Happy Valentine's Day a little early! Even after Christmas there's a reason to continue working in red. Speaking of Christmas, I bought myself a gift, an Epic Six, so am having some fun with embossing and die cuts.
For this project I used my Nestabilities die cuts for the circles, and two different Cuttlebug embossing folders (Heart Blocks and Floral Fantasy) to "jazz" up the top circle, and black and pink rectangles. I used a Martha Stewart punch for the black lacey effect near the bottom. The embellishments are from my "stash" and I no longer have the labels for the pink and read heart and the pink dots. I like how they look together even though they're different materials. The ribbon is also from my scrap pile it's now time to buy more. All paper is from the Paper Studio.
I was most challenged with the circles and how to fit the black one into the scheme, and tucking it under the top three and behind the black / red rectangle seemed to work best. It made the other colors pop a little better.
Thanks for the interesting design. I hope there are parts of my project you've enjoyed.
I will probably use this card for a friend's February birthday....day after Valentine's Day. The colors just work without being an "official" Valentine. I'd thought about coloring the woman and / or her hat, but I grew to like the black and white with a tiny red embellishment.
Ribbon: FX
Paper Punches: Paper Studio
Regular Card Stock
Cuttlebug folders: Floral Fantasy and Swiss Dots
Pink Dots: unknown
Stamp: American Art Stamp (Hobby Lobby)
I needed a break from Christmas cards so it was fun to think about Valentine's Day. The paper is from Paper Studio, the ribbon from FXribbon, and the small hearts....no longer have the package to tell you! Sorry! The circle and heart boarder punches are all from Paper Studio as well.
I'd love MOJO to try a background with diagonals sometime just for a change. Let's see if anyone reads this for a new idea!
My son has a January birthday, so I now have a card ready for him. When you live in WI, you know it's going to be a cold, memorable day! I have a similar card for sister Lisa in Michigan whose birthday is at the end of the month. I can't believe I'm so ahead of schedule!
Paper: stock from Hobby Lobby
Cuttlebug: Dots
Snowflakes: unknown....just know that I loved using them this week.
Small white snowflake: Dress It Up
ribbon: FXribbon
Paper Punched snowflakes: EK
Punched Circles: the Paper Studio
Teal Dots: Unknown
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Lately I've been "dedicated" to the brown / teal combinations; I love the colors. I enjoyed using a variety of snowflakes on the card and having fun using "Birrrrrthday" to reflect the chill.
I'm just discovering Spellbinder's Nestabilities and thought I'd give the Inverted Scalloped Circles a try on this card, and I like it. I first embossed the gray paper from CTMH with a Cuttlebug snowflake pattern and then sanded it to expose the white core paper. The circles were layered and a snowflake from Dress it Up was added. The ribbon is from FX. I added the red "gems" and red background paper to give it a little more color.
I continue to wonder if MOJO will ever give us a pattern using diagonals or other triangular shapes for a change. I've only been active a couple of months, and I've only seen circles, squares, rectangles, and occasionally ovals.
