Here's my final Valentine for this year. This one's for Michael. And for this week's Muse challenge, where Michele has inspired us with this masculine valentine:
I made the background at our crafty playdate last week. We started with watercolour paper, and sprayed it with yellow, green, red and blue spray thingies (what are they called?) and then oversprayed with a gorgeous gold one. The results will be completely different (and out of your control!) every time, but I think this one turned out beautifully! The shimmer is really gorgeous in real life.
I finished the card by cutting out Papertrey hearts, and a Stamps of Life sentiment, and placing it all on a dark grey base.
I hope you'll get a chance to play along with us at Muse this week - the deadline is Monday morning at 8 am EST. Voting starts then and continues until Tuesday morning at 8. Voting results will be posted on Tuesday at noon.
This is really gorgeous, Ardyth.. zooming in on it really shows that shimmer... wow that must have been fun to make with that group!
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Gorgeous background Ardith!!
ReplyDeleteJust beautiful!! I love the sprayed background and can only image how pretty it is in real life. Your hubby will love his Valentine! Hugs, Brenda
ReplyDeleteHappy Valentine's Day!
ReplyDeleteThose 'spray thingies' created a stunning background! (I can see shimmer). Love the simple heart-in-heart and whimsical script. Michael is going to love this card.
Very nicely done! You nailed this challenge...a perfect masculine card for Valentine's day!
ReplyDeleteI always love the variety of backgrounds you get when you spray or ink and add water. Your background is beautiful and I love it with the dark cut out heart.
ReplyDeleteLovely Ardyth, I saw when you did this, so FUN!!!!!!! Love the spritzed colors!!!!
ReplyDeleteYou achieved such beautiful colours on this background Ardyth! Love!
ReplyDeleteI see that glorious shimmer, Ardyth ... gorgeous, gorgeous background ... so striking against the dark base! Bisous, Anita :)
ReplyDeleteThat background you created is gorgeous, Ardyth! Aren't spray thingies awesome?
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