OSAT Blog Hop - Love is in the Air!

Hello and Welcome to the February One Stamp At A Time Blog Hop!  If you have already been hopping you should have landed here from the amazing blog of Maria Willis!  If you missed it, you will definitely want to make sure you check it out!  Maria has become one of my favorite card designers!  She has such a fresh and unique style that I really LOVE!  By now you probably already know that this Hop is all about Love!  I took this opportunity to make my sweet Hubby a Valentine's Card and a little treat box.   We've been trying to not eat as many sweets (we both have a sweet tooth!) so this is just the perfect size for a few chocolates and everyone needs a little chocolate for Valentine's Day! 

Here's my card and project!

And a close up of the card!

I can tell you that this card is much simpler than what I typically make.  I can't remember the last time I made a card that didn't have at least 3 full layers. lol  All that being said, I really like the way this turned out.  My cardbase was a 11" x 4 1/4" piece of Crumb Cake Cardstock scored at 5 1/2".  With my Sweetheart punch, I punched out Crumb Cake hearts and arranged them onto the base and adhered them with snail.  I then punched out more Crumb Cake hearts that I sponged with Crumb Cake Ink around the edges and adhered to the first layer of hearts to give them more dimension.  I added a Tea Lace Doily with snail and punched a 2 1/4" circle of Real Red Glimmer Paper and adhered to the middle of the doily.  I trimmed the Doily and circle at the left edge of the card.  I ran three loops of twine around the card front and tied it in the center of the circle.  The sentiment from the Groovy Love stamp set was stamped in Real Red Ink onto thick Whisper White Cardstock and then punched out with the Sweetheart Punch.  I sponged some Real Red Ink around the edges after punching and adhered over the circle and twine with Stampin' Dimensionals.     

For the inside of my card I stamped one of the larger hearts from the Groovy Love stamp set with Crumb Cake Ink that had first been stamped off to give it a more subtle look.  I added the Love You and My Valentine sentiments from the Bloomin' Love stamp set in Real Red.  To tie the inside to the outside I added a Red Glimmer Paper small sweetheart punch with a glue dot.  

Here's a better look at the Curvy Keepsake Treat Box..

I used Crumb Cake Cardstock to cut out my Curvy Keepsake Box.  I added a little bit of the Tea Lace Doily on both sides of the top.  The heart as well as the From My Heart sentiment were stamped on Thick Whisper White cardstock in Real Red ink.  The tag was cut from Thick Whisper White Cardstock as well.  The Love sentiment was also stamped in Real Red and the tag was attached to the treat box with twine.  I thought it turned out super cute.  

Next up is my sweet friend Megan Thompson's blog! Just click the next button and you'll be there!

Here's a full listing of our Bloggers in case you've lost your way!

1. Eva Bussom 
2. Pam Tetreault 
3. Kelly Acheson 
4. Martie Pollard 
5. Wynne Grob 
6. Elizabeth Jeanne 
7. Renee Ondrajka  
8. Alisa Tilsner 
9. Maria Willis 
10. Tina Riddle - You are here!!! 
11. Megan Thompson 
12. Melissa Davies 
13. Sara Levin 
14. AJ Bodine 
15. Dena Rekow 
16. Justin 
17. Andrea Tracy-Tucker 
18. Marisa Gunn 
19. Anna Smith 
20. Jeanna Bohanon 
21.   Lori Mueller 

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Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

SIP #29 Sketch Challenge Groovy Love

Hello!  Are you ready for a fresh start in the 2016?  I just love everything about a New Year and all that it brings.  It is such an awesome time to take a look at where you're at and to set goals for where you want to be.  Do you have any new crafting goals?  My goal is to better organize my craft space.  It is so much easier to make a card when everything has a place and is in it's place.  Sometimes my space can get a little... well a lot... crazy!    Well anyway here we are in 2016 and ready for another great year at Stamp, Ink, Paper and this month we have a fun sketch!

I really love sketches and this one I thought would give me an awesome start on my Valentine's Day cards.  I make six Valentines cards.. one for my Hubby and one for each of our five granddaughters. 

For this one I used the Groovy Love stamp set along with the retired Stacked with Love DSP stack.  I loved that paper stack so much so when it went to the Clearance Rack last year I had to buy some more of it.   hmmmm.. yep making hoarding it just a little!

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Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina