Midnight Quilt Mania

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Shhhh....


I've haven't posted for a while but it doesn't mean I haven't been doing anything. ;) I've got a ton of Valentine cards to share but some I will not post until they've been received by my PTI sisters for our Valentine swap. I received the most beautiful card from TammyRN yesterday. I will take a picture and post it this week.

Tonight I wanted to share a card I made for my hubby for Valentine's day. Don't worry, I don't think he reads my blog. :) I used one of my favorite sets from Papertrey Ink, On My Couch and On My Couch Additions. I had this idea swirling around in my head for a few days. I wanted to come up with a color scheme and layout that wasn't too girly. I tend to put bows, buttons and glitter on everything that is standing still so this was a CHALLENGE. LOL! But I like how it turned out. Hope you enjoy it too, so here goes.....


I had to have just a little bit of sparkle, so I used a couple of rhinestone brads and some rhinestones in the centers of my pillows. By the way, I don't know if you can tell but the pillows are covered with red flock. They're cute and fuzzy! I thought this sentiment was a great one for Valentine's Day. Now the inside.....



I usually do add something decorative to the inside of my cards so I thought I would share since that seems to be a theme this month. I used some more of the decorative paper and a strip of scor-tape covered with red flock. I had to adapt the sentiment a little bit. It actually reads" I chair-ish your friendship". I just made sure to only ink part of the sentiment. I scoured my sets for a "you" stamp that was just right but didn't find one so I pieced it together with simple alphabet. The font doesn't match exactly of course but I still liked it.

Thanks so much for stopping by and visiting! Stop back soon, I have more Valentine cards to share.

Kim

Supplies: All by Papertrey unless noted. Stamps: On My Couch, On My Couch Additions, Simple Alphabet, Simple Valentine, Wedding Day. Ink: Palette Noir, Pure Poppy, Smoky Shadow. Cardstock: Soft Stone, Smoky Shadow, White, Pure Poppy, Black & White decorative paper. Accessories: Nestabilities (Spellbinder), Flock (my stash), Rhinestone brads (stash), rhinestones jewels (Kaiser Krafts).

10 comments:

Amy Kolling said...

Kim, this is a fabulous card! I LOVE that chair set.

Jennifer K said...

Isn't it hard to make a "man" card and leave off all the good stuff? lol This turned out really nice and I love that stamp set - it's so cute and perfect for V-Day.

Jennifer K said...

Oh, I almost forgot to say that we picked the same background template from thecutestblogontheblock. I thought I had accidentally gone to my own blog. You have superb style. ;)

Lori said...

Kim this card turned out fantastic!!!

Sue Ann said...

great card !!!

Karin said...

One of my fav sets, yet didn't think to use it for Valentines day! Awesome!

Diane Jaquay said...

This is just too awesome! I love how you placed the hearts in between, so sweet :)

Monica K. said...

That's a really sweet Valentine's card! I love how you added the hearts and adapted the sentiment inside too. I just love the "i chair-ish you" sentiment. So sweet and very clever!

Taheerah said...

Really striking card - perfect contrast between the more masculine couches and black patterned paper and the lovely red hearts!

Kara said...

This is so great. Clever use of the stamps!!
Kara