Love is in the air... at Sweet Stampin' Challenge.

 I completely forgot that I was due to post my card for Sweet Stampin' Challenge.    So I had to run into the craft room about an hour or so ago.  I already had an idea in my mind, thinking it was next Saturday that I needed my card for.   I was child minding again yesterday - spending time crafting again!!  Stenciling was the order of the day.  Grace really loved doing this.  And made a beautiful card - which I forgot to take a photo of - she has a great eye for colours. 

Anyhoo.... here is the card I made.

I had been to Kmart this afternoon and picked up a pack of red and pink card bases.   I trimmed the front of a red one and used a Couture Creations embossing folder - Peacock Fans,   I die cut lots of hearts from a Lawn Fawn set called Candy Hearts.  I made a little envelope using my WRMK envelope board.  I added the hearts coming out of it.  Added a die cut bow and a little sentiment from a Gina K stamp and die set - Blooming Butterfly.   

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Non-traditional Valentines.

 Hi.  It's my day to share at Die Cut Divas.  Our sponsor this month is 

And our challenge is "Non-traditional Valentines" 

Hero Arts is an amazing company and when I first started stamping, was one of my go to companies.   I still have a LOT of older Hero Arts stamps so pulled out some of my older cling stamps and chose a gorgeous leafy one to make my card. 

I found this piece of card which I think was made with some Nuvo powders.  It's great to use up some of those bits and pieces hanging round my desk.  I took the Hero Arts Leafy Vines Cling (circa 2012) and embossed it with Altenew Rose Gold powder.  The sentiment was stamped onto a heart die cut.  It's from Hero Arts Stamp and Cuts set - Yes.   The heart is part of the set and is the perfect size for the sentiment.   I traced around the outside of the die and fussy cut to add a mat. 

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Dawn & The Divas

Love challenge at Sweet Stampin' Challenge.

 Hi there.  It's time for a new challenge at Sweet Stampin' Challenge blog and being February, our theme is LOVE. 

I'm using a technique I have done before - reverse layering.  Gina K did this technique in a FB Live back in January.  

I used some pretty patterned paper for my top layer - cutting the larger heart (Spellbinders).  The smaller layer was cut with red card and the bottom layer - white embossed with Gina K Holiday Tapestry folder.   I added a little hedgie from Penny Black, coloured with Spectrum Noir Tri-blends and Aldi alcohol pens.   The sentiment is stamped and embossed in white EP, from an LDRS sentiment set. 

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I'm entering this into the February Challenge at Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Anything Goes with optional Hearts and/or Flowers.   Think my Hedgie card meets both of these.