Valentine ATCs

The first step was a background.  I decided to use a shaving cream background.  I used Stampin’ Up! Pretty in Pink and Passion Pink re-inkers for the color.

Background

Then, I realized that the ATCs were rolling up so I had to flatten them out.  Out came the ironing board, a linen tea towel and the iron.  This also heat sets the ATCs.

Flattened, heat set ATCs

Next was trying to figure out what to put on the ATCs.  I knew that I wanted to use some cupcake picks that I had received in a swap a year or so ago.  Did I want to stamp on the ATC?  I have these two foam stamps that are conversation hearts but they never leave a good image.  I tried them on two ATCs but didn’t like the images they were producing so went back to my original thought – die cuts. 

I had borrowed my girlfriend’s Sizzix some time ago and did a mess of die cuts.  I used red primitive hearts on the ATCs and then put the cupcake picks.

All the ATCs

Individual ATC

Individual ATC