The colour red

With only a few days left until Valentine's day I found it interesting to look around at the way red appears in every day life, as well as its use to represent love and passion.

Pillar boxes painted are red so that we can spot where to post our mail. I do love the old ones like this one I pass on my way to work.

Red is used in road signs for warnings

Even instructions on the back of doors

and for old fashioned phone boxes, nowadays mobiles have taken over so there are few of these around. This one is actually at a garden centre.

In Mother Nature red can signify danger to us in poisonous berries

but also can produce some beautiful blooms.

The sweet robin also has a red breast.

So for my card today I thought of my favourite colour combination with red which is black.
It is a general with love card for sale here in my Etsy shop

It features my great Visible Ink lips stamp and also I used their rose stamp to glitter emboss a border. There is plenty of sparkle and shine here.

I never get bored using embossing powders....they are such great fun. I finished my card off with my fave with love die cut sentiment and a red bow.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges;

Noor UK  love
The Artistic stamper  love 
Creative Inspirations  hugs and kisses
Creative Corner  2/3 Valentine's/love
That's Crafty  3/3 love
Pixie's snippets playground  2/3 #215
Deep Ocean  hearts
The Ribbon girl 1/3 anything goes for a card
Papercreator must be love
Card Mania 1/5 add some red
Penny Black and More 1/3 anything goes with a stamp and a die
Stamping Sensations 1/3 anything goes
Crafty Boots 3/3 love is in the air
Simon says stamp Wednesday 1/5 one layer

After surviving the gales on Monday we are now being advised we might get a covering of snow next week....brrrr. I do know that for many of my son's birthday's we have had snow..and that's not until 24 February,so we could still get a very cold snap before spring finally surfaces. It's been the most bizarre winter here in South East England, up until now we really have not had anything that cold other than the odd day. However the same can't be said about the rain,......especially for the poor souls up north, they certainly don't need any more for the moment.

I hope you enjoyed your pancakes last night...I very nearly forgot until I saw something on TV whilst I was cooking. Luckily I had the ingredients, including a lemon. Well in our house we do need to be prepared for the occasional G+T don't we ;0)

Thanks for visiting today, keep snug and carry on crafting.

Bye for now,

Jane x