Valentine’s Day! This Cupids bow is from SVGcuts.com and is a decorating piece. I think I’m going to hanging it in my wreath. It’s large – about 7 x7 – and very sturdy. I made a change to the assembly and instead of using a dowel rod for the arrow, I used a cute Valentine’s straw. Hugs, Fran
Need a quick Valentine treat? Use the Bear Hugs, stamp set found on page 40 in the Occasions Mini catalog. Stamp the big bear in Chocolate Chip ink on Crumb Cake card stock. Die cut the bear, flip him over and stamp him again. Stamp the heart in Real Red ink on Real Red card stock and die cut. Fill a skinny cello bag with treats, swipe a bit of adhesive across the bear’s chest and stick the cello bag down.
Gently curl the bear’s arms around the bag and use glue dots to attach the heart between his paws. Hand them out and watch people smile ! Hugs, Fran
One more Hanging Charm Pull Card from Karen Burniston’s Pop It Ups – this one using the heart charm. The paper is Stampin UP’s Timeless Elegance Designer Series paper.
This is how it looks when it’s pulled up. It reveals an embossed sentiment from Stampin Up’s Hostess set , Happy Birthday Everyone. Around the outside of the opening, I used Elizabeth Craft Design Peel Off Stickers.
Again, I made this one into a full card. Love all the variety in this die set! Hugs, Fran
Sending Love on a string! This Karen Burniston Hanging Charm Pull Card using the heart charm is perfect for Valentine Day. I used Stampin Ups beautiful Love Blossoms Designer Series Paper for the center.
When you pull it up, the heart dangles above the hidden sentiment.
I made this one into a full card. You can leave it as a postcard style if you’d like. You can find Karen’s video on how to make a Hanging Charm Pull Card here. Lovely! Hugs, Fran
You’re Sublime is a cute little stamp set that is perfect for coloring. I made a set of 3 x 3 cards for Valentine’s Day, colored with Copic markers, and then another that I left blank for a little friend of mine to color with her colored pencils. The frog is Cucumber Crush.
Calypso Coral Crab
Pacific Point
Daffodil Delight (because it must be a yellow submarine – right?)
Enjoy! Hugs, Fran
This month’s Creative Circle Challenge is You’ve Got Mail – a darling mailbox perfect for Valentine’s Day. Here’s my first mailbox!
My card holding mailbox is made from Melon Mambo card stock and the Brights Designer Series Paper Stack. The lid and flap are done with stencil paste and the Hearts and Stars Decorative Mask.
My cards that fit inside the mailbox are made with No Bones About It. The mailbox easily holds (3) 3 x 3 cards and (3) 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 cards.
These cards were inspired by an “x-ray” card I saw on Splitcoast by Janet Holmes. I thought the idea was so cute!
The little 3 x 3’s fit through the opening under the flap.
Then I switched gears and made a mailbox without the card dividers inside and a window sheet over the opening to hold candy.
For this one, I used Sweet Lil’ Things Designer Series paper and the sentiment from the Occasions Mini set – Greatest Greetings. I punched hearts from every punch I could dig up in my craft room! They are glittered with Dazzling Details.
So now you can choose – cards or treats – or mix it up a bit and do both!
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Happy Valentines Day! I’ve had this idea in my head for a while but wasn’t even sure it could be done – Bokeh on both sides of one piece of watercolor paper. The answer – yes it can! Because the paper gets pretty wet doing this technique, I thought it would create quite a mess on the other side. But it’s fine! Just make sure you start with a large enough piece of watercolor paper so the sides can be cut down. I used Pink Pirouette, Blushing Bride, