Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop: Valentine's Day - Rooted In Nature

Welcome to the monthly Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop.  You are currently visiting Stephanie Fischer (The Crafty Thinker) from Australia.

Our theme this month is Valentine's Day and this is my card. I've never been more grateful that my husband doesn't know the names of any of my stamp sets!

A masculine Valentine Card with no hearts in sight!

I'm not really one for hearts and pink (or even traditional red) for Valentines day.  This has a masculine, non-frilly approach to saying the most important thing.

The last year has been extremely difficult and my wonderful husband has been there beside me the whole way: holding my hand, supporting me; reminding me who I am, who we are and that life is good.

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Stephanie

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Rooted In Nature Clear-Mount Bundle

$126.75

Flourishing Phrases Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$64.00

3/16" (1 Cm) Braided Linen Trim

$12.25

Lakeside Dies

$47.00

Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

$17.00

Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Soft Sea Foam A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Grapefruit Grove A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Sweet & Sassy Valentine

My son asked me to make a valentine card for him to give to his girlfriend - I hope she likes it because I really like her too!

A fresh and modern valentine card with bold, bright colours

The base card is Rich Razzleberry to which I added a layer of the glorious Painted With Love Special Designer Series Paper.  

The hearts are cut with the Sweet & Sassy framelits from Rich Razzleberry and Melon Mambo cardstock, Gold Foil Sheet and another piece of the Painted With Love paper.

The foliage is cut from Night of Navy scraps of cardstock using one of the Bouquet Bunch Framelit dies.

Cutting and layering the flower adds depth to the card

I stamped the flower from the Falling Flowers stamp set three times onto Melon Mambo cardstock with Basic Black ink and used a paintbrush and a little Rich Razzleberry ink to add some shading.

I then cut the centre parts from two of the flowers, adhering one part to the main flower to provide depth and the other one to the gold heart as a small flower in its own right.

There are some Faceted Gems in the centres of the flowers.

The greeting is from the Petal Palette stamp set.  It's stamped with Fresh Fig ink onto Whisper White cardstock which I cut with one of the Bunch of Banners framelits.

Your comments are always very welcome!

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

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Falling Flowers Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$35.00

Sweet & Sassy Framelits Dies

$58.00

Bouquet Bunch Framelits Dies

$50.00

Painted With Love Specialty Designer Series Paper

$21.00

Gold Foil Sheets

$7.00

Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock

$14.00

Rich Razzleberry A4 Card Stock

$14.00

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

$14.00

Clear Faceted Gems

$8.75

Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop - Love

Welcome to the monthly Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop.  You are currently visiting Stephanie Fischer (The Crafty Thinker) from Australia.  Please remember to click on the next person in the line up at the end of my post to continue enjoying all the wonderful projects in the hop.  

Our theme this month is Love: Anniversaries, Valentines, Weddings

This is my slightly unorthodox Valentines card for my much-loved husband!  He has never owned a pair of cowboy boots  - but I'm sure he won't mind the artistic licence!  Inside I will write "Thank you for choosing to put your boots under my bed!"

Perhaps slightly unorthodox colours for a Valentine card but, I hope, masculine!

The base card is Basic Gray, followed by a layer of Lemon Lime Twist.  I embossed a 2" strip of Lemon Lime Twist card with one of the Petal Pair Embossing Folders and then swiped my Basic Gray ink pad across it.  I also sponged the edges with Basic Gray ink.

The image from the Country Livin' stamp set is stamped with Basic Black ink onto Whisper White cardstock and coloured with Stampin' Blends alcohol markers.  I also added a small layer of Basic Gray cardstock.

Stampin' Dimensionals provide depth on this masculine Valentine Card

The hearts are cut with the Sweet & Sassy Framelits in Basic Gray and Smoky Slate card.  The smaller set of hearts is embellished with a Real Red Enamel Shape.  The greeting on the Whisper White heart is from the Graceful Garden stamp set and the tiny Real Red heart is cut with one of the dies in the Umbrella Weather set of Framelits.  The heart is edged with Real Red ink.

Thank you for visiting.  I hope you enjoyed this card.  You are currently visiting Stephanie Fischer - please see the list below and click on the next person on the list to hop through all of the people to see all of our projects.  You don't want to miss any!

'Til next time!

Stephanie

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Country Livin' Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$26.00

Petal Pair Textured Impressions Embossing Folders

$16.00

Sweet & Sassy Framelits Dies

$58.00

Graceful Garden Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$33.00

Old Olive Light Stampin' Blends Marker

$7.75

Stampin' Blends Color Lifter

$7.75

Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

$12.25

Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad

$12.25