Love Letters

Happy New Year! Here's my card for Kristina's latest color challenge. This week's colors included Rose Red, Pretty in Pink, Old Olive, and Whisper White. I haven't used Pretty in Pink as much now that Pink Pirouette's around, so it was nice to have a reminder to use it! This project is doing double-duty, as it's also my first project for this month's Paper Craft Planet design team gallery. January's theme is "love," so this is a perfect fit. Be sure to stop by throughout the month to check out all the inspiration in the gallery.

I haven't used my new SU! Love You Much set much yet, so I pulled it out for this challenge. This is *almost* a one-layer card. I stamped the "love you much" image on the bottom right corner of the Pretty in Pink card, inking most of the image in black. The flower was colored with a Rose Red marker and the stem with an Old Olive one. I added a teeny, tiny pearl to the flower's center.

Then, I stamped the image again on a scrap of Rose Red cardstock. Very carefully, I trimmed the letters out, then set them inside the stamped outlines on the card. This looks like it might have taken a while to do, but it actually went pretty quickly. I tied a piece of wide white grosgrain ribbon around the top of the card to finish it up. I'm really pleased with how this turned out!

Materials Used:

Love You Much stamp set, Basic Black Classic ink, Rose Red and Pretty in Pink cardstock, Rose Red and Old Olive markers (Stampin' Up!); white grosgrain ribbon (Michaels); self-adhesive pearl (Target)