Paper Wings Productions February Blog Hop!

Happy Friday and welcome to the February Paper Wings Productions Design Team Blog Hop! If you have arrived here from Lisa's Blog you are in the right place. If you are visiting my blog today for another reason, and would like a chance to win some fabulous stamps, click here to start the hop from the beginning.

This month we've whipped up some "love"ly projects to share with you and we're even sharing the "love!" One lucky follower will win some fabulous blog candy and the chance to be featured as a guest designer in a future hop!

For a chance to win, become a follower of the Paper Wings Productions Blog, visit each of the design team member's blogs, including our guest designer, and leave a little love. Then, go back to The Aviary and leave a comment letting us know you completed the hop. For extra chances to win, "like" the Paper Wings Productions facebook page and/or invite your friends to the hop. Make sure to leave another comment at The Aviary letting us know about your additional entries. The lucky winner will be announced on Tuesday, February 5th, on the Paper Wings Productions blog.

I had a lot of fun making this card! I incorporated a new technique and fabric that I don't usually craft with for this piece, velvet. I used an iron and Diana, one of the women from the Melange Women Stamp Set, and embossed the image onto a piece of velvet!

I'd love to take credit for this idea, but I found the tutorial for this technique in the book Rubber Stamping For The First Time by Carol Scheffler. If you'd like to try embossing velvet, lay a stamp, rubber side up, on an ironing board. Place the velvet, nap side down, over the stamp, lightly mist the back of the fabric with water and press the iron, set to the "wool" setting, onto the fabric for about 20 seconds.
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I used the Banner Day Clear Stamp Set and a piece of patterned vellum to create my cherish banner.

Thanks for stopping by and leaving me some love! The next stop on the hop is Norma's Blog.

Here is the complete hop lineup in case you get lost along the way:

The Aviary

Lisa Fish

Dana Tatar {You Are Here}

Norma Gomez

Tara Chaussee

Amber Rasmussen

Shay
Carrie Avery

The Aviary

Thank you so much for joining us today and let your creativity take flight!

Melange Women Banner Day Clear Stamp Set

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Supplies: Collage Sheet: Prima; Vellum: Webster's Pages; Stamps: Paper Wings Productions; Heart: Lucky 7 Factory; Rhinestones: Kaisercraft; Ink: Ranger; Stickles: Ranger; Other: Lace, Velvet