Thursday, January 24, 2013

Hugs and Kisses - xo xo!



Hello Friends,
Here with a fun card for Valentine's Day and for the My Favorite Things Guest Design Team Challenge for February 2013!  Here is a picture of the sketch for this month's guest design team challenge:





I wanted to use my new "Homespun Hearts" stamp set from Lisa Johnson Designs line for the very first time so I could make one of those adorable plaid flowers that I saw on so many of the gorgeous cards during this past month's release blog hops!  Here is the sweet card that I came up with:





The designer paper I chose to use is from the 6x6 inch paper pad called "Devoted" by Carina Gardner for Carta Bella.  I just love the color story of this paper pad!  I also used the lovely new Heart Doily Die - isn't it scrumptious!!!

 
My favorite thing about my card is the little extra touch I added to the hemp cord bow.  I thought that the "Hugs & Kisses" sentiment just cried out for some little "x"'s and "o"'s so I did some selective stamping with the little "xoxoxo" stamp in the set to add them to some little punched out hearts.  To get this look I just  stamped four baby hearts with an "xo" and then used a mini glue dot to adhere them front to back over the piece of hemp cord.  I love the extra little detail it adds to the card front.  I also used some versamark ink to stamp a heart behind the Hugs & Kisses sentiment to dress it up a wee bit.

And here is the inside of my card:

 I kept the inside simple by lining it with some light pink paper from the 6x6 pad and adding the sentiments and a small flower mirroring the plaid flower on the front.

Thanks for taking a look at my card! I sure enjoyed using my new My Favorite Things goodies to make it!
                                    :) Jill


7 comments:

  1. This is such a gorgeous Valentine, Jill! Love all the hearts--that patterned paper is so wonderful and I agree about the heart die. It really is scrumptious! Your details with the cord are the sweetest thing--LOVE your adorable tag!

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  2. THIS is my FAVORITE card in the GD Challenge! LOVE your heart flower and your tag! Those two tiny hearts are just FAB!

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  3. Oh Jill this is a new favorite of mine now! You did a wonderful job on this one right down to the last detail of the tiny heart son the twine. I love everything about this pure beauty. The plaid heart , the paper all gorgeous! Hugs from Cucamonga!

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  4. Beautiful Valentine's Day card. Love the heart doily and pretty patterned heart flower~soooo sweet! XOXO to you, Jill :)

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  5. Wonderful card - the little xo hearts on the hemp bow ARE perfect! Amazing details like this are what take design to the next level!

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  6. Wonderful card. I do love those hearts on the hemp bow. I stopped following Lisa Johnson when she left PTI, and now I think that was a big mistake.

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  7. Too cute! I am in love with that heart doily, you really made it shine in your card, just beautiful.

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Crafty Hugs,
: ) Jill