Stamp, Ink, Paper #135 + Masculine Valentine

I've been preparing for Valentine's Day and here is another challenge inspiration for you. Today's second challenge is courtesy of Stamp, Ink, Paper.

 I always struggle with masculine cards but I think I hit this one out of the park. It is still valentine themed and yet not so cutesy that I wouldn't hesitate in the least to give it to my favorite guy. I heat embossed this darn stinking cute bee in black. I highly recommend a superfine powder for stamps with small details. My other go to application is to stamp in a versafine ink to get the detail and then add a clear embossing powder.

Sadly, the stamp and die set I used here are retired but I still love them. I cut a hexagon background out and then snipped parts of it away for the center piece. Some of the pieces on the panel cut out the centers as well so I used those to pop up on dimensionals here and there for texture. I used some scrap pieces of designer papers randomly in the other openings.

Super cute right?

-Sherry

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Stamp, Ink, Paper #135 + Masculine Valentine