Sunday 14 February 2010

Valentine's Day

Hello, I hope you all are having a lovely day today!  We will be having our Valentine's on Wednesday as DH works weekend nights and it takes him until Wednesday to come round!  Id like to show a card I made for my DD1 to receive from her man, it took me about a week as I know she loves beautiful cards and I was so nervous incase it wouldn't be good enough.  How daft are we?  I'd always declined from making cards for my girls from their chaps as I wanted them to be given really special ones but after seeing the card that one of them got for a xmas one year, I realised that one of mine would have been far better!

I had seen many collaged hearts on blogland for a while now and they always made a statement.  Id seen beaded, flowered, a mix of both and heart shapes used inside and they all looked so beautiful.  The end result came slowly together and I used all of the red paper from my red scraps folder and blinged it slightly with some red stickles and tried a little doodle in black sakura on the plain black layer.

For the inside I wanted to keep it fairly plain so my (hopefully) future son in law could write of his undying love to my girl!  The sentiment is from the wonderful Shaz - (formerly of funky fairies) and I think it was nicely appropriate.

I wanted an elegant envelope so made one using PM's Clare Curds Signature range and a lovely red sheer ribbon.  I hope you like it.

I would like to enter this into this week's challenge over at 
Keryn x

10 comments:

Unknown said...

Hi Keryn
This is just fantastic love it all the hearts and the beautiful envelope, really stands out with the black background.
Chris x

Chris said...

Happy Valentine's Day Keryn and WOW your DD will be spoiled rotten with the beautiful card you made, how could she not adore it, I know I do. Love the collaged hearts and the stunning envelope too. Hope you're well and have a romantic day on Wednesday ;)! Chris x

Annie said...

wow Keryn! a stunning Valentine, and I love the big bow and the text inside too. My Spica pen isn't scratchy, sounds like the ink isn't coming through on yours, maybe turn it upside down? I admit that the clear one is slower flowing than the other ones I have and if I go too fast it feels a bit scratchy.
hugs, annie x

Julia Dunnit said...

Gosh, I love it - the collage is a triumph..bet your gal was really pleased...bet the boy was pretty chuffed and not a little smug!!

Jules said...

Wow Keryn

This is just stunningly fantastic!!

I love it!!

So many gorgeous hearts and your big red bow is tied perfectly.

I am sure your daughter will treasure it for always.

Love Jules xx

pinky said...

Wow Keryn you are going to have towork hard to top this one. Its just stunning and I am sure your daughter absolutely loved it and her man is now in her good book lol. Just beautiful.
Pinky

Lythan said...

What an incredible work of art Keryn. that card is awesome! Thanks for sharing the love with DCM this week :)

Steph said...

Wow, Keryn. This is simply stunning. You're crazy to think your cards aren't good enough!!! This is SO beautiful and so much work has gone into it, your daughter will totally love it I know xx

Lynda said...

Wow this is the first collage heart I've seen and it's absolutely stunning! Thanks you so much for sharing it with us and for joining in with Daring Cardmakers this week.

Lynda xxx

Lorraine A said...

Fabulous card :-) absolutely gorgeous ! i am sure your daughter loved it :-)

thanks for joining the Simon Says Stamp Challenge :-)
luv
Lols x x x