Tonight I made a little valentine of love for my sweet husband. It has been a tough year for him and our family with his brain cancer diagnosis and I wanted to make him a special valentine. I was reading Nichole's blog over at PTI today and the post is all about the new frame stamps coming out on the 15th of this month. I decided to play along for the prize and incorporated a stamped circle frame from their "Love Lives Here" set into the tag I designed using the wonderful "Friendship Jar" set. I incorporated some clear "cardstock" to make the jar appear "glass-like" by die-cutting the jar once out of cardstock and the second time out of the clear plastic. I stamped on the cardstock and then stapled the clear jar die cut to the paper one. After making the jar tag which holds my heart and includes the sentiment "My heart is always with you" also from the "Love Lives Here" stamp set, I decided to place the whole tag onto a card so that I could give it to my husband for Valentine's Day. Since I was trying to make the tag masculine in nature I kept the papers and diecuts on the card fairly simple. I like the way it turned out. Here are a couple of pics...
Unfortunately I will need to restamp and reglitter the sentiment because I thought it was dry from the heat gun that I used to set the ink and glitter but when I tied the sentiment tag onto the lid I nicked two of the letters a bit. I think I may also be stamping on the wrong type of cardstock so I need to order a stash of Papertrey Ink cardstock since I just love it. The card itself is made with Aqua Mist cardstock from PTI (the only color I currently own) and has patterned papers and cardstock from Crafty Secrets and DCWV. I also used an ek success heart punch to make the border of hearts in the middle of the card. A white gel pen and some doodle lines and heart outlines on the punched border completed this tag/card. I am off to bed as I have been fighting a terrible sore throat and stomach ache all day today....more crafting time tomorrow maybe...nighty night everyone!
Unfortunately I will need to restamp and reglitter the sentiment because I thought it was dry from the heat gun that I used to set the ink and glitter but when I tied the sentiment tag onto the lid I nicked two of the letters a bit. I think I may also be stamping on the wrong type of cardstock so I need to order a stash of Papertrey Ink cardstock since I just love it. The card itself is made with Aqua Mist cardstock from PTI (the only color I currently own) and has patterned papers and cardstock from Crafty Secrets and DCWV. I also used an ek success heart punch to make the border of hearts in the middle of the card. A white gel pen and some doodle lines and heart outlines on the punched border completed this tag/card. I am off to bed as I have been fighting a terrible sore throat and stomach ache all day today....more crafting time tomorrow maybe...nighty night everyone!
