Be Mine Card

Happy Thursday to you!

Sheesh, it's been a few days, hasn't it? It appears after my weekend efforts, my mojo up and left me! I've tried a few times this week to create a card, but I didn't like how it looked or nothing was working out right. It also worked out that my creating time was cut short a few days, too. I know...excuses, excuses, huh? Well, today I was bound and determined to get a card made and I managed to do create something decent! LOL I was inspired by this post on the Scrapnextras blog. She was inspired by a post by Jennifer McGuire, which incidentally, I had seen and admired. Kathi was also inspired by this post. ANYway...I liked the hearts and the embossing so I decided to play with it.

Here is what I came up with...

I cannot begin to tell you how long it took me to make this relatively simple card. I was going to try a couple of different embellishments to make it different and nothing seemed to work out right. I was gonna stamp an image in the background, use a glittery image, blah, blah, blah. In the end, this looks okay, I think. LOL

I used Making Memories' 6x6 paper pack called Sabrina for punching out the Martha Stewart hearts. The sentiment and little heart is from a Valentine's theme stamp set I found at Michaels. These have got to be the smallest images in that set. I also used black and Baby Pink cs (CTMH) and inked the edges with the same color inks. I used pop dots for dimension. Oh and SU's word window punch as well as the Cuttlebug paisley embossing folder.

I created a heart shaped yo-yo today, but couldn't seem to get it together enough to make a card for it. I also started another embroidered card, but didn't get that one done either. I'm not sure I like how it is coming out with the colors I chose. It's been like this all week, it seems.

I am also working on crocheting a doily for my friend, Susi. Since the wristlets are really impractical for everyday usage, I thought she might enjoy a doily to help display some of her vintage treasures. I have been trying to get that done this week. I have a couple of more rounds to go and then I'll share.

Today feels like a Friday to me since the girls are off school tomorrow. Next week is the only full 5 day week they have this whole month! Yikes!

With that bit of random posting, I will close for now. I hope to get it together to create more soon!

Thanks for stopping by!

Jeanne

Crocheted Heart Card

I have had this idea in my head for a while and finally got to try it out today! I found a pattern online for a crocheted heart swag that I fell in love with. I wondered how it would translate to create just one of the hearts and put it on a card. Now I know...

What do you think? I know the card itself is fairly simple, but all the ideas I thought of seemed to detract from the heart. I used a pink bedspread weight cotton thread. It took a little longer than I anticipated to get the heart finished, but only because I hadn't done this pattern before. The second round confused me a little as there were a lot of stitches and the directions were written in paragraph form. Once I wrote them out line by line, it worked much more smoothly. After I finished crocheting, I ironed the piece so it would lay flat. To do this I put it face down on a hand towel and ironed on the cotton setting, being sure to keep the iron moving and not snag the scallops. You put it face down so that the texture on the front side won't be flattened by the iron.

To attach the heart to the card, I used clear thread and poked holes in the cardstock so they would be hidden by the outer scallops. I brought my needle up through the hole from the backside and back down again through the same hole, bringing the clear thread over the top of the scallops. It worked perfectly, except for the fact that I got my finger in the way one time and poked my finger with the needle! Ouch! Dr. Jessica got me a band-aid and fixed me right up, though. The girls have discovered all the glitter I own and have been having a field day decorating with the glitter. Yes, I think we'll see sparklies for a long time now. Jess was sitting right by me when I poked my finger and was quick to respond.

The dp is called Sabrina and it's from Making Memories. I found it at Michaels earlier this month and have been itching to use it. I love the pink, cream and black together. And if you will notice, I am no longer lacking black pearls! I took a quick run to Archiver's after my morning chores and picked some up.  I also used that new Martha Stewart heart edge punch.

I decided to leave the card front sentiment-less for now. I worried that putting one on the front would also detract from the heart. Any thoughts on that?

I got a later start on this project than I thought, so it's all I was able to create today. I am very happy with the result though and my mind is spinning with the possibilities this opens up for me in terms of crocheting items to use on cards!

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have had a relaxing and productive weekend!

Jeanne