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Friday!! Time for another Sketch Frenzy Friday challenge. Here is my creation for this week, looking somewhat crooked because the scanner doesn't like the button :)

Based on this sketch shared with us by Robbie Rubala

My card base is Early Espresso with a background layer of Riding Hood Red that was texturized with the "Friend" Texturz Plate (from the Texture Plates #4 set). After texturizing, I lightly dabbed Very Vanilla craft ink on, hoping to just highlight the words. I also sponged the edge with Very Vanilla. Next I inked the Be My Valentine heart with Riding Hood Red ink. I didn't feel like cleaning and stamping again in Espresso, so I grabbed a blender pen and removed the Riding Hood Red ink from the words and used my Early Espresso marker to ink them. The heart was cut out and attached with dimensionals to a small panel that has a Crumb Cake base and Espresso script DSP (from the Botanical Gazette pack). The button is from the Deck the Halls Big Button set (Holiday Mini) and has a 1/8" Early Espresso Taffeta ribbon knotted in it. Across the bottom, an Early Espresso Satin ribbon under a Victoria Crochet Trim.

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SU! Catalog Items used: 122045 Be My Valentine * 119686 Early Espresso Card Stock * 111348 Riding Hood Red Card Stock * 120953 Crumb Cake Card Stock * 101650 Very Vanilla Card Stock * 121783 Botanical Gazette DSP * 111836 Riding Hood Red Classic Ink * 119680 Early Espresso Marker * 104308 Very Vanilla Craft Pad * 119753 Early Espresso Satin Ribbon * 118481 Victoria Crochet Trim * 119959 Early Espresso 1/8" Taffeta * 101610 Stamping Sponges * 104430 Stampin Dimensionals * 113439 Big Shot * 114531 Texture Plates Kit #4

Be My Valentine

Got a little play time last night! Actually I had most of the evening and could have had several more cards done but lost something I "NEEDED" to finish this one! Don't you hate that?? I knew I had these buttons, but boy were they hiding!! Yes, I need to clean my room!! Here is the card.

I just got this new heart, Be My Valentine, from the Occasions Mini catalog and wanted to do something with it. It was perfect for the sketch challenge over at Stampin' Addicts and also fits the Valentine theme at Pals Paper Arts.

Card base is Riding Hood Red with a tight layer of Soft Suede behind the Very Vanilla background. I stamped the background with two of the hearts from I Heart Hearts in Riding Hood Red across the top and bottom. I then spritzed it with the Soft Suede marker and textured it with the Square Lattice embossing folder. Another strip of layers is across the center, Soft Suede first then Riding Hood Red and Very Vanilla. The Very Vanilla is spritzed with both Soft Suede and Riding Hood Red and also textured with the Square Lattice folder. I stamped the Be My Valentine heart twice, once is Soft Suede and once in Riding Hood Red. I cut the banner out on the Riding Hood Red and added it to the Soft Suede. My final accents are the missing buttons from the Holiday Mini in Very Vanilla and Cherry Cobbler with Very Vanilla 1/8" taffeta knotted through them.

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SU! Catalog Items used: 122045 Be My Valentine * 118571 I Heart Hearts Clear (117010 Wood) * 111348 Riding Hood Red Card Stock * 115318 Soft Suede Card Stock * 101650 Very Vanilla Card Stock * 111836 Riding Hood Red Classic Ink * 115657 Soft Suede Classic Ink * 120971 Riding Hood Red Marker * 120973 Soft Suede Marker * 119960 1/8" Very Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon * 104430 Stampin' Dimensionals * 113439 Big Shot * 119976 Square Lattice Embossing Folder