You Melt My Heart - Penguin Valentine

When the new BBTB2 challenge pops in my feed on Monday, I generally check into DS and do a search to bring up images related to the challenge.  It's my quick way of reminding myself what's in the kajillions of images.  This week I searched for 'Penguins' and fell in love with an oldie but goodie from Animal Kingdom.  Then I went back to making Valentine cards, Valentine treats and looking for something to hang over the mantel. 

Valentine's Day!  A card for Master J. popped in my head  and here it is: -

I used a Happy Heart from Simply Charmed and removed the face using the contour button.  I stretched it out to kinda sorta look like an ice flow to ground my penguins.  The sentiment is from Holiday Cakes and the waves from The Quiet Book.  The background is embossed with the Cuttlebug Snowflakes folder.

I used the Country Life font for the inside sentiment - such a lovely, clear writing font. 

Now I can go back to the projects I SHOULD have been working on!   Thanks for visiting today.  : )  Christine

Birthday Card with a Faux Stacked Diamond Die

You know, it does take an awful lot of self control not to spend over my crafting budget every month!  For instance, the Simon Says Stamp Blog recently featured THE coolest diamond stacked die.  I could really see myself using that die as a background accent for cards, page titles, wall decor pieces etc, etc.  But when you add in taxes and shipping - I just could not justify ordering it. So, I fired up the Cricut, found an image of a lattice of diamonds on the CTMH Artiste cart and duplicated, welded, attached and played with it until I got something kinda sorta like the SSS die.  And here's the first card I made with it for my friend M's birthday.

I love the clean look of this card and I think the spray of flowers from Heartfelt Creations added just the right focal point.  Lovin' it! 

The inside sentiment comes from the Anna Griffin Garden Cards and Embellishments cart. Here's a closer look at the Cricut stacked diamonds.   I glued three pieces together to add dimension.

I am linking my card to the Birthday card challenge at BBTB2 here and the Something New challenge at the FCC blog here.

It's so nice to be able to just 'play' after the Christmas scurry to get things finished and before Valentine's Day cranks into high gear.  : )   Thanks for visiting with me today.  Christine

Edited to add DS file number:  https://design.cricut.com/#/design/79991108 
Have fun!