Friday, February 3, 2012

Fresh Vintage Valentine


Time for another challenge, or three!  This time I am entering in Colour Q, Freshly Made Sketches, and The Friday Mashup.  Have you noticed lately all the cards I am doing that feature the Fresh Vintage stamp set?  I just love the flower in particular from this set, and can't believe that when I first saw the set in the Sale-A-Bration catalogue I didn't think I liked it much at all!!!

I liked the "go long" theme at Freshly Made Sketches so made a card that will fit into the Small Open Ended Envelopes. Now the name of these initially had me not even thinking of buying them until we got to use them at Convention last year, although called 'small' they are actually 17cm x 8.9cm.  I have used the flower from Fresh Vintage again here both in the feature and again stamped in VersaMark on the Real Red card stock. 

Here is a close up of the featured heart.  In my last post I featured a little box with a heart on the front which I had made by stamping the flower from Fresh Vintage and punching out the majority of the flower with the heart punch.  When I was doing the clean up on my desk I found the scrap of card stock that was left over and I noticed how good the little swirls looked coming out of the punch out heart.  That was the inspiration for the feature of this card, what do you think?  I am really happy with the way it turned out, and even more happy that I have found yet another way to use this beautiful stamp.  

Happy Stamping

16 comments:

  1. Love that gorgeous heart with the tiny touch of pink in the flowers! So pretty!

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  2. Monique this card is lovely, the colour combo really pops off. I have to say I am also a huge fan of this sweet stamp set. I think you did a wonderful got capturing elements from each challenge. Happy you could join us at The Friday Mashup :)

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  3. Gorgeous heart and flowers Mon, I love the way you've reversed the black and white. Very skillful. Glad to see you back posting again after your break.

    Thanks for joining us for this challenge.

    Cheers,
    Kasey ~ in Oz
    Friday Mashup DT

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  4. Very Pretty!!! Love the heart with the fresh vintage stamp- very cute!!! My favorite stamp right now too!!! Great Job with the challenges- thanks for playing along at The Friday Mashup, GD Diane

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  5. What a cool heart! Lovely details Monique. Thanks for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches!

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  6. Great idea with the double layer heart! Thanks for joining the Friday Mashup.

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  7. Great use of that stamp. I love the heart image; very clever! Thanks for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches and The Friday Mashup.

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  8. This is gorgeous! Ittook me a while to figure out how you did that flower and heart in the B&W, but I think i figured it out! Love it! Thanks for joining us at the Friday Mashup again!

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  9. The colors are gorgeous on the card! Beautifully done!

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  10. Monique - what you have done with the flower is sooo cool!! What a beautiful and unique card.

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  11. Gorgeous is right! Wow! This is really beautiful. Glad you joined us at Freshly Made Sketches!

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  12. Gorgeous! I love how you cut out that intricate heart! Thanks for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches and colourQ this week!

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  13. Lovely card, thanks so much for joining us at The Friday Mashup!

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  14. What a little beauty, Monique! Love the colour theme ... and that heart/flower combination is super clever! Hugs xxx

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  15. This card would be perfect for the Simply Stampin challenge, the theme this week is 'heartfelt' so why not link this card in too.
    Kelly xx

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  16. Hi again Monique, I have awarded you with the Liebster award! because I love the way you do your 3d items.


    Cheers,
    Kasey ~ in Oz

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