I keep meaning to do another post with Valentines for some of the February challenges but life has been busy. So finally, here we are.
For My Time to Craft "Cupid and / or Arrow", Sisterhood of Crafters "Love", Double D "Heartfelt", and Heart's Quest Fantasy Challenge "Cupid":
The cupid is die cut from a piece of mixed media cs smooshed with pink and red inks. I also die cut three tiny red hearts and a red circle. I layered a paper doily over the red circle, sat the cupid in the middle, added the hearts, and stamped a sentiment.
Next up, a card for Stencil Fun "Love / Hearts", Color Throwdown "Red, Kraft, and White", and Cardz 4 Guyz "Love".
On heavy-weight kraft cs, I stenciled the random grid
lines with white embossing paste. In one of the gaps at the bottom
right, I stamped my sentiment.
I die cut the red heart cluster and glued it over the centre. It looked
too plain so I glued a bunch of tiny white hearts left over from
another die cut.
And one more - for Can You Handle the Pressure? "Red and / or Pink", Colorful Options "Pink", Simply Clean and Simple "Pink", and Heart's Quest Celebration of Love Challenge "Valentine's Day".
For this card, I used the Debossed Inky Resist technique seen in this video.
Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - TH sentiment
Ink - various red and pink Distress inks
Paper - white and mixed media cs, white paper doily
Size - 5.5" square
Accessories - cupid die, small heart dies, circle die
Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - unknown sentiment
Ink - ColorBox white
Paper - kraft, red, and white c
Size - A2
Accessories - TCW Sketch Grid stencil, white embossing paste, heart cluster die cut, leftover tiny white die cut hearts
Supplies for card 3:
Ink - Versamark, pink Distress inks
Paper - watercolour paper, white and black cs
Size - A2
Accessories - flowery embossing folder, white embossing powder, Happy Valentine's Day die, stitched heart die
Great cards, Susan. I love them all and the kraft card is so unique and really stands out with the embossing paste. That is a fun design. The cherub is adorable and inky resist card is so pretty.
ReplyDeleteThree really pretty cards Susan, and what a sweet little cupid and the red circle with the doily over the top makes a great backdrop. The cluster of red hearts on the second goes beautifully over the stencil used with the white texture paste which stands out on the kraft card, and the double stitched heart aperture works brilliantly with the wonderful dry embossing with added white heat embossing over the lovely floral pattern, and then smooshed with pink inks and finished perfectly with the black die cut sentiment. x
ReplyDeleteYou've had some very successful creative messy sessions!!! All three cards are amazing!!! For MTTC, I'm loving the Cupid blowing the heart wishes!! --Becca [If you have time, I'd recommend some other link-ups if you have time. At the web address for The Fairy and The Unicorn challenge blog (renamed Heart's Quest Fantasy), every month is 'anything goes fantasy'. The fantasy focus for February is Cupid. Also at Heart's Quest Celebrations of Love challenges blog, the February optional theme is Valentine's Day.]
ReplyDeleteAwesome-sauce!!! It's terrific that you've share Cupid at HQCOLCB!!! Thanks! Hope you come back soon! --Becca
DeleteAwesome x 2!!! I'm now checking at HQFCB (former TFATU) and I found your card entered! Fantastic! Remember us for Cupid/angels, elves, fairies, unicorns, dragons, mermaids, gnomes, Leprechauns, etc. Come back again! --Becca
Deletegreat selection of Valentines cards, I think my favourite is the stenciling on Kraft xx
ReplyDeleteThe inked and embossed heart is gorgeous! A lovely CAS design.
ReplyDeleteLia DT CYHTP
So glad you are able to add your Valentine creations. Each is so very expressive of your talents.
ReplyDeleteLove the texture that embossing paste gives to a card! You totally rocked the throwdown colors in this lovely design!
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice card you created for C4G. Love the spare CAS style and all the texture. Cheers, Jolanda - DT
ReplyDeleteI love all of these fabulous cards!
ReplyDeleteAll different and all fabulous V-day cards.
ReplyDeleteThree beautiful love cards Susan. I LOVE the cupid sitting on the pretty doily. And love the texture of the grid lines in embossing paste for your kraft, red and white card. I rarely use the debossed side of an image ... this is so striking! Great work on all of your cards for Valentine's Day. xx
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely selection of cards. I love the Kraft, white and red together. Thanks for joining us at Cardz4guyz. Love Dawn x
ReplyDeleteWOW! These are all just beautiful Susan! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our STENCIL FUN, Double D, Sisterhood of Crafters and Can You Handle the Pressure challenges! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
ReplyDeleteDarlene
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All your cards are beautifully created, you have been busy!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining our challenge at Simply Clean & Simple, Can You Handle The Pressure, Stencil Fun, Double D, The Sisterhood and Colorful Options.
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