Sending Love – Hooray For Surprises

The Valentines just keep coming…

I am creating with Ann’s theme at Paper Players (#723) Love is in the Air in mind and selected the current sketch from the Facebook Global Design Project (#482) for my general layout and choosing the colors pink and red as suggested by the collaboration between Color Hues (#103) and Inkspirational (#334).

Here is the result:

HOORAY FOR SURPRISES – PP723 – GDP482 – TCH103 – IC334

Steps:

  • Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Real Red cardstock.
  • Background Panel: (4” x 5¼”) Pretty in Pink Dotted patterned piece of paper from the 2024/2026 In-Color Collection Designer Series Paper pack.
  • Vertical Cross Panel Accent Mat: (1¾” x 5½”) Real Red cardstock.
  • Vertical Cross Panel: (1½” x 5½”) Pretty in Pink cardstock dry-embossed with the Eyelet 3D Embossing Folder.
  • Shapes – Hearts: (2½” x 2½”) Real Red cardstock squares.
    • The Floral Heart image from the Hooray For Surprises stamp set was stamped with Versamark ink and heat-set with White Embossing Powder.
    • The Hearts were then die-cut with the coordinating Heart die from the Hooray For Surprises Dies set.
  • Sentiment Block: Real Red cardstock scrap.
    • The sentiment, Sending you lots of love, from the same stamp set, was also stamped with Versamark ink and heat-set with White Embossing Powder and then die-cut with the (1⅝” x 1¼”) Stitched Rectangle die from the retired Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies set.

All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch with both the central Heart and the Sentiment were popped up with Dimensionals.

Love is certainly in the air…and I like how this card can be used for any occasion.

Thanks for spending some more of your time with me today.  Cheers,  Jolanda!

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Published by Jolanda Johnstone

Owner of THE INQUE SPOT STUDIO - Creative Space for Stamping & Paper Crafting and Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator in South Carolina.

10 thoughts on “Sending Love – Hooray For Surprises

  1. Beautiful, Jolanda! The heat embossed hearts have such lovely texture. They work perfectly for this layout. I LOVE the embossed panel peeking from behind them. Your card is amazing. Thank you for playing in my challenge this week at The Paper Players!

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  2. I just love these hearts, especially embossed in white like you did! What a fun card! I like the little peek of dry embossing behind them too! Thanks for playing with our challenge this week!

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  3. What a fun AND beautiful card Jolanda!! I love your layout and those white embossed hearts are soooo pretty! Loving that little strip of eyelet behind the hearts too! Thanks so much for making our challenge colors SHINE and sharing this lovely card with us at Color Hues!! Marcia (DT) :0)

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  4. Jolanda, I wish I’d remembered that I had this set when I was making my DT card! What a great choice. Love that mix of red, pink and embossing. Thanks for sharing with us at The Paper Players.

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  5. The patterned papers, the floral + dots hearts, the design…I love everything about your card! Thrilled that you shared this beauty in the Colour Hues and Inkspirational galleries.

    ~carol

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