Shape Series | 2 HEART

I'm moving on from circles (the "one-sided shape") to hearts (a "two-sided shape"). Still yet to conquer the card concept thnigy but I'm moving on anyway. I'll come back to it when the inspiration strikes.

I pretty much think of hearts as a neutral, as in they go with virtually everything and any design. In scrapbooking I'm scrapping photos of someone I love, or a place or view I want to remember - and therefore have love for. In card making I only send cards to people I love - so hearts are always a good fit. Perhaps I've set myself to fail though, choosing this shape in February? I'm SO over the whole Valentine's whatnot already and the day itself hasn't even arrived! As long as I keep separating love and romantic love I should be OK.

I'm also seeing this as a stash-busting opportunity as I have approximately eleventy billion heart stickers. Let's get them used up!!

I have one new sketch for the month which further explores those one-line folded cut files that I experimented with in Circles month. I guess this means more patterned paper backgrounds for me this month too.

I've also had a flick through my archives and pulled three card sketches and three scrapbook sketches that might be inspirational this month.

OK, this one is flowers BUT with a quick switch up they could easily become hearts. And this would size up nicely too, to an A4 or 12x12 layout... the ideas are flowing!

And now for the layouts...

I've also looked through my list of stash and compiled a list of supplies that are 'hearty' that should probably make an appearance this month. Things like Heffy Doodles Whole Lotta Hearts die set and Concord and 9th hearts turnabout stamp. I'm also toying with trying to use hearts in an un-hearty way, perhaps if I line up some hearts and cover half of them I can create my own scallop-like border? Or cluster a group of hearts to make a flower? We'll see, we'll see...

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