Valentine's card 1

Hi folks!

I created a few cards in the past couple of days but did not have the time to blog about it so here I will share them one by one :) It is the season of love so I decided to go with the flow and create lovey-dovey cards. I love distressing the edges of papers so here you will see the same, kind of like my version of shabby chic and I have water colored the background and included some non-traditional masculine math elements with the addition sign washi tape, the pattern papers with lines and squares and also a vintage paper with numbers on it. To add interest to the sentiment I have drawn x's around the circular punch cut out (it kind of looks like real stitching, which I think looks cool!) This is the first time I have used a few digi images, taking out my old printer after ages!! And before I could get all the printing done, the darn thing ran out of ink :p but I got a few images and I liked working with them. (I might have to get myself a new snazzy printer in the future, which will cater to all my crafting needs but for now, this will do.) I added glossy accents to the O and clear wink of stella to the "love" to give it some extra glimmer. (though it may not show up in the pictures). The color combination is of black, white and shades of pink.

Here are a few pictures of the finished card.

Supplies Used:

1. Iris cardstock 250 gsm

2. Love from me digi stamp from Verve Stamps (Thanks for the freebie!! Loved playing with it :) )

3. Snippets of geometrical design pattern papers (squares, lines)

4. Free printable digi image of numbers from maremi's creative cafe facebook group 

5. Addition symbol washi tape

6. Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens (pack of 12)

7. Itsy Bitsy Black Pigment Inkpad

8. Tim Holtz Mini Distress Inkpad- Picked Raspberry

9. Wink of Stella pen- clear

10. Glossy Accents

11. Gingham Ribbon

12. Fevicol Glue

13. Ranger's Round Blending tool and foams

14. Koi Water brush

15. Double sided foam tape

16. Tim Holtz Distress/ Deckling tool

Thanks for your time! Would love to read your comments :)

Stay Blessed.

I am playing along with the following challenges:

 Verve Stamps- Love from Me Digital Freebie and giveaway 

 Mojo Monday 483 Contest (I have used the verve stamps- love from me digi stamp and followed the sketch)

 I love math challenge #4 (The math elements on the card include numbers and addition sign, geometrical shapes of squares and horizontal lines in the pattern paper, checkered pattern in the ribbon and circular punch) 

 Pixie's Snippets Playground- Weeks 267 and 268  

( I've used snippets of geometrical design papers for the card) 

 Simon Says Monday Challenge- "young at heart" ( I have included the word and image of a heart)

 Paru's Card Making Challenges

Another Colorful Creation February Challenge- Black, white plus one (I've used black , white and 

pink)