Happy Valentine's Day

I couldn't resist making another bokeh heart card, so here is my latest Valentine card using this fun technique! I am entering it at The Color Throwdown #678, The Paper Players PP577 Love and Friendship and Happy Little Stampers February Anything Goes With Stencils. Who doesn't like (all the way back to childhood) making and receiving Valentines? It was my favorite holiday in elementary school...signing all the cards and putting them my classmates' decorated boxes/bags. Then opening the ones I received!

Products I used:

The Greetery: Cozy Cup Coaster die

Simon Says Stamp: Wonky Hearts die

Honey Bee stamps: Coffee Break Stamp set

Hero Arts: sentiment

Ranger: Distress Oxide Inks in pinks and red

Prismacolor: colored pencils, reds, pinks and browns

Stampin' Up!: chalks, ink

Wink Of Stella: brush tip pen: clear glitter

I cut my own stencil by taking a heart die and cutting it in the middle of a piece of acetate. To make the background, I first ink blending three pink inks randomly in different parts of a  white card stock panel. Next, I stenciled the hearts using the several distress oxide inks. Then I had a half coaster die cut from a long time ago and used it for the napkin/tablecloth look under the cup and saucer that I colored with Copics and colored pencils. I cut it out by hand so no white edges would be present. I popped up the cup and saucer on foam tape and added a white glitter cardstock heart that I cut with a punch. I ended with some Wink of Stella on the bubbles and the spoon.

Hope you are having a good week and will treat yourself or your Valentine on Monday!

-Carol