Tuesday, February 15, 2011

loving life with you by my side


I had the chance yesterday to play a little with my stamps.  Just playing and experimenting.  That's always fun.  I decided to create this little Valentine for my husband (but really you could use it any time to let someone know how much you love them).

I started by playing a little with some red glimmer mist (I think it was Santa Baby, but I'm not sure).  I used some eclipse masking tape and cut a heart (folded the masking tape and cut it freehand like we used to do in school).  I used the negative mask to mask a piece of white cardstock.  Then, I sprayed my red heart with the glimmer mist.  I sped the drying up a bit with my heat gun.  When I was dry, I stamped my sentiment from Technique Tuesday's Loving Words stamp set by Ali Edwards. on my heart.  Then, I stitched my white cardstock to a red cardstock layer and added a red button tied with some cherry red baker's twine.  Last, I used Passion for Polka to stamp polka dots on my kraft card base with some red ink.



You can't really see the shimmer from the glimmer mist in the first photo so I took another one where you can see the shimmer.  I'm also playing around with the current Technique Tuesday challenge.  The challenge is to use red or pink on our cards.  There's still time to play along and one random participant will win one of the newly released stamp sets!

Shipping Update:  All stamp orders and etsy orders that were paid for by this afternoon shipped out today.  Enjoy your new goodies!  Thanks again!

Have a great one and thanks for stopping by!

Niki

19 comments:

Allison B said...

Beautiful! Love the glimmer and sentiment!

Kelly Schelske said...

This is fabulous Niki, simple, but so pretty!

Laura said...

great job with the mask!

jen shears said...

Love this, Niki! what a clean image you got using with your mist! and FAB stamp! :)

Lia said...

hi Niki,
beautiful card I love the heart and the colors are so pretty
hugs Lia

Ruth S said...

Great card Niki! That shimmer is really gorgeous! Thanks for the inspiration

Diane Jaquay said...

Hi Niki. This last PTI release just wasn't the same without you in it :( On a happier note, I LOVE this, the heart looks beautiful and makes such a big, bold statement on your card!!

Jodi Collins said...

ACK! Niki, this is AMAZING! I can't believe you freehand cut that heart! AWESOME card girl!!

Beate said...

Wow! Niki, that is gorgeous. You are good at cutting free hand.
Hugs and smiles

pops x said...

Absolutely gorgeous Sweetie biggest of hugs love Pops x x x

Amy Wanford said...

What a stunning card! The shimmer is just the total icing on the scrummy cake :D
Hugs,
Aimes
x

Ila said...

Totally Gorgeous!!..just perfect!!..I love the sentiment!!...Hugs, Ila

Sara Mac said...

Great card Niki! I haven't seen that technique with the glimmer mist. Looks gorgeous. Love that sentiment too.

Daniela said...

Adorable!!!

Geny said...

Beautiful card Niki! So simple and pretty! I have been using tons of red lately too!

karen q said...

Very pretty card. I love the glimmer shot. I have never used the glimmer mists, looks like fun. Got my stamp set in the mail today. Thanks for sending it out so quickly. Have a good evening. Did you get snow today, we just had flurries.

Ayana Posadas said...

Gorgeous, Niki! So sweet and simple. Love it, as usual. :)

Denise (peanutbee) said...

How totally PRETTY!! I love this, Niki!

Alice W. said...

this is beautiful, Niki! love the shimmering heart!