Love Bird

I'm thrilled to say that I am a guest designer over at Cut It Up for their 'All You Need Is Love' challenge starting today - thank you ladies for having me.
 

(this is my 2nd option for this year's Valentine card for hubby)

Love Petals for LOTV

Hello lovely peeps

Today's card is using 'Love Petals' from Lili of the Valley, made for my sister's anniversary.

I stamped the image onto watercolour card with Black Archival ink and then coloured it in with Tim Holtz Distress Markers:-
Bundled Sage, Vintage Photo, Fired Brick,
Hickory Smoke, Pumice Stone

For the base I layered up a 6x6 scalloped card with papers from 'The Promise' and 'Rose Garden' 8x8 pads by First Edition/Trimcraft, some red satin-edged organza ribbon and some cheesecloth.

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts/The Ribbon Girl and the enamel dots are by Ranger.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-

Creative Inspirations #276 Your favourite things

Cutie Pie Challenge #111 Ribbon and Rubber

The Ribbon Girls May any image

Noor Summer 

Addicted to Stamps 149 Animals

Crafty Cardmakers #189 Floral Profusion

Double D Challenges Flowers galore

Pile It On  #130 Animals

Crafty Purple Frog Fabulously Floral

As You Like It Challenge favourite reason to make cards (& why) - anniversary cards because I have loads of gorgeous Lili of the Valley stamps featuring couples, plus they are easy to embellish with hearts, ribbons, flowers etc. 

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Squidgy Flowersoft Heart for LOTV

Hello lovely peeps.

Here's my first Lili of the Valley Design Collective card for February.

I've stamped up 'Odd Dog - Squidgy Heart' onto Neenah Solar White card and coloured him in with Promarkers (Almond, Putty and Tawny Owl). I then filled in the heart with PVA glue and sprinkled on 'Raspberry Fizz' ultra fine Flowersoft.

By the way, if you're doing this technique with something that has a finer texture I would suggest using Zig two-way glue or double sided adhesive. I tried PVA glue with embossing powder (I love the look of it unmelted) but because my glue wasn't perfectly even it ended up all bumpy.

I've layered my topper onto papers from the 8x8 Rose Garden pad by First Edition/Trimcraft. The hearts were cut with X-Cut nesting heart dies and I scribbled around the edges with a black fineliner pen.

For the tag I used one of the stamps from the Sentiment Tags set (also Lili of the Valley). I found a bit of ancient pink raffia in the deepest depths of my stash* to thread through the hole I made with my pokey tool.

* I found the burgundy hessian down there too :D

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-

In The Pink #87 With Love

Crafts Galore Use a digi or stamp for February
 ARTISTIC INSPIRATIONS #149 Anything goes / twist of valentine
The Ribbon Girl - Make a card - Anything goes
THE PENCIL CASE  L = Love/Romance 
Creative Corner Challenges - Happy Valentine's Day/Love
Brown Sugar #184 - Valentine/Love
Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - Have A Heart
Inky Chicks #62 - LOVE (LETTERS) AND/OR HEARTS
Incy Wincy Designs - Love is in the air
Deep Ocean #122: "Hearts"
Creative Moments #86 Always Anything Goes/ optional twist Romance/Love

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x