Thursday 16 February 2017

Valentine's Day cards for Him & Her

I am sharing a couple of cards I made based on Love using Mudra stamps.



As you can see both are very contrasting cards - one for the guy and the other for the girl

Card for Him



My main aim for this card was to create something not using the typical colors you would find in a Valentine's Day card. So i decided to go in for a Vintage look to symbolize Love that lasts forever. For this I thought i would try to make a worn out page of a book  with the word Love popping out from different places.

So I stamped the word Love from the Love stamp set by Mudra and then used the Old Script stamp by Mudra to cover up the remaining areas around the stamped Loves. Then I blended some Antique Linen, Tea Dye and Vintage Photo Distress Inks to create that worn out distressed look. With the background ready I proceeded to stamp the word Forever from the same Love stamp set on a piece of vellum and adhered it to the lower half of the background. I also stamped a small heart in Red just to add a pop of color. I used some Bakers twine to create two borders above and below the vellum strip.



I wanted to add some wilted flowers so I cut up few flowers inked in Walnut Stain Distress Ink and stuck them on the top right corner of the background. Embellished the flowers and the vellum strip with some Gold Liquid Pearls. To finish the card I mounted the whole panel on to black card base.



Card for Her



For this card, the only thing I had in mind while starting off the card was the hearts background in Violet and Pink. Because of that this turned out to be a card on which I spent a long time - not because it was complicated but because I kept changing the look and colors and the elements that go on the card.

I stamped the outline of the heart balloons from the Love stamp set by Mudra on some watercolor cardstock and colored them with Wilted Violet Distress Marker and Pink Zig to create a watercolored effect. Once this was done I started thinking of what would complement this background and after trying several things settled on creating a border of hearts using a heart punch and placing a cardbase blended with Wilted Violet (in the front) underneath the heart border.



I added white ribbons to form a frame on top of the hearts background. I then mounted the heart background on top with the heart borders only on the bottom and the right side. For the sentiment I used the same stamp set to stamp on small piece of cardstock and created a border using the Wilted Violet Marker and mounted it on top of the heart background. I finished off the card with some shine from the Wink of Stella glitter brush and some sequins.



I am entering these cards in the following challenges.

1. Mudra Challenge # 6 Love



2. Parus Card Making Challenges - February Challenge - Love





1 comment:

  1. I love the way you showcased both a card for him and for her - great idea to show versatility of stamps and supplies :-) Mirella, Mudra CT

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