Clean and Simple Valentine

My dear friend, Ashley, asked if I would make a Clean and Simple Valentine for her Sunday challenge that she features on her blog: The Glamorous Side of Scrapping.

"Would" is never a problem when it comes to my friend, Ashley ... I'm happy to help!

The question is more like, "could" I make something clean and simple.

I tend to "over-do" everything. Ask my hubby! 

So here is a card that I made in less than 5 minutes.

The heart, wings and arrow were cut using a Sizzix die with all three images on it. I cut the paper to size from scraps I (literally!) had lying around, and laid them on top of the die. One pass of the die through my Sizzix Big Kick was all I needed.

The card is an ivory pre-made. I arranged the pieces on it as I wished. The only change I made to what the die cut was that I used an X-acto knife to cut semi-circles where the arrow pierced the heart, and threaded the arrow through the cuts.  I taped the wings in place to the back of the heart, and glued the heart in place, leaving the wings loose to flutter.

I stamped the sentiment, and used a red gel pen for the faux stitching around the perimeter. Tah-tah, done!