Skull and Cross Buns - Valentine's New for 2022

Hi there

I finally have some cards to share with you, my first of 2022!  Better late than never, eh!

I've been having a play with some of the New for 2022 Valentine's stamps from Skull and Cross Buns Rubber Stamps, combined with some existing SACB products and some other crafty bits from my stash.

Ok, for this first card I combined a few of the heart stamps...

On some white cardstock I stamped the Solid Heart, the Mini Hearts Outline (from a previous release) and the Happy Valentine's Day Heart Shape in a repetitive pattern in various shades of pink.  One of the solid hearts I stamped in a lighter shade then over-stamped with the sentiment stamp, which fits exactly over the top.  I then die cut using a stitched heart before adding some tiny smooth silver gems.  For some interest, before adhering the heart on foam to my card base, I scored five vertical lines directly onto the card base front.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Skull and Cross Buns - Solid Heart, Mini Hearts Set (outline), Happy Valentine's Day Heart Shape
• Ink: Altenew - Pinkalicious, Pink Diamond, Rose Quartz
• Die: MFT Die-namics - Stitched Heart Stax
• Gems from stash

Next up, the first of the fun new Valentine's Gonks...

On a die cut rectangle I stamped the Heart Boy Gonk in Copic friendly red ink and then added a little detailing with my Copic markers, just a little grey shading and gave him a pink nose.  I stamped a mask, covered him up and then stencilled over the background using the Brush Heart Pattern Stencil (discontinued) fading the hearts out towards the bottom.  I then used VersaMark ink to stamp the new You're The Best! sentiment and heat embossed it in silver.  After adhering the panel I added some Glossy Accents to the central heart.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Skull and Cross Buns - Heart Boy Gonk; You're The Best
• Stencil: Skull and Cross Buns - Brush Heart Pattern (discontinued)
• Ink: Memento - Lady Bug; Distress Oxide - Worn Lipstick; VersaMark
• Die: Create a Smile - Double Stitched Rectangles
• Embossing Powder: Wow! - Metallic Silver
• Accents: Glossy Accents, Copic markers

And the cute second Valentine's Gonk...

I stamped the new Envelope Girl Gonk and the new Love Heart Speech Bubble with VersaMark ink and heat embossed in white.  I then used the emboss resist technique and blended the whole background with red and pink Distress Oxide ink then buffed up the images to bring the white back.  I die cut this out using a scalloped rectangle die and adhered flat to the card base.  I die cut a smaller scalloped rectangle and stamped the sentiment from the existing Brush Hearts clear stamp set (reduced to clearance price) in black ink.  To finish, I 'painted' sections of the image using water, and blotted away the colour, leaving the envelope within the image a little more prominent.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Skull and Cross Buns - Envelope Girl Gonk, Love Heart Speech Bubble, Brush Hearts clear set
• Ink: VersaMark; Distress Oxide - Abandoned Coral, Picked Raspberries; Versafine Clair - Nocturne
• Dies: Create a Smile - Scalloped Rectangles
• Embossing Powder: Brutus Monroe - Alabaster White

And a few more of the new stamps for my final card...

A very simple stamped card here using the new for 2022 Heart Present, Solid Heart and Circle Heart stamps, together with the outline heart from the existing Mini Hearts set and a sentiment from the Contemporary Sentiments clear stamps set (reduced to clearance price), stamped in shades of blue and green.  To finish, I added some tiny hearts confetti.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Skull and Cross Buns - Heart Present, Solid Heart, Circle Heart, Mini Hearts set (outline), Contemporary Sentiments clear set
• Ink: Altenew - Desert Night, Volcanic Lake, Ocean Waves, Mountain Mist, Sea Glass; Versafine Clair - Nocturne
• Accents: Little Things from Lucy's Cards - Sprinkles: Sky Blue Hearts

Challenge entries:

Card 1

Addicted to CAS - Challenge #213 - Hearts

Card 2

We Love Stamping - February Challenge - Anything Stamped with Option: Stencilling

NBUS - Challenge #35 - both new stamps

Card 4

Just Add Ink - Challenge #589 - Just Add Minimalist

Thanks for visiting today.  Please do take a look over at Skull and Cross Buns where you will find the new designs for 2022, as well as a great selection of rubber stamps, some of which can be personalised.  Also, all the clear stamp sets, stencils and embellishments are at greatly reduced prices, don't miss out!

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