Jan 6th card

Here is the card I did for January 6th.  I'll need a number of Valentines cards.  My daughters sometimes purchase cards from me for their hubbies and I'll need four for grandkids.  THEN we have 5 birthdays the first part of February.  So, I have plenty on the 'must get done' plate.

This Valentines day card doesn't show it but there is an extra layer on the red heart to pop it up a little.  I used the 'out of the box' technique on the hearts as well the cuttlebug highlights on the strip below.  I thought of putting on a sentiment but decided to just put it inside instead.

It is funny how a card evolves.  I grabbed this Valentine paper and wanted to use it because it had this cool embossing on it already (you can see it shining in the photo).  As I grabbed this paper from a stack I had, out fell the scalloped pieces that I cut when my friend, Cindy T, let me borrow her scallop card die.  Hmmmmm, I thought.  Maybe I'll finally use some of these......It's only been almost two years since I cut them out!  YOU don't ever do that do you?????????  Then I looked at my stamps to find something that I felt complemented the paper.  Colors were chosen to match the paper.  The original strip below the image was bright green and it was just overpowering the hearts so I tore it off and use paper that was close in color to the background of the designer paper.  I stamped" from the heart" on the inside.  The heart stamp is from Hero (I think!)

Hope you enjoy!