Hearts and Splodges

I've made another card using the February sketch over on The Sketch File blog.  It seemed right to use the sketch for something a bit "in the moment", what with Valentines day being just around the corner

Info:

The background is stencilled Prima Thread Background with Silver Starlight paint

I added a few "blobs" of the silver paint by flicking from a brush

The large black heart was embossed with Tiny Hearts (Cuttlebug)

The smaller hearts are cut with an old Quickutz die, the red one is embossed with one of the old "Goosebumps" folders also from Quickutz

I used a MS border punch along both edges of a strip of black card and woumd silver cord around the strip

The silver card strip is cut with one of the dies from is a "Creative Dies" set (Craft Stash UK) and trimmed with glittery hearts (the tiny punch came from Tesco I think)

To finish I added a silver cord bow, some small gems and pearls and a few of the "waste" hearts you get from that border punch used above.

I shrunk the LO from the sketch, and used it in the top corner

February Sketch

That's it.  I love this Thread stencil, it makes a fabulous background - a lot of white space can be a bit scary sometimes, but this just gives it a bit of a lift, even when it's actually quite subdued and pale, like with this silvery paint

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