February Card Challenge - Valentine's Day

Bec has started a new Card Challenge on the Swirlydoos forums and this month's theme is Valentine's Day. http://www.swirlydoos.com/forums/topic/february-card-challenge/

I've created three cards, all using scraps from this month's projects and items that I've been hoarding for far too long.

For my first card, I cut out a 5x7 piece from paper that was left from the layout that I made for the Round Robin. The heart is actually an experiment gone wrong: I tried to use a thin Spellbinders die on thin chipboard and ended up with an outline pretty much cut out and a sort of embossed inside. I gave it a coating of gesso and then several layers of mist, finishing it off  with some distress inking.

To finish, I wrapped the stem of my flower with a bit of twine before gluing down and adhered a sentiment to the center of the pattern circle.

Supplies:

Prima - Strawberry Kisses Collection - Summer Picnic #841447

Prima - Winthrop Collection - Topaz #577674

Tim Holtz - Idea-ology Collection - Small Talk - Occasions T#93245

Tim Holtz - Idea-ology Collection - Jute String T#93139

Spellbinders - D-Lites Die - Vines of Passion

Golden - Gesso

Prima - Color Bloom - Peony #573904

Ranger - Distress Ink Pad - Hickory Smoke

The base of the second card is another Round Robin scrap: Devotion from Splash of Color's Cotswald Manor Collection. I tried the Spellbinders die again, this time with a cereal box and it was thin enough to make a perfect cut. After priming it with gesso, I heat embossed it in several layers to match the lace border that I placed on each side. I finished it all off with a cluster of flowers and two metal keys.

Supplies:

Splash of Color - Cotswald Manor Collection - Devotion #30304

Lemoncraft - Gossamer Blue Collection - Lace Trim

Mark Richards - Nailhead Stickers - Light Gold

Prima - Flower Embellishments - Charlston #590734

Wild Orchid Crafts - assorted flowers

Spellbinders - D-Lites Die - Vines of Passion

Stampendous - Frantage Embossing Enamel - Aged Ivory

I used scraps from the Swirlydoos Delicate kit, along with layers of cardstock and a piece of stripped corrugated packaging to assemble my third entry. A bit a Prima vine, a metal heart and a length of upholstery thread and I called it done.

Supplies:

Lemoncraft - Gossamer Blue Collection - 03

Lemoncraft - Vintage Time Collection - 06

Core'dinations - Textured Cardstock - Brownie

Core'dinations - Textured Cardstock - Cappuccino

Prima - Engraver Collection - Solid Flower Vine - Natural #546506