Thursday, February 14, 2013

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hi everyone,

Happy Valentine's Day! I wish you all a wonderful day filled with love! From my best friend, Lein, I always get a beautiful card with Valentine. Sweet huh? This card I made ​​for her. She is crazy about the color red, deep red and that's perfect for this day! I'm entering this card with Frilly and Funkie, where the challenge Heartsy Lacy Valentine's Project. My heart is not really lacy, but I do have used lace and it's a valentine project...So I guess it fits the bill.

 

I used for the background the same technique as for the February tag from the 12 tags of 2013. Very cool technique, and to give the red some more definition I used different shades of red Distress Inks. Then I worked in some some stencils with the darker shades of red.  (The colors in the picture don't match a bit. There it's all orangy red, but it's actually deep red and you don't see all the different shades. So I'm making new pictures tomorrow, hope they'll be better. With daylight the colors are a bit more realistic, but still not deep as the reel thing unfortunately) To give it a little touch of black I randomly stamped with the Music Sheet stamp, made some splatters with Dylusion Spray and painted the edges black. The red tulle I got from my bestie and fit nicely with this card. I made it a little bit darker by spraying with Black Marble, so it does not fade away into the background.
The text stamps and hearts are exclusive stamps from Simon Says Stamp!






Thank you for stopping by! Love to see you next time!

Hugs,
Sandra

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Terry said...

Happy Valentine's Day to you! Sandra, I love your heart with the wings and the vibrant feel to this card! Happy Weekend! Hugs!

Anita Houston The Artful Maven said...

What a gorgeous card! The red is STUNNING!!! I love my red! Love the polka dots in there too! The heart and black lace are wonderful as well! Gorgeous make!

Terry said...

Hey San, thanksss voor het meespelen in de Heartsy Lacy Challenge van Frilly and Funkie, harstikke leuk joh wat je gemaakt hebt en ja hoor jouw prachtige project voldoet zekersss hoor dank je wel voor het meedoen hoor Veel liefs Terry xxxx

Jenny Marples said...

You rock too Sandra!!! Love how you've done this and I can imagine the depth of that red against your black elements. Just perfect. Thanks for joining the Frilly and Funkie challenge, hugs Jenny x

CraftLein* - enjoy creativity said...

Dankjewel voor deze geweldige kaart Sannie!!Hij staat hier prachtig op de sfeerhaard, een beetje meer rood kan ik nu wel gebruiken. En de kleuren zijn zo mooi, in het echt nog veel mooier dan hier op de foto!!! En echt kei gaaf dat Tim Holtz hem op pinterest (of hoe dat ook heet) heeft gezet!!!

Dikke kus,
Leintje*

Marjie Kemper said...

That's one hot card! You make me want to grab all my reds and play this instant.... love it!

Sandy said...

I don't think you can get anymore dramatic than red and black and as I have told you before, you come up with the best creative ideas. Honey you rock too!!
sandy

Donna Gibson said...

This Valentine rocks! It's so vibrant and I just love it! Very funky and dramatic! Thanks for playing along with us at Frilly and Funkie!