Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Tuesday Morning Sketches #390

Hello!  Thank you for stopping by.  I'm sorry I missed you last week - I just really needed to keep a low profile.  I had a bad attitude (to put it mildly) but I'm better now.

This week's sketch is up at Tuesday Morning Sketches and it's our first new one of 2017.  I love this sketch and just remember - a heart is just a shape.  Swap it out if your card needs a different shape.  Our sponsor this week is Pink & Main and my card features Hugs Needed stamps and Hugs die.  I also took inspiration from Jennifer McGuire.  You can find her technique here.


So if you know me, you know I don't care for Valentine's Day.  Never have, even when I had a sweetheart.  I believe if you love someone, you should tell them everyday.  But "hugs" my sign off to everything (almost everything) so this card is totally me.  The "& kisses" part - well why not.  I'll send this card to one my sisters or my daughter.

This is a window card with tulle... when my mom had her wedding flower shop when I was a kid, we used to have to make this filler pieces for the bouquets from tulle.  We, my sister and I, used to call them frou-frou (pronounced frew like threw but with an f) which became our technical term for it.  It wasn't until I was quite grown up that I learned it actually had a name, tulle.  Anyway, there is tulle between my decorative panel and my card base.  The sentiment is glued to the front and the shadow piece is glued on the inside of the card.  You can't tell in this picture, but I did use my Wink of Stella clear on the hugs to give some sparkle.

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6 Encouraging Thoughts:

Janice M said...

This card is absolutely gorgeous Melissa! Love the little window with the tulle. Think my sister may have some of that in her craft room may have to hit her up for some scraps!

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

Love the tulle ( I call it netting LOL!) and the hugs shadow, Such a pretty and love-ly card.

Know what you mean about "bad attitude" been there got the T shirt LOL.
Faith
x

Debbie said...

This is beautiful! I love the sentiment in the heart with the tulle.
Hugs to you!!

Melissa Craig said...

I'm happy to send you some, too!

Patti said...

I love everything about this card, the stripes the colors and the tulle is over the top wonderful Melissa!!

Migdalia said...

Absolutely beautiful!! I love the pretty tulle! Very creative and I love it!
Have a wonderful day,
Migdalia
Crafting with Creative M

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