Raspberry and Watermelon Valentines

I am working on finishing up my valentines for my family.  I also have a brother with a valentine's birthday which I like to combine together. So you will be seeing a few more valentine's cards. (Masculine is all I have left and they are so much harder. :)

I pulled out my Alcohol Inks this morning to get my creative juices flowing.

I dripped multiple layers of alcohol blending solution, watermelon alcohol ink, and raspberry alcohol ink onto glossy cardstock to get a pretty mix of pinks and reds.  After that I used the Embossing folder to add texture. The finishing touch was to add white acrylic paint to the embossed areas on the background. 

After that I went simple so I didn't hide the background and just added a little banner and embellishments.  I am linking this up to the Snazzy's Design Team challenge for Love and Romance. 

I had another piece of happy news.. I have a card that was published on the cover of the April Crafts N Things magazine. 

Here is the cover:

I was so thrilled to see the little chicks sharing the spotlight on the cover.  The details for the card are here.


Thanks for stopping by! 

Suzz . 

Queen of Hearts

 Simon Says Stamp and Show this week is Kings and Queens and the Snazzy Design Team's first challenge is Love/Romance. I mixed them together and re-used my triptych format to create a Queen of Hearts crown.

 I used a combination of stamps and punches to create my crown. Here is the products list: Stampendous Aged Gold Embossing Enamel, Stampendous Amore Frame, Stampendous Time Flies, Stampendous Altered Alphabet, a brand new Alice in Wonderland set from Stampendous that is being released this month!

The hearts are punched using a fun punch with a mix of hearts from Martha Stewart.  I snuck in a few of the Cornish Heritage Farms stamps too. The background is stamped with a Verses Rubber Stamps - How Do I Love thee.

Inks: Ranger Archival Crimson Red, Coffee,  Ranger Distress Inks - Vintage Photo

Hope your Monday is off to a great start!

Suzz