Happy National Puzzle Day!

I LOVE puzzles!!   It is National Puzzle Day, and I thought it the perfect day to share some cards I made that so go with this day!!  I've used the cool new Simon Says Stamp Piece of My Heart die from their new And Back Again release, to make three cards to share with you today...

This first one, I cut 1/2" squares of patterned paper and adhered them together.  I wanted the heart to really fit the sentiment..."love you to pieces"...the puzzle halves AND the pieces of the heart halves.  I used the "love" part of the CZ Design Love You 2 die, and a sentiment from the So Much Love stamp set.  Here's a close up...

The second and third ones, I did something a little bit unconventional...I used my printer to print sentiments for both...they are sentiments that are just perfect for a puzzle card... 

I lined up the stripes on this card, and on the heart paper below, so that the lines and hearts matched up perfectly.  I used the CZ Design Love You die for both...die cut and layered.   Oh, I had so much fun making these cards!  Here's a close up...

And the third one, made with heart patterned paper...

For this one, I printed out "you complete me"...another sentiment that I thought was perfect for a puzzle.  Here's a close up...

Hope you are having a great start to your weekend.  Here in Virginia, 20º, we got another couple inches of snow and wind gusting to 40mph...not typical of southern Virginia, but the perfect day to stay indoors and make a card...or make a puzzle...or make a card WITH a puzzle!!  Happy National Puzzle Day!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

On a Snowflake Roll

I LOVE snowflakes!!  Although I have LOTS of snowflake dies, I find it hard to pass up a pretty snowflake die each and every Christmas/Winter season!  I purchased the Hello Bluebird Frosty Flakes dies...I thought they were so pretty, and made a card for Christmas/Winter...

To be clear, the first four flakes on this card are the Hello Bluebird flakes.  The remaining dies in the set were just a bit too small to fit what I was going for, so I used a flake die from Impression Obsession from years past, Small Snowflakes.  I die cut and layered the flakes a couple times.  I sponged the card panel with ink and used an old embossing folder for the background flakes.  I used a couple sentiments from the CZ Design Clean Line stamp set, stamped with versamark and silver embossed.  I used a My Favorite Things stitched border die to give the flakes some movement.  Here's a close up...

Such great fun!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa