American Crafts Studio Blog: Love Layouts and Cards by Poki and Suzy

To finish up Love week we have beautiful layouts and cards by Poki Nobeno and Suzy Plantamura, but first I want to congratulate the randomly selected winner of the Love line:

Congrats Jing-Jing - check your email! Hope you have a fun Valentine's Day!

Supplies: Take a Chance Paper (35182) - Love, Can't Help Falling Paper (35177) - Love, At First Sight Paper (35173) - Love, All That Matters Paper (35176) - LOVE, Lasting Paper (35178) - Love, Can't Get Enough Paper (35181) - Love, Must Have Been Paper (35174) - Love, Falling Paper (35172) - Love, Jute Caramel 1mm (58510) - Ribbon, Love Printed Tags (85511) - Bits, Love Eternal (72005) - Delights, Variety Buttons Love (85509) - Elements, Love Mini Pearl Brads (85508) - Elements, Heart White (53092) - Thickers, Endless (42164) - Remarks Dimensional Stickers, Irresistible Accents (42166) - Remarks, Frolic Accents (42705) - Remarks

Supplies: Can't Help Falling paper (35177) - Love, Falling Paper (35172) - Love, Irresistible Accents (42166) - Remarks, Love Printed Tags (85511) - Bits, Endless (42164) - Remarks Dimensional Stickers, Love Eternal (72005) - Delights, Love Cards & Envelopes (64001) - JustWrite, Sweet Tomato (53091) - Thickers, Heartstrings (89384) - Ribbon

Poki says,"I love all the patterns of the Love papers so I tried to use as many of them as possible. I especially liked cutting out the flowers and adding them to my page. On my layout I made a heart embellishment by looping some of the new twine ribbon. I like that this line has aqua in it so it can be used for other themes besides Valentine's day."

Supplies: Falling Paper (35172) - Love, Love 4x6 Cards & Envelopes (64001) - JustWrite, Love Variety Buttons (85509) - Elements, Endless (42164) - Remarks Dimensional Stickers, Irresistable (42166) - Remarks, Sweet Bermuda (53090) - Thickers, One and Only (59108) - Clear Stamps

Suzy says, "The Love line is one of my favorites by American Crafts because my favorite colors are teal and bright pink. Add in a little kraft and you have simple perfection! I made this layout for my BFF Jamie Harper using pictures I had taken of her and her husband the last time they came out for a visit. I thought it would be fun to send it to her for Valentine’s Day (let’s hope she doesn’t look on here!). For the background of the page I opened two of the JustWrite Cards and used them behind the photos – I like the thicker paper they are made with and the size was perfect for photo mats. To draw attention to the main photo, I drew a big heart with pencil around it and then covered it with sewn on buttons. I used one of the stamps with hearts on it to add a subtle border around the elements."

Love card small Supplies: Can’t Help Falling Paper (35177) - Love, Always Paper (35175) - Love, All You Need Paper (35171), One and Only (59108) - Clear Stamps Love, Heartstrings (89384) - Ribbon, Satin Ribbon White (57630) - Ribbon

"For my Love card, I wanted to create my own background paper and embellishment using the stamps and AC markers. I used the plain backsides of the paper and stamped the small heart border several times horizontally along the card. I then outlined the hearts in teal and colored them in with white. After I finished the pattern, I sprayed turquoise and white spray ink over it. I stamped the Love circle and then cut a scalloped circle to go behind it. I added some gel markers to it to make it more dimensional and add some shading. I LOVE markers, so the stamps and markers were super fun to use on these projects!"

Hope everyone has a "LOVE"ly weekend! Come back for more lovey dovey creations next week!