Happy WOYWW To You!
This Valentine’s Day, I celebrate 17 years of marriage with the man I love.
As I count down the moments to this special day, I am covertly creating tokens of romance and love…
One of my favorite creations this week was this beautiful love card, which I created with my husband in mind.
I wanted to design a card that was sophisticated and elegant in its presentation – qualities my husband appreciates – so, I chose the stylish yet neutral color palette of Red, Kraft and Black plus White to convey that message (Top Tip Tuesday).
I also added some of my favorite Close To My Heart products into the mix for the Heart 2 Heart Challenge – Love the CTMH Way, along with a few additional embellishments specifically chosen for the rich texture they provide.
Here are a few of the products I used:
- CTMH Much Love Stamp – which I also used in my Much Love Card!
- CTMH Ink Pads, Floral Ribbon, Mini Brads
- Maya Road Felt Flowers
- K & Company Life’s Journey Stitched Ribbon
During my visits to your blog, I really enjoy seeing your crafting companions in action, and know from your comments that you enjoy seeing mine – so this week at Wordless Wednesday, I dedicated an entire post to Crafting With Magellan! Be sure to stop by as someone really wants to steal your heart!
Now it’s your turn to inspire us with your creativity! What’s inspiring you this week? What have you created? Be sure to share your latest creations with us at one of our weekly parties!
Have a wonderful week and thanks for stopping by to see what’s on my work desk this week!
Creative Art Challenges
Are you ready to jump-start your creativity? Here’s this week’s list of Creative Art Challenges to inspire you (organized alphabetically by Theme or Anything Goes!)
Theme Challenges
- 2 Cute Ink Challenges #122 – Valentines/Love
- Addicted To Stamps #97 – Lots Of Layers
- A Gem Of A Challenge #137 – Layers
- Allsorts Challenge #297 – Love Is All Around
- Card Mania Challenges #65 – Add Some Red
- Love Is In The Air
- Crafting Desert Divas Linky Party 48 – Red, White, Pink
- Crafts Galore Encore Challenges – Use A Stamp Or Digi For February
- Clear It Out Challenge – Theme: Color/Red (Stamped Heart) and Stash: Red Embellishments (Flowers)
- Crafty Boots Challenges – Hearts & Valentines
- Crafty Creations Challenge 282 – Owl Love You
- Craft For The Craic – Birthdays or Anniversaries (Anniversary Card)
- Crafty Sentiments – Use Some Red Challenge
- Cute Card Thursday #359 – Crazy In Love
- Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge #6 – Love Is In The Air Challenge
- Digi Stamps 4 Joy #109 – Valentine’s/Love
- Eureka Stamps Challenge #127 – All Is Love
- Fairytale Challenge #110 – Something With A Heart
- Fantasy Stamper’s Challenge #29 – P.S. I Love You
- Fun With Shapes And More #175 – Valentine
- Glitter & Sparkle Challenge Blog #123 – Love Is In The Air
- Great Impressions February Challenge – Love Love Love
- Going Grey With Scrap Creations – Love
- Heart 2 Heart Challenges – Love The CTMH Way (Floral Ribbon & Stamps)
- Hoarder’s Anonymous – How I Love Thee
- House Of Cards – Love Challenge
- Inkspirational Challenges #75 – Rose Colors
- Just Us Girls Challenge #279 – Word Week – Love
- Kitty Bee Designs – Aloha Friday Challenge #40 – Valentines & Love
- Laurel Craft Challenge #14 – Love Is In The Air
- Loves Rubber Stamps Challenges #138 – Show Me Some Red
- Love To Scrap Challenge Blog 47 – Love Is In The Air
- Make My Monday Blog Challenge – Valentine
- MelonHeadz Friends – Hearts And Love Challenge
- Mema’s Crafts February Challenge 2015 – Celebrate Valentine’s Day or Use Red White + One Other Color
- Miriam’s Crafting Blog – Romance
- Natalie And Amy’s Challenge #29 – All About Love
- Naughty Or Nice Challenge #12 – Are You Feeling The Love?
- Ooh La La Creations #173 – Love
- Paper Creators Crafts Challenge 35 – Love Is In The Air
- Papertake Weekly – Hearts & Flowers
- Pink Saturday
- Pinspirational Challenge 133 – Photo (Used Red, Kraft & Heart)
- Polka Doodle Week 5 – Flower Power Challenge
- Sentimental Sundays #245 – Seeing Red (A Little Or A Lot Of It!)
