Hello and Happy Valentine’s Day!!! Welcome to today’s Valentine’s Day Blog Hop organized by the amazing Taylor Usry! You should’ve arrived from my incredible Pink Cat Studio design teammate Patty Tanúz‘s blog. If not, you will want to start at Taylor’s blog to get all the details as well as a complete list of participants and prizes. Both the Pink Cat Studio design team as well as Amber Ink alumnae were invited so I made both a Pink Cat Studio card as well as an Amber Ink card.
My first card features Cupid Billy from the set Lily & Billy Sweethearts. The three hearts are from the same set and the sentiment is a partial from Lily at the Beach. I stamped Billy at the top and then slightly rotated him as I restamped him down the left side. I added the hearts as if someone standing below was hit by the cupid’s arrow. I coloured the images with Copic markers and added clear Spica to Billy’s wings and blossom Spica all the hearts.
This second card features the blowfish from Can I Keep Him?!! and a sentiment from Rockin’ It Unity Style. The blowfish’s tail and fins reminded me of hearts which is why I chose this particular image and colours. The stitched frame is Amber Ink iPaper and it’s backed by washi tape. I’ve been looking for new ways to incorporate my washi tape and I’m really pleased with the way this turned out. I started by using my paper trimmer to create the iPaper frame and then mapped out where the washi tape would begin and end. I tore four pieces and adhered it to the card base. Then I adhered the frame and stamped the sentiment and blowfish, colouring it with Copics. The last step was to stitch around the frame with red thread.
You have until Thursday, February 17th at 6:00pm EST to comment and be eligible for prizes! The prizes are hidden on various blogs on this hop and the winners will be chosen via Random.org. The more love you leave, the better your chances of winning and if my blog happens to have a winner then I will make an announcement here on Friday. The following is only a third of all the fabulous prizes you could win! You can find the complete list of prizes on Taylor’s blog.
$10 gift certificate
Meaning of Love Digi Stamp Set
$20 gift certificate
$10 gift certificate
One person will receive Timeless Love;
Two people will receive five digis of their choice
Five digis of winner’s choice to one winner
Four cling rubber stamps from new release to one winner
Your next stop on this Valentine’s Day Blog Hop
is another one of my Pink Cat Studio design teammates,
the super talented Jane Matsumoto!
Sources for Sending You Some Love: SU Real Red cardstock; Gina K Designs 120lb pure luxury white cardstock; Pink Cat Studio Lily & Billy Sweethearts; Pink Cat Studio Lily at the Beach; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Copics; atyou Spica Clear & Blossom glitter pens
Sources for I Adore You: Gina K Designs 120lb pure luxury white cardstock; Amber Ink Bubble Fizz-White iPaper; Amber Ink Can I Keep Him?!!; Unity March 2010 Kit of the Month – Rockin’ It Unity Style; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; SU Brilliant Blue ink; Copics; Craft Y+L Oldbook washi tape purchased from PrettyTape; Gutermann red thread; sewing machine
Adorable projects today. Which is no different than any other day here at your blog 😉 LOVE that little Valentine fish and the frame is a great idea!
Your cards are so beautiful!! Happy valentines day.
These are absolutely precious, Emily! I love them both! I hope that you have a wonderful Valentine's Day!
Lovely creation. Neat and elegant! Happy Valentins Day.
Hugs
Kiksi
Super cute blow fish card! Thanks for sharing
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Emily I nearly laughed when I saw Billy playing Cupid too fun! I love the Blow fish card and your amazing framing job!
I like this little angel.
Both of these are so cute! I lov the design of both. That puffer fish is an adorable image.
Happy Valentine's Day!
These are just TOO CUTE!!! (=
Love the stitching on your cards !
Wonderful cards Emily:0) xxx
Two truly beautiful cards, I love the Billy Cupid one, that's so cute, beautiful colouring too:)
Happy Valentines Day
Suzi
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I love how your Cupid Billy card tells a little story — so thoughtful! And that washi/iPaper combo is divine on card #2 — I'm so glad you and your tapes are getting along!
awwww cuuute!! love the blowfishy!!
Such great cards! I love your Billy Cupid card!
