Valentine - or Not?

Howdy to all my stamping friends! I'm finally home waiting for my personal chef, the fabulous Mark, to put our yummy pot roast on the table. It's been in the crock pot all day long and it smells so, so good. It's making my mouth water! We've had a crazy couple of days here - I'll be sharing what happened to our skating rink in another post, but suffice it to say that it's been interesting at best trying to get Emma to another rink to practice on.
As I write this post, it's snowing like crazy again outside and the weather folks are telling us we are going to get between 10 and 20 more inches before it's all through tomorrow evening. Yeah, really.....

So, this morning, I forced myself to go into the studio and CREATE something before we headed out for the day. Considering that I'd only had one cup of coffee, I'm not sure its a FABULOUS card, but it's cute in it's own way and I thought, what the hay, I'll share it with you anyways. You'll have to let me know what you think, ok? And if you read all the way to the end of this post, you can find out how you might just get it in the mail yourself!

I actually started with a piece of that fab DSP called Sending Love. Each piece has glitter on one side of it - stunning! I had a scrap from something and decided to play off the pink in it first, so I layered it on a piece of Pretty in Pink cardstock. I thought it needed 'grounding' so I then added Basic Black cardstock. That led me to use Basic Black for the card base (I put a piece of Very Vanilla inside to write on.) This was layered with more Pretty in Pink and then a piece of Very Vanilla that was embossed with my Big Shot and the Perfect Polka Dots folder.

Now, what to do for a greeting and embellishment? Hmmm...

I had a tough time getting my mojo going further, maybe my coffee hadn't kicked in yet, but whatever, I plowed onward. I had a Real Red piece of cardstock that was leftover from a card I'd done with the Movers and Shapers Die and my Big Shot, so I decided to get out my Vintage Label SAB stamp set and stamp a label frame in Real Red on Very Vanilla cardstock. This was punched out with the Curly Label punch which is just a wee bit smaller than my red piece - perfect layer! The greeting was added with Basic Black ink and I added a flower from With All My Heart stamp set, in Real Red ink stamped off twice.
After adhering it to the dsp layers, I mounted it to the embossed vanilla piece and added the Real Red Epoxy Brad below it. I actually punched the brad hole through both the vanilla and the pink layers so it wouldn't show through from the back. This was then all added to the Basic Black card base.

It still needed 'something' though, so I pulled out my amazing Real Red Satin ribbon and tied the double knot around the dsp layers. It seemed to be just enough to finish the card and I like the tailored, but whimsical look of the whole thing. I think someone will like it, so who should I send it to? Should I send it to you? Let me know by leaving a comment on this post and I'll draw someone from the list on Friday morning to mail it to!
Have a great evening everyone - stay warm and dry!
~~Robin