Jar of Hearts

As you might imagine, there are a lot of valentine and heart challenges open right now. I made this one, however, for the Color Throwdown Challenge, a challenge that often passes me by, and even this time, I’m linking up at the last minute. The colors were perfect for the candy hearts in an old Papertrey Ink stamp set.

Papertrey Ink’s “Friendship Jar” has long been a favorite and I have several versions of it. Today’s card uses the original “Friendship Jar” and the “Spring Fillers.”

The candy hearts are from the “Spring Fillers” set and I colored them with Copic markers. Then I die cut and stamped two versions of the mason jar, one plain and one with a window that I backed with acetate. I used some very thin strips of cardstock to add a little dimension between the top jar and the candies. Before adding it to the patterned paper layer (backed with foam for more dimension) I tied a piece of pink and white twine around the top of the jar.

The sentiment from Avery Elle’s “Seasonal Simple Sentiments” was stamped with The Stamp Market’s Fresh Pink ink. For a long time, I didn’t have many pinks to choose from, but The Stamp Market has great pinks, and I purchased three of the ink pads a year or so ago. The final touch was to add three tiny enamel hearts from Doodlebug Designs.

I’m also entering The Library Challenge which is “Jar of Hearts” (perfect!), Just Us Girls which is “Valentine,” and Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: “Love is in the Air.”