My Cards and Tags: "Where My Heart Is" Valentine

I have to admit: Valentine's Day has never been my super-favorite holiday.  You don't get work off for it and when I was in elementary school, the distribution of valentines cards always brought heavy drama-rama!  As I got older, it was nothing more than "Singles Awareness Day."  I was pretty sure there weren't any farm boys named Wesley running around waiting to say, "As you wish," to me.  Luckily, I did find my Prince Charming, but even if I hadn't, Valentine's Day is still a good chance to express love and appreciation for all of the people who matter to us.  And if that doesn't work, then hey- it's a good day to eat chocolate.  So in the end, I was able to come up with a card for this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge theme of "Red and Pink."

To make this little card, I started by heat-embossing a button card stamp from PaperArtsy and painted in the buttons with watercolors.  I replaced one of the buttons with a heart that I punched out of a Sizzix thinlits die.  The background layer is made from the same thinlits die that cuts out heart shapes.  The fabulous sentiment is from My Favorite Things and I ended it with a strip of Washi and a Tim Holtz arrow.  The paper is from We R Memory Keepers.

Here are the supplies I used, which you can find at Simon Says Stamp:

Sizzix 3x4 Cards Thinlits Die Set	Sizzix Big Shot Machine	Paper Artsy HP1211 Stamp Set	My Favorite Things Go With It Stamp Set	Doodlebug Sugar Stripes Washi Tape	Tim Holtz Idea-ology ARROWS Adornments Metal Charms	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Ink
Black Soot - Distress Embossing Powder	Heat Embossing Tool	Festive Berries - Distress Ink	Picked Raspberry - Distress Ink	Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink Pad	Fiskars Acrylic Blocks	Loew Cornell WATERCOLOR CAKES 24 Paints
We R Memory Keepers 6x6 Love Notes Paper	Timber Brown StazOn

I wish all of you the happiest of Valentine's Days this week, or just a Happy Saturday if all else fails.  If you are feeling lonely or bored, why not try your hand at our challenge?  Upload your red and/or pink creation to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog and you're automatically entered for a $50 voucher for the Simon Says Stamp store.  Wouldn't we all LOVE free crafting money (see what I did there?)