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

Wedding Wishes for my Sister

I've had this card made for so long, but have waited to post this just in case my sister decides to check out what I've been doing....




You may remember the engagement card and Wedding Album I made for my sister back in November. Thankfully this card didn't take me as long to figure out!

The photo really does not do this card justice - I LOVE it!!! My dress was Sage Shadow, and so was Luana's sash, and the other girls dresses were Close to Cocoa, with silver shoes and pink proteas in our bouquets. Cristy also used Very Vanilla as the neutral for her invites, so I really wanted to incorporate all these colours.

I made a matchbook card (I think that's what it's called) for something a little different. I used the scallop edge punch for the fold up flap and layered a bit of Pretty in Pink under the Close to Cocoa. I stamped the branch from Always (Spring Mini - not available at the moment but I'm hoping it's going to appear in the new catalogue) across the diagonal and then the gorgeous heart in Sage Shadow and silver embossed one on Very Vanilla. I layered these on a strip of Enchante DSP (retired) and finished with some silver cord (retired).

I will post some photos soon!