Saturday 4 February 2012

Love and Hugs

I'm taking our St Luke's Charity Card stall to the Crucible Theatre next Saturday to sell at a special matinee they are putting on in aid of the charity, so thought I should rustle up a few Valentines appropriate cards as it's a few days after.  The gorgeous sketch at Waltzingmouse this morning gave me the idea for another.

I started with my largest scalloped edge nestie and put it on a square card deliberately hanging it over at the join slightly so it doesn't come into two pieces.  I then took my colour inspriation for this weeks Daring Card makers challenge which is red and pink, usually a combo I find difficult but I challenged myself and this is what I came up with.


I used the kissing technique with the great woodgrain background stamp from the WM Way out West set to make my Fiskars heart stamps look wooden.  I cut mounted onto red card and cut again.  I stamped a larger frilly heart and added "with love" from part of a sentiment from Christmas Cottage and took "hugs" from another part of a sentiment from Frame it and handwrote the ampusand.  I then used the heart border from Nordic Winter to create my border centre strip and mounted that onto card.  The  floral DP is Papermania Raspberry Champagne, cut with a nestie and I hand coloured the border with a copic pen.  I finished with some teeny-tiny heart shaped buttons that I got yesterday and now wish I ordered loads as they are just adorably cute!

I am entering the following challenges with this card:

http://waltzingmousesketchchallenge.blogspot.com/2012/02/challenge-84february-4-2012.html

http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/2012/02/februarys-colour-comb-challenge.html

http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2012/02/challenge-20-anything-goes.html

Off to make something warming for DH for dinner as he may well be walking home from work in the snow....

19 comments:

  1. This is beautiful Tara, a wonderful kick off to the challenge this week! I love your 'kissed' hearts, so appropriate for this card!

    Just to let you know I have popped the cards I entered into the challenge for St. Luke's this week into the post yesterday, along with a few more! So you should have an extra 25 to sell at your fund raiser next weekend!

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  2. The wooden hearts are such a great idea! And I love that you used the Nordic Hearts too! Just adorable! Thanks for joining us this week at Waltzingmouse!

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  3. What a great idea using the kissing technique! I love the round card shape - always a fav! Thanks for joining our challenge at Our Creative Corner! Hugs, Marcy K.

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  4. The kissing technique has worked so well Tara and the Nordic pattern hearts give a lovely texture to that band :0)
    Jenny x

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  5. Hi there,

    We thank you so much for wanting to play along with the challenge this week at Our Creative Corner. I am sorry but I can't seem to see how your entry fits our challenge. It's basically a recipe challenge with the following ingredients: colors pink, gray and kraft plus a heart and bling. We would love to have you make a card that fits our challenge and come back and play with us.

    Thanks again for wanting to join our challenge.

    Linda

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  6. PS - I meant to compliment you on your card. It really is beautiful and I love the way you created the woodgrain effect with the kissing technique. Lovely work and I hope you sell oodles for charity!

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  7. Oh this is a super sweet Valentine! I love those wooden hearts and the lovely Nordic hearts paired together! How sweet is that little row of teeny heart buttons? Great job with the WMSC this week, so glad to see you back :)!!!!

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  8. Love how the wood grain effect turned ou. Great shape too.

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  9. Hi Tara
    Fabulous Looove Card.....hope you do well with the stall.....
    Hugs sylvie
    xx

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  10. Tara - this is simply gorgeous! Love the hearts and the "wood" ones look great! Love the heart buttons! Good luck with the stall.

    Hope you've not had too much snow - it seems to have completely missed us!

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  11. Hi Tara - This is a great card - full of "heartfelt" love, and those little heart buttons are adorable! Thanks for playing along with the Waltzingmouse Stamps Sketch Challenge this week!

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  12. Great card, love all the hearts and the cute little buttons.
    Thank you for joining us at Divas by Design this week.
    Sarah-Jane xx

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  13. Lovely pinks and reads.
    Thanks for sharing with The Daring Cardmakers for our February Colour Combo challenge this week.

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  14. soooo cute, I adore the array of hearts...hope your week is fantastic!

    enjoy *~*

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  15. Great card Tara...love all the hearts

    Anne

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  16. A wonderful round Valentine! love all the pretty stampings! thanks for playing with the WMS sketch this week - and good luck with your sale!

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  17. A fabulous Valentine card and I love the shape. Thanks for joining the Divas challenge.

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  18. Gorgeous card.. just love the little heart buttons. Thank you for joining the Daring Cardmakers challenge this week.

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  19. Beautiful card, just love the heart cluster. Thanks for sharing with us at The Daring Cardmakers this week!

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