Calendar – February

Well I managed to do the February page of my calendar before January finished so I’ve got that to share with you today.

As with last months the idea is to use old stash – especially stamps – and give them a little bit of love… and love is the right word for this month as I went with hearts for theme (valentines and all that!) …

I actually started with the Tim Holtz collage paper which I’ve not used in forever so I grabbed some of that to put on the background of the card panel I had cut. Then I added gelatos to make the washy colour. I hadn’t used gelatos in a long time so it was fun to play with them a little.

I also stamped with a grey gelato too but it was just some random script text.

Next I added the white gesso stencilling through a Bramble Fox Club kit and also some splattering.

Once that was dry I added the Paperartsy stamping – the angular hearts and the spirals. I added those in black versafine.

Then I added the Paperartsy text heart stamp which I had stamped and cut out from another piece of card so it was bright white on the panel. I then inked the edge to frame it.

All the Paperartsy stamps were designed by my lovely friend Darcy and that text heart will always be one of my favourites.

Love how this looks and now February is all ready for in a few days time to turn over the page.

But for now I will keep enjoying the Swallowtail from last month…

Happy crafting!

Catherine