Friday, February 11, 2011

Love is in the Air!!


There are so many heart, love and Valentine related challenges around at the moment, you can't help but smile! I haven't yet made Paul's card and the day will be lucky to be acknowledged in our house as it will be a SUPER busy day for us (we're moving into our OWN home!). However, I do have a love card to share with you that fits a number of challenges....

I have used the hearts, Rose Red and chocolate elements of this weeks Stampin' Celebration inspiration - don't those cakes look scrummy?! And the colours also fit the first challenge for jac-inks Papercraft Challenges (neutrals plus one) - go check them out!! Just Add Ink, Stampin' Royalty and Pixie Dust Studio all have love and heart challenges this week, so I just had to throw my hat in the ring too.

I am really happy with how the card turned out. I have previously only used Sense of Time for masculine cards, but thought the clocks were perfect for this sentiment from Occasional Greetings. I turned my hand to collage stamping again and distressed and inked the edges to keep with the vintage theme. I highlighted the key words of the sentiment using my Rose Red marker, and coloured the rest with the Chocolate Chip one. The main heart was stamped off in Rose Red then rock'n rolled to give a bit of dimension and 'warmth' and a couple of stamped off hearts were stamped on the clock and background. The brads in the corners and the middle of the clock added the finishing touch.

I'm doubt I'll get back on here over the weekend, so I wish you all a wonderful Valentines Day with those you care about.

Thanks for visiting!





Stamps: Sense of Time, Occasional Greetings, I {Heart} Hearts
Card: Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Rose Red
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Rose Red
Other: Brights Brads, Jumbo Brads

8 comments:

Cori Kozak said...

Very pretty card! I love the hearts and big clock. Thanks for playing along with us at Stampin' Celebration!

Unknown said...

WOW!! beautiful

Hands On said...

Smart matching of the image and sentiment. Love the soft hearts all around. Beautiful card. Thanks for playing with Stampin Celebration.

Rachel Moore said...

Love your card, it turned out really well, great stamp choice it really worked out well

Karen said...

Gorgeous, love your card. I do love this set and was going to use it for mine but went with artistic etchings instead

Ann Craig said...

Great combination of stamps and colours, Natasha. The hearts and clock, along with that wonderful sentiment tell a lovely story. Thanks for joining "jac-inks" first challenge - we hope you play along with us again soon, and congrats on the new house!

~Erica~ said...

Beautiful! I just love how you threw in the heart set. What a perfect combo! Thanks for playing at SCIC!

Unknown said...

Very pretty! I love the combination of sets that you chose. Thanks so much for joining us at Stampin' Celebration!