A valentine for my sis

This card is going to my one and only sister, for Valentine's Day.  Mom and Dad are both gone...so my relationship with my sister is especially important to me.  So...I wanted to make a really special card for her.  This was such a fun card to make!  I cased THIS card, made by Sharon Johnson (over at No Time To Stamp).  Sharon's card is gorgeous!

Here is my version.  I changed out the dsp, the ribbon (my bow doesn't even compare to Sharon's), and the sentiment.  I also used a string of mini "pearls" instead of leaves, behind the flower.  I have a stamp from Verve that says "A true friend reaches for your hand and touches your heart".  So I created a version of that sentiment on my computer and printed it on SU vanilla CS.

My card is going into the Paper Pals Arts challenge (PPA68 - CAS - Element of Style - Bows)

And, into The Paper Players challenge - Anything goes & blog hop

Uh oh...I just took another look at the PPA challenge and realized they said  CAS (clean and simple).  ehhh...well...I sure didn't do CAS, did I?  Well, it's too late to change my card now.  I'm sorry ladies :(

This is a gate fold pocket card.  Sharon (see the link above) includes instructions on her blog, for creating this type of card.  It's an easy card to make, and so much fun.

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Ingredients:

Card stock: concord crush, very vanilla (SU)

DSP: lap of luxury (SU)

Stamps: hundred hearts (Verve) on the inside of the card and on the envelope

Ink: concord crush (inside the card and on the envelope), printer ink for the sentiment

Other: heart dies (Spellbinders), pretty in pink ribbon (SU), vanilla rosettes (SU), fused pearls (Wrights)