Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Love Bug


I always try to add a touch of blue color to some of my valentines to make them more suitable for boys, so here's a Love Bug card that includes some Island Indigo, along with a snippet of dsp from my over-flowing stash. I stamped the image (an old wooden stamp) on white, and colored it with Copics, then die cut it with a MFT stitched circle die. I matted it with red using a SB scalloped circle die. The horizontal border was embossed with a SU! ef, and the heart is from the new SU! Sealed with Love framelit die set. The arrow was die cut with a  Momenta arrow and woven into the slits in the heart.

I based my card on the Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge #384 but flipped the sketch.


This is going into my Cards from the Heart card drive box, and I've used this sketch to make several more cards in assorted colors and patterns for this card drive.
  Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day!

Carol

21 comments:

Wendy said...

How stinkin cute, Carol! I think I have this Love Bug stamp from many years ago (will have to check) and I love the colors of this cute card! The heart & arrow are a nice embellishment and I really like the panel that is embossed with the hearts! Great card and it is sure to bring a smile to someone's face on Valentine's Day! Love it! TFS and have a great day! :)

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

This is a lovely card, perfect for a little boy at valentine time! Love the design and the colours choice. The arrow that woven into the heart's slits looks great, such a clever idea!And it matches very well with the embossd orizontal stripe!

Di said...

Oh what a fun card Carol - I love it! :)

Hugs

Di xx

Barb said...

A really fun card Carol. I love your old stamp and the colours look lovely. What a super heart die and I like the way you've attached the arrow. A really lovely card. Barbxx

cotnob said...

Another fabulous valentine card Carol, a great take on the sketch.
Pauline
x

Stampsnob. said...

I like the color combo the image is adorable ...........lis

Donna Hanley said...

Wonderful idea Carol to add those touches of blue for the boys receiving these precious cards of your. Hope your week is going along good.

Brenda said...

I love this Valentine card for a boy Carol!! The blue really does make a difference doesn't it?! Love, love, love! Hugs, Brenda

JD/ Jill said...

This is adorable, Carol!

*Vicki* said...

AWE! Now how cute is this!! Love your color combination and you've done a fabulous take with that sketch too my friend!! :) HUGS

Princess Judy Palmer said...

Aw... cute! I like the addition of blue to your Valentine's card. I've seen some great color combos being used this year. I like that trend. As for me, I should add blue to every card I make because I have more blue snippets than you can shake a stick at!

scrappymo! said...

This is ever so cute. I like this design and can see why you have made a few more with it!

CdeBaca Crafts Gallery said...

Such a cutie card! The blue works well!

aussie aNNie said...

Lovely colours on this gorgeous creation...fabulous take on the sketch too.xx{aNNie}

Sarn said...

Love yr love bug card. Good idea about adding blue for males xxx

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

LOVE your interpretation of the sketch, love the colours, love the dies,the image and the embossing.
Faith
x

Mary Anne / MA54K said...

Eek to the great colors and awww to the adorable Lovebug! Really fun card, Carol!

Debbie said...

I love this!! Great colors and papers! I love the embossing and that cute, cute image!
Thanks for playing along at Tuesday Morning Sketches!!
Debbie
Debbie's Dash of This and That

Melissa Craig said...

This card made me smile! I love the heart embellishment and the clean space.

Janice M said...

Carol your card is adorable! Love the sketch done vertical. Thanks for playing along with us at Tuesday Morning Sketches!

Patti said...

So much to love about your card - the colors the white space, your die cuts - this is just overall such a great card Carol! Thanks so much for joining us over at Tuesday Morning Sketches this week!