Hugs! Dee Sprytebyrd's Sentiments
great project
Both cards are just so cute! TFS
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Adorable, Em! Happy Hearts and kisses and love and fluff 😉
adorable cupids and blowfish, emily! great job with the tape–i really like it:)
Sooo cute, I love the stiching, it really adds a lot. I wish I new how to sew! hAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY, Louise
Cute cards!! LOVE the blowfish!!
Cupid Billy is so cute! Even his, um, diaper/loincloth/? is heart-shaped. And you used an AmberINK fish! Love his little red heart-fins and tail. Happy Hearts Day!
Cupid Billy its adorable and the card its beutiful!!! thanks for sharig!
These are fabulous! Love that first card!
such great cards!! the lil fishie is too adorable, and your coloring on the cupid card is absolutely lovely!!
That blowfish is so cute and different! Love the "bubbles" in the background paper that you used.
Pam Hornschu
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super cute….love it!
ADorable cards Emily! Valentine Hugs!
Cyndi
happy valentinesday!!
What fantastic creations! Always inspiring! Just love that frame on your second card. CAS perfection!
Oh your cards are so adorable!
What pretty cards! Love the LOs, colors, and stitching! Happy Valentine's Day!
Wow yet again! I too love that frame and washi tape – from the photo it seems to add so much shadow and dimension to pop that cute image. Top card cupids are so darling. Hope your VDAY rocked!
cute cards – Happy Valentine's Day
That blowfish is killing me!!!! Can't help but smile at that card. So cute!!!!
Your clean and simple style is great!
Those cupids are so cute. Thank you for sharing both of your cards.
Lovely cards, so cute!
Hop, hop, hop… to the next blog!
Greetings, Saskia 🙂
Adorable cards! I love the simple designs. Great!
soooooo stinkin' CUTE!!!
Awwww these cards are so so cute! Thanks for sharing your creations! Happy Valentine's Day!
Awweee those are so very sweet!
Emily, I saw the first card and thought oh that is sweet and THEN I saw the SECOND one OMG this fish is hilarious, I LOVE the card!!! Janna
Hey, I recognize you from Splitcoaststampers! 🙂 I love your clean & simple style. You've done a fabulous job with both of these cards!
wow your cards are so beautiful- and thhe blowfish is the cutest fish I've ever seen on a card!
Best wishes ILo
Great cards and I adore the little fish!!! Fabulous!!!
You have a very unique style…I looked at the rest of your blog too! Very cohesive look to all of your work…crisp, clean and very graphic! Really like it!
Gorgeous cards, bigest blog hop I ever seen, off to hop
hugs
Ildiko
Adorable! I love the cupid Billy card 🙂
Wow, you certainly know how to rock white space!
What can I say… these cards are the cutest!! Thank you SO much for the lovely card and twine that came in the mail today. I. will.cherish. it.
I love these two cards! So cute!
EMILY!!! You make cardmaking too easy! How do you do it! You are so brilliant! I'm amazed how you make simple stamps into such wonderful cards!
Tremendously awesome cards! I love everything about them.
wow! Super cute cards!
Wonderful projects! I just love them!
Those are the cutest Valentines Emily! That blow fish is a giggle!
Emily,
Your card are so sweet!
Take care
Seriously fabulous creations, Emily! Those are too cute. Your little Billy cupids are adorable and I love the sparkly hearts. That puffer with his fun frame is way too sweet. Great job =)
really adorable Emily love the first card soo cuuutee and also the 2nd one too….Your card really inspiring…hugs
LOL…got a real kick out of your cute puffer fish!! And your dh's card is AWESOME!!
Two fin-tastic cards! (see what I did there with the fish theme?) I love that stitched ipaper/washi tape frame and Cupid Billy is just adorable! I love the partial sentiment you used, so clever!
Such cute little cards. Simple and sweet. tfs
what a sweet card!! Just adore it!!
Way cute! Pink Cat Studios has just won my attention. Very cute cards. It's your coloring that really makes them!
Very cute cards.
Beautiful cards as ever!!!
Cute cards!
Lea Kimmel
So adorable! Love that cupid Billy!
These are both so cute! Love the flying cherubs and the fish is adorable! Love the stitching on your 2nd card!
Emily, these are adorable!!!! Thanks so much for hopping with me on Valentine's Day!
just adore your cards, girl! that first one is such a pretty design and the fish in the second one is soooooo cute! love them both!