinders Fair Isle Borderabilities and the lace is from Hobby Lobby.

The heart is the negative cut from the heart frame. I embossed it with the Cuttlebug Script folder and inked the edges with Walnut Distress Ink. The flowers are a Spellbinders die, as is the tag - Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 11. "Love is patient, love is kind" is from K Andrew Designs It's Valentine's stamp set. There are so many awesome sentiments on this set, perfect for all year around, not just Valentine's Day!!

Click HERE to purchase your own set or to see the entire fabulous line of K Andrew Designs stamps!!

It's not my week to design for Getting Cricky, but I wanted to support my DT sisters so I'm linking my card up!!  I am also entering it in the following challenges:

1. Crop Stop Challenge #57 - Can You Hear the Bells Ringing
2. Little Scrap Pieces - Anything Your Heart Desires
3. Docerela Creations Challenge #7 - Valentine's Day Card
4. Frosted Designs Challenge - Love
5. 2 Sisters Challenge Blog Challenge #78 - I Heart You
6. Passionately Artistic - Linking Party
7. Creative Inspirations Paints - Inspired By Hearts
8. Joyful Stamper Inspire Me Fridays #45 - Anything Goes
9. The Sisterhood of Crafters -  Valentines
10. Divas By Design Challenge #21 - Love is in the Air
11. Catered Crop - Use Hearts
12. That Craft Place Challenge Blog Challenge #6 - Love is All Around
13. Craft Your Days Away Challenge #38 - Getting Stitchy With It
14. CES Challenge Blog Challenge #72 - Lots of Layers
15. Fussy and Fancy Challenge #56 - With All My Heart
16. 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge - Love is in the Air
17. Rainbow Lady's Challenge Blog #191 - Have a Heart
18. Friendship's Garden Challenge #9 - It's a Love Thing
19. Tuesday Throwdown #84 - Be My Valentine
20. Crafty Boots Challenge - Valentines

I have blog candy!! I will be giving away the newest K Andrew Designs stamp set, All in the Family!!

All you have to do All you have to do to be eligible to win this fabulous K Andrew Designs stamp set is:

1. Be a follower
2. Leave a comment with a way to contact you

That's it!! I will choose a winner on Thursday, February 23rd. If you stop back for each day of Promo Week and leave a comment, and then again for the Getting Cricky Cabin Fever Blog Hop on Friday, February 17, that would be SIX entries into the drawing!! So please be sure to stop back tomorrow and all week!!

Click HERE for my Promo Week Day 1 project!!