Patchwork Quilt Valentine Card – #tttc239

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It’s the first Tic Tac Toe Thursday of the New Year!  This year we’re going to a two week team rotation.  This means that each challenge board will remain open for two weeks instead of one to give you more time to create and participate.  I think this was a great idea.  For this first challenge of 2024, it was Team O’s challenge to create for and Jeanie came up with a board chock full of elements to spark that Valentine mojo.

Here’s my Valentine card…

Patchwork Heart Valentine Card - Rosanne Mulhern Heartfelt Stamping

My card can qualify in several different ways: (1) Heart, Red, Punch or Die Cut, (2) Heart, Patterned Paper, Ribbon, (3) Red, Patterned Paper, Valentine

I found my inspiration for today’s card from this photo I found on Pinterest.

It was fun to recreate the quilted heart on paper.  I found the perfect pad of paper at Target’s Dollar Spot.  It had all the coordinating patterns in the same color, making it very easy to create the quilted pattern.  I used the new SU Softly Sophisticated embossing folder, which was a free Sale-a-bration item to emboss the red card panel as well as the heart. The embossing gives such pretty texture.  The heart dies are from Spellbinders Lace Heart dies.  And the sentiment is from SU’s (retired) Teeny Tiny Sentiments.

Here’s a peek inside…

I hope you’ll head over the Tic Tac Toe Challenge to see what my teammates on Team O created.  And I hope you’ll be inspired to play along with us, especially since you have an extra week now.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you enjoy the rest of your week.  Tomorrow we’re expecting our second snow storm this week here in PA.  It is winter, after all!

Take care,

Rosanne

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Honey BEE Mine, Valentine – January CASEing Coast to Coast

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Welcome to our first CASEing Coast to Coast stamping adventure of 2024.  Karen Hallam in California and myself here in Pennsylvania have been enjoying this monthly collaboration for several years now and we’re back for another.  Each month, we take a turn at choosing the direction of our project.  Also, I wanted to give a great BIG shout out to Karen for creating this fantastic graphic.  It perfectly depicts “bridging” our projects.

To start the year, Karen has chosen a perfectly adorable theme…Be(e) Mine, Valentine.  Here is Karen’s card, which I think is absolutely charming!

If haven’t already been out west, please head over to Karen’s blog HERE to see all the wonderful details. Those vellum wings embossed in gold are fabulous!

…and here’s what I came up with…

Honey Bee Mine Valentine Card - Rosanne Mulhern Heartfelt Stamping

I’ve decided that this year, I’ll be doing a lot more of “Stamping My Stash”, so I pulled out Honey Bee Stamps, Build a Bee stamp set and coordinating dies to create today’s card.

Along with the Bee stamps, I also used SU’s new Mini Alphabet dies.  I absolutely love them,  I know I’ll get a lot of mileage from these dies.  What I really like about them is that it’s only one large die and not individual letters.  I cut out several sets and put them in a little container so I can reach for them whenever I want to compose a sentiment.  For today’s card, I cut a set from black card stock and a set from red card stock to layer.  The honeycomb embossing folder is also from my stash. And the black & white checked patterned paper is from a retired SU collection.

Honey Bee Mine Valentine Card -Rosanne Mulhern Heartfelt Stamping

The inside sentiment is from a very “vintage” SU set called, Nice Mice.  It’s an cute set with adorable images.  I may just have to create a whole card with it for this Valentine’s Day.

If I know where the product I used came from, I’ll be sure to note it.  However, my stash is years and years old so some items are sure to be retired or from companies that are no longer in business.  I don’t mind that and actually enjoy reaching for long unused products.  I’ve reminded myself that there isn’t an expiration date on these products.  I want to be more mindful of using what I have (which, like most of us, is a lot) without having to have all the latest and the greatest only to use it once or even not at all.  While I know that there will be new products that I “must” have, I also know that I’m going to find much satisfaction and fun in this year’s “Stamping My Stash” exercise.  And perhaps provide some inspiration for others to pull from their stash also.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I’ll be back tomorrow with the first Tic Tac Toe Challenge of 2024.

Take care,

Rosanne

Pretty Poinsettia for Christmas – #TTTC237

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Welcome to another Tic Tac Toe Thursday! I had the opportunity to create this week’s challenge board…I hope it will inspire you to play along with us!

…And here’s my card.  I chose the third row across: Red, Flocking, Embossing

With the holidays in full swing, I created a pretty card with lots of dimension and texture.  I used mostly retired SU products starting with the beautifully flocked Plush Poinsettia DSP.  This paper is too pretty not to use simply because it’s retired! The flowers were die cut using the Poinsettia die in White Velvet paper and lightly ink blended with Poppy Parade ink. The leaves were cut with Soft Sea Foam cardstock and lightly inked with the Soft Sea Foam ink.  The sentiment is from the Poinsettia Petals stamp set and is heat embossed in silver.

While I was at it, I decided to make another card using Petal Pink ink for a more soft and subtle look.  I like them both equally.  Is there one you prefer over the other?

Pretty Poinsettia Christmas Card - Rosanne Mulhern Heartfelt Stamping

Please head over to the Tic Tac Toe Challenge to see what my Teammates on Team O have created.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a wonderful rest of the week.

Take care,

Rosanne

 

 

Time for a Celebration for #TTTC235

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Time for a Celebration Birthday Card - Rosanne Mulhern Heartfelt Stamping

While it’s time for a (birthday) celebration, it’s also time for another Tic Tac Toe Challenge. I loved working with this board that Karren created.  So many of the elements spoke to me that I had a hard time deciding what to create.  I chose to go two ways on the board… left side diagonal:  Blue, Free, Celebration and middle column down:  Stripes, Free, Flowers

I was recently browsing Scrapbook.com’s site and came across this beautiful paper collection, Dusty Blue Floral by Asuka Studio and just could not pass it up.  Blue is my favorite color and I love the soft florals and other vintage patterns in this collection.  So needless to say, the paper did most of the work on this card.  I found the perfect sentiment to go with the hand-cut clock image in SU’s Beautiful Balloons stamp set.

Here’s a look at the inside.  The sentiment is from Gina K’s Wreath Builder stamp set.  Isn’t that a great font?

You can see the rest of Team O’s design on the Tic Tac Toe Challenge HERE.  While there, I hope you’ll be inspired to play along with us.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Take care,

Rosanne