Wednesday 31 January 2018

Happy Little Stampers and Heidi Swapp Valentine card



Hello there and welcome to the February Watercolour Challenge over at Happy Little Stampers. We are an anything goes with watercolour challenge but each month we have a fun twist that you can play along with to make it more fun. This time our twist is 'heart'.

 


Our winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop! Check out all the details HERE.

IF YOU USE STAMPS BY HAPPY LITTLE STAMPERS AND YOU ARE OUR RANDOM WINNER, YOUR PRIZE WILL BE DOUBLED!

I came up with this Valentine card.


1) Die cut a pierced square from red card and a smaller one from white card. I used Sue Wilson dies.

2) Mask off the pierced edges and watercolour on the white square. I used Gansai Tambi paint.

3) When the paint is dry, take the Heidi Swapp Confetti stencil, place the hearts over the square and stencil through with red ink.

4) Stamp the sentiment from Happy Little Stampers Rainy Day stamp set with red ink. Mat the square onto the red mat, raising it on fun foam, and adhere it to the base card.



5) Finish off by using a glaze pen on three of the hearts to give them some shine. I used the Sakura clear glaze pen and gave it 3 coats, allowing it to dry in between. You can see this better in the first photo.

We are lucky enough to have Marianne join us as Guest Designer this month, and you will find her lovely card and lots of inspiration from the rest of the team, over on the blog.

I'd like to play along with

The Paper Girls Challenge #144 - watercolour

Mod Squad Challenge-Valentine - love.

Stamp, Ink, Paper Challenge #135 - all you need is love.



Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs
Carol x


15 comments:

cotnob said...

A fabulous card Carol, a lovely sentiment and super CAS design.
Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
x

Verna Angerhofer said...

Wonderful Valentine and I love the soft coloring on the focal panel on which you added the sentiment and hearts.

Brenda said...

This is a beautiful Valentine card Carol! I love the shine on those hearts and I love how you water colored the center of your square leaving the pieced part clean. Looks amazing! And of course I love the layering. Hugs, Brenda

Judy Woodland said...

What a sweet card. I love the pierced square die cut panels, and the watercolor background is perfect. Great take on the challenge, thank you so much for participating this week at the Mod Squad Challenge
Judy~ Mod Squad Challenge Designer
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Sarah said...

What a great design. A really lovely card xx

Kylie said...

Absolutely love this design, Carol. The shower of love hearts over your subtle background is perfect! xx

Cara said...

A beautiful card x

Sue said...

Really love this Carol fab design and love the hearts huggles Sue xx

BożenA said...

A beautiful love of hearts :-) Beautifully composed card!
Hugs,
BożenA

Ina G said...

Fantabulous card Carol. Love the layout and layers. Great sentiment.

Jenny Hall said...

Beautiful coloring, Carol! The glossy heart set up your project perfectly. Thanks for participating in the challenge this week at Stamp Ink Paper.

Ros Crawford said...

Beautiful! I love that soft painted BG!

Sue - said...

I love this card! The red with the pastel background looks fabulous.

Heidi Weaver said...

Hi Carol, love the layers of stitched squares. They make a wonderful frame for that pretty watercolour wash and those falling hearts.

Nora Noll said...

Oh how beautiful!! I love the way the hearts are floating down!! Such a lovely card!!

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