Redesign of Cracked Glass Valentine

Last Sunday I posted my first cracked glass attempt.  Today I redesigned a portion of the card and this is the version I'm going to share with my stampers on Friday.  Sorry for the blurry image on the sentiment, but I scanned this one and my scanner doesn't do 3D very well.  You get the idea, though, right?  I like the tighter framing around the cracked glass heart - I think it makes a stronger focal point to the card. 

I used the spritzer tool on the original card, but on this one I decided to go with an all-time favorite, Itty Bitty Backgrounds instead.  My hubby liked this version better, and loved that I added something inside as well.  I hope the gals at stamp camp like it, too!  I changed the sentiment on the card front to one from Well Scripted and I like it better than the original card (but I'll bring the one from Seasonal Sentiments if my stampers would rather use that one).  I've got a couple of 'Happy Valentine's Day' stamps that I'm going to provide to give them a choice to use on the inside of the card. 

Cracked Glass Valentine

Ok, so I've been a SU! demo for almost four years, have been stamping for about six, and I have NEVER tried the cracked glass technique - until this past Sunday night!  During the day on Sunday, I was surfing the net for some ideas and I ran across two posts that inspired the card I'm sharing with you today.  First was a post by Heather Nichols about the Cracked Glass Technique.  I really liked how Heather used this technique to create smaller focal images instead of doing a whole square or rectangular area.  Then I saw a post by Joanne Travis on her Sleepy In Seattle blog.  Back on September 6, 2010, Joanne posted a beautiful card that featured the Level 1 Hostess Set Punch Potpourri.  I knew when I saw it that I wanted to do something like this with my stampers at our next stamp camp.  After a weekend of not much of the mojo flowing, things finally turned around Sunday night and I came up with this:

I created four of the hearts, not exactly sure how I'd use them, when I pulled out the Springtime Vintage DSP and realized how similar the flowers in this stamp were to the flowers on the paper.  I know the ribbon is retired, but it IS still available via the SU! Clearance Rack, and if I like it and I still have some, I'm going to use it! 

To create the hearts, I stamped Very Vanilla card stock with Black StazOn ink, then colored with Regal Rose, Rose Red, and Certainly Celery markers.  I then sponged on some Soft Suede to the edges before following Heather's tutorial on the Cracked Glass Technique.  To add the antique look, I rubbed each cracked heart on my Soft Suede classic pad, then rubbed off the excess ink with a paper towel.  I used the spritzing tool with a Soft Suede marker to add some interest to the Soft Suede card stock. 

I think I'm going to experiment with the Pinking Hearts Border Punch and the Rose Red layer on the second version of this - I bet it would look great!  Thanks for stopping by today to visit - hope to see you back real soon!