Paint + Paper + Stitching = Valentine's Day Cards!

With Valentine's Day in mind, I sat down to do some creating and this collection of heart cards emerged.

I have a container that I keep painted papers in.  These are papers that have been rejected from other projects or they're papers I made with no particular project in mind.  It's a great source for quick creating!  To start my cards I pulled out this piece of painted watercolor paper:

 With a bit of stamping and painting it became this piece of paper:

 I cut it into pieces and mixed it up with some stenciled hearts -- using my new "Mix & Match Hearts" stencil:

And I came up with these colorful stitched pieces:

From there I simply added a few more painted papers to make each square just a tad under five inches, and glued each collage to the front of a 5x5 black card.

Thanks for stopping by!