I make a few Valentine cards for my best friend each year. Here's one for Shopping our Stash "Love Me Do" and Cut It Up "My Heart".
This card is perfect for the Cut It Up challenge as it uses nothing but die cuts. I have this lovely swirly IO die with hearts in it so thought it would be perfect for the background. I die cut it in gold and added it to a cream card base. Then die cut a heart out of a scrap of Yupo coloured with red alcohol ink and gold foil pressed into the wet sections of the alcohol ink. The sentiment is inside as I thought it would spoil the look of the card if I put it on the outside.
And here's a Christmas card for the ABC Christmas Challenge "A is for Anything Christmas / B is for Bright" (it qualifies for both letters as I have the word "bright" in my sentiment), Christmas Cards All Year Round "Things Starting with A and / or B" (I have birds and the word "bright"), Sweet Stampin' "Bright and Beautiful" (my little birds are so bright and beautiful in their Santa hats, and I have the word "bright" in the sentiment), and AAA Cards Challenge (CASE Francesca's card - I have the same layout with three objects going across a narrow strip).
I had a leftover little strip embossed with a narrow mistletoe embossing folder and thought it would work with the AAA Card Challenge. I used it to ground three little robins in Santa hats - stamped and watercoloured and fussy cut.
Supplies for card 1:
Paper - cream and gold cs, scrap of yupo with alcohol inks and foil
Size - 4.75" square
Accessories - Memory Box heart die, Impression Obsession background die
Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - Penny Black birds, Art Impressions sentiment
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black
Paper - watercolour paper, white linen cs
Size - A2
Accessories - watercolour paints, narrow mistletoe embossing folder
LOVE your beautiful and elegant Valentine's Day card, Susan. The gold for the intricate, swirly background is so pretty and sets off your gorgeous Alcohol ink and Foil heart! Those birds are so sweet! Two fantastic cards! xx
ReplyDeleteI love the Valentine with the IO die cut in gold, and that glorious red alcohol inked heart with that touch of gold foil is gorgeous. The sweet little birds are sitting quite happily on the strip of prettily embossed white card, and the 'Merry and Bright' is the perfect sentiment...a beautiful CAS card Susan. x
ReplyDeleteOh those robins! Cuteness overload! Love your card. Thanks for playing at AAA Cards, hope to see you join in with future challenges too. Stay safe and keep crafting!
ReplyDeleteThat Valentine is stunning, Susan. I love the bit of gold on the heart and that die is awesome. Those little robins in their Santa hats are so cute.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!! Way to go shopping your stash!! Red and gold make a fantastic pair and they are perfect for our "Love Me Do" challenge over at Shopping Our Stash!! Deb Horst, DT #SOS566
ReplyDeletePure class, we were so happy to see this at Cut It Up! Jackie DT
ReplyDeleteThat pretty heart has just the right amount of gold and a gorgeous border! I always love seeing these sweet birds in their Santa hats!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Valentines heart, I love the gold distressing and your little birds are so cute xx
ReplyDeleteFabulous cards!
ReplyDeleteThanks for playing at the ABC Christmas Challenge!
Helen x
c'est une splendeur Susan, magnifique et élégante création, merci de jouer avec nous chez ABC Christmas Challenge, biz
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