Virtual Valentine's Day Hop

Happy Valentine's Day! To celebrate Valentine's Day Taylor has organized a Virtual Valentine's Day Blog Hop with lots of inspiration, eye candy and prizes along the way. So get comfy and get ready to hop...hop...HOP! 

Be sure to visit Taylor's blog The Quiet Moments for all the rules and details! You have until Thursday 6:00PM to leave comments on the participants blogs to be eligible for prizes from StampInsanity,  Meljens designs,  Pixie Dust Studio, Lizzie Anne Designs,  Christian Paper Crafts ,  Paper Pretties,  Karber Digital Images,  Di's Digi Downloads,  The Scrappychick Boutique,  Stampendous,  Pink Cat Studio,  Amber Ink,  Simply Betty Stamps, Mark's Finest Papers,  Dreamweaver's Stencils,  Chi Chi Memories,  Little Potato House, Kenny K digis,  Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps

I'm sharing a card that I made for my hubby for Valentines Day using Amber INK digital stamps...

I used AmberINK's Love Bunny- Baby Cakes image for the card. This digital image comes with the option of using both rabbits with the cake or just one rabbit. I used the single rabbit image and duplicated it. I placed the images so their bunny noses were touching. I decided I didn't really feel like coloring with Copics so I went through my old stash of freebie digital papers and found these gorgeous papers by Nicole Young Designs. I scaled it down and placed it behind my bunnies on my photoshop page. Next I colored the rabbits in with a light blue color in PSE. I used the brush tool and reduced the opacity to about 35%. I added my sentiment in PSE. All that was left to do was print it out and add a bow. Easy peasy card for the hubby! 

and here is the list of Blogs on the Blog HOP

Taylor Usry - http://taylorusry.blogspot.com/
Libby Hickson - http://stampinlibby.blogspot.com/
Cindy Coutts - http://cindycoutts.com/
Cyndi Bundy - http://scrappychickcyndi.blogspot.com/
Amber Hillman - http://ambersantics.blogspot.com/
Angelique Nederpel - http://scrapping-angel.blogspot.com/
Tanya Johnson - http://little-scrapper.blogspot.com/
Suzi McKenzie - http://mrsweyremaster.blogspot.com/
Cathy Wallington - http://ellieskeeperscreations.blogspot.com/
Pam Hornschu - http://1pamperedstamper.blogspot.com/
Wendy Price - http://paperinkandsmiles.blogspot.com/
Patricia Hays - http://thinkingofinking.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/
Maria Levine - http://riacreations.blogspot.com/
Sandie Dunne - http://sandieshores.blogspot.com/
Juanita Gillen - http://stampintwilghtmom.blogspot.com/
Janelle Stollfus - http://rainpuddlesdesign.blogspot.com/
Mary Collins - http://www.softangelkisses.blogspot.com/
Berenice Rendon - http://karbersweetescape.blogspot.com/
Cheryl Gorka - http://shestamps.blogspot.com/
Jessica Fitzgerald - http://jkfitzgerald.blogspot.com/
Dee Morris - http://sprytebyrd.blogspot.com/
Darsie Bruno - http://www.craftingwithdarsie.blogspot.com/
Sandy Allnock - http://acolourfulworld.blogspot.com/
Margie Cortina - http://ohbumbleismemargie.blogspot.com/
Kathy Fronczak - http://pixieduststudio.blogspot.com/
Cat Darling - http://catscraftycorner.blogspot.com/
Joyce Martens (Jolara) - http://jolaras.blogspot.com/
Erin Leveille -http://stamptillucramp.blogspot.com/
Gudrun Loennecken- http://papirbloggen.blogspot.com/
Mackenzie Bruckler - http://midnightscramper.blogspot.com/
Melissa (Pink Cat) - http://pinkcatstudio.blogspot.com/
Patty Tanuz - http://cardsbypattytanuz.blogspot.com/
Emily Leiphart - http://www.leiphartonart.blogspot.com/
Jane Matsumoto - http://whoopsiedaisy-jane.blogspot.com/
Kimme Leach - http://kimme-thelifeofaprincess.blogspot.com/
Kerry Kung - http://kerryischilling.blogspot.com/
Heather Lee-Reppen - http://inkonmyear.blogspot.com/
Rachel Sztonyk - http://gingerbreadgallery.blogspot.com/
Jennifer Dove - http://just4funcrafts.blogspot.com/
Lysa Q- http://lysaq.blogspot.com/
Erica Johnson-Wanzer - http://www.inkedupandreadytoplay.com/
Tina Kiehn - http://kiehn10.blogspot.com/
Sugar Whiting - http://sugscardsnmore.blogspot.com/
Karin Martin - http://karin-withaniforpaper.blogspot.com/
Sunghee Chon - http://www.creativityinprogress.com/blog/
Tanis Palmer - http://tannyps-rubbish.blogspot.com/
Lindsey Martin-Penny - http://www.bashfulblogging.blogspot.com/
Kristi Parker Van Doren - http://kristiscreativecafe.blogspot.com/
Julie Elak - http://www.lastminutecrafter.blogspot.com/
Alison Heikkila - http://alisonsrandomthoughts.blogspot.com/
Audrey E - http://hippieaud.blogspot.com/
Laura Drahozal - http://www.rememberinglifesmoments.blogspot.com/
Louise Healy - http://www.artfullyarticulate.blogspot.com/
Wendy Jordan - http://www.papertherapy-wendy.blogspot.com/
Lynell Harlow - http://www.dreamweaverstencils.blogspot.com/
Terrece Siddoway - http://www.made4ubyt.blogspot.com/
Liz Martin - http://www.blackcatsstudios.blogspot.com/
Kim Reid - http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.com/
Beth Ranney-Thomas - http://inkyfingersrule.blogspot.com/ 

Almost forgot to snap a photo of these before DS went off to school with them. At about 2 o'clock yesterday we remembered we hadn't started his valentines yet....oops! So we sent the hubs off to the dollar store for lollipops and got to work on photoshop. I had shown DS a blog with a similiar project on it last week, so he was all about recreating them. We took a photo of him against a white drop cloth with his hand extended. Next we cropped out the background in PSE. Dragged some digital paper behind him and add a sentiment. He signed his name right on the photo in PSE using the Wacom tablet. After printing them out, I cut slits at the top/bottom of his hand. He threaded the lollipop stick through and secured them with tape. He's already told me that next year he wants to make those strawberry candy boxes...ughhhh! My oldest DS and I made those a few years back and they took FOREVER! Guess we better start earlier next year. ;)