Sending Love - Create with Connie and Mary #439

It's another snowy day here in southern Ontario, thus another day to hibernate and play with my new "toys".
I'm starting classes this week, so I'm making cards different than the class cards, using the Best Birds stamp set, in order to show the versatility of this set.  My emphasis with classes this year is to focus on one stamp set at a time and making up to 4 different cards using that set.  This maximizes the use of the stamp set.
The card I've made using the sketch with Create with Connie and Mary is a Valentine card.  I noticed that one of the die cut birds has tiny hearts in the tail feathers, making it perfect for this type of card.

The basic Real Red card is layered with Whisper White card stock embossed with the Falling Petals embossing folder.

Two 2 1/2" strips of  Sealed with Love DSP are adhered on the left side of the card.  One piece if 2 1/2 by 4 1/4"; the other 2 1/2 by 4".

Two Real Red die cut birds were placed on a piece of silver metallic ribbon (SAB), with a small punched heart between them.

The sentiment, stamped in Real Red ink, is punched with a 1" circle punch layered with a 1 1/4" Real Red circle.

Some tiny Red Glimmer hearts (made by punching the Confetti heart border punch) were adhered around the sentiment.  Another one was adhered to the center of the heart between the birds.

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Best Birds, Sealed With Love

Inks: Real Red

Papers: Real Red, Whisper White, Sealed with Love DSP, Red Glimmer Paper

Accessories: Birds & Blooms framelits, Small heart punch, 1" circle punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, Confetti hearts border punch, 3/8" silver metallic ribbon (SAB)

Happy Valentine's Day - Try Stampin' on Tuesday #302

It's almost New Year's Day - only 2 more sleeps- and then on the 4th of January in the New Year the Occasions and the SAB catalogues are available to order from.
This Valentine's Day card, made using the sketch with Try Stampin' on Tuesday, will give you another sneak peak into some of the items from both of these catalogues.

For my card, I put the sketch on its side.

Art Piece:
Three heart images from the stamp set "Sealed with Love" were stamped with Versa Mark and heat embossed with White embossing powder, sponged with Real Red ink, and wiped with a paper towel to reveal the pattern.  They were fussy cut and then matted with Red Glimmer hearts die cut with the smallest heart of the Sweetheart framelits. 

Image Piece:
The Sending Love DSP was matted with Real Red card stock and a silver metallic ribbon attached to the bottom end.
The matted embossed resist hearts were adhered to this image piece with dimensionals.

Sentiment:
A real red marker was used to stamp the sentiment onto Whisper White card stock. It was punched with the Decorative Label punch, and matted with Red Glimmer card stock.  After trimming off the top 1/4, it was adhered to the underside of the image piece.

Card:
The basic black card stock is layered with the Falling Petals embossing folder.
The art piece is adhered to this layer with dimensionals.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Sealed With Love, Good Greetings
Inks: Versa Mark, Real Red Marker
Papers: Basic Black, Whisper White, Real Red, Red glimmer paper, Sending Love DSP stack
Accessories: Sweetheart framelits, White embossing powder, Decorative label punch, 3/8" silver metallic ribbon, Falling Petals embossing folder, Dimensionals.