Hearts and Flowers

Hearts and Flowers

Hi There!

It is Burns Night, hope you

have got your kilt aired,

bagpipes ready and the Haggis

standing by -

Here's the first line of Robbie Burns

address to get you started............. 

Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face, 

Great chieftain o the puddin'-race!

Aboon them a' ye tak your place,

Painch, tripe, or thairm:

Weel are ye worthy o' a grace

As lang's my arm.

On the other hand, here at The Craft Barn

we have a new theme for the week and

to start us off, here is Craftyfield:

"Nothing like being prepared, so I thought I would make

 a love themed card either for Valentine's day or just in case...

 The Honeydoo flower stamps call for a CAS style, 

so that is what I made. 

I used coloured inks rather than black and, in the end, 

the stamped image looked more than enough 

so I didn't feel the need to add any colouring 

with pencils or markers.

When I placed each stamp on my block I slightly changed

 the angle of the stem in relation to the flower head 

to create that stylised heart between the 2 flower stems. 

This is something you can do with clear stamps.

I inked the sentiment with pink, violet and blue inks 

by just touching the edge of the pad on each area 

of the sentiment for an ombre look.

I matted my image on pink cardstock and 

layered it onto a white 6x6 card base. 

3 little hearts from my scrap box 

(waste from a die-cut If I remember correctly) 

add the final touch.

I love how the flower design has the shadowed areas 

already built in: it's easy to add colour if you want 

but lovely just on its own too."

Supplies:
Honey Doo Crafts Clear Stamps: Lilies
Kaisercraft Love This :
Memento inks: (Black, Rose Bud, Bamboo Leaves) 

Thank you Craftyfield for a gorgeous CAS card 

to start us off

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx