ihp DT Challenge

It's time for our i {heart} papers design team challenge, and this month we're featuring two My Mind's Eye kits, Love Me Do (are you singing The Beatles?!) and Be Loved, both perfect for Valentine's Day.

One of the fun things about stamping is how individual each card is...I love that variety and have been really enjoying exploring the clean and simple style lately. This card is definitely a quick and easy layout with only a few layers and very little coloring. I dressed it up a little bit by sponging the edges with distress ink...it would have been even faster to make had I chosen to skip the sponging.

I stamped the cupcake image (from Our Craft Lounge's set Sweet on You) once on ivory card stock and once on a strip of designer paper, then colored with Copics, cut the image out and adhered it with dimensionals. The sentiment snuggled right in around the image. A bit of shading with some warm gray Copic markers helped visually pop the cupcake off of those vertical stripes. I framed the edges of that panel with a narrow strip of vertical stripes accented with a row of rhinestones. The finishing touch was a little bow of red glimmer ribbon.

Be sure to check out the creations made by our very talented ihp Design Team! You're sure to find inspiration here!

Amber
Carolyn
Cathleen
Gretchen
Kate
Kendra
Lori
Lynn
Megan
Merry
Tracy

I'd like to close with a special thank-you for Kate, the owner of i {heart} papers...because of my distractedness and busyness as of late (I am not blonde...heheh, I sure hope I am not yet senile!), she had to jump through many hoops so that I would be able to play along today! Thanks so much Kate! You're the best! I appreciate your hard work so much! Can't wait to see you again in January!