Handle With Care Heart Card

Today I have an all occasion card (even Valentine's or Get Well) using the heart stamp from Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz  Eclectic Elements and a few other Stamp Sets. I've been in the stamping mood lately and I just love this heart image. It was very fast and super simple to make. 

I stamped the heart image 3 times...twice on Specialty Stamping Paper from Ranger (one cut out for layering), and once on post it note for a mask. I stamped the horn image from The Professor set, once on SSP and on post it note...all using Black Soot Archival.  I cut out the post it note images and used them to mask for the next part.

Using Vintage Photo Archival, I stamped the gears images from Inventor 7 and Dapper for the background.

I stamped the sentiment and highlight line image in Black Soot and used Clear Embossing Powder over them.

I used good ol' Distress Ink to watercolor in some of the images in the background and both images in the foreground. I inked over the background and flicked water over it. I also added a light coat of the Tim's Collage Medium in Crazing over the heart for a little texture and protection. I decided the card needed a bit more, so I used a design from my sewing machine to stitch down the middle of the card to mimic the lines from a heart monitor...from a slow beat to a regular one. Strange I know, but I love the look of it.  Then came a lot of cardstock mounting and paper distressing.

 

 

 Supplies: 

(Stamp Platform, Scissors, Paper Trimmer, Paper Distress Tool, Water Mister, Adhesive Strips, Foam Tape)

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Mixed Media Heavystock

-Ranger Tim Holtz Archival Ink: Black Soot, Vintage Photo

-Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set: Eclectic Adverts, The Professor, Inventor 7, Noble Gent, Dapper

-Ranger Embossing Powder: Clear

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Brushed Corduroy, Scattered Straw, Aged Mahogany, Pumice Stone

-Ranger Detail Water Brush

-Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool

-Ranger Tim Holtz Collage Medium: Matte, Crazing

-Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Kraft Stock Classic

-Ranger Surfaces Cardstock: Black, Kraft

Until next time, I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!