Friday 3 February 2023

Love Is In the Air


Hi everyone, today I would like to share the ATC and co-ordinating card I made for this month’s Visible Image ATC swap over on FB. This month’s theme is Love Is In the Air, with a colour theme of black/red/pink/white  to help those who don’t own any love themed VI stamps, stencils or dies. As luck would have it I have a suitable heart stamp AND "love" wording … so as soon as I was allocated my swap partner I cracked straight on πŸ’•πŸ’•πŸ˜€. My swap partner has now received them, so here they are.

First the ATC...


As you can see, I actually made a pair of ATC’s so I have an additional one to trade.  I cut snippets of white stamping card to 3.25” x 2.25” and created a smoosh Distress Oxide background using Kitsch Flamingo and Picked Raspberry. I then die cut my Broken Mesh die from black linen card stock, and attached a portion of it to each background. I stamped and heat embossed some hearts onto various small card snippets, coloured with Promarkers and fussy cut out, then stamped, heat embossed and fussy cut my wording on another couple of small snippets. I attached everything to my background which I then matted onto standard ATC size black card, and finished off with a sparkly heart gem and Glossy Accents on the hearts. Here is a closer view of the one I made for the VI swap.


... and an angled picture to show the shine on the Glossy Accents.


Stamps: Visible Image Accessorize, Where Flowers Bloom;
Media: background - Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks (Picked Raspberry, Kitsch Flamingo); hearts- Promarkers; Versafine Clair (Nocturne); Glossy Accents;
Tools: Visible Image Broken Mesh die.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Craft Rocket #100 - Love/Valentine
Crafty Friends #164 - Love/Romance
Creatalicious #252 - Anything Goes with option Love &/or Hearts
Creative Knockouts #487 - Love Is In the Air / Red, White and Pink
Cut It Up #270 - Love (Use a Die Cut)
Make My Monday #193 - Love Is In the Air
Shopping Our Stash #489 - Love Is In the Air
Simon Says (Wednesday) - Love Is In the Air

And now the co-ordinating card…


The supplies and techniques for this were mostly the same as for the ATC’s with the addition of some grungy second generation stamping in the corners using Charming Pink Versafine Clair and a different stamp from the VI “Where Flowers Bloom” set.

Challenges I would like to enter:

DL.Art (February) - Anything Goes
Paper Funday #50 - Anything Goes with option Lots of Layers - WINNER
Passion for Markers #675 - Use Die Cuts
Use Your Stuff #476 - Mixed Media

That's me all loved out for today. Take care and thanks for visiting.
Hugs,

21 comments:

Sarn said...

Fabulous ATCs and matching card for the theme. Xxx

Rainey's Craft Room said...

A fabulous card and set of ATC's Pauline. Thank you for joining us at the Passion For Markers Challenge.
Lorraine

Diane said...

Both the card and the ATC's and creatively pretty, I am sure the receiver will cherish them!
Thank you for joining our challenge at Double D!
Diane DD Co-Owner
{Nellies Nest}
{Double D}
{Stencil Fun}

Makira said...

Beautiful card! We would love you to share this on our challenge, Colorful Options; this month’s color is pink. #colorfuloptionschallenge or https://colorfuloptions.blogspot.com/
Cheers, Makira

Lisa said...

I love, love, love that fabulous die cut background. That could be used for so many cards. Great job using it.

Larelyn said...

What a fabulous design. I love the background die. There are so many ways to use it. Your ATC is truly eye-catching. Thank you for joining our Cut it Up LOVE challenge.
Hugs,
Larelyn (CIU owner)

Laurie said...

Love your color theme and the black die cut over your pretty background. Thanks for joining the Lost Coast Design Challenge!

Makira said...

❤️❤️❤️ thank you for sharing! Cheers, Makira

Diane Louise J said...

A very beautiful card and matching ATCs, loving the glossy accents on the hearts, a lovely touch... Thanks for joining the 'Love/Romance' challenge at Crafty Friends this month... Good luck and we hope you will join us again next time.
Diane Louise (DT) xx

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

WOW! Amazing ATC's and card Pauline.
Faith x

SmilynStef said...

What a dramatic design ... love the glossy accents on the hearts ... so very glad you shared your love with us at Shopping Our Stash.

Julie said...

These are fabulous Pauline! Love the mix of inkiness and colours! Thanks for playing along with us at Passion for Markers this week, Juliex

dj said...

Fantastic!! This card makes a bold statement with lots of texture!! Way to go shopping your stash!! Thanks for playing along with our "love is in the air" challenge over at Shopping Our Stash!! -Deb Horst, DT #SOS489

Karen Letchworth said...

What a super cool background die (black) on this fabulous card, Pauline. Thanks so much for sharing your amazing creativity and talent with us at Word Art Wednesday. I'm so grateful to have you join us and I hope that you'll visit again soon. God bless you alway.
Karen
Word Art Wednesday

Donna Walls said...

Sweet ATC's, love the glossy details on the hearts. Thanks for sharing your lovely project with us at The Paper Funday Challenge.
Donna xx

Tone K. said...

So cool and though ATC`s and card.....really great! :)
Thanks a lot for joining us at Creatalicious! :)

Jeanette (Forest Ranger) said...

These look great! I love the shine. Thank you for sharing your talent with us at Crafting Happiness Challenges!

Maria Valente said...

Hi! I love this! Thank you for sharing at MMMChallenge.
Hugs

Haven_mom4 said...

What a fun project, thanks for sharing it with us at Use Your Stuff

DIANA L. said...

These are super cute!! I love pink and black together
Thank you for entering the DL.ART February 2023 Linky challenge and/or
The DL.ART Thankful Thursday #317 Challenge
Have a blessed day
DIANA L.

DL.ART
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Helen said...

Those are really effective - the Glossy Accents finish the hearts perfectly.

Thanks for joining us at the Crafty Friends Challenge.

Helen x
DT