Mini Valentine Card

Wanting to give a little love and encouragement to the ladies in my Bible study group, I spent yesterday making 14 mini Valentine's cards for them. The cards went through several iterations as I tried to figure out what I liked and had enough supplies to create, and I even "cheated" a bit when I used the plain colored back of some cardstock-weight patterned papers to cut the tags. The papers were from a 6"x6" paper pad that had been sitting in my stash for years, so I think it was a good choice to finally use them for something!

Recipe:
Background Builders & Conversation Hearts stamp sets
Topstitch papers
Cosmopolitan Embellishment papers (Making Memories)
Heavenly Blue & White Daisy cardstock
Baby Pink, Heavenly Blue, Chocolate & Cocoa ink
Heavenly Blue grosgrain ribbon
Art Philosophy cartridge: tag
Artiste cartridge: heart
Pattern: Sketch-n-Scrap Card Sketch #294 (I compressed it a little to create a square card)

Challenges: Just Us Girls #809 Heart die-cut; Sweet Stampin' Love theme; Festive Friday #202 - used pink, die-cuts, square card, hearts & arrows

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #213 - I started out trying to use a solid blue heart stamp, but I couldn't get it to come out evenly, so I swapped for the mini hearts pattern, but I was originally inspired by these blue cookies!

January 2018 Layout

Happy Valentine's Day! Is anyone scrapping today? My hubby and I went to dinner last night because he has to work a super long shift today, so I have extra time to get creative. Something I have been enjoying over the past couple of years is using random pictures from a certain month to create a monthly layout. This one features photos from January 2018, where I didn't have enough photos to make a full layout of an event or the photos weren't good enough quality to merit a separate layout. But I am still glad I scrapped them because they feature people I love!

Recipe:
State of Mind & Conversation Hearts stamp sets
Topstitch papers & stickers
Chocolate & White Daisy cardstock
White Daisy textured cardstock
Chocolate, Desert Sand, Heavenly Blue & Baby Pink ink
Brown marker (Zig)
Highlights PML card
Tan sparkles
Grid washi tape (Recollections)
White Lacey Trims (49 and Market)
White paper flowers (Recollections)
Heart stencil (Scrapbook.com)
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: tag
Cricut Design Space: title using Medina Script font
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #95

Challenges: Challenge YOUrself  #134 hearts + a picture of myself (used stenciled and stamped hearts + I managed three photos of myself!); Double Trouble #184 Love Is In the Air (my 2 shapes are hearts and circles, my sentiment is Savor This Moment, and I included Thing 3's optional twist of  hearts + a "talky" heart)