Three Room Studio and Black History Month

Hello, friends!  This week we are celebrating Black History Month at Three Room Studio. This month is meant to be a specific time to recognize and celebrate achievements by African Americans and the important roles we have played in the history of this country, roles which have often been ignored or hidden, even to this day.

 Here's my card:

 

 I used my Spectrum Noir Markers to color a heart with the colors of the Pan-African flag - also known as the Afro-American flag.  This flag was designed by Marcus Garvey. To represent Black people, I colored and fussy cut the hands from the Hello Friend stamp set. I adhered the hands to the heart.  I used brown ink to distress a panel of textured card stock from my stash, gluing the panel to a kraft card base. I tucked a sentiment slightly behind the bottom of the heart and finally added some enamel dots.

Please take some time to read up on the contributions African Americans have made to this country. I would dare say that you will discover some amazing facts.

Thanks for visiting!

Masculine Valentine

Hello!  Today I have another masculine Valentine again using the Hero Arts Argyle Background Stamp.  This time I cut hearts from the paper stamped with the argyle pattern.  I made a mini slimline.  Here it is:

This is for our grandson.  I sure hope he likes it.  I enjoyed making it for him.  I stamped the background using Hero Arts Pool Ink on blue card stock.  I cut the various hearts using I've had for years and years.  The front panel was cut using Kat Scrappiness Mini Slim Line Double Stitched Dies and added to my card base after I used a diamond embossing folder from my stash to create a pattern on the navy card stock.  The sentiment is from Kat Scrappiness also - the Quokka Valentine set.  It's heat embossed with white embossing powder.

Thanks for visiting!