I'm planning to make some small sized Valentines for my daughter's daycare class and teachers. I don't have a design in mind quite yet, but I'll let you know. In the meantime I found some Valentine inspiration this week with the Authentique Paper January Sketch Challenge and the Scrapbook Steals Monday Craft Madness #8 theme: Valentines! I'm also entering this into the Authentique January Inspiration Color Challenge.
The strips of paper for the base of the card came together easily (approx 1/2" x 4"), but then I struggled to add something that would pop for a banner and sentiment. I found a scrap of black paper from October Afternoon and punched 1.5" circles to stand out against all the pinks on the card base, and added a pink circle with the "love you" sentiment to then stand out from the black. I strung the banner up with twine, rather than gluing down the circles. I attached the banner with glitter heart brads and added a little doodling around the perimeter to finish it off.
Authentique supplies used:
'Uncommon' 6x6 patterned paper
Card base: Foundations paper
Other supplies:
October Afternoon Woodland Park
Sweet Stamp Shop sentiment
WRMK baker's twine
Recollections heart brads
-Michele
Very cute card!!! I love the thin strips of paper - makes good use of those scraps I have on my cutting board!
ReplyDeleteI like your card Michele! great job. and the twine is perfect
ReplyDeleteLove this!
ReplyDeleteSuper cute interpretation!! I love the circles with the one a different paper!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a stand out card.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to add this to my Pinterest-collection! I love the combination of stripes and circles and the pink circle between all the black ones. Cute detail to add twine instead of gluing them!
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