Valentine

Hello all,

Here is a Valentine's card made as a commitment for a group I am in. I had a choice of what I could incorporate, so I chose the hearts and the colours found on a playing card.

The main image is an Outlines stamp which I have stamped and embossed in black on red and on then on white cardstock. This has to be done multiple times as then you cut out all the layers. Using thin DSFT I then layered them all. The thin DSFT is best as the work doesn't become too high and awkward looking...or maybe I should say...cheap looking!

I highlighted bits and pieces using H2O's and put the little greeting down the bottom with the aid of Nesties and the Cuttlebug!

Update on my kitchen...Ready to tear my hair out!....I am having trouble with splash backs if I choose not to have tiles. I did find a deadly red tile...did all the maths and then the bloke says...sorry, not available....Why, I ask, is it then on display? The only other option is glass....and truly, I need to win lotto for that! Back to the think tank to see what we can come up with. Suffice to say, I will be cooking on the dining table for at least 8 weeks...Yay!....NOT.

Yet Another Wedding Card

Afternoon everyone...

Well , I think I am now doing a roaring trade with wedding cards. I don't think I have ever made so many in so little a time frame.

This time I have utilised one of the Outlines stamps I purchased whilst in Brisbane. They are very full on...as in they are a lot of work, I have decided. I had to stamp and emboss like 5 times (oh and a few more times coz I wasn't happy with the quality!).

The cutting was pretty therapeutic, though.The colouring was done with my aqua brush and H2Os. I found the little "forever" charm in the drawer and it fitted much, much better than ANY wording I could find and I so love those weeny, weeny brads which are holding it in place.

I ran one background layer through the Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots folder....which I am totally beginning to think lends itself to wedding cards superbly! I added some ribbon and grosgrain and it was all done. Oh and let's not forget lots and lots of pale pink diamantes to the flower centres!

I wish I could say it was a half an hour job...but alas, by the time I stopped farting around about three hours had elapsed. It was really enjoyable just to putter around with no sense of haste necessary. I think I took longer just because I could!