Valentines 3

You all know that making Christmas cards is my first love, but I have to say I've really enjoyed making a bunch of Valentine cards for my best friend's special order.

This first one is for Penny Black Saturday Challenge "Hearts".

The image is stamped and watercoloured, trimmed with a square die, bordered with red cs, and on a kraft cardbase.

And here's today's Twofer.  My friend who ordered the cards always wants one or two with birds on them.  This is going off to Stamping Sensations "Valentines", My Time to Craft "Hearts", Cardz 4 Guyz "Clean and Simple", and Simply Clean and Simple "Hearts".

The heart is stamped with Versamark on burgundy cs and then brushed gold Pearl Ex over it (and sealed it with a fixative).  I fussy cut the heart, put foam tape on the back, and added it to a rectangle trimmed with a stitched die.  I added a sentiment die cut from gold shimmer cs.

 

Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - Penny Black image, SU sentiment
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black
Paper - watercolour paper, red and kraft cs
Size - 5.25" square
Accessories - watercolour paints

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - unknown stamp
Ink - Versamark
Paper - burgundy and white cs, gold shimmer cs
Size - A2
Accessories - gold Pearl Ex, Poppy Stamp sentiment die, Lil Inkers stitched rectangle die

Daffodils

Another spring flower card from me today:

Pretty obvious how I made it - stamped, watercoloured, trimmed, mounted on the card base, and bordered in yellow with one of the very thin frames from SSS.  My first time using one of them and they are pretty tricky to get glued down nice and square where you want them - so make sure you use a glue with a bit of wiggle room!  I used the Gina K Connect Glue.

Going to link up with :

The Paper Players "Springtime Flowers"


NBUS Challenge "Never Before Used Schtuff" - my stamps and the thin frame are NBUS

 

 

Supplies:
Stamps - Penny Black
Ink - Versafine Clair Nocturne
Paper - watercolour paper, cream and yellow cs
Size - A2
Accessories - watercolour paints, SSS thin frames rectangles

Spring Daffodils

When I saw this Paper Players challenge, I knew I had to do it, as Vancouver has had a very long snowy spell and I'm really looking forward to spring:

Here's my card:

I stamped the daffodils and painted with watercolours. I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment over the leaves. Trimmed the panel, bordered with a wonky stitched rectangle, and popped it up on fun foam. I added a drop of yellow liquid pearls to the centre of each daffodil.

Is everyone else as eager for spring as I am?

Supplies:

Stamps - Northwoods daffodils, TH sentiment

Ink - Versafine Onyx Black

Paper - watercolour paper, ivory cs

Size - A2

Accessories - clear embossing powder, Gansai Tambi watercolour paints, liquid yellow pearl drops, fun foam, MFT wonky stitched rectangle die