Valentine I Received

The lovely Valentine I received 

from a long time "pen pal"

with a fun confetti surprise inside

and cute decorated envelope :)

 

Happy Valentine's Day Card

My final Valentine made with scrappy bits n' leftover pieces

I have been saving to do something with some day!

The cluster of hearts on this piece is actually something 

from a really old project that I decided to rip apart.

The letterpress background was made last year,

but came out crooked so I didn't use it.

I saved it and trimmed it down this year,

straightening it up for this card. 

There is some glitter, a bit of dry embossing

and a piece of grosgrain ribbon on the cluster

inside

 

Thanks for looking =)

Stay safe and warm! 

White Heart Love Card

Several more leftover bits were used on this card.

My Valentine's/Love baggie is nearly empty!

Everything used came from Stampin' Up!

over the years, most items are no longer available.

The words are heat embossed in black onto a strip of vellum.

I lightly sponged pale gray ink onto the background behind

the die cut heart in hopes it would make it stand out a bit more.

The background is also pressure embossed with a texture. 

The small die cut flowers have been slightly bent

to create a bit more dimension. Rhinestones for the centers.

Thanks for looking =) 

 

I Heart U Card

 

Nothing fancy, creative or unique on this card.

Just putting to use some more old leftovers

from last years Valentine's card making.

Everything used came from Stampin' Up!,

most items are no longer available.

Letterpress background plates

Assorted dies

Red, metallic silver, white card stocks

inside

Thanks for looking =) 

Inlaid Hearts Border Valentine Card

 

This one was fun to make, 

piecing the hearts back together.

Thee white background was 

pressure embossed with a folder by Cuttlebug.

The pieced border of hearts was made

with a die from Stampin' Up!

I cut it three times:

once on the red tag,

once from black and once from gold.

 I saved all of the little heart pieces

to use on some of the other cards I made

this year with leftovers being saved

for future use. 

I glued another tag underneath the die cut one

so there was something to glue to pieces to.

I started with the black outlines then

matched up all of the little hearts and 

carefully glued them in place, 

finishing up with the extra red pieces

around the heart border. 

It was a bit time consuming, tricky,

but it looks neat!

Black heat embossed stamped sentiment from

Stampin' Up!

I glued some of the little hearts that were cut out

from the die cut tag on the inside:

Thanks for looking = )

Valentine Cluster Card - Friend

 

This is the first of five Valentine cards I made

new this year. Sure, I have lots of "love" type

cards leftover from the failed craft booth last year,

but I also had a baggie of leftover "love" bits I never used

when making all of those cards.

I wanted to put those "do something with some day"

bits n' pieces to use this year, making one less

baggie of saved scraps ;)

The rubber stamp image is from Hero Arts.

Various dies and punches.

Metallic silver (looks gray), red, black and white card stocks.

Narrow silver trim.

Thanks for looking =) 

Meant To Be Card

Shimmery card stocks, silver embossing powder 

and die cuts plus a neat glittered button

topped with silver organdy ribbon made for a pretty card.

Die cuts, stamp images, embossing folder,

inks and card stocks were all from Stampin' Up!

There is no layering heart die in the set to go behind

that fancy die cut heart. It was trial and error to cut

out my own heart to fit behind it. 

Too bad I didn't think to trace it for future reference

before I glued it in place, doh!

Button and organdy ribbon, unknown

Thanks for looking =) 

Bloomin' Hearts Valentine - rustic

This is one of my favorite of all the Valentine's I made this year.

It wasn't too difficult, either. 

I had been putting off buying the wood plank embossing folder,

telling myself I already had a wood grain background stamp.

I'm glad I bought it and I've been using it quite a bit.

Supplies from Stampin' Up!:

Bloomin' Hearts thinlits die

Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp

Wood plank embossing folder

card stocks

white embossing powder and Versamark ink

Misc supplies:

rhinestones

baker's twine

Thanks for looking =)

Bloomin' Hearts Valentine - classy

All supplies used were from Stampin' Up!:

Bloomin' Hearts thinlits die

Tufted (?) embossing folder

Large scallop square die

card stocks

Silver Encore ink

Misc supplies:

rhinestones

Thanks for looking =)

This card was chosen as a favorite at 

Splitcoaststampers

Two Hearts Valentine

I tried stamping inside the hearts onto

the background kraft paper, 

but it wasn't lined up well and looked a bit busy, too.

So I left them plain, empty.

The tags and ribbons help fill it.

Heart die cuts and stamp image from Stampin' Up!

Mini tags, unknown

Ribbons from my craft supplies, Offray

Kraft, Vanilla, textured black card stocks

Stitched rectangle die, Stamps of Life

Thanks for looking =)

You and Me card - red

A fun hodge podge of some leftover bits were used to create this card.

