Hearts a Flutter – Stamped Smiles

Hello friends! Hope you’re having a great week so far! It is really cold in our area right now as we are experiencing a “Polar vortex” with a high of -11 degrees F and low of -23 degrees F without wind chill for tomorrow. Brr! Many schools in the area as well as city workers are taking the day off due to the severe cold weather. Please stay warm and safe wherever you are!

Not sure if you saw that Whimsy Stamps has started carrying this new adorable line of digital stamps from CC Designs in their store. Here’s the card I’ve made today using one of those images:

vicki-pcaimeevalentino-jan29

I’ve used this super cute image called Aimee & Valentino for a special anniversary card.

I decided to print it out twice so that I could cut out the balloons and pop them up over the image. I have used the following Copic markers to color it in:

reds on outfits, boots, hair clip and balloon – R37, R35, R32
Pink on outfit and balloon – R85, R83, R81 (girl stripes on dress – E53, E51, E50)
Boy’s outfit, boots and hair – C8, C5, C3, C1, C0, C00 (stripes on shirt – BG000)
Girl’s hair – E27, E25, E23, E21
Skin tones – E21, E11, E00, E000 (cheeks – R20)
Grass/shadows – G24, G21, G20, E0000 (around image – BG000)
I used metallic gel pens to color in the middle of hair clip, buttons and cheeks

I cut this image out with a stitched square die cut and then used a cloud stencil with Tumbled Glass distress ink and ink foam blending tool to add clouds behind the couple.

As mentioned above, I cut out the heart balloons on the second print out of the image and heat embossed the stamped numbers on them. I used a stylist tool on the back of them to curve them in a bit and popped them up over the image with some foam dimensional dots. I then added some shimmer over top of them with a Wink of Stella glitter brush pen.

vicki-pcaimeevalentino-jan29-upclose

Here’s a closer look at the coloring on the image. You can see a bit of the shimmer over the balloons and where I’ve added some metallic color on the heart hair clip. I took this image panel and layered it over a piece of gold mirror cardstock.

vicki-pcaimeevalentino-jan29-flat

I thought that the January released Hearts a Flutter digital papers were the perfect backdrop for this cute couple, so I printed the pink with white hearts one out and cut a piece out using the Whimsy Stamps Hand Stitched Nested Rectangle dies for that. I found some coordinating card stock and gold heat embossed the sentiment from the WS Everyday Mini Sentiments clear stamp set and cut it out with a banner strip die. I also placed it where I wanted it to go and used the Hand Stitched rectangle die again to create the stitch marks over it.

I took some gold ribbon and wrapped it around the heart design paper card front, placed the image panel over top and then layered on the sentiment banner with foam tape. This was mounted over an A2 top folding white card base. Lastly I added a gold bow and some gold sequins filled with some Stickles Tinsel glitter glue.

I hope that you’ve enjoyed my card! 🙂 Thanks so much for dropping by today! See you soon!

Here’s some challenges I’d like to enter this card for:

CCEE Stampers – CCEE1904 Gold
Aud Sentiments – Anything Goes + sentiment
CRAFT – Love/Valentines (it fits with this theme as it’s about love!)
Crafty Catz – Anything Goes with optional twist: ribbon/lace
My Time to Craft – All You Need is Love

Hello friends! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend! Although it’s supposed to be VERY cold in January over my way, it has actually reached warm enough temperatures that we can cook out on the grill! I’ll take it for now as I don’t think it will last!

Have you been over to see the Digital January release at Whimsy Stamps yet? There are SO MANY really fun and adorable images to color along with a couple of fun digital papers to help you finish up your cards! Since Valentine’s Day is coming near, I decided to make a card with that in mind:

vicki-spreadlove-ca-jan8

I have used this darling Spread Love digital stamp by Crissy Armstrong. I just adore her wings and “heart antlers” sprinkling hearts everywhere! 🙂

I have colored her up in Copic markers in the following:

Dress, shoes and a couple of the hearts – R85, R83, R81
Heart on dress, heart antlers and other hearts – R24, R22, R21
Wings – R00, BG000
Hair – E27, E25, E23, E21
Skin – E11, E00, E000, R20, R00 (cheeks)
Around image – B000, E0000

I’ve also taken a cloud stencil to add some clouds in the background with an ink blender foam tool and Tumbled Glass Distress Ink. I then embossed the sentiment from the Whimsy Stamps Snow Flurry clear stamp set with some gold embossing powder. I went around the edges of the image panel and added a few “dots” around the hearts with the Nuvo Honey Gold Glitter Drops.

For the background of the card, I’ve used the new Hearts a Flutter Digital Papers and cut out a piece with the Whimsy Stamps Hand Stitched Nested Rectangles die. I then trimmed this piece at an angle and attached it to a strip of this white punched border that I’ve made. I’ve also cut out a piece of pink cardstock with the same die and trimmed this out an angle as well. Both of these pieces were attached to an A2 sized white top folding card base. The image panel was attached over a piece of craft foam and mounted to the front of the card along with the gold ribbon.

Taking a closer view of this image, you can see on the wings that I’ve added some shimmer to them with a Wink of Stella clear glitter brush pen. You can also see where I’ve taken a gold gel pen and went over the swirls in her dress as well as the “heart antler stems” on her head. I always love to add little details like on my coloring and I hope you’ve enjoyed it today as well!

Thanks so much for dropping in and I’ll see you soon!

Challenges I’d like to enter this card for: