Monday 14 February 2011

For My Valentine

Hello everyone, Happy Valentines Day and hope you've all had a good weekend. My Valentine has to be for my hubby Andrew, of course, and he's not a fan of anything fussy or frilly so I have to make something quite simple for him to truly like it.
I've gone for a striking colour combination of black, white and red.


I cut a heart shape out of white card and inked it with Fired Brick and Barn Door Distress inks. I then stamped on my current favourite flourish from the Viva Decor My Paper World clear stamp set (from The Craft Barn who are celebrating a birthday and have special offers on until 9am tomorrow) with Black Soot Distress ink.
I then stamped the flourish again in black on a white strip of card and put this on a mat of red. I added this to a long card blank I made and finished off with a greeting by Hero Arts stamped directly on the card. I then added 2 tiny red heart gems and the stamped heart which I stuck on with foam tape for some dimension.

My card is for the following challenges:
Cupcake Craft Challenge 129 - I "heart" You
For Fun Challenges - Hearts
Stampin' For The Weekend - Valentines Day
Stampin' Royalty - Hearts, Hearts and More Hearts
The Sunday Stampers - Love

Thanks for looking
Fliss x

16 comments:

Valerie-Jael said...

Lovely card Fliss, hope your Hubby likes it, too. Have a nice Valentine's evening! Hugs from Germany, Valerie-jael

Liz said...

Its lovely Fliss very striking

liz xx

tracy said...

its lovely, hope your hubby liked it

Sally H said...

That is gorgeous, Fliss! I love it!

Anonymous said...

It's beautiful! I bet your hubby loved it! xx

Cards By MI said...

Love your great looking card! It's stunning! Thanks for playing with us over at For Fun this week.
Love n hugs
Marie

Fiona said...

Gorgeous card Fliss, v.classy. Love how you used the stamp.

Brenda Brown said...

Masterful Fliss, a very striking card with sheer elegance. Hope hubby liked it, I bet he did.
luv and hugs {brenda} xoxox

Irene said...

Fliss, so simple, yet so elegant, it's gorgeous.

Hands On said...

Simply beautiful. Thanks for joining us at Stampin' Royalty this week.

Cazro said...

Elegant and romantic, why didn't I think of this?? LOL Caz

Meera said...

This just oozes luxury to me, thanks so much for sharing with us at FFC.

Meera x

Hels Sheridan said...

Gorgeous card Fliss, very special... thanks for joining in with the Sunday sTamper x

Christine said...

Elegant and striking! Thanks for joining us at For Fun Challenges. Good luck!

Christine

Catherine said...

Thank you for joining us at Cupcake Craft this week with such a beautiful card !

Donna said...

A really beautiful card...thanks for joining in the fun with us at Cupcake this week :) Donna x