My Grungy Valentine with Marion Smith Designs!!

Hello Lovely Lifers!

Do you feel the love?!

Valentine's Day is just a few days away and I decided to go out of the box for a funky/grungy little Valentine for Marion Smith Designs.

Here's a little sneak peek!

For full details and more photos,

Check out: Marion Smith Designs' Blog

XOXO,

KERI

Monday Love!

With Valentine's Day only 10 days away, I decided our house needed a little crafty love!

I dug through my stash and came across some left over paper from a class I taught last year using Canvas Corp's Valentine line. I LOVED the cream, red and black and decided we needed a Valentine banner!

I used from Canvas Corp: Diamond on Ivory, Red Ribbon Stripe on Ivory, Love-Amour-Amour Sampler, Red Damask on Ivory, Ivory Love Script Reverse, Ivory Love Newsprint (not pictured above), Black Cardstock, Red Mini Dot Reverse on Ivory, Mixed Media Glue, and Small Clothespins in Natural. I also used Red Glitter Cardstock from Best Creation  and wide lace & small black stones from Hobby Lobby.

This project also gave me a chance to use my early birthday present...a BIG SHOT!! I also used Spellbinder's Labels Sixteen. I used the largest 2 squares for the base and background. I then used the next smallest, along with the "Love-Amour-Amour" Sampler to make the smallest squares. The small 3X3 squares on the sampler are perfect for getting a lot of patterns without wasting paper! I also fussy cut the word LOVE from the same paper.

Here are a couple of close-ups!

I LOVE using rosettes for quick dimension. I would be totally lost with out my Martha Stewart Scoreboard for making them!! The perfectionist in me loves how crisp and even they come out!! 

The Canvas Corp small clothespins were perfect to quickly clip my finished pieces to a length of wide lace, just to add a feminine touch.

And as always in my house....I had some helpers while making this project....

Hope you enjoyed today's project!

And remember...get caught being creative!!!

It's ME!!

I thought it would be fun to show you some of my creations that have ended up on a couple of blogs!

 

First up is a tray I did for the 7 Gypsies booth for Summer CHA in Chicago. It featured the Trousseau line.

 

 

I just recently found out it was on their BLOG! Check it out! 7 Gypsies Blog

 

Next up, is a Blog Hop I participated in with Imaginisce and Canvas Corp. I used Imaginisce's "Soul Sister" Collection along with some great Canvas Corp basics to make this cute Painter's Tray from 7 Gypsies.

(sorry...the picture is a little fuzzy!)

 

Here is a the actual blog post for more pics! Blog Hop by Keri

 

Next is a project I made as a class from Canvas Corp's Valentine Line. I was super excited when I saw it as their blog cover during the month of February!

 

This little gate-fold album was an album of songs that meant a lot to my husband and I.

 

 

 

Here is the link with all the pictures! LOVE BOOK

 

Lastly, is a pic of the Christmas Section of Canvas Corp's booth. You can't really see my project very well, but hey...it's still cool that they are there! :)

 

I made the burlap mini album under the wreath, the rectangular paper bag album towards the bottom right corner, and 2 cards and 2 burlap stockings that are the 3rd wall of the vignette that you can't see.

 

 

 

That's my journey so far! I hope to be able to post many more soon.