xxx Shrink Plastic Valentine xxx

I'm Back! I had a slight problem with my mojo for a few days, but I've been going through all my old craft magazines and now have quite a long list of techniques that I'm itching to have a go at.  Yay!

Today I had a go (although not for the first time) at Shrink Plastic on this Valentine creation:

The heart shape on the shrink plastic was made with a stamp and has a rough thick black outline so I kept  that as my theme.  After matting and layering the shrink plastic I added the other details freehand with a Sharpie (apart from the ribbon, which is made of chiffon material and came from Ikea).  The rough lines are of course, deliberate! ;-)

I actually made two pieces of Shrink Plastic:

Amazing how the heart looks almost golden in daylight, whereas it looks red at nightime. 

This was the swirly one against today's blue sky:

(Shame its still so cold, despite the blue sky.  Roll on Spring!)

I will be using this piece of shrink plastic on another creation.

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Finally today, I thought I'd show you this recent purchase from the sales:

 A waterproof notebook!

(Hawkin's Bazaar £4)  Whatever next!

Thanks for looking and for any comments,

qwiksave

Aaah, It's Valentines Day...soon!

I've decided that I waffle too much on these posts, nobody has said anything (thankfully!) but I think I can guess what you're thinking!

So, from now on I'll do less chat (hooray!) and more of  showing you what I've made.

Today was another card, it a Valentine's Day card:

For this I've used a beautiful glittered heart ribbon that was from Ikea, (a while ago), red corrugated paper  and a little torn mulberry paper for the sides. I also used some plain and patterned paper and the cutout heart was done using a heart template.

Detailed photos: 

Also on the romantic theme, I  made this card recently for my brother-in-law for his 1sr Anniversary

using a large rubber stamp, 2 clear stamps and red chalk