I don't really do valentines....neither my other half or I really pay it that much attention, but I was inspired by several challenges this weekend so have made a grungy attempt at a 'love' themed card.
I started off by making my own background with distress inks, old dictionary pages, washi tape, texture paste, stencils, stamps and ink sprays.
The heart is hand cut and covered in metal foil before being run through a texture fade embossing folder and 'grunged' with black paint. I also added some text stamping. The wings are stamped fantasy fibre which have a shimmer in reality and I just added stamped words and some black jewels.
A Vintage Journey - Industrial
The Artistic Stamper - HeArt Art
Craft Stamper - Text Me
Country View Crafts - make your own background
Try It on Tuesday - A Fine Romance
Stamps and Stencils - Splatter, Spritz, Smoosh
Anything but Cute - Grungy Love
Thanks for stopping by..Happy Crafting..Esther xx
I really, really like your grungy valentine. Thanks for explaining how you did the background, and the metal on the heart is amazing.
ReplyDeletesimply stunning Essie!
ReplyDeleteA wonderful grungy Valentine card with Essie, love your gorgeous background and the foiled embossed heart is just fab ! Thankyou for joining us at Stamps and Stencils Toni x
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful grungy Valentine card! Love your winged heart and a combination of red and grey! Wonderful background!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for joining in our Grungy Love challenge at Anything But Cute and for joining us at Stamp and Stencils! Branka DT
Love this grungy Valentine! Amazing background, and I love how you made your Industrialized heart with the addition of stamping text and the bling! thank you for joining our Grungy Love challenge at Anything But Cute! Hugs! Sara Emily DT
ReplyDeleteA fabulous card Esther - just love the heart and background together -
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing with us at A Vintage Journey
hugs Brenda xxx
Stunning, beautiful card. Thank you for sharing it with us at TioT.
ReplyDeleteEsther, this is fabulous!!! Every single element is a delight to the eyes! The metal heart is fabulous and the wings are perfect, let along the awesome textured background! Amazing work!
ReplyDeleteA wonderful card ! Thank you for joining us at TioT's!
ReplyDeleteA fabulous grungy valentine card, thank you for joining in this months challenge at The Artistic Stamper.
ReplyDeleteWow! What an amazing dramatic and romantic card this is! Thank you for joining us at Try It On Tuesday! Chrisx
ReplyDeleteFabulous textural card, very grungy. Does this mean your OH is going to get a Valentine card this year ?
ReplyDeleteGorgeous work!
ReplyDeleteThank you so very kindly for joining our “Grungy Love” challenge at Anything But Cute!
Samra DT
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HI Esther, Fabulous card, love all the textures, that heart looks stunning.
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Avril
Gorgeous Esther your heart is very striking and I love your background. So pleased you joined in our industrial challenge at A Vintage Journey. Tracy x
ReplyDeleteGorgeous grungy heart, it really pops and thanks so much for joining us at Stamsp and Stencils. Ruth x
ReplyDeleteYour wonderful red and textured background really sets off your metalic heart - great embossing and inking on the heart - thanks for joining us in the AVJ Industrial challenge! Julia xx
ReplyDeleteWonderful card! Great background, and I love that grungy heart!! Thanks so much for playing along at Craft Stamper Take It, Make It :)
ReplyDeleteFabulous card .... great texture to the background. Thank you for playing along with the Craft Stamper Challenge. Linda xx
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