Vintage Valentine

Hello my friends, I'm sharing a Vintage Valentine card I made using the Pinnacle Hearts Embossing Folder, Distressed Vintage Love Notes 6" x 8" stamp set and Tim Holtz/Idea-ology Palette Ephemera from the Simon Says February Card Kit along with the Lace Heart Wafer dies from a previous release.

I trimmed one of the Simon Says Schoolhouse Red card blanks included in the kit to 4" x 5.1/4" and ran through my die-cutting machine with the Pinnacle Hearts Embossing Folder.

I flipped the panel over to the debossed side, dragged Simon Says White Pigment Ink pad over the surface and dried.

I inked the music image from the Distressed Vintage Love Notes stamp set with the Versafine Clair Nocturne ink pad, also included in the kit, held the stamp in my hand and stamped randomly over the panel to add a little detail to the background.

I used Simon Says Lace Heart dies to create a frame, cut from Distress Mixed Media HeavyStock and inked the edges with Scorched Timber Distress Ink using a Tiny Blending Tool.

I chose a selection of red ephemera pieces from Tim Holtz/Idea-ology Palette Ephemera pack and inked the edges with Scorched Timber Distress Ink using a Tiny Blending Tool. I trimmed the hearts playing card ephemera and fixed behind the frame. I attached the frame to the panel with Distress Collage Medium and stamped the sentiment from the stamp set, inked with Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink.

I left the sentiment stamp in the same place on the lid of my stamping platform, fixed the tag from the Ephemera pack in place over the frame, inked the sentiment stamp and restamped.

I added the rest of the ephemera pieces and stamped the postmark and handwriting images from the Distressed Vintage Love Notes stamp set, inked with Versafine Clair Nocturne and Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide inks. I fussy cut the hearts from the left over ephemera playing card and fixed to the panel with Simon Says Black 3D foam squares, also included in the kit.

I added a drop of Gilded Foundry Wax to my glass media mat, thinned with a spritz of rubbing alcohol, added splatters to the panel and heat set. I dragged the Versafine Clair Nocturne ink pad around the edges of the panel.

I added a White Hemp Twine bow to the top of the tag and Glossy Accents to the hearts.

To finish I matted the panel on to one of the Simon Says Schoolhouse Red A2 card blanks included in the kit.

Have fun with whatever you are making

Hugs Kath xxx