 Γεια σας, είναι Vicky here, and welcome back! This is the first part of my CREATE 8 for this month where I will be creating 8 cards using products from the latest release by my favorite things. For my first card I'm going to cut out a panel using the stitched rectangle die and on the inside I'm placing the hearts in a row which are from this release. I'm going to run them through my Big Shots machine. Now in the same die set as the hearts there are a bunch of little tags that you can use with facetails and without. So I'm going to cut out of black card stock and I will be using them throughout my cards in this CREATE 8 series this month. So anyway I have cut out a bunch and now my panel is ready to go. I am going to use a red card base and I'm going to stick this panel on top of my card base by having some foam tape at the back. This is going to ensure that I have the panel a little bit raised. Now the idea of this die is to have those little tags on top of each of the hearts and that's exactly what I'm going to do. This is a clear and simple design and I'm going to pick three different sentences from this stamp set. The stamp set is called from the heart and it's full of sentiments perfect for Valentine's Day cards and not only. I'm going to stamp all the three sentences by using my VersaMarketing and then I am applying some white embossing powder. As you can see just to manipulate all those little labels easier I have temporarily stacked them on a scrap piece of paper. So I can stamp, apply my embossing powder, hit set them and then they are ready to go and stick them on top of my card. I went with the sentiments that when combined you read my heart belongs to you in every single way. So it's a lovely Valentine's Day card, I have added some foam tape at the back of those labels and my card is ready to go. Now as always you will find a full list of all the supplies that I'm using down below the description area if you are watching on YouTube and also on my blog. Now let's move on to the second card for today. For this I'm working on a watercolor paper and I have my Distress Oxide ink here. I am just applying a little bit of ink on a piece of plastic packaging and now I'm going to smoothe that on top of my watercolor paper. I'm not going for a perfect impression here, I just want to have a little bit of color on some areas of my paper. I want to have that watercolor look and feel on this card, so I want it to be very loose and artistic looking and I'm going to repeat this process until I'm happy with what I have. Now I'm not going to mix a second color and I'm not going to cover up the whole thing, I want to have some areas with pink and most of it I wanted to remain white. I have diluted some of the same color with water and I'm going to add some splashes in different areas. And I'm going to do the same thing with black acrylic paint just to add some interest and depth on my background. And I'm sticking on a very specific color scheme for this card so everything is going to be pink white and black. For my focal points I'm going to use the Eiffel Tower and a Hotel Balloon from the In Paris stamp set that has just been released. I'm going to stamp them on top of a white piece of cardstock. Now I'm using my stamping platform just to make sure that everything is going to be stamped nicely. I'm going to use the new Extreme Black ink by my favorite things. A great ink if you want to use your alcohol markers. But it's also great if you want to do watercoloring which is exactly what I'm going to do. So I'm going to put this black ink into test. I'm going to apply some of the same ink that I used previously on my background. This is the Serious Oxide ink. I have diluted it with water and I'm going to color my images. And as you can see the black ink is not going to smudge or smear. So it's a watercolor safe and it's an alcohol marker safe. Now I'm not going to color the whole Eiffel Tower or the whole balloon. I just want to have a little bit of color on one side. I'm trying to keep this very artistic looking. And then I'm going to use the matching dice to cut them out. Now on one of the labels that I have cut out in the beginning of this video I'm going to stamp the word Merci which comes from the same stamp set. And I have stamped it with VersaMarkink. I'm applying some white embossing powder and I'm going to heat set it. So this is going to be a thank you card. I'm adding some tape adhesive at the back of my watercolor panel and make sure that you add enough tape adhesive so everything lays flat on top of your card base. My favorite things has released a new paper pad which is full of black and white stripes both diagonal and straight which I absolutely adore. I think it can be used so much on your cards. It's very versatile and that's exactly what I will be using. I have just cut out a little strip of paper there. This is going to provide a nice ground for my Eiffel Tower and then I'm going to stick the hotter balloon on top of my card as well. And I have also secured the Merci sentiment just behind the balloon. So my card is pretty much finished. First I'm going to add the finishing touch. I'm just adding some dots here and there with my jewel drops. And this is where I decided that I wanted to add something extra on top of those striped pattern paper. So I grabbed my scalloped edge dies. This is a set of four different edge dies what I absolutely adore. And I'm just going to stick this strip on top of my card. And I know that it would look beautiful if you added a piece of white lace there but I couldn't find the books with my laces so I think that would work. Now let's move on to the next card for today. For this I'm going to create a lovely background. So I'm inking up the whole marble background stamp and I'm going to place one white paper on top of it. I'm using my Braille Broadway just to make sure that I apply even pressure all over the paper. And I have a beautiful background ready to go. For my focal point I'm going to stamp one of the monsters from the monster sized stamp set. I'm going to stamp him with the extreme black ink and then color him with my alcohol markers. Then I'm going to use the magic dies to cut him out. For my card design I'm going to cut out a couple of panels using this stitch die. I'm going to stick one panel on top of the other and then that on top of my card base. And as you can see I went with a bright green card base today. My sentiment rich scrim is your birthday and it comes from the same stamp set as the monster. I have white embossed it on a piece of black cardstock and now I'm going to use these wobblers at the back of this monster which are going to give an interactive interest and the recipient can play around with them. I think this is a great birthday card for all your little friends. And hopefully you can see how fun it is to play with it. It's kind of addictive. Now I'm going to finish off my card by adding some dots here and there with my jewel drops by Novo. And my card is ready. Now let's move on to the last card for today. This is going to be a Valentine's Day card and I'm using one of the dies from the Be Mine banner die set. This doesn't actually cut out anything but it leaves a beautiful stitching detail on top of your card and I'm also going to run it through my big shot machine with the pink cardstock to cut out all the banners. I have spread out the banners along the stitched line and after I'm happy with the alignment now I'm going to add some glue at the back of the banners and stick them down. I'm adding glue only at the top of the banners. This way the bottom can be lifted a little bit to add some dimension. Now you will see that later on I'm going to change the idea of what I wanted to do with this card. So after I stuck down all the banners I decided that I wanted to add the little girl from the Pure Innocence Collection so I'm going to stamp here. I'm going to color here with my alcohol markers cut her out with the matching dies. I used colors that match the banners and my card base and I'm going to stick here just in between the two words B and mine. So it's going to cover up that banner with the heart but I don't think that it really matters. I'm adding some tape adhesive at the back of my panel I'm going to stick that on top of a card base that is made out of the same cardstock as the banners. Everything matches beautifully and that is going to finish off my card. So these were all the cards for today. I hope you had fun, you got inspired. Make sure to leave me a comment down below which one of the four cards was your favorite. Don't forget that I will be back tomorrow with part 2 of Create8 with four more cards featuring products from the latest release. Thank you all so much for watching and I'll see you all tomorrow.