Cupido Henry

Hello, my friends. =) Thank you so much for those of you that have emailed me during my absence. I arrived in Taiwan on the 11th of January intending to spend Chinese New Year with my family since my father was sick. Unfortunately, my father passed away two days after my arrival. I am so grateful that I arrived in time to see him for the last time. I decided to dedicate my blog to him for the duration of my staying in Taiwan and that is why my last post stayed up for so long. Thank you all so much for your support and for visiting me during my absence. It warms my heart to know that you care for me so much and I can't thank you enough for that.

I am coming home on the 1st of February and I'll start posting regularly again. =) Here is a card that I made using a new stamp released by Whiff of Joy Stamps in January and it's for you all. I wish I could send a card to each of you to express my gratefulness. Thanks for sending me your love and here is mine for you! =)

Isn't Henry handsome? =) He is Cupido Henry this time and well, just perfect for Valentine's Day!

Henry is colored on watercolor paper with watercolor pencils and a water brush. After coloring, I cut and embossed the image with a Petite Ovals Small die. The piece is matted with a piece of patterned paper cut using a Petite Ovals Large die before I stitched the layers together. The sentiment piece is cut using a PTI die.

The patterned paper is from Random 6x6 Pad by Crate Paper. I used the Fancy Hearts border die on the dark blue piece and the tiny hearts are leftovers from die cutting the border (yes, I save those, too!). The sentiment is from General Sayings II set.

That's all I have for now. Don't forget to check out the January releases and the new release for February at Whiff of Joy Stamps! Again, thank you, thank you for your warm friendship! =)

Have a beautiful day and thanks for stopping by!

supplies:
cardstock: (kraft) Papertrey Ink, (watercolor) Canson
rubber stamps: Whiff of Joy Stamps
patterned paper: Crate Paper
archival ink: (Jet Black) Ranger Industries
coloring medium: (watercolor pencils) Derwent
fibers: (seam binding) Lawrence Schiff Slik Mills, Inc, (cream crochet thread) DMC
accents: (pink button) Papertrey Ink, (glitter glue) Ranger Industries, (dimensional glaze) Ranger Industries, (paper doily) Royal Lace
dies: (ovals) Spellbinders, (border) Whiff of Joy Stamps
tools: (die-cut machine) Provo Craft, (Corner Chomper) We R Memory Keepers, (sewing machine)
other: (foam tape) 3M, (foam squares) Recollections
card size: 5" x 5"