** LOVE Letters **

Good Morning!

Here we are at the start of another weekend ...

don't forget a WEEK FROM TODAY is Valentine's Day!!!

There's a new challenge blog I'd like to tell you about ... just in case you didn't get the word!

It's called Craft Hoarders Anonymous and this week marks their very 1st challenge which is ...

What's Your Style!

And there's even a prize up for this 1st challenge ... donated by Gloria Stengel Designs.

Well, anyone who knows me knows my first style love is Vintage.  And, when I think of vintage, I go directly to my Crafty Secrets products ... so many wonderful images, papers, ephemera ... and now a lot of it is in digital form which give me even more options!  

Check it out at the Crafty Vintage Girl Store.

Beautiful Valentine goodies on sale right now!

So what do you think?  

I am so thrilled with the outcome of this card creation!

All products used will be listed at the bottom of this post (under my name).

The main 'Love Letter' image comes from the Crafty Secrets 'CS17-DS Love Mail Creative Scraps'.  There are so many beautiful, vintage images on this sheet that I really had a hard time choosing what to being with!!   The 'Special Delivery' & 'Love' tickets tucked down inside my 'love letter' are also from this same sheet.  The RED postage marks and postage seal came from the Crafty Secrets 'Artsy Banner' clear stamp set which is now available in digital form.

 

 I have two new Cheery Lynn Designs dies that I just LOVE!!!!!

The 'B227 Love' sentiment die which I've cut out using red card stock then added red Stickles for sparkle ... and the 'B422 Pretty, Pretty Bows' die set.  This bow is the smaller of the the two dies and I just LOVE how real it looks (and so easy to make)!!

And, OMG ... I am so proud of this flower!  LOL!

I used the Cheery Lynn Designs 'B339 Gardenia' die strip to cut the pieces, then watched the video over on their site for additional helpful hints using this particular flower die.  I used SU very vanilla card stock for the base ... then sponged Color Box 'Berrylicious' & Tim Holtz 'Berries' distress ink on the edges of each piece (both sides) before conditioning with my stylus and putting the layers together.  Once done & dried, I decided to add some red stickles to the edges ... LOVE the added sparkle ... so pretty IRL!!!

Here are a few additional challenges I'd like to enter into:

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday -  #257 Red & Love

Sugar Creek Hollow - Love & Adore 

Simon Says Stamps - Love Letters
As You Like It Challenge - Showcase Your Style (Vintage - I'm an 'old soul')
Crafty Girls Challenge #11 - Anything Goes 
Seemacrafts - February Valentine/Love
The Cupboard Trilogy - Love
Melonheadz Friends - Valentine's/Love

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Hope you have a FABULOUS weekend!

We're expecting ANOTHER snow storm!  Oh well, it is February in NE Ohio!

Recipe:

Papers:  SU Very Vanilla, SU Real Red, SU Old Olive, scrap of musical dp, Crafty Secrets Embossed Pink digital paper, 

Accessories:  Cheery Lynn Designs dies (mentioned above), CLD 'B315 Ivy Corner Flourish', CLD 'B117S Fanciful Flourish', Wright's lace ribbon, red Stickles, pop dots, McGill flower making kit, Tim Holtz tea dye distress ink, sponge daubers