Just in case you're sick of my endless Christmas cards, here's a totally non-Christmas post. Today I'm going with Valentine cards.
It seems like all the colour challenges I follow are going with red and pink right now. Colorful Options has a mood board full of red and pink, including an image of red and pink hearts. Color Hues and Inkspirational are collaborating and they both want pink and red. Festive Friday's festivity is Valentines Day and you have to pick at least three things from their list (I picked pink, red, hearts, and a love sentiment). And the Stencil Fun Challenge also wants pinks and / or reds. So here's my card for all of these:
I attached the hearts stencil to my white cs and sponged with various Distress pink and red inks. Then washed off the stencil and replaced it over the inking. I then went over it with a translucent embossing paste. When dry, I stamped the two sentiments in red ink.
My second Valentine is for the Time Out Challenge - pick 2 or more out of their list of words. I picked heart (even the butterfly has hearts on it), love (Valentine's Day), layer (I have a narrow embossed panel, a red border, hearts, a butterfly, and a sentiment all layered on the card base), warm (for warm colours), and stitch (the small red hearts have faux stitched edges).
The butterfly was in my box of leftover bits and since it has red hearts on it, I decided it was high time it found a home on a card. I also found the punched red border in there. I die cut the hearts and sentiment out of the same red, dry embossed the narrow hearts panel, and put everything together.
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Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - SU cherish, Impression Obsession Happy Valentine's Day
Ink - Distress Candied Apple, Festive Berries, and Picked Raspberries
Paper - white cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Craft Emotions stencil, Dreamweaver translucent paste
Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - unknown butterfly stamp
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black
Paper - white and red cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Poppy Stamp sentiment die, watercolour paints, SU hearts embossing folder, border punch, small stitched heart die
Both of your valentines are so pretty! I love the sparkle the embossing paste added to all those wonderful hearts in pink and red. We're so happy you're playing along with Color Hues and Inkspirational!
ReplyDeleteI love all the hearts in those tones of red and pink Susan and the added translucent paste gives them a lovely shine, then the pretty butterfly in yellow with red hearts on the wings, and complemented with the strip of white embossed hearts and scalloped red border with the circle design...two wonderful Valentine cards. x
ReplyDeleteTwo great Valentines Susan! I love the way you seperated the hearts on the first card using the sentiment as a break and your second card, is pretty too. Love Yellow and red together. Thanks for joining us at Color Hues.
ReplyDeleteTwo lovely cards Susan! I really love your sunny butterfly - I feel warmer already! So glad you're inspired to play along with our new challenge at Time Out Challenges! Hugs, Kate (DT Time Out)!
ReplyDeleteTwo great valentine cards, the pink tones are so pretty in the first and the second has such a pretty butterfly xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful variety of pinks and reds on your stenciled hearts, Susan! I love how they form another heart! Your second card is so pretty with the butterfly! How clever that there are hearts on the butterfly! It certainly was a perfect place to use him! Thanks so much for sharing this with us at Color Hues!
ReplyDeleteBoth Valentine cards are so pretty, Susan! The hearts in a heart shape is just a delightful stencil design and the add sparkle from the paste gives it a bit more of a festive look. Thanks for joining in with the Inspirational and Color Hues Collaboration!
ReplyDeleteBoth great Valentine's cards, Susan. I just love that cascade of hearts. The image really pops from the page. So glad you shared this with us at Festive Friday this week.
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What a plethora of hearts stenciled on your first card Susan! SO fun and lovely to look at! Thanks for sharing with us at Inkspirational/Color Hues joint challenge pink/red! Julia xx
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