I Heart You

Thursday morning. Sleet. Snow later. Can't go anywhere. Must craft! What a dream day! I'm taking Geri's advice and skipping the deep cleaning this week, and will get to it next week. It's not like I don't have time...And besides, I'd rather play in my craft room. Come on now, so would you. There's just something about paper and tape runners and all the accoutrement that goes into the craft. When that idea hits, when you see the card in your head and step by step it just appears between your hands, when all other thoughts disappear, except this small creation...well, you know what I'm talking about! It's a good day to stay in and play! I have a card that I made for three challenges. Could be a first for me. Can't seem to remember if I've managed three before or not....Anyway... There's a new kid in town. CAS on Sunday, and I thought I might give it a try. You should too. Looks like a fun place to play. Next, I'm playing over at Unscripted Sketches. The sketch this week is awesome, and I might just use it over and over again. And finally, because I actually made this card in 8.12 minutes, I'm going to go and play over at the 10 Minute Craft Dash. Both the 10MCD and CASOS have "hearts"--use hearts in your design, and my hearts fit perfectly with US196 as well. Click on the links in this post and head on over to each blog. The cards found there will make you do the happy dance, I promise!

So. In just over eight minutes, I was able to use the sketch from US to create this:

Oh so darn easy! If you plan to play at the 10MCD, you are allowed to have your card base and all your supplies ready. Which I did. I used my cricut and cut the three rectangles out of the red cardstock. Trimmed the red section to 51/4 x 4". I next trimmed a scrap of black to fit behind, and to use for the sentiment strip. Stamped the sentiment, and attached both black sections. Placed my heart stickers and the black bling. Et voila! Done! Just like downtown! SU white cardstock. The red and black cardstock are probably from Bazzill, but I can't be sure. The stickers are from Recollections, the bling is from Want2scrap (shout out here to Sharon from My Paper Playground for having the most perfect little black blings!), Avacado Arts sentiment from Sweet Treats Sweetie set, and Stampabilities white ink. So there you have it. Now, go forth and do a happy dance, then create...