The large red heart was one of my heat embossing fails,

so I flipped it over and pressure embossed it with a large

polka dot embossing folder.

The heart die cut and embossing folder were from Stampin' Up!

The wee little red heart tag was an extra piece I decided

not to use on another project.

I do not know the manufacturer of it.

The card base with the three strips of washi tape has been

sitting in my "to do something with someday" drawer for a long time.

Washi tape was found at Big Lots in the hardware department (!)

man years ago. I do not know the manufacturer.

Rubber stamp image from Stampin' Up!,

Perfect Pennants with matching die.

Twine was found at Target years ago.

Thanks for looking =)

This card was a CAS favorite at

splitcoaststampers for the week ending 2/8/2020

You and Me Card - gold

This card is inspired by a sample in an old catalog.

I changed the colors and a couple of elements.

Everything used (other than the twine) was from Stampin' Up!

however most items are no longer available. 

Thanks for looking =)

Heart Collage Valentine

Various dies, stamps, inks, embossing folder,

paper clay and mold, even a letterpress plate,

all from Stampin' Up!, were used to create this card.

The ribbon is a scrap from some old Christmas ribbon.

The paper clay flower was painted with silver craft paint.

I inked the letterpress plate with white before pressing the card stock.

Thanks for looking =)

This card was chosen as a CAS Favorite

for the week ending 2/8/2020

at Splitcoaststampers

Owl Always Love You Step Card

I think this is called a  "Step" card.

It was easy to make using a die.

I do not know the manufacturer of the owl 

stamp and die.

The sentiment was done on my computer

 and printer since the one that was in the stamp

set was much too large.

Various heart dies, card stocks, inks

and tiny hearts border embossing folder

are all from Stampin' Up!

Paper punches for the eyes and hand cut beak.

White gel pen to outline the hearts. 

Thanks for looking =) 

Jump Start My Heart Valentine

All supplies used were from Stampin' Up!:

Geared Up Garage stamps and dies

Heart die from a different set (I don't recall the name)

Subtle texture embossing folder

Thanks for looking =) 

Detailed Floral Die Cut Card

Putting to use a new to me fancy die to create this card. 

It was on clearance from Stampin Up! recently,

Despite the matching stamp set being no longer available,

I went ahead and bought it because I thought I could make

it work with things I already own.

The heart dies and sentiment were also 

from Stampin' Up!

Silver embossing powder, Versamark ink

Silver satin ribbon

Red and white card stocks

Thanks for looking =) 

The groundhog was correct -

we saw snow again yesterday.

However it isn't stopping daffodils from emerging :)

I am happy to see that they survived after
being under water during the flood last year.

CAS Valentine

Getting the embossing powder to work was

the most difficult part of this project!

Even using a "powder pal", I kept getting

stray bits of embossing powder. 

Three attempts and I called it quits.

Then I overheated it, making it dull.....

but it matched the metallic silver paper

better that way anyway.

Die cut heart and greeting were from Stampin' Up!

Stitched rectangle die, Stamps of Life

Mini heart tag, unknown

Dollar store baker's twine 

Thanks for looking =)

Hugs and Kisses Card

Don't look too closely at this one, it's crooked and some of the Xs are upside down ;)

Border die and rubber stamp, Stampin' Up!
X and O dies, Michael's/Recollections

Love Birds Card

This was a pretty quick card to make.

The thing that took the longest was trying to get 

the birds stamped on the pink line of that paper

so I could cut them out. Four tries and I finally

had them centered well enough. 

Trimming out and gluing those wee birds

(and heart!) was fun, too. 

Supplies:

Stamped image (Olive You by Stampin' Up!) on a tag.

Stamped again onto patterned paper scrap

to cut out the birds and glue them over the stamped image.

Teeny tiny heart paper punch glued 

over the stamped miniature heart.

Loose lines drawn around the edge of the tag.

Organdy ribbon and twine

to finish off the tag.

Tag is mounted with dimensionals

over patterned paper (DCWV)

and card stock layers.

Thanks for looking!

Valentine Shaker Card

This card was a bit time consuming

and the first shaker card I've made in a long time.

Supplies:

Letterpress background and

heart shape die cut were from Stampin' Up!

Striped ribbon, unknown

Love die cut, Micheal/Recollections

Beads, "glitter" and mini die cuts for shaker material

Red, white and silver card stock

(I intended on putting a silver layer behind the shaker!)

acetate

double stick tape

fun foam

Thanks for looking =)

My little groundhog saw it's shadow today!

First day we've had sun in I don't know how long.

It's going to be unseasonably mild today, too.

Seeing the shadow means six more weeks of winter 

according to the tradition - the forecast seems to 

somewhat agree for this week, too. More cold on the way.