Valentine's from Around the World

I have always enjoyed the beautiful cards of Valentine's Day. The pretty flowers, the colors and the special sentiments can't help but catch your eye. I created this pedestal card to showcase the wonderful collage sheets from Altered Pages. I love the Valentines of Nations (AP 2032) collage sheet. It brings together the day of love and cultures from around the world. I wanted to bring more attention to this collage so I decided to use a piece of black card stock that was painted using the fabulous pearlescent watercolor paints that Altered Pages carries. After it had dried I ran it through my embossing machine using the swirls die also from AP. Of course what card is complete without some gorgeous patterned paper and embellishments? I added some hearts patterned paper from the Hello Friend Paper Pad by Glitz. Then, I added some pink brads for the center of the flowers (what's Valentine's Day without flowers, right?) and the heart from the Happy Travels Image Rhinestone pack to finish the card. What better way to ask someone to be your Valentine than to give them a special handmade card like this one?

~Peg

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Handy Tip for Artists, Recyclers and Neat Freaks! I have a follow-up to the Citra-Sol method for creating fabulous background pages and collages. I bought a big bag of navel oranges and realized I had the ingredients to make my own solvent! Simply take a clean glass jar, peel the rind from the oranges and place all the rind/peels, without the pulp (tangerines, oranges, navels) into the jar. Pour enough vinegar over the peels to cover them. Allow the jar to sit for a week or two and VOILA! You have made your own solvent for literally pennies. You will notice the liquid getting a bit thicker than the plain vinegar and it does not smell bad!!! I now have a HUGE jar on the window sill! Be careful and only use this after testing on a safe spot.

Full Circle

Hi all! Becky here today! I have been in a circle-mood lately & have been doing circles on everything! So why not do some circles with some of my Gelli Prints??? Here's a simple little card I made using 4 different circle punches, a black pen & some previously made Gelli prints! Hope you're enjoying Springtime in your area! Cheers!

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