Good morning friends, Lorie here with you this morning.  Can you believe we are in February already?  It is the month of love...well, the month of Valentine's Day.  I know some people don't celebrate it because it is a commercial holiday but I am totally into showing extra love to my friends and family on Valentine's Day so how about I show you another card I made?

 As you can see I used a fun raccoon cut file along with the Bandit of Love Stamp on the outside.  As strange as it may seem I knew I wanted to use black or grey with this raccoon for the card base but of course  love calls for some red, right so I used red and white as the accent colors. My papers are from Pebbles Be Mine paper pad.  A little white gel pen on the raccoon really gave it some fun character.

And inside I added the Smokey the Love Bandit stamp and another little heart...can't have to many hearts in my opinion!  I left lots of room for a mushy note for my hubby!  I think I already made him a card for Valentine's Day but I often give him more than one throughout the day so this would be no different!

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Fanciful Friday with Ellen

Hello to all of my Great Impressions friends! This is Ellen from In a World of Craft with the first Friday in February Great Impressions inspiration from the Great Impressions store!

(A2: Stamps: Great Impressions Stamps (G478 Smokey the Love Bandit and B230 Bandit of Love and D457 - Heart Thought Bubble)

For today’s card, I chose two newly released stamps; Smokey the Love Bandit and Bandit of Love, plus the Heart Thought Bubble I already had on hand. Want to know how I made the background? Hop over to my blog to find out!

Thanks so much for stopping by for a bit of inspiration from Great Impressions.

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