- Simply Create Too Challenge #78 – Happy Valentine’s Day (Or Use Hearts)
- Stamp & Create Challenge – All You Need Is Love
- Sweet Pea Stamps – February 2015 – One Sweet Challenge
- Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog – Add A Heart
- The Artistic Stamper – February’s Creative Challenge – Love
- The Pink Elephant #TPE285 – Be My Valentine
- Top Tip Tuesday – Favorite Color Combo (Elegance & Sophistication – Red, Black & Kraft)
- Use Your Stuff Challenge #172 – Love
- V’s Sweet Ideas – Red, White or Pink VSC Challenge #31
- Wags N Whiskers #147 – For Someone You Love
- We Do Doobado Challenge #3 – Hearts & Flowers
Be Creative – Anything Goes Challenges
- 7 Kids Challenge #119 – Anything Goes
- A Girl Who Crafts – Anything Goes (February)
- Brown Sugar Challenge #132 – Anything Goes
- Crafting By Designs – February Anything Goes Challenge
- Crafting From The Heart Challenge 46 – Anything Goes
- Crafty Calendar February Challenge – Anything Goes
- Craft Your Passion Challenges #248 – Almost Anything Goes
- Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #66 – Anything Goes
- Creative Moments #61 – Anything Goes/Love
- D.L. Art February Challenge – Anything Goes
- Imagination Crafts – February Anything Goes Challenge
- Inspiration Destination #20 – Anything Goes
- Jelly Park Friends February Challenges – Love Is In The Air
- Kraftin Kimmie Stamps – Wonderful Wednesday – Anything Goes
- My Craft Creations – 2/2 to 2/14 – Anything Goes
- My Creative Moments Monday Morning Challenge #3 – Anything Goes
- Not Just Cards Challenges #12 – Anything Goes
- Party Time Tuesdays #195 – Anything Goes Challenge
- Scrapper’s Delights Challenge Blog – Anything Goes
- Scribble & Scrap Challenge 37 – Anything Goes
- Sister Act Card Challenge #92 – Anything Goes
- Sisters Of Craft February Challenge – Anything Goes
- Stamping Sensations February Challenge – Anything Goes
- That Craft Place – Anything Goes
- Through The Craftroom Door – Feb 10 – 16 – Anything Goes
- Word Art Wednesday 170 – Anything Goes
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happy Anniversary to you both. Helen #1
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Thanks Helen! And congrats for snagging that coveted #1 spot this week!
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Wow! What a beautiful card! I like the little sack pouch too! Too Too cute! patsy
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Thanks Patsy!
Wow quite the list of challenges! Thanks for joining in at JUGS
Absolutely gorgeous card!! Happy anniversary–I think it is so cool when people are married on Valentines Day. Thank you for sharing all the links too. Happy WOYWW! Sandy Leigh #48
What a beautiful card
#44 Jill
Beautiful card.
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Karin
Beautiful card! I’m sure your hubby will love it. I still have to make my hubby a Valentines card, today I made my Mom a birthday card as her birthday is tomorrow. So next is the Valentines card! So nice that you got married on Valentines Day! Happy Anniversary! Your fur baby is very cute, and so nice how he works right beside you! I have one too, but she just waits for things to fall on the floor, as they inevitably do when my workspace is about 6 square inches! Thanks for sharing, Lindart #60
Love the flowers on the card. Great job. Thanks for sharing with us at Heart 2 Heart.
Such a pretty card! LOVE the colors you used! Thanks for joining us at Great Impressions & House of Cards! HUGS! 🙂 Mynn xx
Beautiful card- congratulations on 17 years! Thanks for sharing with us at H2H challenges.
Very pretty card! Love your beautiful color combo too. Thanks for joining us this week at Just Us Girls!
Goodness, just look at all of those challenges! Your card is so sweet – love that zig zag stitching! Thanks for sharing it with us at Great Impressions!
Always love your posts. Thanks for the awesome list, how many do you actually participate in? Like so many others I am a kitty person and love to see what’s happening in other people’s spaces. My two are snoozing right now, so I am using both hands on the keyboard.
Happy Valentine’s. Pat #71
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Hi Pat,
So glad you stopped by – thanks for the complement! I love visiting challenge blogs – seeing what inspires me and what coincides with whatever projects I may be working on at the moment – and sharing them with the other crafters and artists in my creative community. The list is updated each week so – if it is listed with my project – it means I am participating in the challenge!
Have a wonderful day!
What a SUPER sweet card. Thanks SO MUCH for sharing with us in this week’s challenge, and I really hope that you will stop by to share again soon. I look forward to it.
Blessings,
Karen
Word Art Wednesday
P.S. I know of another great challenge where you can share. V’s Sweet Ideas has a monthly challenge, which is Red, Pink or White this month. You can enter 2 times per month, and the prize is a gift certificate to her sweet shoppe. I hope you will join us:
http://www.vssweetideas.blogspot.com
Love the card but have to say I love your cat more Lol! Sorry.
