Darby Love Valentine Cards

Sandi MacIver – Papercraft Artist – Darby Love Valentine Cards

Hi stamping friends and Happy Valentine’s Day to you.  A few weeks ago, I was exploring the “New Products” section of the Simon Says Stamp site, it’s my favourite early morning activity while I’m waking up with my coffee.

Many stamp companies put out new releases each month and I find that Simon Says Stamps houses a great selection of my favorite companies.  I can see them all in one place, pick a few favorites and they all ship in one box (and one shipping fee – yeah!).   Today’s “Darby Love” stamp came from one of those early morning cyber jaunts and he is from Impression Obsession.

It also gave me the chance to catch up on some colouring for the 30 Day Coloring Challenge over on the Daily Marker Blog.  This little“Darby” melted my heart and I knew I had to have him as soon as I spied him here.  I noticed yesterday, there is another version just released without the heart.  We are a dog loving family, so little Darby made the perfect valentines for my sweet hubby Ian (from me and the dogs haha).

I used my Copic Markers for todays share: Browns:  E31, E35, E57 and I didn’t blend, I used short soft strokes starting with the lightest marker and working towards the darkest, layering the strokes to create his hair.  I used the same colours with much longer strokes to create the fence he is leaning on.  I admit I’m still working on mastering this technique and resisting the urge to blend, haha.

Quick Steps for the Darby Love Valentine Cards:

For the Hearts and Collar I used Reds:  R24, R29, R39.  I added a little detail with my Eniball Signo White Gel Pen and then a little bit of the Nuvo Glitter Drops – White Blizzard.

• Stamp the image in VersaFine Onyx Black onto a piece of Neenah Solar White 80# cardstock
• Colour the image with the copics
• Stamp a couple of extra hearts onto scrap paper, colour and cut out
• Stamp the sentiment from Simon Says Stamp – Love Always – also in VersaFine Onyx Black.
• Adhere the art piece to a mat of Simon Says Stamp Schoolhouse Red cardstock.
• Attach to an  A2 card base of Dark Chocolate   with foam tape.  For the second card I made the card base Simon Says Black.
• Use Glue Dots to attach the extra hearts
• Add a small amount of Nuvo Glitter Drops to the hearts.

The Sentiment is from Simon Says Stamps – Love Always Stamp Set.

One of our Corgis, Oscar has been through cancer and while he is still doing great, he is aging a little earlier and has some little gray hairs sneaking in.  So for the second card, I used the White Uniball Gel pen again, this time on his hair, to add some grays.  For this card I also changed the direction of the board he is leaning on to make it more like a fence post.  I added a little detail to the post with a thin black Copic pen.  He is mounted onto a Simon Says Black cardstock base.

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for the Darby Love Valentine Cards:

Impression Obsession Cling Stamp… [ SSS ] Impression Obsession Cling Stamp… [ SSS ] Simon Says Clear Stamps LOVE ALWAYS… [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100#… [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# DARK… [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100#… [ SSS ] Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS | ELH ] Tsukineko VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink… [ SSS | ELH ] Copic Sketch Marker E31 BRICK BEIGE… [ SSS | ELH ] Copic Sketch Marker E35 CHAMOIS Light… [ SSS | ELH ] Copic Sketch Marker E57 LIGHT WALNUT… [ SSS | ELH ] Copic Sketch Marker R24 PRAWN Red [ SSS | ELH ] Copic Sketch Marker R29 LIPSTICK RED… [ SSS | ELH ] Copic Sketch Marker R39 GARNET Dark Red [ SSS | ELH ] Copic Marker CLASSIC COLORLESS… [ SSS | ELH ] Copic Multiliner B-2 SET Black Ink… [ SSS | ELH ] Uni-Ball Pen Signo Gel WHITE UM-153 [ SSS | ELH ] Tonic WHITE BLIZZARD Nuvo Glitter… [ SSS | ELH ] Zots MEDIUM Clear Adhesive Dots… [ SSS ] 252 GREEN 33709 MINI GLUE DOTS 21… [ SSS ] Scor-Tape 1/8 Inch Crafting Tape [ SSS ] Scor-Tape 1/4 Inch Crafting Tape [ SSS ] Scor-Tape 1/2 Inch Crafting Tape [ SSS ] 3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE… [ SSS ] Therm O Web Gina K Designs ADHESIVE… [ SSS ]