There's a new fad in the card making world: mini slim lines, and I have to admit I'm a fan. I made nine mini slimline valentines, four I'm sharing today, and five tomorrow. Two of the four cards today are going to my daughter and son-in-law and my son and daughter-in-law. The other two went to good friends. They're the "same, but different." I have my favorites, and I wonder which ones you like the best.
All four of the cards were created with a new die from My Favorite Things, " Heart Rays." I die cut the heart in two shades of gray, red, black, and pink, and then pieced them together in different patterns.
To keep the design simple, I chose different patterned papers for the background and different colored card bases but that made the assembly easy.
As usual, figuring out exactly where I wanted the three enamel dots as embellishment took me the longest time.
The sentiments, all white embossed on black, came from a variety of sentiment stamps in my collection. There was a time when I didn't have many appropriate valentine sentiments. Once I started creating valentines for five grandchildren as well as friends and extended family I purchased a few more. Now I have plenty to choose from.
I'm entering some of these in the following challenges: Happy Little Stampers Dies: Anything Goes and Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Slimline Cards.
