Valentine Wishes - AHSC#613

It's hard to believe we are almost into the last week of January already.  It's been a month since Christmas and Valentine's Day is just two weeks and a bit away. Time's flying! Here's this week's sketch challenge by Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #613.

I decided this sketch might work well with the January Hearts To You Paper Pumpkin kit that's been languishing on my desk since it arrived. Although it's a great kit I haven't been motivated to make Valentine Day cards. Being a procrastinator to the fourth degree, I sometimes need a push or an idea to get my creativity going and this sketch with its clean and simple lines was just what I needed.  

Here's My Card: 

Supplies: 

Card Stock:

• Red striped card base from Paper Pumpkin January 2025 kit
• Gold Glitter cardstock 5 1/4 x 4" for mat on front.  Punched the hearts out from the center before adhering to card base 
• White Heart Strip from  the kit 
• Scrap of Basic Black for the sentiment 

Ink:

• Real Red for inside sentiment 
• Momento Black 
• Versa Mark Embossing Ink for sentiment 
• Gold Embossing Powder 

Accessories: 

• Dimensionals
• Stampin' Up! Heart Punch (R)
• Paper Pumpkin Kit - January 2025 
• Basic D cross hatched Embossing Folder for White Hearts
• Pink Sequins on alternate cards from kit  

This is the Hearts to You January Paper Pumpkin Kit Refill 

I found the strip of white hearts that was included in the kit to be just too white, so I dry embossed this one with the Cross Hatched Basic 3-D Embossing folder (R) to give it some texture and make it stand out a bit more.  The strip isn't quite wide enough to fit across the 5 1/8" x 4" piece of red cardstock so I cut it and centered the cut part under the two gold hearts.  It worked perfectly and later on you'll see one of these strips that I coloured with Real Red and a blending brush.  It worked perfectly to take the plainness away.  The striped red piece is cut from one of the card fronts.

Once I finished this card, I was inspired to continuing making alternate cards for the Hearts to You Paper Pumpkin kit.  So here are some of the ones I've finished so far.  I think I have enough supplies to make another 7 or 8 cards.  

Cheers and thanks for stopping by and checking out my card for this sketch challenge.  

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