Sunday, January 8, 2012

DeNami Design January's Blog Hop: VALENTINE

It's the first blog hop of 2012! EEEK! I'm soooo excited! I also can't believe I'm the first stop on the hop! Talk about pressure! Yikes! Let's get right to it, shall we? If at any point you get lost or need to get back to the beginning, go to DeNami Design's blog.


While I usually love tons of layers, every once and a while, I'm in a "single layer card" mood. I think of valentines as usually being frilly and froo-froo and femininely fabulous, but I felt like simplifying things a bit today. It's still full of hearts and scallops, but it's just a few stamps, Copic markers, and one single sheet of white cardstock...oh, and of course a bit of glitter and glitter pen action to finish it off. I masked off the center rectangle before stamping the heart scallop border frame, and then I stamped the center images and sentiment.



Close-up with flash:



Thanks for hopping by today! Your next stop is the talented Andrea Fisher's blog: Five Pines Designs. Don't forget to leave a comment on every blog for your chance to win a gift certificate to DeNami Design's website!



Happy New Year!


Amy

Stamps used:

A94 Mini Heart, F171 Sending You Love, J36 Heart Present, N113 Heart Scallop Border, PF28 Heartfelt Greetings set

42 comments:

Pat Q said...

Hi Amy, Loved how you created the backgrounds and all the vibrant colors you used.

~Tammy~ said...

Great one layer card! Your background stamping is so fun and I love the touches of glitter you added to your present.

Wendy aka Cheeky said...

What a great way to start off the hop!! You go girl!

LOVE LOVE LOVE the colors on this card - looks like you gave those copics a workout - HA!

Hedgehog Reader said...

Amy,
Your very pretty card is the perfect start of the blog!
Love the colors you used, and the beautiful background you've created, and your pretty gift and sentiment in the center that you so cleverly masked! Love it all!

Unknown said...

cute! love the glittery bits :)

Dana said...

I love that you were first on this hop Amy! What a way to set the bar high! Your glitter pen action is awesome and the masked middle really stand out so well.
You rock.

Kimberly said...

So pretty and love the glitter! Great way to start the hop!

Lisa Elton said...

What a way to begin the hop with this sweet card Amy! Love the colors you've used and your masked sentiment panel! CUTE ;)

Lisa Elton said...

What a way to begin the hop with this sweet card Amy! Love the colors you've used and your masked sentiment panel! CUTE ;)

Lin said...

I love the colors!

Aunt Doe said...

So cute, love the glitter, and colors.

Carol said...

I love all the colors! Very cute! Thanks for sharing!

Annette Allen said...

this is so cute...Love the nice bright colors and all those cute hearts...thanks for sharing.

Sarah Bennett said...

Very cute card! You have gotten the blog hop off to a great start!

SugarGem said...

Awww so sweet. Lenae Lovesugargem@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

Great start to a hop! Love the glitter and scallops!

Sheryl said...

The heart scallops are so cute!

Efrat said...

Cute Card. Love all the glitter

Emily Keaton said...

Amy, that is SO cute! I love how you glittered up that sweet package. Thanks so much for sharing your sweet design in the DeNami Valentine Blog Hop!!

Nicki S said...

That patterned background is fabulous, and the way you colored it with the Copics is awesome! :)

Jessica K said...

Love all the little hearts!

Linda said...

Very colorful! I love anything that sparkles!

The Wolverina /// said...

Oh Amy that is beautiful! I especially love the background!! Great job!! :)

Unknown said...

Great bright & cheerful 1-layer card! Happy New Year! ;o)

Anonymous said...

Realy like the color combo. Thanks

Unknown said...

Great way to start off the hop! Love your combination of stamps, and your colors are gorgeous! Love the bling too!

andrea said...

Very colorful, Amy. So many different stamps, creating layers without layering. A reminder to us all, simple can be very pretty!

Tina M said...

This is just so stinkin adorable!!! You set the bar for this hop pretty high girl...way to go :)

Heidi said...

Love the background and purple!! It's always fun to see cute one-layer cards.

Suzanne Bier said...

Very sweet card! Love the colors you picked! :)

Indy's Designs said...

Super fun and colorful!

Karen said...

Very pretty, great colors. Love it!!

Michele Gross said...

I LOVE the fabulous background you've created and the one layer fabulosity!! Awesome :)

Lindsey Wood said...

This is such a cute card! I love the pink and purple gift!

Paulina said...

What a fun card, Amy! Love that you stamps the Heart Scallop Border numerous time to create your background- I've never seen that done before!

Unknown said...
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Unknown said...

Love the scalloped border with all the hearts. Make me yearn to have a peek!

Rae Ann said...

Such a great idea for a one-layer card! Love all of the sparkle too!

sharon g said...

The glitter looks really cute.

Annette Holleger said...

Very cute. The package looks great with the phrase.

Lisa Petrella said...

ADORABLE one-layer card, Amy!!! I LOVE your color choices and all of the sparkle!! And your use of the scallops and stitching images really gives the design the "appearance" of lots of layers and frill!!! CUTE!

Georgie Horn said...

Thanks for stopping by the puddin n pie blog! Good luck!