Keep Slaying Those Dragons Valentine

 

At Kate Hadfield Designs there are so many fabulous sets it is really easy to get inspired to use them. There are digital stamps which you can colour, coloured versions you can scrapbook or make into digital layouts. Papers, patterned overlays and doodles galore. No matter what your skill level there are so many goodies to play with.

Kate is celebrating 17 Years of designing digital doodles and has a 25% off in the store for this weekend only. This is the perfect time to buy those sets you have had on your Wishlist so take advantage of it while you can.

My valentine card for my hubby has been made using this month's free scrapbook template as the layout. This comes in several formats so can be used with a variety of digital programs.

My theme of my card is my hubby is my Knight in Shining Armour and has been for nearly 35 years. He has had many bouts of anxiety and depression over the last 3 years and has a lots of dragons to slay. Unfortunately the latest being in hospital for 8 days with a life threatening infection in his gallbladder. He is now on a waiting list to have it removed. He is not the best patient and is quite often in varying levels of pain and discomfort. The last month has been hard for us both :( and so very, very tiring.

One of the most fabulous things about being in this Creative Team is that we have free rein to make anything we want to using the sets in the shop. This is amazing for inspiring creativity as there are so many amazing packs to play with. I feel very, very lucky to be able to have this opportunity.

The background of my card is the blue and green paper from Paper Pretties. This is my favourite and most used paper as you can use specific sections from the papers and the colour gradients and whitewashed effect create a soft look.

Over the top I added the small heart overlay. You can make this bold like in the preview image below. I opted for a soft effect by reducing the opacity to 25%

In the centre of the circle I added a knight on horseback and one of the dragons from When Knights Were Bold. My wonderful husband has been my protector since 1989 and I have always described him as my Knight in Shining Armour hence the text on the ribbon on top of the card. He is facing a number of battles as the moment and I will be by his side through it all (I am sure I can be a bit of a dragon at times too LOL)

To strengthen the Valentine's theme I added various elements from the following Kits

Once I had created my layout this was then printed and adhered to an 8" card blank. These scrapbook templates are often a perfect layout to create a large square card and I am having fun experimenting with them. Never in a million years did I think I would be able to create digital layouts and these templates make it so easy.

Over at Kate Hadfield Designs there is lots going on. Kate is really generous with her freebies which are readily available. If you sign up to the newsletter you get access to an extra subscriber area the Doodle Den where there are loads more freebies. There is a gallery full of projects by the Creative Team and customers and so much inspiration for crafters and teachers. I would highly recommend you pop over there and join in the fun.

Card Details -

Size - 8” x 8”

Digital Images - When Knights Were Bold, Love and Romance, Lovey Dovey Doodads - Kate Hadfield Designs

Digital Papers - Painted Pretties, Everyday Overlays - Kate Hadfield Designs

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order):-

• 613 Avenue Create - #202402 Anything Goes / Love Letters
• A Perfect Time To Craft - #2 - Anything Goes
• Allsorts - #768 Anything Goes / Shades of Pink
• Ally's Angels - #79 Anything Goes
• As You Like It - Fave Digital Stamps - You can resize,manipulate, use pre-coloured versions, create digital scenarios. They are just so versatile and take up less space.
• Aud Sentiments - #310 Love
• Cardz 4 Guys - #340 Love For A Guy
• CD Sunday Plus - #127 - Anything Goes with a Digital Item
• Classic Design Challenge - #2 Anything Goes / I Love.... my Hubby
• Crafts Galore Encore - #120 Anything Goes
• Crafty Animals - #80 Anything Goes with an Animal or Insect
• Crafty Calendar Challenge - Add a Heart
• Crafty Catz - #665 Anything Goes / Valentine or Love
• Crafty Gals Corner - #252 Add A Heart
• Creative Fingers - #271 Anything Goes
• Creative Moments - #255 Anything Goes
• Critter Crazy Challenges - #83 Anything Goes With a Critter
• Digi Choosday - #5 Anything Goes
• Do-Al (l) Creative - #86 Anything Goes / Mystical
• Double D Challenge - Heartfelt
• Dragonfly Dreams - Hearts
• Ellibelle’s Crafty Wednesday - Anything Goes
• Get Creative Challenges - #128 Love Me Do
• Hearts Quest Fantasy Challenge - Anything Goes Fantasy (Dragon)
• Incy Wincy Designs - Valentines / Love
• Inkspirational Challenges - #309 Hearts
• Let’s Craft & Create - #204 Anything Goes
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #224 Anything Goes
• Little Red Wagon - #743 Show Us Some Love
• Make My Monday - #219 Love
• Mirtillamente - #28 Anything Goes
• Morgan’s Art World - #73 Anything Goes
• Moving Along With The Times - #163 Love Hearts
• My Time To Craft - #527 Cupid and/or Arrows
• Outlawz Festive Fridays - Valentine's Day
• Outlawz Monday Greetings - Anything Goes / Add A Heart
• Outlawz Twisted Thursday - Anything Goes / In The Museum (Knights Armour)
• Pattie’s Creations Design Challenge - #215 Anything Goes
• Pearly Sparkles - #92 Love / Have A Heart
• Penny’s Challenge - #565 Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles - #6 Anything Goes
• Scrapping4fun Challenges - #232 Anything Goes
• Sisterhood of Crafters - Love
• Star Stampz Challenge Blog #55 - Anything Goes / Storybook Characters (Knights & Dragons)
• Sweet Stampin’ - Always Look On The Bright Side of Life (Yes, I was singing it!)
• The Creative Crafters - #73 Anything Goes
• The Male Room - #183 Valantine / Use A Heart
• Try It On Tuesday - Hearts and/or Flowers
• We Love 2 Create - #1 Anything Creative or Mixed Media Goes
• Word Art Wednesday - #635-636 Anything Goes