Creative Expressions - All Loved Up

Hi all, I know it's been another week, well the good news is I am back crafting and feeling so much better.  Last week was the first time back to normal work, design teams etc and well, you all now what it's like, have a few weeks away and then you have loads of bits to catch up on.  Just getting back to working had me tired lol, so I didn't get much crafting done apart from my DT work.  So this week I shall see you again lol as I'm hoping to post so much more this week.
So today is Monday which means it's time for my DT creation over at the Creative Expressions Blog and this month we are working with two gorgeous backgrounds and some wooden materials.  This week I have used the background on a card for Valentines Day :-).  As always I shall highlight the Creative Expressions products in my step by step.
Wanting to know who the winner of the stamp set giveaway????  To keep you in suspense it's at the bottom of this post lol.

Another card from me this week using the

Creative Expressions Feather Swirl Background.

Best thing about these backgrounds is that you can use

them for any occasion :-)

Lots of close ups.

The reason I doodled around the sentiment is because it was wonky,

but I didn't want to start again with the stamping in the corner so

I have tried to hide it lol.

Lots of lovely texture :-)

I love the shine on triple embossing.

Now for the step by step :-)

To start with I used Creative Expressions cardstock,

with Creative Expressions Feather Swirl Background Stamp 

and Distress Ink Pads Festive Berries, Barn door, Fired Brick

and Aged Mahogany, then embossed with 

Cosmic Shimmer Clear Embossing Powder.

I used all the colours randomly on the stamp.

Then used the embossing powder.

Now initially I was going to ink up around the area,

and then melt with an iron, but I really loved the red on white,

so I decided from this point to carry on heating and embossing,

still using the normal clear embossing not detailed.

At this point I realised that I would have to use Ranger

Perfect Medium to fill in the gaps,

then I covered the whole area for one more lot of embossing.

And here is the finished panel which has been matted with black

and red cardstock.

On my card front I used the stamp with Archival Jet Black

and Archival Wendy Vecchi Red Geranium ink pads and

stamped in the corner of the card.

Next I played around with my layout.  I had decided to have

the ribbon hanging off the side and tied it with Creative Expressions

Twine, the sentiment is from Creative Expressions Vintage Hearts Stamp Set 

and the wooden heart was in my stash.

I decided to use Creative Expressions Adhesive Sheets on my

wooden heart, then I covered it with Creative Expressions Micro Glass

Beads, then painted it black with Eco Green Black Paint.

When the paint was dry I used Creative Expressions Metallic Gilding

Wax Deep Red and a hint of Pearl Moon.

Right now the step by step is done, how about we reveal the winner of the giveaway ..........

I numbered each comment over the last few weeks...

And the winner of the Creative Expressions

Stamp Set Antique Dressform is.........

Cheryl Baker

If you would like to email me your address and I shall

send it over the next few days :-)

Right it's time for me to go and do some accounting work.  I shall be back tomorrow with another DT creation, I am also trying to catch up with all my commenting, so you should see me visiting everyone this week as I have missed out on all your creative work while I was ill.

Happy Crafting :-)

Hugs Kezzy xxxxx