Happy Thursday! I hope your week is coming to a beautiful close. Where I live we’ve been getting snow all week. It’s a true winter wonderland and I love it!
For today’s card, love is in the air. I used stamps from Lawn Fawn and a blue colour scheme to create a non-traditional valentine’s day card. I think this one would be great for any guys in your life.
You can watch the how-to video below, or over on my YouTube channel.
I thought the blue went perfectly with the stamp set. I even incorporated some sparkly paper for some extra razzle dazzle. I tend to steer away from anything sparkly when I make more masculine cards, but I think you can get away with a little extra pizzazz on valentine’s day cards.
That’s it for today. Thanks so much for dropping by!
Supplies:
- Ink: Memento, Tuxedo Black; Distress Ink (Blueprint Sketch, Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers);
- Stamps: Lawn Fawn, Whale You Be Mine;
- Dies: Lawn Fawn, Small Stitched Rectangles; Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangles; Mama Elephant, Embellished Tag, Creative Cuts;
- Cardstock: Recollections 110# white; Winsor & Newton Watercolour Marker Pad (6×8); Spectrum Noir, Ultra Smooth Premium, 100# cardstock;
- Colouring: Spectrum Noir Markers (BG2, BG4, BG6, PP3);
- Patterned Paper: American Crafts Pow!, Marine, glitter paper;
- Tools: Fiskars SureCut Trimmer; Martha Stewart Mini Scoring Board; Pick-Me-Up Stick; Precision Tip Applicator Bottle; Cuttlebug;
- Adhesive: Ranger Multi Medium Matte; foam tape; clear foam squares;
- Embellishments: Pretty Pink Posh, 4mm Marshmallow, sequins; Pretty Pink Posh, 6mm Sparkling Clear, sequins; Micron 03 marker;
Until next time,
Hello Julia, I’ve been a subscriber to your YOUTUBE channel for about 5 months. I like your videos and cards very much. I ask you to consider eliminating the background tune that plays while you’re doing your voice over/narrating. In my opinion, the repetitive tune is distracting and unnecessary. I find myself having to mute your videos or stop watching them because of the annoying tune playing. Most other craft related videos only play tunes or real music when there is no voice over going on. Thanks for sharing your excellent projects 🙂
Hi Jill–Thanks so much for your feedback! I’ve been struggling with deciding about the music in my videos since I started to create them. Initially the idea was that music would contribute to the Zed Squared “brand”, as when you saw or heard a video, they all sounded relatively the same. To complicate matters, I have received conflicting feedback. Some people love it, others hate it. I am all about trying to create content that my viewers and readers like, so I think I will try fading out the music and see what people say. Thanks again 😀