It’s been a bit quiet on the blog lately as I have been working on things I can’t yet share! But I found time today to create a card inspired by a couple of design challenges.
The Addicted to Stamps and More challenge #278 has the theme of ‘Holiday’, so I decided I would do a valentines day card. I incorporated it with Inspire.Create challenge #011 as the challenge this week was a sketch. I love sketch challenges as I feel they do a lot of the thinking for me.


Although I had Valentines Day in mind when I put this card together, it could be used for an anniversary card, a wedding card or even a birthday card for your significant other.
The card base is real red, and I have used a whisper white mat leaving only a small border. The paper used comes from a retired Stampin’ Up paper stack called Sending Love. I love this paper, and I’m really not a lovey-dovey person, but I do love the colour red! I actually used a lot of this paper on christmas cards last year as although one side is ‘love’ themed, the other side is just red / white patterns.
On top of the paper I layered a 2.5″ circle in real red. The branch that the owls are sitting on is actually from the Colourful Seasons stamp set. I stamped it onto basic black card and then fussy cut it out. You can’t really see the stamped image, but I used it as a guide when cutting. The owl images and tiny hearts are both from the owl punch – this punch is retired but I love it – it can be used to make so many cute things – check out some of the other things I have made using it here. I have actually used the owls with hearts before on another card – I think they make a very cute card.
The sentiment ‘celebrate’ comes from the Sale-A-Bration stamp set ‘Amazing You’ – this set can be early for free up until the end of March when you make a purchase of $90 or more. All details on Sale-A-Bration can be found here. When you’re ready to go shopping click on ‘Shop Online’ above.
Toooo cute! Love the owl silhouettes on the card. Thanks for joining us at Addicted to Stamps and more!
Monica DT
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