Sometimes Things Are Better Than They Seem

Sometimes, things turn out better than you think they will.  In fact, most of the things I worry about never turn out to be half as bad as I imagined!  You, too?
                                     

I wasn't enamored with the card I made for Dynamic Duos this week.  I messed around with different ideas and finally got a card together that I was okay with, but overall - meh.  Then I photographed it for my blog, and when I looked at the photo, it looked great!  Not sure why, but perhaps the colours in the Dynamic Duo's Challenge #88 gave it the crisp professional look I was after.  Here's the challenge logo:

And here's the way my Valentine card worked out:

• It must be the combination of Island Indigo, Real Red and Whisper White that creates all this crispness!  The geometric look of all the background panels also helps.
• I decided to make a 3D heart on my card.  I first stamped it with the heart image from the Language of Love stamp set, then die cut three hearts using the Hearts Collection Framelits.   I glued the three together and left the first and last with a free end, which I glued to the paper.
• The DSP you see here is from the Designer Series Paper Stacks.  The Real Red is from the Brights Collection and the Island Indigo is from the Regals Collection.

• I stamped the little hearts garland from Language of Love, in Real Red, coloured in some areas using Island Indigo, and cut them out by hand.  I later learned, as I was punching some heart-shaped cardstock to add to them, that the Little Heart Punch coordinates well with them and I could have used the punch instead of hand-cutting!  Too late for me, but I bet you can put that info into use before Valentine's Day.
• The sentiment is from Express Yourself and I punched it out using the Ticket Duo punch.  I like the way it looks, popped up on Dimensionsals, without any backing to it. Plain, simple and crisp!

So don't worry about things today, Be Happy!

                                                                      

                            

To order any of these supplies that I used to make this card today, click on any link below to take you directly to that product in my On-Line Store, available all the time.

• Language Of Love [wood]
• Language Of Love [clear]
• Express Yourself Wood-mount Stamp Set
• Express Yourself Clear-mount Stamp Set
• Island Indigo 8-1/2 X 11 Card Stock
• Real Red 8-1/2X11 Card Stock
• Whisper White 8-1/2X11 Card Stock
• Brights Designer Series Paper Stack
• Regals Designer Series Paper Stack
• Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad
• Island Indigo Classic Stampin' Pad
• Island Indigo Stampin' Write Marker
• Paper Snips
• Small Heart Punch
• Hearts Collection Framelits Dies
• Ticket Duo Punch