Thursday, January 5, 2012

Red for Love


     Well it is the first week of the New Year - I am happy to say I do not make resolutions....I am one of those 'day at a time' people.  This doesn't mean I don't have goals I want to achieve, but each day brings new things and challenges and I like to try to be flexible.  LOL, because my family might not think I'm as flexible as I would like to believe.  
     I found this fun glitter foam at Michael's and just had to buy it...my idea was to use a die with it and see how it would layer up for a Valentines card.  By my standards getting my Valentines cards done now is 'very' early.  I usually have a bunch of ideas in my head and wait until the last minute to see if they will work. This is a pretty simple card, and the picture really doesn't do it justice.  The foam came out great when I cut it - no white around the edges showing because it is red all the way through.  Then I gold embossed a dollar stamp I had (it was a circle and that was the best fit) and used an old Stampin' Up sentiment for the bottom that I also gold embossed.  The outer layer of red was run through my GC with a circle die to create a framed look.  I used my gold leafing pen to edge the inner circle and the outer edges of the red layer.  
     It is a simple but very pretty card....the inside says "I will love you till the day after forever..." with a red rose stamped off in red over it.  I think my DH will like it  
     Just a note that I used my new watermark created by Dina Kowal - I had wanted something with horeses (imagine that!) I follow her and know what a fabulous artist she is so when I saw she created watermarks I contacted her.  I think its pretty cool!

  

 
Materials:  CS, Superfine Gold Embossing Powder, Stampin Up - Love, Hampton Art Stamp, Spellbinders Dies, Glitter Craft Foam, Computer generated sentiment inside. 

Challenges: Joans Gardens (JG512) Valentines and embossing, Sentimental Sundays - Anything Goes



6 comments:

  1. Love that glitter foam!! I'm going to try and find some of that next week!
    Love your Valentine's card!
    Hugs,
    Sheree

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  2. Oooh, love that glitter foam. Guess it cuts okay with the dies? Great card and you are way ahead of the game.
    Dina is a great artist and I love her work, too. Did you grow up on a horse farm? I never did ask why you have this passion for horses. Dina did a fantastic job on your watermark.

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  3. Good to know about the glitter foam! Great idea too! Thanks for joining us at Sentimental Sundays!

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  4. I love, LOVE simplicity. This card just screams simplicity. I love it. Thanks for playing along with us at Sentimental Sundays!

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  5. Very striking card, Sherry!
    Have a great weekend!
    Hugs and smiles

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  6. Very elegant. Love the CAS design here. Thanks for playing along with us at Sentimental Sundays this week.

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