Love You Pig Time!

Who says Valentines have to be Pink or Red?  

Today's card is a window card using the Taylored Expressions Color Block Square Cutting Plate die and the Mama Elephant's Hogs and Kisses stamp set.

To me, when I make one of these type cards, I remind myself to BE FLEXIBLE.  You have to allow the images and the spaces to flow and sometimes that takes several tries to get it to work out right.  

I started by laying the outside metal die frame on a piece of card stock that was about the size of the card base and then laying the little pig images in the window holes along with the sentiments.  I kept moving them around until I felt like the direction of each piece was 'correct'.  In this case, the bottom 'piggy' that is laying down, crossed over two blocks ~ so I carefully removed the dividing bar making those two smaller boxes into one longer rectangular box.  

Next, I took the selected stamps and stamped them on Neenah 110# card stock using Memento black ink and using Versa fine ink for each sentiment.  I used Copic markers for coloring (E93 & E95 for the pigs, R37 for the hearts and bow, and B07 for the headband).

I made the card base out of the Royal blue card stock that I had cut the window die from and also die cut a small scalloped edged heart for the remaining window.  I die cut the patterned heart paper using the Tattered Lace Beaded Chain Nesting Rectangle die.  Once I had everything glued into place, I added a double bow and ribbon made with yellow organza.  This did end up being an 'odd size' card base, about a 5" x 6" card. I easily made a matching envelope using the Stamping Up Envelope maker. 

I'll be entering this card in the following challenges:
Crafty Sentiments: Use Hearts
Do-Al (l) Kreatives: 3 of a kind
2 Sisters on the blog #35 On the Farm

Thank you for stopping to see what's on my desk today.

Serving a Risen Savior, 
Pam

Products Used:

Mama Elephant, Hogs and Kisses

Taylored Expressions, Colored Block Cutting Plate

Tattered Lace Beaded Chain Nested Rectangle