Trio of love (Box Cards)

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I have more box cards for you.   A set of three I made for Valentines. I just love box cards.  I use Lori Whitlock All Occasions Box Cards (cut with my Cricut Explore) as a base for the card box, but always "add to" with embellishments and often completely  re-design the "guts" of the card. However, Lori Whitlock has some simple cute cards all on thier own.   With the cards I have for you today I kept some of the envelopes but added vintage clip art, lots more hearts and a Valentine sentiments for a complete new look.

On to my darling trio...Aren't they so sweet?!

Here you can see the dainty pink rose ribbon and  white tulle I used to accenting the sweet little girl

I did some hand painting on this one with red and green acrylic on the hearts and leaves; as well as glitter gel roller to accent the bow, hearts and eyes.  Also added Spectrum Noir crystal clear glitter brush to the larger heart -t hard to see in this photo

A tiny note slips out of the envelope

I added bright specks to her eyes with my glitter gel roller

Love the dimension of box cards!   REMEMBER: Box cards fold flat for mailing

Supplies:

Cricut Explore /with Cricut Craft Room
Cart - All Ocation Box cards by Lori Whitlock
Cricut access  - "love" and hearts
Vintage clip-art images (pinterest and google)
Adhesives - Tombow tape runner, pop dots, liquid glass
Jelly roller - Silver
Gel pens - red and green - Pentel sunbright metallics
Spectrum Noir Crystal Clear glitter sparkle brush pen (love these)
Ribbon -white tulle with pink roses (stash)
Papers - Carta Bella kit - Amour by Casina Gardens - Absolutely love Carta Bella paper!!!
Ink - brown by Studio G to "age" for a more vintage feel
Cardstock  - Kaiser Card  Sea Foam, ballet, Red
Cardstock - Stash - Cream, cotton candy pink, and blush pink
Printer - Epson stylus photo 1400  - for vintage images


I am Sharing on:

Art Impressions (Ai) - Spring fling - closes 2 Feb 2017
Little Miss Muffin Challenge - Anything goes - closes 7 Feb 2017
Simon Says Anything goes - close  31 Jan 2017 2017
Crop Stop - Anything goes - closes 5 Feb 2017
The Corrosive Challenge - Anything goes - closes 4 Feb 2017

Sunday Share - With Anna Griffin - Valentine Cards

Anna  Griffin shared some Valentine inspiration on her blog Tuesday (see link).  On Sundays she has her "Griffinites" (a.k.a fans)  share on her Facebook page what they have been using her products on.   This post is for "Sunday Share".   I use a LOT of her products for the cards I sell at local craft fairs and for many of the personal cards I send. I tend to add other vendor products to make it my own but other times it is all Anna.  These first four are mostly all Anna. The arrows are spellbinders, ribbon and bow aren't hers and I added some extra hearts - but everything else are her products. 

 

used my new "Festooned" die to cut the background  layer for this one

I think Anna makes elegance so easy - I love the look of this card.

Here are a few with Anna products but with more "other" products.

The vintage print and gold striped paper aren't Griffin products but everything else is

Simple and elegant - Gold strip paper is from an unmarked stack from Tuesday Morning and the center phrase is cut from Carta Bella Amour paper kit

 

Cute!  The phrase, card base and pinwheel are Anna Griffin, but rest is not.
Inside: I only have eyes for you. Have a spectacular Valentines day.  

As you can see, I like to add vintage images to a lot of my cards.  The images blend very well with Anna Griffin's style.

Do you use Anna Griffin Products?  Do you post on her "Sunday Share"? Do you use Vintage images on your projects?  I'd love to see what you are making!



Places  will share these:

Anna Griffin Facebook - Sunday Share - 29 Jan 2017  (second one)
ModSquad Challenge - show your love  - closes 31 Jan 2017 (Last one)
Crafting by Designs - pink, pretty and girlie - closes 31 Jan 2017 (the first one with the heart)
Creative Moments - Anything goes -Keep it feminine  (challenge 110)-  closes 6 Feb 2017  (3rd one - rose heart)