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Thursday, 14 February 2013

Very Happy Me :) and Valentine Challenges

Hi lovelies

I want to start today by saying how excited I am...I've only won a whole lot of goodies from Uniko Studio's February Release by commenting on their blog hop.  I never win anything so I'm well chuffed right now!  Yay for me! :)

On to today's post and a Valentine's Day card I've made for my chap.  I've been wanting to post this for days, lets hope he sees the real thing and doesn't look here first!



I am entering my card into the following challenges:

 
 
A closer view...
 
 
The red card looks slightly orangey in these pics, it is actually a slightly deeper red with a slight pink tone, I just can't seem to get it right when taking photos in artificial light.
 
I used one of my most recent purchases, the gorgeous Paired Up stamp set by Clearly Besotted Stamps, its so lovely and there are loads of stamps in the set.  I used a Hero Arts shadow ink to stamp the moon in the background behind the two birds but the camera hasn't picked it up too well.  The birds were stamped using Versamark ink and embossed with silver embossing powder.  I decided the inside was a little plain so I stamped a little 'love you' in the bottom corner just to add a little extra :)
 
 
  
Materials used:
  • Cardstock: Anita's A5 White Card (base card); Papermania Premium Textured Cardstock (red and grey)
  • Stamps: Clearly Besotted Stamps - Paired Up stamp set
  • Ink: Hero Arts Shadow Ink - Stone; Versafine - Onyx Black; VersaColor - Rose Red; Versamark
  • Embossing Powder: Rubber Stampede - Silver
  • Die: Xcut Nesting Dies - Circle
  • Punch: EK Success - Thin Edger Punch 'Dotted Scallop'
  • Ribbon from stash

Thanks for visting, I love your visits and comments :)

Neet x
 

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21 comments:

  1. Jenny @ I-dream-in-paper.blogspot.co.uk14 February 2013 at 08:39

    Fab card - so simple but effective. Jenny

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  2. Beverley14 February 2013 at 09:06

    Congrats again! Thanks for sharing your good news about your Uniko Studio win :) lovely card too. Have a super lovely day. Hugs Bev xx

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  3. Kristie Goulet14 February 2013 at 16:59

    Congratulations on your win! Love winning new goodies!

    Your card is super! Love the love birds!

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  4. Anonymous14 February 2013 at 19:09

    Lovely sweet, simple card! Anita in France :)

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  5. Ardyth14 February 2013 at 20:50

    The silver is so pretty against all the red - such a pretty scene through the window! Thanks so much for playing along with us at CASology this week!

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  6. ~ginny14 February 2013 at 22:21

    Welcome to the "My Valentine" Challenge at Craft Your Passion... A great CAS card... love the silver embossed birds and the silver ribbon.
    Good luck Anita! I look forward to seeing your creation next week!

    ~ginny
    CYP Design Team
    Personal blog: RubberMAD
    http://ggetty.blogspot.com/

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  7. Melissa15 February 2013 at 05:01

    Oh, so pretty!!! Love the silver embossing on this and the main image is so sweet! Thanks so much for joining us at CASology this week!

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  8. Andreja15 February 2013 at 07:52

    Lovely card you made!
    Thank you, because you are playing at this time "love challenge" with OneStopCraftChallenge :-))
    Hugs, Andreja

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  9. Unknown15 February 2013 at 13:37

    This is lovely hun! I love the hearts as leaves and the aperture! Congrats on your win too! Your craft stash must really be growing now! :)
    Lizy xx

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  10. Lisa A.15 February 2013 at 15:36

    Oh, Anita, this is simply lovely!! Your sweet birds and the heart filled branches...soooo pretty!! So happy you were a part of the challenge at CAS-ual Fridays this week:)!!

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  11. Debs15 February 2013 at 19:15

    Gorgeous elegant card.
    Thanks for playing along with us at AGOAC this week.
    Good luck.
    Debs xx

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  12. Kat W15 February 2013 at 21:40

    Lovely simple and elegant card :-) Thanks for joining our challenge at Totally Gorjuss this week.
    Kat x

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  13. ScrappyHappyMommy15 February 2013 at 23:57

    What a beautiful casual card. And from one Anita to another (not a common name) I love it. Thanks for joining us this week at Craft Your Passion with our "My Valentine" Challenge.
    Anita DT CYP
    scrappyhappymommy.blogspot.ca

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  14. Amanda16 February 2013 at 02:15

    Great job! I love the birds!! TY for joining us @ Simply Create Too this week!


    Amanda
    SCTDT
    cricktncrafts.blogspot.com

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  15. Tracey McNeely16 February 2013 at 02:29

    Love the silver embossed birds. Thank you so much for sharing with us this week at CASology!

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  16. Unknown16 February 2013 at 08:39

    Lovely CAS card. Thanks for joining us at Dream Valley x

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  17. Maureen Merritt16 February 2013 at 12:25

    What a sweet card! Thanks for playing along with CASology this week!

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  18. Jen W.16 February 2013 at 19:52

    Love the way you framed those sweet birds! Thanks for playing along with CASology this week!

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  19. Anke16 February 2013 at 20:35

    Beautiful Cas card. Thanks for joining us at OLL and Totally Gorjuss.
    hugs Anke

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  20. Wendi17 February 2013 at 15:53

    Wow this is beautiful simple but so effective I love it
    Thank you so much for sharing with us at ooh la la this week
    Wendi

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  21. Gillian R19 February 2013 at 20:55

    oh wow, this is beautiful, what a striking card, congrats as well on your blog hop win

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