Today's the day!

Good morning everyone!

What an exciting day!

My Artistic Adventures 

is issuing their very first challenge today!

Think Valentines Day!

All you need to do is grab a collage set from Heather's Etsy, 

make whatever your heart desires,
with a Valentine's theme,

 then come back and link up at My Artistic Adventures first challenge!

Easy Peasy!

I'm on the DT and have made a couple of things to inspire you.

I might have gotten a little carried away snapping up a bunch of Heather's beautiful collage collections but I couldn't help myself!

Wait till you see them, you'll want them all too!
(I have a link to all the collage sheets I used within my post)

This post is a bit picture heavy so I'll try to keep from being too wordy!

My tag, 

using Romantic Rose Bird tag set.

Front...

I used glossy accents on the bird, liquid pearl (rouge) on the rose & around the edges of the tag and glitter on the leaves.

The back...

more glitter and liquid pearls.

Below.....

Romantic Rose Retro Red Pillow Box

topped with

A Medium Conversation Heart collage set

and 

some word blocks left over from the 

Romantic Rose Bird tag set above.

I used the glossy accent & the glitter, again, on the heart and sentiment boxes.

Below you can see the sides of the box where I used the 

Conversation Hearts sentiments and backgrounds.

Next.....

My tussie mussie...

Romantic Rose Retro Red Heart Cone

I decorated all sides the same.

No glitter on this one, just a little black soot distress ink on the edges.

And from the same collage sheet I used the heart topper to make the card below.

I started with a tag from the 

Vintage Music Large Tag Background collage set,

then heart topper with a

Vintage Shabby Chic Rose Alpha focal on top.

More glitter, on the hearts edges and around the focal (Thank You sentiment).

Once I saw the Alpha focals I knew I wanted to make banners for my granddaughters,

 who love when I make things to hang on their walls,

 so this is the first one of 4 that I will be making.

I started with the hearts from the

Romantic Focals Cupid Text Boxes and Hearts for Cone Tussie Mussie

collage sheet

 A closeup below of one of the hearts & alpha focal pieces...
more glitter!

Below is a combo Birthday/Valentines Day card for my niece.

I used the 

Shabby Vintage Pugs & Pooches Valentine's Day card set

 Here is a close up of the pug.

I topped him with glossy accents.
You can also see I broke out the glitter again! 

And last...

This is what happens while I'm waiting for glitter & glue to dry...

 I use leftover pieces from the 

Romantic Rose Bird tag set 

and a couple of the 

Conversation Heart bases were cut for the base.

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To find the glitters and bakers twines I used here are a couple of links...

Art Glitter

Really Reasonable Ribbon - bakers twine

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I hope I've inspired you to join us in this new adventure!

Be sure to check out the rest of the DT's inspiration pieces too!

You can find links to their work over on Heather's blog.