Pink Hearts

It’s been a long time, I’ve been working on my craft room and doing some crochet. The husband is on board with what I want to do in my room but it’s going to take most of the year to get it done. I have the second part of my desk and a bookcase coming in the next day or two. My pegboards, shelving, and racks for the stamp holders are all up & in use. Hopefully I’ll be at a place where I can have things stored in a way I can find them!  

I haven’t made any cards since Christmas so I definitely wanted to do something for Valentine’s Day.  I decided on a pale pink shimmery palette.

Using watercolor paper I stamped the Altenew Bouquet of Love using Versamark ink and embossed with Hero Arts White Detail embossing powder. Next I spritzed it using Lindy’s Stamp Gang Starburst Sprays in Alpine Ice Rose and Salt Water Taffy. With a brush I used mauve watercolor, from the Brea Reese Travel Watercolor kit, to paint in some areas to add interest. After spraying the whole thing with Avery Elle Clear Shimmer Spray I let it dry then cut a heart out of the center using a heart-shaped die. 

I trimmed it to 4” x 5-3/4” and matted the outline with white shimmer paper on a pink A6 card base. The heart I attached using foam tape. The sentiment was stamped on pink cardstock using Ranger Jet Black Archival ink and embossed with clear powder. I trimmed it and cut a piece of vellum slightly larger and attached them with Tom Bow roller adhesive dots. 

I added dots of Cosmic Shimmer 3D Pearl Accents in Pastel Pink, let them dry, and added some iridescent rhinestones. 

I actually made 16 of them! I think they turned out pretty. It’s too bad you can’t see the shimmer here.

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