"Lovey Dovey" projects by ~ Kim Sonksen

Good morning all!

This little bonus share went live earlier on the Donna Salazar Designs Blog.

Do you find yourself sometimes in a real rut, wanting to create something but you just don't know where to start?

I find that when it gets closer to specific holidays I want to create something that has nothing to do with that time of the year whatsoever. Just like right now, everyone is getting ready for Christmas and I am thinking of Valentines Day - weird, or what?

So the other day I just sat with some of my scraps looking to create some lovey-dovey tags and cards and thought that there is no reason in the world why we cannot express our love for someone special at any time of the year - we don't HAVE to wait for Valentines Day to tell the Sweetie in our lives that we want him/her to be ours, right?

There you go then - let's celebrate love and that special someone in your life.

First of, I create this wee tag

I took a piece of corrugated board and tore it into a tag shape, making sure I peeled some of  the top layer off to reveal the delightful ripple.

Then, I ran the edges through the Distrezz-it-All and inked the tag with Cat's Eye chalk ink in chestnut roan and dark brown.

Next, I used some watermark ink with Donna's All My Love stamp and stamped across the top of the tag. I added some Top Boss embossing powder in white and set my heat gun to work.

Boy oh boy, I do love the effect this embossed stamp has on this tag. I also like the effect the few loose bits of powder have on the overall look. I prefer when artwork looks a little messy and all over the place - a little bit like myself :)

I finished the tag by fussy cutting a few images from various papers and layering them onto of each other and adding a layered flower a la Natasha to the focal point of the tag - the heart

I wasn't quite done for the day and wanted to do a quick card too, and this is the end result.

I pretty much added all sorts of left-over scraps on top of each other and finished it off with yet another Natasha flower (can you tell I am addicted on making these??)

So,what do you think - do I really need to wait until February to pass the card and tag to someone special, someone loved, or shall I just go and do it now?

Lots of Love'n'Glitter

Products used

• Papers: Donna Salazar for GCD Studios - Take Flight, Banner Artistic Paper,  Crafty Chronicle, Time For Tea, One Sheet Wonderful, Spring in Bloom 6 x 6 Artistic Papers
• Mists: Donna Salazar for Clearsnap - Smooch Spritz in Woodstain
• Inks: Clearsnap Cat's Eye Chalk - Chestnut Roan, Dark Brown 
• Tools: Distrezz-it-All by Zutter
• Stamps: Donna Salazar - All My Love
• Embossing Powder, Watermark Ink: Clearsnap Inc
• Dies:  Spellbinders - Scalloped Circles
• Rivets: Zutter

Other products: Pen - Zig Millennium in black, Pin, Trim, Ribbon, Pearls, Stamp - Papermania, ProMarker Pens

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Comments

[octlove]

love all the little touches you gave both these projects...someone should get to enjoy them now instead of having to wait till February:)

[Natasha Naranjo Aguirre]

I love your style Kim!! The tag and card are beautiful!!!! I love your little doodling touches and your details. Fab job on the flowers! xoxo