I LOVE love

I LOVE love, don't you? I love my husband, my children, my parents, my siblings and their families, my in-laws, my church family, my friends... and the list goes on and on. I made this card for someone special... someone who I admire and love. But since I haven't given this card to them yet, I'm not going to say who it's for until the time is right. I guess you'll have to come back to find out who the lucky person was, won't you? hehe!

When I saw the sketch at CardPatterns I just knew I had to use it.

Here's my take on it:

I was so happy to be able to use the red mini roses that I've had for awhile.  That's the first thing I thought of using when I saw the sketch.  I used paper from the Le Tres Chic stack from DCWV which I got from my local Michael's store.

I used some deep red ribbon for the bow, tied a narrow strip of toole to the pearl heart button and glued them onto the rest of the card.  I love finding pretty buttons to put onto my cards.   

I wanted to add a tiny butterfly to the card so I punched one out of light pink paper and put a little glitter glue on it to make is sparkle.  After the glue dried I bent the wings up and out with my fingertips and adhered it to the card.

I added some pearls to the centers of the mini roses to add that last extra little touch.

Thank you so much for stopping by.  I appreciate each and every visit and comment.  In fact, I have some exciting news that I can't share with you quite yet... so there's yet another reason to keep coming back!  hehe!

What's in it:
The "love" stamp, tag punch and linen thread are from Stampin' Up!
Dies used: Spellbinders circles and scalloped circles
Embellishments: Red mini roses from Taylored Expressions, adhesive pearls from Michael's, toole and lace are from my stash, 

Other challenges:

Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes!

Just us Girls: Red, Pink & white 

The Pink Elephant: photo inspiration
Papertake Weekly: Happy Hightlights
Sugar Creek Hallow: Go girly

The Paper Players: CAS & tag
Digi Doodle Shop: Anything Goes
PaperCrafting Journey: Floral
There She Goes: Love is in the Air
Creative Inspirations: anything goes