Sunday, February 9, 2014

a valentine for my sweetheart

Even though I had a card in mind based on this week's sketch at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge, I hadn't planned on crafting but my sweet husband is quite under the weather today and has barely left the couch (which is right beside my craft area) so I have been keeping him company while making a Valentine's card for him.  I will also be entering this card in this week's challenge at the Heart 2 Heart challenge blog (where the theme is 'let love inspire you') and the Pile It On challenge where the theme is dots and/or stripes.
details:  All products are from Close To My Heart.  I used the retired Sweetheart paper kit (one I've been hoarding forever, lol) which features Cotton Candy as well as the discontinued colors Baby Pink and Tulip.  I used the Art Philosophy cartridge for the lacy hearts border and the shape I stamped the sentiment on, and I used my Gypsy to "hide" the cutout pieces in order to make my own "shadow" on black cardstock to place behind  the pale pink to make it stand out.  I used black ink to stamp the sentiment from last year's January stamp of the month, Happy Valentine's.  I also  used all 3 sizes of black sparkles that come in the package to anchor the empty space on the tag.  FYI, the horizontal border at the top of the card was pieced together from various strips of the Sweetheart scraps, as I felt like it needed something to balance that space and that element needed to have some color but not be as busy as the main paper.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Valentine's Day to you and  your loved ones!
Annette

9 comments:

  1. Doesn't it feel good to use those hoarded kits! I love that lace border and the touch of bling by the sentiment. Thanks for sharing over at AHSC and Happy Valentine's Day to you too.

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  2. Love the detail that the heart lace and black shadow provide. It's really very lovely. Great job, and thank you for playing along with us at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.

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  3. Love, Love, Love !! Thanks for joining us at AHSC!!

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  4. I am doing the same thing while I wait for my new goodies from CTMH I am trying to use up some of my stash, I am such the paper hoarder! Great card, I really like it! Thanks for playing along at AHSC!

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  5. Beautiful card! This will make your hubby smile:) thanks for playing with us at AHSC.

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  6. This is really great. Wish had been in it to get that paper, and would have hoarded as am with some ;) Thanks for playng along with us at AHSC this week.

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  7. love the scrolls on your card!! thanks for joining us at Pile it on - hope you are able to join us again for this weeks challenge! - Kimberly DT

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  8. Very pretty, such an elegant card. Thanks for joining us at H2H

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