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

I used Simon Says Tucked Hearts 6" x 6" stamp set to create the background, Tim Holtz Idea-ology Palette Ephemera and sentiments from Simon Says Always and Forever 6" x 8" stamp set to make a vintage inspired Valentine card, decorated with a Tim Holtz/Idea-ology Word Key, Lawn Fawn White Hemp Twine and Trinity Stamps Creamy Vanilla Heart Sprinkles.

I inked Simon Says Tucked Hearts stamp set from the Be Loved release with Versarmark ink, stamped on to an A2 panel of Distress Watercolor card, sprinkled with White Detail Embossing Powder and heat set. I smooshed Lumberjack Plaid and Barn Door Distress Oxide ink pads on to my craft mat, spritzed with water, dragged through the inks and dried. I repeatedly tapped the panel back into the ink droplets until I was happy with the coverage, dried and remove any ink from the embossing with a dry cloth.

I inked around the edges of the ephemera from the Tim Holtz/Idea-ology Palette Ephemera pack included in Simon Says February Card Kit with Scorched Timber Distress Ink and fixed to the panel with Distress Collage Medium.

I inked the sentiments from Simon Says Always and Forever stamp set from the Be Loved release with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink, stamped on to Tim Holtz/Idea-ology Plain Collage Paper, sprinkled with Ranger Black Embossing Powder and heat set.

I traced around the sentiments with a wet paint brush, teased them apart with my finger and fixed in place with Distress Collage Medium. I trimmed the panel to 3.3/4" x 5" and inked around the edges with Scorched Timber Distress Ink using a Tiny Blending Tool.

I applied Distress Texture Paste Opaque Crackle through Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Hearts Stencil and once dry, applied Gilded Foundry Wax lightly on the edges of the panel, ephemera and stencilled hearts using my finger, heat set and fixed to a 3" x 5.1/4" panel of Distress Black HeavyStock. I coloured a Tim Holtz/Idea-ology Word Key with Foundry Wax, Walnut Stain and Broken China Distress Embossing Glazes, heat set added a Lawn Fawn white hemp twine bow and fixed in place with Distress Collage Medium.

To finish I matted the panel on to an A2 white card blank and added Trinity Stamps Creamy Vanilla Heart Sprinkles.

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

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I look forward to seeing what you create this week...

Have Fun and Happy Crafting

Hugs Kath xxx