Paper Players Theme Challenge-Happy Valentine's Day

The Paper Players Challenge is up and running for the New Year!  I hope everyone had a restful hoiliday break and had some wonderful time with family and friends.  Today's challenge and our first for the year is a theme!  We would like you to start making your Valentine cards!!  We also have a brand new Guest Designer, Julie Gearinger.  Welcome Julie!!  We are so happy to be crafting with you this month!

I decided to create a traditional card with a Red and Pink theme.  I used a new Flower die that is available in the New Occasions Mini Catalogue called "Fun Flowers".  I love it!!  I crimped the flowers with my paper crimper.  I also used the Designer Paper and a sentiment from the "Filled with Love Bundle" that is available until January 24th!  It is a terrific deal with 12 sheets of DSP, one cute stamp set and some clear bitty buttons.  The mini centre flower was created using one of the Itty Bitty Punches and a Pearl was placed in the middle.  I love that DSP!!  A little Pink Taffeta Ribbon was added for some more pink colour on the card!!

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Smiles,

Lesley

Friday Mashup-Sweet on Hearts

I made this card for the current challenge over at the Friday Mashup!!  This week they are asking for a card with heart! 

I recently purchased the cute Valentine Bundle that SU! is offering and made this card with it!!I went with classic Real Red and used the cute Designer Paper that came with the Valentine Bundle.  I inked up the heart image in Real Red and punched it out with the Extra Large Heart Punch.  The sentiment is also from the cute stamp bundle and I used my 3/4" circle punch to punch out the little heart flower and popped it up in the middle with a dimensional.

This card is so clean and simple, but I like that the clean lines show off the stamp set!!  I think next time I will make the rectangle a bit smaller.  Is there too much white space?

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Smiles,
Lesley