1st Posting on a New Group

The mail has been taking a long time to travel from England to United States so I have been searching for a  new swap group, preferably based in UK................ after Brexit will we be 'Britain formerly known as Great'?

On a more serious note, I found a Group called UK Stampers and although it is a Facebook Group I joined.  I am not a Facebook user, I have an account and, after a rather uncomfortable time on there, I stopped using it.  The account is still open so I signed up through that account.  I haven't really fathomed how to use Facebook yet, my useless PC doesn't help but I hope to get there eventually.

The swap theme this month is Love.

I had a look around, especially on Pinterest, decided on my chosen designs, then set to work.

I used a small piece of blue painted paper and stamped two owls and a sentiment.  I water coloured the owls, extending the branch along the card.

I washed a pale blue watercolour across a white background, stamped a plane, house scene and sentiment onto this card.  I water coloured the both the scene along the lower edge and the aeroplane, adding a red stripe along the plane.

The heart card was much different and the one I made first.  It took several tries to achieve the finished result...lol.  The art was in cutting the correct side of the heart!  Did I mention that the stamping also took some time to find the right placement? Ages!

Once I had stamped the paper in the right position, I then used Sharpies and Promarkers to colour the flowers, skin and suit.  I then needed to attach the folded heart.....  After the glue had dried I folded the card open and stamped some pink hearts on the inside.  I used two sentiments on the outside, ensuring that the top sentiment fitted into the heart shape.

Now I must find out how to send these to our Host and then we wait for our returns .......
Looking at the above cards, I decided something was missing from the owls card. 
It was boring but what to do?

PJ said 'give them a moon to croon to' so I started again and, after cutting the blue painted card to the correct size, I painted in a circle with yellow mica paint.  I phaffed around with it using a tissue then a baby wipe until I was satisfied with the overall effect.  I stamped and embossed the owls and the sentiment this time.  
I added some water colour as before and tried to wipe it off the embossing as I have seen several times on the web. 
Don't think it worked for me but I am pleased with the overall card.  The moon is a big improvement and PJ has a smile on his face!!!




UPDATED

I have received the following cards:

Beautiful card with a red enamelled heart in the centre.

Thank you Jill.

Another lovely card using Leonie Pujol stamps.

Thank you Tracey.

One from the Master, love the wooden hearts.

Thank you Sid.