It's that time of year when we have to start thinking about Valentine's Day. I wanted to create a mostly one-layer card so I had to do a lot of making. I started out by stenciling some hearts on the card base with a light pink. After I did it, I thought maybe I should have masked the jar first, but I kind of like seeing the hearts "through" the jar as it makes it look even more like it is a clear jar. Then I stamped the jar directly on the card base and created a mask to make sure my conversation hearts didn't go outside the jar. I stamped and masked and stamped and masked and . . . . well, you get the point. It's been a long time since I've eaten the conversation heart candies, but I remember that the works are written in red. I didn't want the heart outlines to be red, so I stamped each heart with red ink first, and then used a black marker to color only the outlines and stamped again (using my mini MISTI, of course!) so the words would be red and the outlines black. It was a little more time consuming, but I really like how it turned out. I actually just got the heart images last week; it was perfect timing! I stamped the sentiment on vellum and created my own conversation heart with a heart die and the word "love". I finished everything off with some sequins.
Thanks for stopping by! I hope you will hop over to the House blog to see the rest of the DT's creations and then get inky and play along with us. And if you need any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your ENTIRE order coupon code over in my left sidebar.
Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Love U Candy Heart", "Hugs Candy Heart", "Candy Heart", "Jar" (the smaller jar), "Thinking of You", and "Love Stencil"
Challenges:
Unicorn Challenge #50--CAS
Pattie's Creations #166--anything goes
Die Cut Divas--new things (all my candy heart stamps are a week old!)
CRAFT Rockets #66--something new (candy hearts)
Cute Card Thursday #617--what's new (candy hearts)
CAS(E) This Sketch #171--sketch
Krafty Chicks #490--CAS
Cardz TV #106--anything goes
Crafty Friends #127--anything goes
Pink Gem Challenge--anything goes
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #123--anything goes
Incy Wincy--anything goes
Your masking is absolutely perfect on this sweet card, and your coloring is spot on beautiful! Love this!!
ReplyDeleteSuper card, thank you for joining us at the Crafty Friends challenge, xxx
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous card, beautiful job on masking and coloring-like your shading of the candy hearts!
ReplyDeleteThis is super cute! Thanks for joining us over at Krafty Chicks Challenge xoxoox
ReplyDeleteLove your card - and your patience in masking!!! The jar full of hearts does look realistic. This is the first year that I have NOT bought conversation hearts - "Yet".
ReplyDeleteSuch a delicious card! The hearts look amazing and the detail is outstanding. Thanks so much for playing along in the Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge. Good luck with your entry and hope to see you again.
ReplyDeleteSladjana (DT for Lil Patch of Crafty Friends)
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ReplyDeleteAwesome job on all of the masking - great use of the sketch too!
ReplyDeleteVery cute and calorie free! Thanks for joining us and good luck with with your entry!
ReplyDeleteHugs, Joy
Joyfully Stamps
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, Owner/Coordinator
Super card, Heather. Love the quilt stamp and the beautiful sentiment. xx
ReplyDeleteCute Image! This goes perfect with our current challenge “Anything Goes” at Patties Creations Design Challenge. Thanks for joining us…
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Pattie
Artist and Owner
Cute card! I like the colouring and how you
ReplyDeleteadded the sentiment. Thanks for joining us at
Pattie's Creations Design Challenge.
Sweet card indeed! Thanks for playing along our January challenge at Die Cut Divas.
ReplyDeleteHello... Thanks for entering your lovely card into our ‘Anything Goes’ Challenge. Good luck in the draw and hope you will come back again soon.
ReplyDeleteDiane Louise [Team Leader for Crafty Friends Challenge Blog]