A VALENTINE’S CARD with a handmade background

hello to all who still visiting my blog.

I have made a background for this my card and since normally I used already patterned paper, I though to practice with something “out of the box”.

My Valentine

   the size of this card is the standard A2 or 4.25” by 5.5”.

I used a fiskars clear background stamp called “vintage farmhouse” and a a wooden one for the script called “italian poetry” from hero arts. these stamps have been with me for a long while and I do not know if you can find them in the stores.

anyhow, I used some acrylic ink from pebbles and brushed it on the vintage farmhouse. I then inked my italian poetry with a staz on black ink pad--- and what you see is what I got---not bad at all.

not my usual colors but I like how it turned out.

the border strip, the scalloped circle, and the plain circle are from my fiskars punches. the little heart and tag are from a new k&co die cut assortment I just got at michael’s. the leaves I had them from some cricut cut and the stamped sentiments from g-studio dollar stamps.

I hope you like it and get inspire to make your own background for you project.

thanks for stopping by!

note: I have been feeling better. all my tests came back good and that is including my stress test. when the office called me to let me know I told them because the tests were coming back good it did not mean I magically got better. I then told them if it was not my heart, must be my lungs then. the doctor prescribed an inhaler for asthma and I think is doing the trick. I am hardly out of breath despite today it just has been 4 days since I started it. I had my heart surgery way back on 2007 and since then I have been suffering from this shortness of breath/fast heart beats and until now, after many test in between, I have thought of it must my my lungs/bronchia. I still suffer from the gerd but even that is a bit better with the addition of some tums and minor changes to my diet/portions and eating times. we do have to think out of the box sometimes, just like I did with my card today. the norm do not always work I guess.

thanks to all who pray for my health. I am very grateful and I give the praise to the Lord.