First Valentine

     So, here it is January 2nd and I was watching the Rose Parade on TV this morning, and trying to craft at the same time -- no easy feat!  The roses inspired me to use a digi from Doodle Pantry, where all you have to do for their challenge this week is use one of their images.  Somehow, roses lend themselves to love and romance, and that means Valentines, so I've done my first Valentine card for this year.  Roses are one of my favorite flowers and I have tons of images of roses, in both digis and rubber stamps.

The sketch is from Card Positioning Systems, though I tweaked it a bit.  The words became the 'box' and my ribbon is very narrow instead of wide, but I wanted the really CAS design with lots of open space for this one.

     The sentiment is a freebie from Desert Diva and I printed it onto pink paper (set at 4" x 6" size in my software program), then trimmed it to A2 size.  I printed the pre-colored roses twice, fussy cut the first one, and cut just the roses from the second, which I popped up with dimensional dots.

     The ribbon came from my stash, and I wrapped it around the pink paper before I layered that onto the card base, then tied and adhered the bow.  The two tiny hearts are self-stick gels from my stash.  I added a tiny pink rhinestone to the center of the larger rose and it was finished.

     I'm going to submit this to the following challenges:
Card Cupids -- Valentines
Charisma Cardz -- Anything Goes
Dutch Dare - Favorite Things (Roses)
One Stitch at a Time -- Use a digi
Poodles Parlour -- Song Titles - "Everything's Coming Up Roses"
Totally Gorjuss -- Something happy - "Love"

     The more I look at this one, the more I like it.  Picture me with a very self-satisfied smile on my face.  :-D
Thanks for stopping by.  Hope you find something creative in your day today and welcome to the new year.  NanaConnie