Hearts Flutter Valentine

My never-ending attempt to make a card that could be masculine :)  Still not sure I pulled it off!

SUPPLIES:

Real red, Brown Sugar, Espresso, Very Vanilla Cardstock; Hearts a Flutter, Sweetly Framed stamp sets; Real Red & Espresso ink; Labels Collection and Hearts a Flutter Framelits; Square Lattice and Fancy Fan embossing folders.

Poppies Popping

SUPPLIES:

• Ink: Stazon Black, Calypso Coral, Basic Gray, Cool Cantaloupe
• Cardstock: Crisp Cantaloupe, Lucky Limeade, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Watercolor
• Stamps: Simply Sketched (hostess), Pretty Petites, Papillon Potpourri, Banner Blast
• Accessories: Beautifully Baroque EF, Large Scallop Edgelits, Petite Curly Label punch, Stampin Write markers. Ribbon not SU.

Stamped the poppy image on watercolor paper using Black Stazon ink. Colored with markers: Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral, Cajun Craze, Pistachio, Old Olive, Crumb Cake. Added a shadow with Sahara Sand marker.

Banner Valentine

I was trying to come up with a more "masculine" valentine. However, even changing the colors to brown/blue it still looks way too feminine :)

SUPPLIES:

Bashful blue, whisper white, crumbcake cardstock. Not quite navy, brown sugar, bashful blue ink. Banner Blast, label love, a round array stamp sets. Chevron and square lattice EF, finishing touches edgelits.

Trust the Lord

Stamped the flowers from Secret Garden in Stazon Black ink on watercolor paper. Colored using marker layering technique - crisp cantaloupe, calypso coral, strawberry slush, daffodil delight, crushed curry, more mustard and white gel pen.

Colored whole image in lightest color, added medium and darker colors at base, and colored again with lighter color to blend.

Watercolor Winter

To create the background colors, I colored the acrylic block using markers - coastal cabana, strawberry slush, crushed curry, pumpkin pie. Spritzed with water and stamped on whisper white cardstock. After it dried a little, I stamped the lovely as a tree in night of navy.

I think the colors mean I am looking toward spring!