Saturday 28 January 2012

A little love

Today's card features yet another of my new digi stamps, this time I have used one of Two Hearts - find them here - I printed out the heart 3 times, then cut them out and coloured them with gold ink. When the ink had dried I covered them with versamark ink and sprinkled them with ultra thick embossing powder and melted it with my heat gun, repeating the process three times before letting the hearts cool. When they had cooled completely I bent them a bit until the UTEE cracked a little. Finally I added some black distress ink to define the edges and the cracks.


To complete my card I cut some black cardstock, covered it with some embossed metallic paper from Southfield Stationers leaving a narrow border, then stamped some old handwriting on to a piece of kraft card, distressed the edges using white ink and then scuffing them with my scissors. I added a length of gold lace sticking a bow at one side and an old metal button at the other. I stuck down my three hearts then stamped a frame in black ink and then a sentiment inside it, these are both from the Lost & Found set by My Mind's Eye. Finally I added a couple of mini brads to finish the whole thing off :o)

 

Entering these challenges:
Crafty Purple Frog - Valentine's day/show us some love
Craft Us Crazy - Valentine/love
DRS Designs - Hearts
Inky Impressions - Heart you
Anything Goes Challenge - To the one I love 
Craft Room Challenge - Valentines
Oldie But Goodie Challenge - Have a heart - Had backing paper for well over a year!
Sweet Stamps -  Love 
Cupcake Craft - All you need is love
Paper Creations Ink - Love/romance
Paper Pretties - Create a Valentine’s day project

22 comments:

Mephisto said...

Really sweet idea.
Thanks for joining us at InkyImpressions this week!

Domi

Sheila said...

Love what you have done here Jenni! Those hearts are stunning, Sheila:)X

Maarit at Violets Corner said...

Fabulous card, love the hearts.

Many thanks for sharing the love at Cupcake Craft Challenges this week.

Warm hugs
Maarit

Marjo said...

Lovely card, thanks for playing with us at Paper Creations Ink.

xoxo Marjo

Tracy said...

Fab entry, thanks for joining Oldie But A Goodie challenge, good luck.
Happy crafting
Tracy x

Delphine said...

Oh WOW! This is so beautiful! Thanks for joining us at Cupcake and good luck! Delphine xx

Maria said...

I love this, and the hearts look fabulous with the cracked utee - it's really effective. Good luck, and thanks for joining in at the Craft-Room Challenge. Maria x

Shelia said...

Love those hearts you created! gorgeous card! Thanks for playing along in DRS Designs challenge this week!

Liza said...

A gorgeous card, I love what you have done with the hearts. Thanks for joining us at CCC.

Liza x

Shan said...

I love the vintage feel to your card. Its beautiful. Thank you so much for joining us for our “Heart You” Challenge over at Inky Impressions Challenges. I hope you have a wonderful weekend and good luck.

Hugs
Shannin

Anonymous said...

Wow! This is an awesome and romantic Valentine. I love doing cracked glass on projects and your hearts look terrific. Thanks for joining us at DRS Designs!

Joey said...

Fantastic card Jenni, love the detail on those hearts, thanks for joining us at inky impressions. Joey x

Sue said...

Great Card! That bg paper is wonderful! Thanks for playing at DRS Designs - Good Luck in the contest!

craft-roomjulia said...

This is a really sweet card, love the hearts. Thanks for joining us at Craft-Room Challenge and good luck. Julia xx

Punkydoodle Papers said...

This is amazing! WOW! I love this technique! Thank you for playing with the Inky Impressions team this week! Hope to see you again soon!

Jacqueline L. Challiss Hill said...

Really beautiful card. Thank you for joining our challenge at Sweet Stamps. We hope you will try Sweet Stamps images if you haven't already.

Zoechaos said...

Beautiful card Jenni, your cracked hearts are lovely and the lace such a pretty colour. Thank you for sharing with us at Craft-Room Challenge XOXO Zoe

April said...

Oh Wow...I love those hearts...so pretty! thanks so much for joining Inky Impressions.

Pat said...

Wow, this card is fabulous and those hearts are to die for. Love your colors and composition. Thank you so much for joining us at Paper Creations Ink - Pat

Joanie said...

Great card, fab design and I love that dp.

Thank you for joining us at Anything Goes

Jennifer E. said...

How neat! Love those hearts! Thanks for playing with DRS Designs-Good Luck!

hazel said...

A beautiful card, I love it. Thank you for joining us at Craft-Room Challenge.
xxx Hazel.