My Perfect Scoop! - Hero Arts
Posted by Emily Midgett on December 21, 2018

My Perfect Scoop!

Good morning! Emily Midgett with you today for some punny Valentine's Day inspiration using the Food Puns stamp set. I know, I know; most of us are still waist-deep in Christmas preparations, but in case you want to get a head start on your Valentines.... well, I'm here for you! There are some super cute sentiments in there, and they make for perfect Valentines, especially for kids! Kids love a good pun, and mine will love this one. Let's get started with the details!

To start, I stamped two ice cream cones from Food Puns using Intense Black ink on some Copic-friendly white card stock. I then colored the cones using my Copic markers, adding a bit of white gel pen to add some shine on the cherry at the top of each cone, and fussy cut them. I also stamped the punny greeting on a strip of white card stock using Intense Black ink.

Next, I used Fresh Peach ink with some blender brushes to lightly blend towards the bottom of my peachy-pink card front. This helps create a bit of a "ground" for my ice cream cones, rather than allow them to float randomly on the card front! I adhered the ice cream cones and sentiment strip (which I mounted on a strip of silver glitter paper slightly larger than my sentiment strip) using dimensional foam adhesive. I also stamped a few hearts from the Food Puns set using the same ink color for a subtle, tone-on-tone look.

The final touch was to fill out any bare spots in the little cluster with some drops Crystal Lacquer.

Well, that's all for me today! I think this will be perfect for one of my kiddos for Valentine's Day. What 5 year old wouldn't love a good ice cream pun? Maybe with a gift card to get some frozen yogurt? So cute.

Thanks for stopping by today, and have a marvelous weekend!

8 comments

ohhhh this is so cute! i had kinda forgotten that i had this set and now i will be getting it out for my valentines/anniversary it’ll be 17 years ago we were married on valentines day! so the valentine stamps and cards hold a special place in my heart, thanks for making a card with a stamp set that isn’t brand new also. i love it when someone whips out an oldie but a goodie!

Ashley Shaffer,

Awesome card Emily, love your colours and your ice cream makes me longing for summer.
Thank you for sharing and have a great weekend.

Henriétte,

How lovely and sweet!! Thanks for sharing.

Cindy C.,

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