Papertrey Ink January Blog Hop

For this month’s Papertrey Ink blog hop, the challenge was to select and share a favorite project from 2011, then to create a second card that was inspired by that favorite project in some way.

The process of selecting a favorite project for today's hop took me a while! I went back and forth between several different creations before deciding on this fall themed project. You can see the original post featuring this card here.

I loved the clean and simple design, plus the color scheme. It also included only stamped elements—and stamping is what drew me in to paper crafting in the first place!

For version 2 of the card, I kept the layout pretty much the same but made changes to make the card more seasonal—as in Valentine’s Day appropriate. I used one of my favorite color schemes—aqua, red, and kraft—for the card and incorporated some fun textures to add interest to the design.

To get my remake started, instead of using the houndstooth stamp for the large panel at the bottom of the card, I stamped one of the heart border strips from the Heart Prints set repeatedly in Aqua Mist ink on an Aqua Mist panel. I kept the Modern Wood Mats panel the same and built a cluster of embellishments on that.

Instead of the leaves in the original design, I used a pair of die cut felt hearts along with a tag cut with the Tiny Tags die. I picked one with a heart cut out and added a scrap of red cardstock behind the heart-shaped opening to emphasize it and tied the top with a little Pure Poppy baker’s twine. The “hugs & kisses” sentiment from the Heart Prints set completes the remade version. Much the same, but definitely different in its own way!

Materials Used:
Heart Prints and Modern Wood Mats stamp sets, Aqua Mist and Dark Chocolate inks, Pure Poppy, Aqua Mist, Kraft, and Vintage Cream cardstock, Mat Stack 1, Heart Prints, Tiny Tags, and Double-Ended Banner dies, Pure Poppy and Aqua Mist felt, Pure Poppy baker’s twine (Papertrey Ink); Crumb Cake Classic ink (Stampin’ Up!)