More Valentines

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. 

Following the instructions in the video, I lightly rubbed Versamark over the raised design side of the embossing folder.  Then placed watercolour paper inside the embossing folder and ran it through my Cuttlebug.  I sprinkled with white embossing powder and heat set.  The Versamark and embossing powder created a resist for the next step of smooshing with various pink Distress inks. 

 

I die cut a stitched heart opening in a panel of white cs, layered it over my pink embossed resist panel, added it to a white card base, and topped with a black die cut sentiment.

                                                                           

 

 

 

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

More Valentines

I've been loving making Valentines this year!  Here are three more.

For Double D "Shades of Pink":

I had a scrap of background that was made by smooshing with pink Oxide inks. I die cut the Cupid (or is it just a fairy?  I guess Cupid has to have an arrow) and hearts from it. I used a scrap of pink grosgrain ribbon to create something for the fairy / Cupid to sit on, glued the leg and hand down, and popped up the wing and head with foam tape. The whole panel is popped up on fun foam.

And for Casology "Affection":

I put the flower stems stamp in my MISTI and inked it up with Tombow markers, stamping onto white cs, and reinking and restamping until I was happy with the results. I die cut it with the Memory Box heart die that has stitching on the outside part of the die, but not on the actual heart. I used the same die on linen cs, leaving the heart in place, and then layering my stamped heart on top. I added a dark red die cut sentiment and popped the panel up on fun foam.

And finally for The Flower Challenge "Occasions" - my occasion is Valentine's Day.

 I stamped the flower from SU Elements of Style set and coloured it with coloured pencils.  I die cut the stitched heart frame out of the top layer and set it over the flowers on fun foam for dimension.

Challenges:

Double D "Shades of Pink"

 

Casology "Affection"

The Flower Challenge "Occasions"

 

Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - SU sentiment
Ink - Memento Rosebud, pink Oxide inks
Paper - white cs
Size - A2
Accessories - pink grosgrain ribbon, small hearts die, Cupid / fairy die, foam tape, fun foam

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - Penny Black Grateful Whisper
Paper - dark red, white, and white linen cs
Size - 4.75" square
Accessories - Tombow markers, Tim Holtz love die, Memory Box Double Stitch Heart die, fun foam

Supplies for card 3:
Stamps - SU Elements of Style, Impression Obsession sentiment
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper - white cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Memory Box Double Stitch heart die, coloured pencils, fun foam