Saturday 1 February 2014

An Alarming Valentine


Sometimes in magazines you see articles on 'ten minute cards'. This card is more like a ten hour card, taking into account the time it took to get my ideas together and then to make them work!

It all started with a challenge at Red Carpet Studio - create a project inspired by the morning. I played with a few ideas then settled on the rooster and the alarm clock. But then I had this old song ' I want to wake up with you..' (Boris Gardiner) going round in my head and decided to make it into a Valentine's card.

I really do think this is a card to give to someone you are already in a relationship with - if you gave it to the handsome guy at the office, he might be quite alarmed!

The papers I used are all from a magazine freebie pack . The rooster was a magazine freebie stamp too and I paper pieced it with two papers. I cut the clock, hearts and tags on the Silhouette Cameo.

As well as Red Carpet Studio, I'd also like to enter:
City Crafter Love Story
Love to Scrap Tag You're it
Addicted to Stamps Photo inspiration
Jellypark  Lots of love
Rogue Redhead Paper piecing

14 comments:

FiestyCrafter (Tina) said...

Cute valentine card for that guy you love! It's not too mushy, but it gets to the point. Thanks for joining us at Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog
Tina DT

Unknown said...

Your card is very pretty.Thanks so much for playing along at CCCB!

Pia S said...

Definitely a card to give to the person you're sharing your life with! I really like your design for this card, with the clock and the rooster and red and white color scheme!
I've read about ten minute cards, but i don't think I'm ever going to be able to create such a card, closer to an hour is a more realistic goal for me as for quick makes:)

Ros Crawford said...

Fabulous card!! Thanks so much for playing along at CCCB!!

Unknown said...

Hehehe this is cute!!! So happy you could share with us this week at Addicted to Stamps and More, we sure hope to see you back again soon :)

Kathy D. said...

OMG you totally made me laugh out loud about it being a 10 hour card. I have several of those!! So I totally understand. But I LOVE THIS idea for a card. I just might have to lift/CASE this card from you using that sentiment and a clock. Love it!

Vicki said...

Cute card! Thanks for playing along with the RRD Rebel Challenge, Paper Piecing.

Leslie said...

OMG, your project is awesome with so many great details! Thanks for sharing your talent with us in the Love To Scrap! Challenge Blog's "Tag, You're It!" challenge!
Hugs,
Leslie, DT
http://leslieturner58.blogspot.com

Cherished said...

Lovely creation. Thanks for sharing at RCS and Love To Scrap.

Anonymous said...

Adorable card, I love the sentiment!! Thanks so much for playing along this week at CCCB :-)

Kylie said...

I LOVE this clock with the rooster, Marina! I used to have roosters and they are certainly great alarm clocks (but too early for me!). I LOVE that sentiment that has been put on the little tag. Thanks so much for playing along at ATSM xx

inkydoodlecrafts said...

What a striking design, love the colours and layout. Thank you for sharing it with us over at Jellypark Friends for our "Lots of Love Challenge". Mel :o)

Wyvern said...

What a wonderfully unique card! I love how the clock just fills up the space and that rooster is so pretty! Thanks for sharing over at Red Carpet Studio blog. Hope to see more of your work!

Anonymous said...

Congratulations Marina! Your design was selected as the random winner at Red Carpet Studio Challenge Blog! Please contact me at SThom97093@aol.com so I can mail you your prize! Thank you so much for playing along with us at RCS!