A Heart For You

I had fun making this Valentine Card. This image is just so cute. I stamped her in Chocolate and the solid heart was stamped in Blush. I colored her dress and shoes using my Blush marker. I added a heart and the sentiment from these & these rub-ons. I've been having tons of fun with rub-ons lately, love em. I then added some Chocolate brads to balance out the heart.
I think this Valentine is just so sweet, don't you think??

Masculine Valentine

I like to give my husband a card on Valentine's Day, but I'm pretty sure he doesn't want one that is all pinks and reds with hearts and Cupid's on it. So for today's card I created one that is worthy to give to that special man in your life, that he won't turn his nose up at.....hopefully. I took some Desert Sand CS and placed it over top of one of these metal bookplates. Then using my embossing stylus, I rubbed around the texture to make the image stand out on the CS. I then sanded the raised image lightly with 220 grit sandpaper. I used the same technique on the score lines on my base. This reveals the white core in the cardstock. I took my stipple brush and distressed using Cocoa ink on the base and the bookplate, then stamped the sentiment in the box. I attached the bookplate piece using some Antique copper brads. I know my hubby wouldn't be disappointed with this Valentine. I hope your would like it too.

Shaker Valentine

I created this card around the shaker box. I had my daughter punch out a bunch of little red hearts. She always wants to creat cards with me so I thought this would be a good thing for her to help me with. I added some sparkle jewels in red to the shaker box to give it some bling, as well as a little 'love' rub-on. I mounted it on the patterned paper which was mounted on black (kinda hard to see against the black background ) Wrapped some red grosgrain ribbon around that to finish it off.
Shaker boxes are so fun to make and add a little something special to your card.

Ms. Sweetheart

I just love this stamp set, it has images that would totally be good for Engagement, Wedding, Valentines and Love. Once again I used some patterned paper that I've had kicking around forever. Very fitting for a Valentine card I must say. I mounted the image on Hollyhock CS and punched out some circles in Hollyhock and Blush CS. I added some brads to the circles and a sentiment from the same stamp set. I could have colored in the whole image (which I was really tempted to do), but I wanted the heart to really pop out so I left the rest monochromatic.

Purple Love

I have had this patterned paper for quite some time now. It actually came in a Halloween themed paper pack. In my efforts to seriously reduce the amount of paper I have in my stash, I decided it would be perfect for this Valentine Card. I stamped the Heart image and the Valentine Sentiment using black pigment ink. I covered it with clear embossing powder, and embossed the images. (This technique works when you are in a pinch and don't have the right color of embossing powder) I mounted the image on a black scalloped square and popped it up using dimensional foam adhesive. I tied a ribbon on and attached a charm using White Hemp.

What are some ways that you have used items that are "outside the box" ? I would love to hear of ways that you have used items that didn' t normally go together.

Stitched Valentine Card

I saw a card similar to this one out in blog land and I really loved the simplicity of it. I first drew a heart on my white CS using a pencil. Then using my paper piercer, I made the holes for the embroidery thread. I erased my heart guide and stitched using red embroidery thread. To finish it off I used the ticket corner punch and a Love rub-on for the sentiment.

I hope you like todays card. Check back tomorrow for another V-Day card

Valentine's Countdown and a tutorial

Today I have a tutorial for you making a heart using eyelets. I got the inspiration for this card from the Jan/Feb issue of Papercrafts Magazine. First I drew a heart on my cardstock and arranged my eyelets on the heart how I wanted them to look. I was sitting there thinking....."this is great my eyelets are all set out, now how am I going to remember where on earth they go after I've punched holes". Well I decided to take my paper piercer and pokes holes inside the eyelets as they sat with a varying pattern per eyelet. I poked three little holes for the flower eyelets, two for the stars and small, medium and large holes for the different shades of regular eyelets. I hope i'm making sense. Take a look at the picture and you should be able to see what i'm talking about.
Erase your heart guide with a white eraser. Then I started with one style of eyelets at a time. I made the holes for the stars and then set them. Then I made the holes for the flowers and set them, and so on.

Now I have all my eyelets set in the exact place that I wanted them to be.

Here is my finished card. I feathered the edges with some red ink and a sponge. Added some ribbon, and some rub-ons for the sentiment and accent. There you have it, a cute eyelet heart card worthy of much praise from the recipient.

I am going to be posting a card a day counting down to Valentine's Day. I hope it will give you some inspiration for your own Valentine cards. So check back each day to see the new card.