Vintage Valentine

Tis the season to be making and giving Valentines so for this week's Artistic Outpost DT piece I thought I would play around with some hearts.  I started with a half sheet of white card stock (8.5x5.5) and stamped the Eiffel Tower from the Artistic Outpost Paris Exposition plate and the script stamp from Artistic Outpost Secretary plate onto it in black archival.  Then using the new Hearts stencil from Tim Holtz, I stenciled hearts using Vintage Photo DI.  I actually did the stenciling in quarters of the pane at a time because I wanted to clear emboss.  Distress Ink can be used as embossing ink if you get the EP on quickly.   With that in mind, I did one quarter, embossed, moved the stencil to the next quarter, embossed, etc.  I really like the look of the embossing over the background stamping. The heart was cut with a Spellbinders Nestabilities heart die and stenciled using the Prima Flourish stencil and White Wendy Vecchi Embossing paste. Once dry, I sponged the high points with Vintage Photo DI.   The flower is a combination of card stock and crinoline.  I cut the bottom layer from the Jumbo Tattered Florals die, a couple from Tattered Florals and two from the Tattered Flowers Decorative Strip die.  They all work beautifully together.  Owning all those dies allows for so many flower size and shape combinations.

The banner was hand cut, inked with Frayed Burlap, stamped and then misted with Heirlook Gold Perfect Pearls.   The sweet little cupid was cut from gray chipboard with the Mini Love Struck M&S die set, painted white and and then glittered with that fabulous Antique Linen distress glitter, using glossy accents.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you are having a great weekend.








The supplies below used to make this project can be purchased at The Funkie Junkie Boutique, where Ranger/Tim Holtz and other name brand products are always 20% below MSRP.

Artistic Outpost Paris Exposition Unmounted Rubber Stamps	Artistic Outpost Secretary Pool Unmounted Rubber Stamps	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencils - Hearts	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo
Ranger Embossing Powder - Clear	Studio 490 Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste - White	Prima 6x6 Stencil - Flourish	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Jumbo Tattered Florals Bigz XL	Sizzix Alterations Decorative Strip Tim Holtz Tattered Flowers Die
Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Tattered Florals Die	Sizzix Alterations Die - Mini Tattered Florals Movers and Shapers Die by Tim Holtz	Tim Holtz Sizzix Alterations Movers and Shaperss - Mini Love Struck	Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents	Tim Holtz Distress Glitter Antique Linen