Gray and Pink Valentines

Ever since the beginning of the year, I’ve been thinking a lot about color. I really like gray and pink together. I like gray and red together as well, but while playing with some Paper Smooches stamps and die cuts for Valentine’s Day cards, I preferred the pink to the red.

For my first card, I stamped the Geo-Graphic border with white pigment ink on the charcoal card base and added the frame (the die cuts both a frame and an interior piece) to showcase the stamped heart. The vellum helps accentuate the heart.

For the second card, I used the “hello” from the Quote tag die cut set – really like the font of this sentiment die, as well as the “love” in the stamped heart above. The Lifestyle Crafts embossing folder leaves a wide border for a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card (and the hearts aren’t oriented to do a top-folding card) so I trimmed the embossed panel and adhered it to a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card base.

There’s a challenge over at the Papers Smooches Sparks site – this week’s theme is “Anything Goes.” I’m entering the second card in the challenge.

Supplies:

Paper Smooches Wise Dies, Quote Tag	Paper Smooches Wise Dies, Frame Duo Die 3	Paper Smooches Wise Dies, Hearts	Paper Smooches Clear Stamps, Sweet Hearts
Paper Smooches Clear Stamps, Geo-Graphic	Lifestyle Crafts Embossing Folders, Sweetheart	Shadow Ink: Mid-Tone, Pale Tomato	Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock, 25 pack