hi! welcome to day three of the papertrey ink december release countdown and a first look at the second of my two new pieces of confetti stamp sets this month: fun lovin'! in addition to get well wishes, this release is also all about love and hearts. and also fun love puns - at least that's what valentines means to me! with that in mind, i created a new valentine set around a few such "punny" sentiments built right into the images they represent.
today i'm featuring one my favorite images in the set - hey, hot stuff - inspired by my hot sauce lovin' husband! i decided to flash back to my pantone match inspired make it monday for this design, creating a red hot pantone card to match my bottle, completing the phrase with will you be mine? (also from the set) below the color where the pantone color name would be.
the green bottle top is a nod to the green wrapping around the neck of a tabasco bottle, providing just the right pop of color. i finished off the focal cluster with a few hearts around the neck of the bottle and adhered it all to a 4 bar pink card base. if there's only one time a year when you can give a guy a pink card, valentine's is it!
and since i made a couple of bottles while working on the pantone card, i couldn't resist a second design. this one even quicker than the first thanks to betsy's fabulous mix & mat hearts. i used the main frame and arrows together in white on smokey shadow to keep the overall look a little more masculine, while still featuring the prerequisite hearts. like pink, hearts are a valentine must!
not only does the red pop against the black and white background, but the resulting frame layer perfectly showcases the simple bottle of hot sauce and sentiment. the end result is just the right mix of frilly and fun! hey, hot stuff - xoxo!
puns are perfect for fun lovin' valentines of all ages! i know i'm always a sucker for them! sorry for the posting delay today - we can thank typepad for that. hopefully they've got it under control now. i'm sure you've already been to the papertrey ink blog - as always, that's where all the pretty links are! and of course, typepad willing, i'll be back in the morning...
xoxo,
:) lexi
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