Swirly Hearts

Good morning! What a fun night last night at the Paper Pretties release party! Did you see the 3 new stamp sets?? Isn't that Wade E. Bug the cutest thing every?! I shared a card at the party last night that I'll post tomorrow but I have another card today using my new Kitchen Sink Stamps!

When I saw Jen's Sketch For You To Try (SFYTT) this week I knew I had to try it and I sort of designed this card around the ribbon. I got this great American Crafts ribbon from the Paper Pretties Boutique around Christmas but thought it would work for Valentine's Day too since it's red and white.

So to get a heart that would "match" the ribbon I first stamped the solid heart from Love & Luck with Red Magic Dewdrop ink. I heat set it and then used one of the swirl background stamps from Backgrounds & Borders with Cloud White Dewdrop ink to stamp the swirl on the heart (I first made a reverse mask so that the swirls would stay on only the heart). Then I quickly embossed it with white detail embossing powder to keep it nice and white. I LOVE how the heart looks! I used one of the small hearts to stamp on either side. In the end I decided to cut out the large heart and put it on with a dimensional - just to highlight it a bit. To finish, I stamped "loves me" from the same Love & Lucky set under the dp panel in red to keep with the color scheme.

The red heart brads are some I received in an awesome packet of goodies from Deb at Say It With Letters! Over the holidays I won one of her blog candy give aways - this amazingly beautiful Christmas ornament she made!! I love how sparkly and pretty it is - look at the beads on the wire at the top! So pretty. Along with the ornament Deb sent this great Valentine's Day packet! It has cardstock, envelopes, dp, matching stickers, ribbons, lace and all kinds of embellies to make some great Valentine's! I believe she sells these kits in her Etsy store along with her wonderful cut out shapes & letters (if you haven't checked them out - they are so great!!! Lots of shapes, fonts, sizes etc., all ready for you to alter! Oh and check out Colleen's blog - she's giving away an X and O to alter (here) and is also doing an online class (here) using Deb's letters.) Thank you so much Deb - it made my day to get such a nice package!! And the brads were perfect for this card! :)

Please check out all the KSS Crew members' blogs (listed on the left) - they have made some great projects with the new sets - the 4 step Hearts & Roses set is amazing!!! The roses are so realistic and so pretty! Have a wonderful day!

Cardstock: Shimmery White, Real Red, Memory Box DP, Stamps: Love & Lucky, Backgrounds & Borders, Inks: Red Magic, Cloud White, Accessories: American Crafts Ribbon, Detail White EP, Dimensionals, red heart brads