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February is all about Valentine's day, and so is the February Design Kit that the Paper Niche offers to the public. I wanted to share my first layout with the kit.

 I used the jute rope to make a heart shape on my layout, and grouped all my elements on it. Clustering is one of my favorite things to do lately. The bold wooden letters by Pink Paislee where sprayed with some of my Cactus Gold Glitz Spritz from Lindy's Stamp Gang and embossed with King Midas Gold embossing powder from the same company. I just sprinkled the embossing on the letters while they were still wet from the Glitz spray. I only wanted some touches of the embossing powder, and for it not to cover the entire letters, for a slight distressed look.

 Most of the flowers were Prima, except one small one which was a plain white mulberry paper flower.  I treated this flower the same way as the letters on the title (I used the same products), in order to make it match the colors I was using on the layout.

  I love clustering items on my layouts, and this time I did it on a heart, just around Valentine's Day! I have no clue what I'll get my honey this year and I'm kind of stressing out about it. Any suggestions?