CHALLENGE: Throwback Thursday #11

Valentine's Day is right around the corner.  Why not pull out this oldie but goodie and get a jump start on your Valentines?

Cupid's Arrow has a great mix of images and sentiments that are great to use as accents or a focal point for your card.  I've used Cupid's Arrow with some newer products to show you how older sets can be used with some of sets you already have in your stash.

Wplus9 Supplies:

Stamps: Cupid's Arrow, Borders & Backgrounds 3/ Cardstock: White, Black// Inks:  Little Piggy, Sweet Gelato, Black, Lake House// Dies: Cupid's Arrow, XOXO Border Die , Love Shower Layers Dies , Love Mom Layers Die

For my first card, I used the Clear Cut Stackers:  Hearts to create a mask to build my focal point.  I first stamped the confetti hearts in Little Piggy and Sweet Gelato inks and then sponged the edges with Lake House ink.  I stamped the sentiment multiple times using the MISTI.

Wplus9 Supplies:

Stamps: Cupid's Arrow, Hand Lettered Thanks, Borders & Backgrounds 3// Cardstock: White, Black// Inks:  Little Piggy, Sweet Gelato, Black, Lake House// Dies: Cupid's Arrow, Love Shower Layers Dies ,  Love Mom Layers Die

This next card shows you how you can use older sets with newer ones.  Here I pulled in the "you" from Hand Lettered Thanks and combined it with a sentiment from Cupid's Arrow.

Wplus9 Supplies:

Stamps: Cupid's Arrow, Valentine Wishes, Borders & Backgrounds 3// Cardstock: White, Black// Inks:  Little Piggy, Sweet Gelato, Black// Dies: Cupid's Arrow, Clear Cut Stackers:  Hearts , Love Shower Layers,  Love Mom Layers Die

My last card uses masking and stamping just like the first.  This time I stamped arrows as a border on both sides of the masked area.  I pulled in a sentiment from Valentine's Wishes and used the chalkboard technique to make a focal point that pops.

Play Along

Now it's your turn! We'd love to have you participate in our Throwback Thursday posts. We know you've got some older product in your stash dying to see some ink! So let's pull em out.

Use any card above as inspiration, or even the stamp set if you've got it, and let's see those "oldies but goodies" get some love! Use at least one Wplus9 product and upload your project to your blog or online photo gallery such as Flickr. Then link it up using the InLinkz widget below to share it and keep the inspiration flowing! You'll have 3 weeks to play along.

If you'd like us to repost and share your creations on Instagram and Facebook, be sure post using the hashtag #wplus9tbt!

Prize

We will select one random random participant to receive a $20 store credit to wplus9.com. Winners will be announced on Thursdays when the new Throwback Thursday is posted.

TBT #10 Winner

• #12 Robin Mayfield

Contact us at customerservice@wplus9.com with your full name and email and we will set up your store credit! (If you don't already have an account set up with us, be sure to set one up to expedite collecting your prize)

Throwback Thursday #11 Entries

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