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Ooooh-eeeee!  Vaelntine’s Day is less than a week away.  You’ve seen quite a flurry of love-themed cards here lately – but there are still more fun projects to share.  I love love – it’s really, really great.  Claire Broadwater is hosting a “Will you be my Valentine?” challenge at The Paper Players this week.  Yes, Claire, I will be your Valentine.  And I also made a fun card for your challenge.  Here’s my card:

And here’s the banner for the challenge that inspired my card:

Tips, Tricks and Reminders

• Very Little Stamping.  There’s not a lot of stamping on this sweet-and-simple card.  The Sweet & Sassy Dies account for most of the work – and they weren’t much work at all.  I used two small stamps from two Valentine-themed stamp sets to decorate/add hearts to this card.  The sentiment from Bloomin’ Love was stamped on a white banner and glued to a Melon Mambo heart.  I let it hang of the right side of the heart and trimmed around the edge of the heart on the left.
  

  Bloomin’ Love, Stampin’ Up!

  Along the band to the left of the hearts, I stamped a little row of tiny, tiny hearts with the Sealed with Love stamp set.

  

  Sealed with Love, Stampin’ Up!

• Just Like Fallingwater.  Several years ago I was fortunate to tour Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater home in Pennsylvania.  The house is famous for its architecturally gorgeous style and its cantilevered (a structured element where only one side is attached to the support from which it protrudes) balconies – check out this amazing house here.  I want to believe that my cantilevered banner is on par with the amazing designs in this famous house.  It’s not a stretch at all to say my card is a comparable addition to the world of art as this multi-million dollar home.  Don’t you agree?
• Pink and Red.  It’s my opinion that red and pink clash with one another.  Outside of Valentine’s Day, I wouldn’t think to pair the two.  Perhaps the clashing sweetness of the two is what makes them work so well together?  Either way, This combination of Melon Mambo and Real Red makes me happy.  If you’d like to see some other colors that work well for Valentine’s Day, CLICK HERE.  If you like this sweet combination, please save this:

Stamp Sets:  Bloomin’ Love, Sealed with Love  Papers:  Pop of Pink Specialty Designer Series Paper, Real Red, Melon Mambo, Thick Whisper White  Inks:  Real Red  Accessories:  Sweet & Sassy Framelits (hearts), Stampin’ Dimensionals

Bloomin’ Love Photopolymer Stamp Set – 140643

Price: $17.00

Sealed With Love Photopolymer Stamp Set – 142815

Price: $21.00

Pop Of Pink Specialty Designer Series Paper – 141648

Price: $13.00

Sweet & Sassy Framelits Dies – 141707

Price: $35.00

Supply List

I hope you’ll pop over to The Paper Players blog to see the cards by the design team members and to play along with this week’s challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Brian

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