Hearts a Flutter Mojo Monday

Happy Monday to you!  It’s Mojo Monday again and today is my anniversary, so I thought I’d make a special card for my sweetheart Michael.  I obviously wanted it to be somewhat masculine since I was using hearts from Hearts a Flutter.  I started with the color Basic Gray and wanted to use the new Designer Series Paper Parker’s Patterns from the brand new Spring Mini Catalog.  It all kind of fell into place there.  Today’s Mojo sketch was easy to use and I think the end result is rather striking.  I wouldn’t have used the ribbon this way myself, so it took me a little out of my comfort zone, which I love.  Hope you like it!

Creative Tips:

• I just love the new DSP Parker’s Patterns, and the Chevron Cherry Cobbler page was perfect for this project.  I didn’t want it to take over, so I kept the strip to 1 1/4” in width.
• The Cherry Cobbler strip was too plain, so I stamped the outline heart image several times on it tone on tone.
• I changed the shape of the Cherry Cobbler banner, that is the rounded one, but I wanted the draped banner, don’t be afraid to switch them up.  I love the pattern on the rounded one and thought it would be the perfect background for my heart.
• When I placed my banner and heart on the Very Vanilla square, it was too plain, so I ran it through the Big Shot with my Chevron Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.  It’s subtle since it’s so small.  I needed it to pop too, so I added a 1/16” border in Basic Black – the Basic Gray and Cherry Cobbler were just not right; I needed the contrast of the black.
• I needed a little more on the page, but didn’t want to take away from my several patterns that I already had going on, so I added the half punched heart from the new Occasions Paper-Piercing Pack.  I just LOVE that one, it’s perfect for the upcoming Valentine, Spring and Easter seasons.

• For my ribbon, I added a knot as my embellishment to the sketch.  Since I was already layering the heart on top of the banner, another embellishment would have been too much.  I originally had the small punched heart there, but it took away from everything, so I added a knot to the ribbon instead.  I used the Basic Black 3/8” Taffeta Ribbon, I just can’t get enough of that ribbon – it’s my all time favorite type of ribbon that we have!
• For the saying, I used the Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set. I originally had it on a 1/2” banner, but it was just too much white space, so I cut a 3/8” banner instead.  It’s just right.  I played with a few places to have the banner cut, and felt it needed to overlap the Parker’s Patterns DSP on the left and bottom.  To create the banner part, I used the 1” square punch.
• I added the tiny heart from the Owl Punch (I just love that heart), and I also stamped it tone on tone in Cherry Cobbler with the same banner pattern stamp from the Cherry Cobbler banner under the main heart – that pattern just rocks.
• For a little added emphasis, I popped the main heart image and greeting banner up on Stampin’ Dimensionals. 

I’m looking forward to a special anniversary with my soul mate – Michael. And now I have the perfect card.  :)  Love you honey!

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Stamp Sets – Hearts a Flutter (129252c, 129249w), Teeny Tiny Wishes (115370c, 127802w) Ink – Basic Gray (126981), Cherry Cobbler (126966) Paper – Very Vanilla (101650), Cherry Cobbler (119685), Basic Black (121045), Parker’s Patterns (131021) Cool Tools – Hearts a Flutter Framelits (130159) OR Bundle (131097c, 131098w) Big Shot (113439), Chevron Embossing Folder (127749), Occasions Paper-Piercing Pack (129387), Paper-Piercing Tool (126189), Stampin’ Pierce Mat (126119), Owl Punch (118074), 1” Square Punch (124094)  The Perfect Finish – Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430), Basic Black 3/8” Taffeta Ribbon (109070)