Hockey Bunny Valentine

Hello Blogger Friends and happy Saturday to you! 

Can you believe we are already halfway through January? This weekend we are expecting a big snowfall here in Pittsburgh - anywhere from 8"-12". 

I went food shopping this morning early because the stores will be crazy today and tomorrow. I have stuff in my freezer, but I am doing a fruit and vegetable Daniel Fast for a few weeks. It's something my hubby and I do at the beginning of each new year.  

This fast requires some planning on my part and getting veggies in every 3 or 4 days. I have a bunch of new recipes that I will be preparing. Today it's Tuscan soup with white beans. You use Tuscan kale in the recipe hence the name. 

Now let's move onto my card for today. This one I created for the color challenge on Splitcoaststampers and also for my weekly DT post on the CottageCutz Blog. So here are some details of how I created it. 

Design Steps:

I started my card this week with the colors from this week's color challenge #878 on Splitcoaststampers. I was hosting the challenge and I chose daffodil delight, pacific point and rich razzleberry for the color trio. Optional was to make a masculine Valentine card.

For the layout I used a sketch from the Sunday Stamps Blog.

I cut the hockey bunny with cardstock in the challenge colors. I used the new Winter Hockey Bunny die from CottageCutz. 

Next, I chose the colors for the card base and the sketch layers. I used pacific point cardstock and embossed with a hearts folder. For the 2 rectangles of the sketch, I used Stampin'-Up designer paper and cut with a Stitched Rectangle die.

Now that my card elements are prepared, I am ready to start assembly. I attached the card layers to the base with double sided tape. Since this is a Valentine card, I decided to place the hockey bunny in the center of a heart and attached with dimensional adhesive.

After I attached the heart, I realized I forgot to stamp the sentiment I wanted. So, with the help of my MISTI I was able to get it stamped and even did a 2nd stamping. I used pacific point ink. The Hockey Bunny is attached with glue dots.

To complete my card, I used the Hugs w/Shadow die and cut a sentiment and then scattered a few hearts. They are cut in the rich razzleberry color. And that completes my card for today. So, until next time......God bless. 

dies I used to create card:

I am also entering:

1.  Allsorts has a add a heart challenge. 

2.  Send A Smile 4 Kids has a love/Valentine challenge. 

3.  Taylormadecards4u has an anything goes w/optional of winter vibes. 

4.  Cut It Up has an anything goes w a die cut. 

5.  Polkadoodles has an anything goes- with something wintry and cheerful.