Simon Says - Have A Heart

Hi Everyone...welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. Thank you for joining us for last week's challenge and we hope you can join us this week too because

and the theme for this week is...

HAVE A HEART

With February just around the corner, I used Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Ticking and Grain with Mini Layering Stencils from Sets 6 and 8, Tim Holtz/Sizzix True Love Colorize, Vault Hippity Hop, Vault Funky Floral Wreath and Alphanumeric Shadow Lower Thinlits to create a Valentine's Day card.

I trimmed Distress Watercolor card to 4.1/2" x 6.1/2", inked Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Ticking background stamp with Black Soot Distress Oxide ink and stamped randomly on the panel. I applied Distress Black Texture Paste through the Valentine Mini Layering Stencil from Set 6 and set aside to dry. I die-cut Tim Holtz/Sizzix True Love Colorize from Distress Watercolor card and Distress Black HeavyStock.  I applied Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide ink through the Hearts Mini Layering Stencil, also from Set 6, using a Tiny Blending Tool, sprinkled with a mix of Candied Apple and Lumberjack Plaid Distress Embossing Glazes and heat set. I fixed the heart and black outline on the panel using Distress Collage Medium, and added the white outline at an angle. I die-cut XOXO from Distress Black HeavyStock using Tim Holtz/Sizzix Alphanumeric Shadow Lower Thinlits and fixed in place. I applied Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide ink through the Dot Fade Mini Layering Stencil from Set 8 to add a pop of red on the background.

I die-cut the bunny 3 times from Distress Watercolor card using Tim Holtz/Sizzix Vault Hippity Hop Thinlits, layered, added shadowing around the edge with Black Soot Distress Oxide ink and fixed to the panel with foam squares to create dimension. I added the bowtie, die-cut from a scrap of Distress Watercolor card, coloured with Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide ink and added the glasses from Vault Bunny + Chick die-cut from Distress Black HeavyStock.

I die-cut the flowers and leaf sprigs from Distress Watercolor card coloured with Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide ink, Distress Watercolor card and Distress Black HeavyStock using the Vault Funky Floral Wreath and fixed in place with Distress Collage Medium. I added Trinity Stamps Creamy Vanilla Heart Sprinkles to the flower centres and a Candy Apple Heart Sprinkle to the bunny's chest.

To finish, I added eyes to the bunny using the fall out centres from the small die-cut flowers, matted the panel on to Distress Black HeavyStock, trimmed 1/4" larger and fixed to a 5" x 7" white card blank.

You can find all the products I used over at Simon Says Stamp, just click on the links below

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Have Fun and Happy Crafting

Hugs Kath xxx