Two Heart Cards....

Today I am happy to share my two cards using the same stamp for the Twofer Card challenge #2 - Hearts

This was really fun and challenging and I've used a very old heart stamp that hasn't seen the light of day for aaggges.

For my first card I stamped the image onto pink (Distress Oxide) water wash card and fussy cut the center heart, then restamped onto white card and fussy cut this and watercoloured the edges and eyelets of the 'lace', then glued them together with a little padding under the hear.   Then I decorated the floral area with a matching rose, ribbons, leaves and tiny punched flowers with pearl centers.

To finish I mounted my matching DP panel to white card cut with a zigzag die and added my stamped sentiment, with inked edges and tiny flower.  I am posting this card also to CAS Colours and Sketches #258 - colour palette,  and also to CAS-ual Fridays challenge CFC#192 - Hearts, hearts and more hearts. 

For my second card I stamped the heart image on white card and fussy cut the center heart, then sponged this with Wilted Violet DOX - masking the floral area.... this I painted with DOX and added Dimensional Magic to give this a shine and lift (adding the DM to DOX - changes the colours a little). Then I lightly stamped script to my background panel and layered it onto white card on my purple card base.  To finish I added a gauzy ribbon to my heart and a stamped and embossed sentiment.  I am also posting this card to Watercooler Wednesday challenge WWC15 - Anything Goes, Feminine.

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I Love You ......

Being nearly Valentine's Day, I've chosen it as my holiday theme for the Addicted to Stamps and More challenge #28 - Holiday.  "It must be Love" is the theme this week at Simon Says Wednesday challenge and Stamplorations theme challenge for February is Love or Red.
For my background panel I have spritzed over a heart stencil with cherry red and overspritzed with Perfect Pearls to give it a lovely shine. Then I stamped and embossed my sentiment onto a die cut heart.  I made one of those mini envelopes from a large die cut heart with the edge sponged ingrey and stamped tiny hearts on the inside.

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Spread your Wings and Fly

 

 

This is my third card and a new creation today... a card swap friend sent me this die cut butterfly and I thought it teamed well with this monochromatic background which is actually the side of a tissue box (they do have lovely designs on them these days and yes I keep some of them). I layered it on matching yellow card to frame it and them stamped and embossed my sentiment.  I decided to give some shimmer to my butterfly so I glued sheer sparkly ribbon to it and fussy cut it out.  Then to finish my card I added some mini sequins to the butterfly and a scattering over the card.
I am playing along with Double 'D' challenge - use Sequins, CAS.ology - Butterfly (I hope my card is CAS), and to Happy Little Stampers - Anything Goes with Dies challenge. 

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Laugh as much as you Breathe

 

Another WOP finished this afternoon... difficult to photograph though... the red is really crimson pink and the blue -teal... never mind.  I had some fun last week with mini canvases and heating drawing ink and metallic pearl paint which bubbles up and creates great texture. To finish this card I added a scribble die cut and stamped sentiment.  I am joining in again at CAS Mix Up Feb challenge - Felt, Cork and Canvas.  Thanks for visiting and enjoy your day

Hello, Sunshine

Today I had a chance to finish off some works in progress but you know how it is sometimes you get inspired and before you know it you've got another work in progress.  Well this card is one from the first pile of WOPs... My background panel was made with washes of Distress Oxides - love how it turned out and just right for some silhouette stamping in the foreground. To finish I added a purple card strip to hold my sentiment stamped on vellum and a die cut butterfly that I inked and embossed in clear and added a purple background to it.  I was inspired by Anita's card at Muse challenge #252 - the layout with the foliage at the bottom, overlayed with the sentiment and the butterfly.

I am also posting to Happy Little Stampers Mixed Media challenge for February - Butterfly.  Thanks for visiting and enjoy your day

  

With Love

 Roses, love and Valentine's Day go hand in hand and so today I have a card for someone special. I stamped, watercoloured and fussy cut my roses and then mounted them to a die cut frame backed with some DP with hearts.  To finish I used a grey card, added some sparkly gems and a die cut sentiment.  I am posting to Power Poppy's Power & Spark challenge - Love to Sparkle. Also to Just Us Girls - #426 challenge - word prompt - Love, and the Daily Marker 30  day Colouring challenge.. day 12.