Hope you have a great crafty week, Angela x 37
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No problem Angela – that’s as it should be – I make pretty cards but God makes masterpieces when it comes to cats! 🙂
The LOVE stamp you used is wonderful…simple and perfect! Thanks for playing along with us this week at Loves Rubberstamps.
Very beautiful, elegant card. Thanks for playing at 2 Cute Ink Challenges and I hope you join us again!
Such a beautiful and creative card. It definitely is a sophisticated and stylish card – your husband will be proud to receive such a nice card. Thank you for joining us this week in the Through The Craft Room Door challenge.
Hugz,
LInda O, DT
Love the colour combo with black, red and kraft. Thanks for joining us at Heart 2 Heart this week!
Another beautiful card!
Thank you for joining us at House of Cards!
Lilian
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Love the vintage touch on your card! Thanks for playing along this week at Use Your Stuff!
Majo – DT
Very nice card. Thanks for joining us at Creative Moments.
Rose DT member x
so very pretty. Thank you for taking time to join in with the fun over at polkadoodles http://polkadoodle.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/week-5-flower-power-polkadoodles-craft.html
It certainly is a very stylish card! Elegant and striking! Thanks for joining us at Sweet Stampin’ this week.
Chris
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Nicely done and sure to be appreciated by hubby. Thank you for sharing with us at Love To Scrap.
Great card thanks for joining us at Sweet Stampin..Sue DT x
Very pretty! Love the stamped sentiment. Thanks for sharing with us at CIO.
Fantastic card! Thanks for joining in with the Sisters of Craft Blog Challenge. Creative Blessings, Tracy x SOC DT
Fantastic card and a gorgeous mog! Merlot cat often features on my blog too! Thanks for joining us at OLL, Jx
I love your card, it is so elegant and chic – just beautiful. What a beautiful crafty mate as well – we have two furbabies but Blossom is the one who sits on my desk when I am crafting and just pops a paw out to knock the odd stamp or ink pad off onto the floor! She also loves sitting on my creations when they are on my desk! Thank you so much for entering the Crafty Calendar (Anything Goes) challenge this month, lots of luck to you.
Hugs Sue Pxxx DT
lovely card 🙂
Like the clean look!
Thanks for playing along in theSister Act Card Challenge.
Hugs,
Natalie
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Gorgeous card! 😀
Thank you so much for joining us at Fairy Tale Challenge this fortnight. I hope to see you again. 😀
Milka GDT
What a lovely project! I love the colorcombo you have used! Thank you for joining us at Fairy Tale Challenge! Bianca XX
Great design, I’m sure he will love it. Thank you for joining us at Inkspirational Challenges. Come back next time! Marina
Hi, first of all Happy Anniversary!!! Beautiful card and love the over stamping of the two stamps, very creative. Thankyou for joining us at That Craft Place. Hope to see you again. Hugs Amanda
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Thanks so much Amanda – delighted I could share my card with you!
Have a wonderful Valentine’s weekend and glad you liked the stamp on a stamp! 🙂
Really elegant! Thank you for joining us at Fantasy Stampers. Cindy (DT)
Beautiful card!! And adorable kitty!! Thanks for playing along with us at the Use Your Stuff Blog!!
This is so pretty, love it. You have a great design on this card. Thanks for joining us at Brown Sugar this week. Karal DT
Very nice card! Thanks for joining us at Simply Create Too! Angie-DT
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Beautiful card. Thanks for joining us at Card Mania Challenges. Good luck and hope you’ll join us again.
What a lovely card! Thanks for sharing on the Spring Craft Blog Hop. Happy Anniversary!
Great card, love the stitching effect. Thanks for joining us at DigiChoosday Wendy (DT).xx
When they passed creativity, they bypassed me. I do enjoy seeing what others do. You have some lovely designs.
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Thank you so much LaVoice! Of course, I KNOW you’re creative – we are ALL creative in our own unique and special ways! 🙂
This is really pretty! Thank you for joining us at Sweet Stampin’ this week. Sammy-x
Lovely elegant creation!…and wonderful cat!
Thanks for playing at Card mania Challenge.
Ilenanxx
Lovely cas card.
Thanks for playing with us at Craft your Passion.
Hope we see you again the next challenge.
xxx Michelle (DT)
Lovely card, like the word art x thanks for sharing at Giltter n Sparkle Chris DT x
Fab card! Cute cat too!!
Thanks for joining us at Kitty Bee Designs for our Valentines / Love Challenge!
Julie x
I really like the palette you chose for that card because it is masculine yet pretty. I hope you’ll visit my Pink Saturday, it’s my first time participating.
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Thank you so much Elizabeth and welcome to Pink Saturday – stopping by now!
A beautiful valentine card. A lovely design. Thanks for joining us at ATSC. Marlies
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Thank you Marlies