The Ton's February Challenge - Heart

Hi everyone!  It's time for another monthly challenge over at The Ton!
For the month of February we're celebrating what else?..... love of course, with the cue word  "HEART".



 The Ton's Challenge Blog 

We challenge you to make a card using the cue word HEART as your inspiration.   You have the whole month of February to enter as many times as you like, for a chance to WIN a $50 gift certificate  for  The Ton online store.  You can click on the link to head on over and check out the details any time.  But first I'd like to show you a card I made for this month's  
Heart Challenge!

The word "HEART" inspired me to pull out those adorable heart shaped Sunnies glasses to compliment the "fabulous" stamp from The Ton's new Seriously Amazing stamp set. 

Supplies:

• Stamps:  Seriously Amazing, Sunnies, Beautiful Day Bicycle, XOXO (The Ton).

• Dies:  Sunnies Coordinating Dies

• Ink:  Hollywood Star, Ballet Slippers, Noir, Hampton White Pigment (The Ton), clear emboss (Versamark).

• Paper:  Silver Glitter Adhesive Paper (The Ton), Solar White cardstock 110 lb (Neenah), black cardstock.

• Accessories:  Silver Metallic Sequins 4mm (The Ton), white superfine embossing powder, clear superfine embossing powder (Ranger), dimensional tape.

To give the affect of seeing thru the glasses, I first stamped the "fabulous" word multiple times on the card base with The Ton's Hollywood Star ink and set aside.  On another piece of cardstock I stamped the "fabulous" one more time. Then, using a blending tool I lightly blended the light pink Ballet Slippers ink over the top of the fabulous.  This is what gave the word a blurry, muted look.

 After the ink dried I stamped the glasses from the Sunnies stamp set in Noir black, over the blended "fabulous" word, then diecut the image.  To make them shine like real sunglasses,  I took a clear Versamark ink pad directly to the glasses image and then embossed clear embossing powder over the top.  Doing this step muted the the stamped word even more.  I positioned the glasses on the stamped card base with dimensional tape, being sure to line up the letters on the glasses to the letters on the card base.  I added some little Silver Metallic Sequins on the frames for some bling.

To finish up this card I added a strip of  The Ton's Silver Glitter Adhesive Paper to the bottom of the card.  I also stamped some black hearts from the Beautiful Day Bicycle stamp set and the sentiment from the Sunnies stamp set.  I used the new XOXO stamp set on the inside of the card to wish a Happy Valentine's Day!

That's all  for today my friends.  Thank you so much for stopping by.  I hope you'll make some time this month to join in this fun Heart Challenge with us over at The Ton Blog.  We love seeing all of your creations and it's so fun to see everyone's interpretation of each challenge.  

Have a great day and happy stamping!