Pink Silhouette

Hey there stampers? Is it hot in here or what?!? It's been a warm summer!

Today's card uses more card guts (apparently I had a large amount stashed away!). These were from Valentine's Day but were so cute I kept it pretty much the same except for the stamp set.



I started out with a Basic Black card base, added a strip of the retired Candy Lane DSP and punched out 3 pieces of Pretty in Pink with the Scallop Square Punch. Next I stamped the silhouttes from the Pocket Silhouettes stamp set in Black Stazon and punched them out with the 1 1/4" Square Punch and layered them on the Scallop Squares. I used my 1/8" Circle Punch to punch the very edge of the fold of the card to create a little slit to run the Pink Gingham Ribbon (retired)through and tied it in a knot. I had stamped the heart from the A Happy Heart stamp set in Black Stazon on Shrink Plastic and used my heat tool to shrink it back in February so I had some left. I ran some silver cording through the hole I had made in it before heating it and tied it around the Pink Gingham Ribbon. I left the sentiment off until I need the card-either for an anniversary or maybe for Valentine's?

So glad you stopped by today! Have a happy stamping day!
Hugs,
Elizabeth

Secret Message Valentine

Good Morning! Hope you are having a great day so far! I know it's past Valentine's day but I had one more card to post. Today's card came from an idea shown in our exclusively for Stampin' Up demos Stampin' Success magazine. It was such a neat idea I knew I had to try it out! I simply stamped my card and sentiment like I normally would but made the sentiment in a light color (Bashful Blue)then colored over it in Real Red marker. I made the "decoder" using the Scallop Circle Punch and some clear red cellophane. You just put the decoder over your sentiment and it filters out the red so you can see the sentiment better. It's such a fun idea and the kids will really get a kick out of it.
Ingredients:
Stamps: A Happy Heart Paper: Real Red, Pretty in Pink, WW Ink:Real Red, Pretty in Pink Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch, Pink Gingham Ribbon, SU Markers, Linen Thread, 1/16" hole punch
See you tomorrow!
Elizabeth