OWH Mid-Week Throwdown

This week's mid-week throwdown over at the Stars and Stamps blog is to make Valentine cards. I've had this one made, and last night added it to my next OWH box which I plan to send within the next day or two.
I embossed the SU! smoky slate cardstock with a diamond pattern embossing folder (sorry, don't have the name) and used SU! Hearts A-Flutter stamps and dies for the banner and heart. The sentiment was done with a Quickutz and the final touch was to add a small white heart-shaped brad in the center of the heart. The banner was embossed with silver ep, while the heart was embossed with black, giving a nice contrast. This was a simple design, so I made several in different colors...

I liked this simple & easy design, so I made a Pacific Point version, using the same SU! set of Hearts a Flutter stamps & dies, and embossing with white powder on black cardstock. I added a piece of SU! smoky slate chevron ribbon to this one with a punched border in black.

And here's the plum-colored version. I used the SU! Perfectly You stamp set for the smaller heart, embossing it with silver ep on pale gray textured cardstock. The Hearts a Flutter heart was embossed with white embossing powder on black and die cut with the matching SU! Hearts a Flutter die. The ribbon is from PTI and again - the sentiment was done with my Quickutz.

These cards don't have the traditional Valentine themed sentiment because if I should happen to mail them too late for Valentine's day, they can also be used for general love-themed cards.

Thanks for stopping by and sticking around for this longer-than-usual post. I wish you a wonderful day!

Carol