Valentine's Day @ Anthony's Paper Craft

Hello to everyone - I'm so happy you've stopped by for my first post of 2019 !! What better way is there to start off the New Year than with a fun heart-filled project. Today I'm using the January Stamp of the Month from Anthony's Paper Craft - Valentine's Day 2 . If you purchase this stamp through the month of January, you will get free shipping/ USA only. So why not treat yourself to a few great stamps and take advantage of that perk. 

I love paper-piecing and this stamp was perfect to use with a cute new paper pad !! I actually made 2 cards , each with a slightly different look at the top. I send quite a few Valentines and this stamp allowed me to use many of my fun patterned papers.

• Using 4 coordinating patterned papers from the Pebbles "Be Mine" pad , I stamped the Valentine's Day 2 image with  a Versafine Clair "Nocturne" ink pad .
• I cut the heart and  sprinkle papers to fit on my card bases - 1 bright red and 1 cranberry, They were adhered with Tombow MONO Adhesive+.
• The heart images were cut out of the doughnut and strawberry papers and adhered to my 2 card base images - 1 of each pattern on each base.
• Several red and gold glitter hearts were paper-punched and adhered to the center of the patterned hearts.
• On the top card, I made a border with pale pink cardstock from a Martha Stewart border punch. I placed a piece of heart washi from The Paper Studio across the top area of the border .
• On the bottom card, I used another Martha Stewart border punch to make a pale pink eyelet border and ran a strand of twine through it, then finished it off with a bow. 
• I am NOT an expert at tying bows, so I  was completely thrilled with how this one turned out. I placed a bit of glue over the knot so it would not unravel.

I hope that you like my cards made with this Stamp of the Month. It is a very versatile stamp and some of my fellow Design Team members will also be creating projects with it  Michael Trent has a fabulous card on  his blog, Mary Kay is also posting today over at her blog  and Mike will be sharing his project on the 25. Check them out for some Valentine inspiration.  And don't forget that there is free shipping / USA only when you buy this Stamp of the Month at Anthony's Paper Craft through January.

Valentine's Day 2 stamp set

Thank you for visiting Meticulosity for this first post of 2019 !! I look forward to many more posts to get your creative juices flowing . Celeste and I will be continuing our blog collaboration this year with our first post on 1/27. And I have another fun collaboration beginning in a few weeks. Please sign up to follow me so you won't miss any new posts. Stay tuned for more great new stamps from Anthony's Paper Craft too .

I wish all of you a happy, healthy & creative New Year !!

Debra Davison / Meticulosity