Friday, 7 February 2014

Love/Valentine

Morning everyone,today is the second of our monthly challenges at LEJ DESIGNS and the challenge is Love/Valentine well no surprise there seeing as it is February lol.I have used Lindsays image "Hot Air Cycle" as a change from all the girly hearts-well okay I was asked for a valentine card for someones O/H lol,image is coloured with promarkers and I chalked the background clouds,papers are "Engraver"rom Prima,You Make My Heart Soar sentiment computer generated,added liquid pearls and a wooden heart from Live and Love Crafts.
challenges-
sister act-ATG
creative romance-show us some love
addicted-to-stamps-hearts
corrosive challenges-feel the love
Robyns Fetish-valentine--------------TOP PICK
Fairies-love is in the air
Kaboodle doodle-Valentine
crazy challenge-love is in the air
ooh-la-la-use a heart
craft your passion-love is in the air
crafty sentiments-love is in the air
creative craft challenges 2-recipe/1,image/1sentiment/2papers/2 diff embell-wooden heart/liquid pearls
twisted Tuesday-look up in the sky
Simon says-have a heart
inky impressions-someone special
word art Wednesday-ATG
DL.ART-ATG
aud sentiments-loving inspiration
crafty little fairies-Love
Natalie and Amy-love is all around
little Blue button-love
crafting by design-ATG
Hope you can join us this month and look out for Lindsays freebies
Carol xx

44 comments:

Desire Fourie said...

Carol this is just wonderful and so perfect for guy's valentines card.
Wishing you a wonderful and relaxed weekend.
Hugs
Desíre
{Doing Life – my personal blog}

Teresa said...

Smashing card Carol. xx

Sue said...

This is fabulous Carol. I love the image, wonderful colouring and gorgeous papers too.
Sue xx

Anet's Crafting said...

Your card is gorgeous Carol, I love the image and layout.

rachel said...

great image Carol and I love your card - fab x

Crafts-by-Alison.blogspot.com said...

Fantastic card Carol love the image. Love Alison xx

DIANA L. said...

I like the balloon and the V-Day card not being so girly and I love the chalked background
Thank you for joining my DL.ART Thankful Thursday Anything Goes February Linky Party. Have a great day
DIANA L.
dianamlarson.blogspot.com

Julieanne..aka pinkjools said...

What a fab card...great image...Joolsx

Unknown said...

This is inspirational and beautiful. Thank you for sharing with us today at Word Art Wednesday
Blessings, Carole (DT WAW)

PinkyLisasInkyCrafts said...

This is really lovely and has a great aged look to it. Great idea to be different from the normal valentine designs.

<3 & hugs
Lisa xxxx

Kathryn said...

Such a fabby idea x love it x

Dawn said...

Loving your Steampunk style Valentine card!
Thanks for playing along in the OLLCB challenge!
Good Luck
Hugs
Dawn xx

Crafty Judith said...

hi Carol hun love it - very gosh can t think of the name of that film oh i think i know was it Finius Fog or something like that - brill - sending hugs x

scrappysharon said...

Hi Carol...that is a lovely card, I think you may of answered my question over on the DC blog hop on entering challenges as you have a link on here. Now to learn how to do it...lol Sharon x

Dewi Lestari said...

It's wonderful! Thanks for jouning at Addicted to Stamps Challenge: Hearts
Hugs
Dewi

MaryH said...

Very ideal card for a masculine valentine & you still managed to get in a few holiday theme embellies that were definitely not 'girly'. Great work on the chalked clouds too. I love this image. TFS & Happy wkend. Hugs

ALI said...

Great card, so different to the usual stuff,

sandy's crafty bits said...

oh my word carol what a super valentine card such a great male one too ... you even managed a male heart lol well done ... thank you so much for stopping by my blog ... have a great weekend ... happy crafting and love sandy xx

As.I.Do.Rodos. said...

Wonderful card. Thank you for joining us at Aud Sentiments challenge good luck Ginny ♥

SandiMac said...

Superb card just hopping on by from DC xx

Nikki said...

Great project. Love the colouring.
Hoppin on over from DC x

Jac’s Playground said...

Wonderful valentine project, fab image, thanks for joining us at Crafty Sentiments this week. Jac x

Alizabethy said...

What an unusual vintage style card!

coops said...

so stunning carol.i love the hot air balloon and your design is fabulous :D

xx coops xx

Anonymous said...

What a wonderful male themed Valentine card.The vintage style goes so well with the image.Love the wooden heart.Thanks for joining us at Craft Your Passion.Hope to see you again next week :D
Lisa x

Lizzies said...

Fabulous male valentine card, love it. Just hopping by.

Unknown said...

Hi Carol, fab card. I always love hot air balloons on cards! hope you are much recovered from your experience with the burning PC. How terrifying! Maddy x

applejack cards by sue said...

Beautiful...what an unusual image. Lovely colouring.

Glenda Atkins said...

Unusual for a Valentines card, but it rocks and is perfect for the sentiment!
hugs
Glenda!

Dips said...

Oh, Carol, I just absolutely love your different approach to this theme, how lovely and how refreshing.

Heike said...

This is such a fab card. I really like this more unusual image, the colours and the lovely sentiment.
Heike xx

Cumbrianlass said...

A fantastic card Carol, love the image and colours.
Janet xxx

Unknown said...

great card
linda x

Angela said...

Fabulous, the image and the sentiment match perfectly. Love the backing papers and the layout as well x

Unknown said...

WOW sure love this as I like the way yu have used those awesome b/g papers with the image...take care.xx

sparklingblackrose said...

Fabulous, love it :-) Happy leapblogging, have a good week! Elaine-xxx-

alethea said...

Fab card! Love the sentiment.. perfect for the image! Thanks for joining us at Crafty Sentiments! HUgs

Unknown said...

Great card, lovely image.Thanks for joining us at Aud Sentiment for our Valentine sentiment challenge hugs Tania (DT)xx

Unknown said...

Love your card with this pretty image! It's perfect for a guy! Thanks for your sweet comment on my blog, take care, Ira x
Ira’s Crea Corner

valou250809 said...

So beautiful! Thanks for playing with "The Crazy Challenge" this week.

Lorraine A said...

Gorgeous card :-) the image is fabulous and the papers, colours and whole design are lovely :-)

thanks for joining us on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
luv
Lols x x x

Fleur said...

A beautiful creation, Thank you so much for joining us at ACR
HUGZ Fleur xXx

Unknown said...

Super cute! Love the balloon! Thanks for joining us at Twisted Tuesday!

Lizzie R said...

Great card! Thanks for joining us over at Twisted Tuesday Challenges!