All You Need Is LOVE ... (and a great sense of humour!)

It's hubby's birthday at the weekend, (those of you who saw my previous post will know that, and that we are off to Amsterdam...yay!) Here is my card for him from me.

The adorable image is called Valentine, by Krista Smith of Saturated Canary...one of my latest finds and the cause of a serious 'hole' in the cash I had in my purse!!! Hee hee! I have fallen in love with Krista's images, and have recently added a fair few to my digital image collection ;)

 I followed this week's Sketch n Stash sketch below.

I embossed a piece of white card as the main background, used a MS border punch fro the centre strip, some hearts DP for the pennant/banner on the rhs. I added some Baker's Twine and a 'Made With Love' charm.

The image was coloured with Promarkers and attached using a double layer of foam pads to give a really 3D effect.

The sentiment I made on the computer using 'cutie pop' font and you may well have noticed, it's the title of a well-known song!! The Beatles wrote this in the 1960s..."All You Need Is Love," hence the title of my post, (not to mention the essential good sense of humour, a necessity after almost 20 years of marriage and 3 kids!!!)

Apart from a tiny brad in each corner, I've tried to keep the overall effect fairly free from embellishments, especially flowers and flourishes...well, it is a card for a guy after all!!

The inside of the card has also been decorated:

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

• Deep Ocean Challenge #23 - Song Inspiration (mine is "All You Need Is Love," by The Beatles.)
• Craft Your Days Away #43 - Metal (my charm.)
• Paper Sundaes #116 - Anything Goes.
• Sketch n Stash #85 - Kevin's Sketch.
• Whoopsiedaisy - Free & Easy.
• Bunny Zoe's #23 - Ribbon or Twine (I used twine.)
• Crafty Sentiments - Use a Digi.
• Bearly Mine #31 - Embossing.

Thanks for Looking.