Happy Vintage Valentine's Day!

Well, most of the world is now already enjoying Valentine's Day....it has not yet arrived for us in California, but I'd like to wish you a happy one early!

Just a quick post to share a couple of Valentines I made yesterday.  On the Crafty Secrets' blog, Sandy Redburn shared two of her fabulous vintage Valentines as free downloads for everyone--you really need to run over there and get them!  I did, and made to VERY different Valentines...

This is a really different look for me, but it was awfully fun to play with!  A sweet little puppy-love Valentine! 

Love my silver Stickles! 

Here's a completely different, very Victorian style...

Love this beautiful cupid image--and the lilacs...oh, my!  I wish I had those draping all over my garden!   I just had to frame the image with gold glitter, and added gold Stickles dots around the image...some black lace, gold ribbon and some nice black satin ribbon to finish it off...

So sweet!

That's it for tonight...I'll be back Monday morning with more...and some exciting news!  Hope you have a wonderful Valentine's Day...filled with red & pink hearts, chubby cupids, luscious chocolates, sweet glittery cards & beautiful flowers!

Sweet Dreams!

Just a Couple of Glittery Valentines...

Good evening, all!  Hope it's been a great day for you!

Just caught up a bit with some Valentines today and thought I'd share them with you...now to catch up on all the challenges I've been missing!

Here's my first...

...I'm not happy with my photos today--very gloomy and not good light--oh, well!  The colors are much brighter in real life.  This is such a sweet image from Crafty Secrets' adorable "Couple of Cuties" stamp set. 

I used some of the Distressed Clear Crackle paint on the heart and glasses the kids are holding, and silver Stickles on the background dots and watercolor pencils for the coloring...and lots of Martha Stewart "White Gold" glitter for the border.

For my next Valentine...some beautiful cupids from Crafty Secrets' newly re-worked "Seasonal" Images & Journal Notes booklet.

Again...sorry about the photos!  Lots of glitter, as usual...and I've noticed I've been feeling very "dotty" lately with my backgrounds...Love this PTI Scarlet Jewel cardstock and ribbon--such a rich, beautiful color.

I've been having lots of fun with heart doilies lately...these gold foil hearts are just gorgeous!  Love the garnet crystal rhinestones, too...isn't glitz & glam fun?!  To finish it off, I sprayed over the whole card with the fabulous "Iridescent Gold" Glimmer Mist.

Well, that's it from me tonight...got to get off the computer so my husband can hook up our new printer--thanks, honey!  Hope you all have a wonderful evening, and I'll see you very soon!

Love is in the Air....

...it is, isn't it?  Wherever you look, Valentines are springing up all of a sudden!  Sweet, chubby cherubs are shooting their arrows, hearts are sparkling with glitter, flowers and candy abound...it's just everywhere!

I thought I'd add to that a bit today, as well!  I was invited to a bridal shower on Saturday and made this card for the bride-to-be:

I really had fun with this, just kept adding things till it felt right...a paper doily was covered with different colors of Glimmer Mist, then topped with...

...some sweet images from Crafty Secrets' "Joys of Life" booklet...The words are from their "Cherish" stamp set--such a beautiful bunch of stamps!  The background paper and the cut-out flowers are from their "Pastel" paper collection.

Lots of silver shavings glitter, some lovely half-pearls, ribbon, lace and that's about it!

Just look at this gorgeous sentiment!  I love the fonts and illustrations from the Art Deco period--they always make MY heart flutter!  This is also from the "Cherish" stamp set--this is the inside of the card.

Yesterday I made a little Valentine...wonder who it's for?  Again, I started with a Glimmer Misted doily--seem to be enjoying that quite a bit lately!  The adorable chipboard heart is from Crafty Secrets' "Sweet Chips Frames & More" set.  I covered it with "Tattered Rose" and then Clear Crackle paint...then gave it a healthy dose of mica flakes!

Again, had so much fun just adding & adding till I could add no more!  Love the muted colors and shabby Valentine feel of it...The trio of flowers is from an SU! flower punch...

This sweet image is from Crafty Secrets' new "Couple of Cuties" stamp set--just perfect for Valentine's Day!  I covered the colored image with Clear Crackle Paint...

...here you can see the crackling a bit better--I really love this effect on vintage images!

Here you can see a bit of the musical paper I used as my background...this is from Crafty Secrets' "Pastels" paper collection...the saying is from the "Couple of Cuties" stamp set, also.  Then, just added some lovely lace, ribbon, buttons, a bunch of Martha Stewart's "White Gold" glitter,  and that's a wrap!

Hope your Valentine "season" is off to a lovely and creative start!  Can't wait to see what you're all creating! 

Now, go hug someone you love! 

See you soon!


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