Green, Blue and White Valentine

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Valentine's Day. I must say, I love how this Valentine came out! I have never done something like this before and it was so much fun. I am sure I will be doing many more. I think they would make pretty package decorations too!!

I used my scalloped and regular heart nestabilities and my cuttlebug (I used chipboard for the middle to give it some weight and it was much easier to use the nesties for that than change out the blade for my cricut). I am sure you can get just about the same effect from the hearts on the Sweethearts Cartridge.

I cut two hearts from the patterned paper and one from lightweight chipboard (a cereal box I had hanging around).

Inked the edges with some green distress ink.

Attached the ribbon to the chipboard. Then covered the front and back with solid cardstock and layered the patterned paper on top.

I used the leaves that come with the Recollections Boutique Mulberry Paper Roses. They were a bit too bright green so I rubbed some white irridescent ink on them to tone the color down.

Attached the leaves first, then the two flowers, then stuck the leaf pins in.

Materials:

Scallop and regular heart nestabilities with Cuttlebug

Spring Moss cardstock - Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper - K&Company Charlotte

Leaves from Recollections Boutique Fleur Collection - Mulberry Paper Roses Tin

Flowers from same collection - Floral Embellishments (Michaels)

Leaf Pins - Maya Road

Ribbon from my stash

Tim Holtz distress ink - peeled paint

White ink - Brilliance Pigment Ink Pad - Moonlight White

Glue dots and Zip Dry glue

I will be entering this into the Cricut Cardz Challenge #61

Thank you for visiting me today, I appreciate all comments! Have a great day!! Love, Cathryn <3