Tall Valentine Wishes

Today I'm sharing one of my favorite animals ~ I do love giraffes. 

I've used the Giraffe from Sweet n' Sassy's, Stand Tall set.

After stamping and coloring the giraffe, I fussy cut her out and set it aside. 

I wanted to use a new die from Poppy Stamps called Heartscape Hill.   To my surprise, when I opened the die, it's only about 3" wide (not the width of the card, like I thought). so I die cut it using the red polka dot paper and proceeded with the center panel.  I used a stitched wavy edge die to make the rolling hills and secured them to the panel.  The sentiment is from the same stamp package and I used a Gina Marie Designs Drop Pendant die to get the shape and stitched edge. 

At this point, I could have stopped and used the panel as a bookmark or tag.  However I decided to continue, taking the scraps of red and adding the vertical strips on the outside of the A2 card base.  Then I secured the completed panel onto the center of the card to complete the design. 

Thank you for stopping by today to view my blog. I enjoy sharing my work with you and invite you to 'Follow' my blog and to visit my site - "Not Just Scraps' on Facebook - where you can purchase my cards. 

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

 Sweet n' Sassy ~ January VIP Challenge  

Cupcake Inspiration  ~ Challenge 561   (Sweet Pick-DT)

Stamp + Fun = Creativity ~ Challenge 424 

Allsorts Challenge ~ Week 712  

Sweet Stampin' ~ Cards for Kids

Pam's Pearls

 

Copics  

Hearts: R59, Giraffe: YR12, YR21, YR27, R11, R83, Y21

 

Products 

Sweet n' Sassy, Stand Tall  

Gina Marie Designs, Drop Pendant   

Poppy Stamps, Heartscape Hill