Playing with my "toys"

I finally sat down to play around with some of the Valentine's stuff I got recently, as well as some hearts that are part of an older kit I have.

What did I get recently? I got the Heart to Heart punch, the I {Heart} Hearts stamp set, the I {Love} Love jumbo wheel, Real Red ink pad and Pretty in Pink ink pad. I started having some fun with them last night, just seeing what they look like, thinking of different techniques that could be used (I'm very new to techniques!). Here's part of what I did:

It's hard to see, but the bottom four hearts are cut out or punched. The heart on the furthest right is a punched out heart from the Heart to Heart punch, but then stamped with a heart from the Simply Said stamp set (no longer available). The other hearts are simply cut out. The two hearts toward the middle were an attempt of mine to sponge while masking (placing a cut-out shape to block an area from being coloured). Those were done with a bit of sponge and Real Red, but I also tried it with the Pretty in Pink and it was very nice--just didn't show up well enough in a picture.

I made a thank you card the other day, too. I will have to get it uploaded. No, not done with Valentine's things. ;) Although, you could!