Valentines Part 2

Much like I did for Christmas, I kept on with the Valentine's to stock up for next year.  Here are a few more that made it from pile to produced.   I love this little kewpie doll.  He usually makes an appearance every year in some way or another.  I've used him for Mother's Day and I've got an idea for Christmas too. 

This is the end result of the stamp positioner and masking class posts I did a few weeks back.  As I mentioned in the class, the signpost is from Unity Stamps.  I used some elastic string to accent the bottom.  I was going for an arrow-ish look. 

The town image in this one is also Unity Stamps, but I confess I paired it with another sentiment I had on the same theme.  I do that a lot.  Mix and match from my collection.  It probably gives the manufacturers fits, but a girl has to do what those vioces in her head tell her is right.

Well - looky there! Another Unity Stamp valentine.  I really loved those birch trees with their hearts sort of woven into the bark.  I layed the ink on thick and then smeared it up a bit because bark isn't smooth, right?  And, that little bird they sort of hid in the image was too cute not to color and bring forward with a hand cut matching paper feather.  That little blue bird makes me happy!

Variations on the theme...

Here are a couple more of those 3-ring circus valentines I mentioned in the previous post.  This is not the K&CO background paper, but something else, I got from somewhere else...more from the stack of Valentine paper that mysteriously appeared.  The unicycling juggler I think is from Making Memories.  The laughing elephant is definitely from 100 Proof Press which, if you have not discovered yet, well, take stock of your mad money before you hit that link....

Enjoy! - AMK

Valentines - Part 1

I've been working away at this year's Valentines.  I was surprised by the amount of valentine-themed paper I had in my collection.  Seriously, I must have a 2" high stack.  Where the heck did all that come from?  In an attempt to put a dent in it, I've focused on using two packs from K&Co. pictured below.  One is pretty traditional, the other, the one on top, has a "love is a 3-ring Circus" theme to it, which I thought was both original and completely accurate. 

 
I've been adding paper to these packs from various sources as the mood hits me.  The one below may be hard to find.  I've had it for a while.  It's from Creative Imaginations.  I'm really only using the edge of the page.  It goes well with the circus theme.  The middle will probably wind up as the envelope. 

Here's a shot of the rest of the stuff I used to make the card at the bottom.  Those Graphic 45 stamps from Hampton art are the perfect foil for the circus valentine.  K&Co. offered some adhesive borders to match all the papers in the pack.  I couldn't resist. 

The finished piece.  I used Glossy Accents to add detail to the hearts in the banner.  Enjoy!