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Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Valentine Making Party




Hi, Friends.....

I mentioned a few days ago that I had held a valentine card making party for the gals at our little church. Several could not attend, but we still had eight ladies there to play with paper and ink...which was actually a pretty good number. I bundled up several bags and boxes of things to take, another cardmaker friend brought things, plus a gal and her two teenage daughters brought some supplies.

Here are some pics from our craft day:



 This table was our "Choose your Paper" station.  BEST WAY TO USE SCRAPS EVER!!!  lol....  I brought a bag each of pink scraps, red scraps, black/white scraps, and brown scraps......and a bunch of them got used!!!  YAY!!  That's good enough motivation for me to do another craft party soon.  lol....




The other cardmaker in our church brought a bunch of lovely intricate diecuts for the gals to use!! They had a ball playing with these gorgeous and delicate cuts!! You can see them at the end of the table here on the left.























This table was for diecutting and embossing.  I had not planned to include heat embossing, but one of the gals brought supplies for it.












This table was the stamping table.  Between us we had a good selection of valentine stamps to choose from.  I added reinker earlier to my "craft day" stamp pads, but they were still a little bit dry....and, of course, I didn't bring the re-inkers with me!!  Good thing one of the other gals brought her stamp pads!










I designated two tables as work stations where the actual construction took place.













Most of the gals made valentines to send to family members, but one gal had a great idea to also make a few to send to some ailing members of our church that can't get out much.  I made a couple for her to use.  

Here's one I made.....using scraps, naturally!  :)  (All except the scripty background paper and the card base.)


Supplies used include:
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Audrey Cutaways die set
Darice - Nesting Hearts die set
Darice - Nesting Scallop Circles die set
Impression Obsession - Serendipity Love die
Butterfly diecut - one a friend brought to the craft party, not sure of brand
DCWV scraps!!
Core'dinations/Darice white cardstock for card base

Hope you enjoyed the party shots and my card! It was a lot of work....but a ton of fun, too. I might even be up to doing another in a couple of months...so I can use up more scraps!! lol...  Thank you for stopping by today!! 

🖤
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge #371 - Use Snippets (Scraps)
2. Word Art Wednesday Weeks #426-#427 - Anything Goes
3. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Use 2 or More Patterned Papers
4. Papercraft Business Challenge #26 - Valentine/Love
5. Cut it Up Challenge 193 - Love is in the Air
6. Kat Scrappiness February Challenge - Hearts
7. Papercraft Challenges #54 - Use at Least 2 Designer Papers
8. All Sorts Challenge #588 - Add a Heart
9. Crafty Hazelnut's February Patterned Paper Challenge
10. Double D Challenge - Hearts



16 comments:

  1. That sounds like a really fun day. Sounds like you had all the bases covered and everyone had a wonderful and productive time.

    Your card turned out so pretty! I love when I can use up some scraps! The scalloped mat is awesome. I have a scalloped mat die but never think to bring it out. You've inspired me to put it right on my desk! :)

    Thanks for sharing your Love is in the Air project with us at Cut it Up.

    Evelyn
    http://mylittlecraftblog.wordpress.com

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  2. WOW looks like a fun time being had by all! Beautiful creation! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D ‘Hearts’ challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
    Darlene
    DOUBLE D Challenge Blog
    DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS Please stop in for a visit!

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  3. Oh what fun this looks Janis! LOVE your card - I used kraft, red, white and black for Len's this year - but I like yours better. And of course the words scraps is every bit as good as snippets - I will go with either so not worried there.

    I hated having to drop the number of challenges as I did but we were getting one card entered into 40+ challenges lately. And i can only count up to 10 :) Wink.

    Hugs

    Di xx

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  4. Ooh, that looks like such fun! I carefully examined every photo to see if I recognized any of the products and/or die cuts, haha! Yes, I'm weird like that. My local friends and have decided to have monthly craft nights recently, and I think I'll "make" them work on cards on the night I host, instead of scrapbook layouts. Card-making takes up less actual work space, when compared to scrapbooking..and I don't even scrapbook anymore. So...if I host, I will insist they give card making a try! Your Valentine card is lovely and that scripty background adds a vintage touch that coordinates wonderfully with the sentiment font.

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  5. A pretty mix, Janis - I especially love the lovely script background! Thank you for joining us at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge!

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  6. Fab creation, thanks for joining Allsorts challenge, good luck.
    Happy crafting
    Tracy x

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  7. I would love to spend a session scrapiing like that What fun. Love the card ..............Lis

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  8. Beautiful card, perfectly used scraps! So much fun, thanks for sharing pictures from your cardmaking party.

    Thank you for sharing with us over at Cut it Up for our Love is in the Air challenge.

    Treva
    http://scrappint.blogspot.com/

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  9. Fantastic card, Janis, and that party looked like so much fun! What a great way to use up scraps and enjoy wonderful friends at the same time. You've inspired me to get a group together for Easter card making. :-D

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  10. Such great idea, LOVE seeing the photos of your scraps party!! :D A lot of fun, surely!! I would love have been there :) Your card is so sweet and has a lovely design! Well done using scraps!!!

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  11. Sounds like fun--wish I could have been there.

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  12. What a great fun day and I like your friends idea of the extra cards to give away. Great card using scraps! I'm inspired to break out my scraps and have a "scraft" party!
    Thank you for sharing your wonderful work in our papercraft challenge & we hope you will join us again in the next Papercraft Business Challenge!.
    Anna – Design Team member at Papercraft Business
    Visit my blog - Crafty Anna Studio.
    You can also find me on Instagram - CraftyAnna Studio
    Thank you!

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  13. Fab way of using scraps!!
    Great crafty party!
    Thank you for sharing with Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge!
    Susan
    DT for Patterned Paper Challenge
    Calling All Crafters! – My personal Blog!

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  14. great photos!
    looks like you had so nice crafty day!
    so very nice card!

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  15. Looks like a good time was had by all. Great card too! Thanks for playing along with Papercraft Business Challenges!
    Jill – Design Team member at Papercraft Business
    Visit my blog - Killeen House Studio

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  16. beautiful!Thanks for joining us at papecraft-challenges.

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THANK YOU so much for taking the time to leave a comment. Your kind words encourage me so very much!!!

Have a lovely day!
<3
Janis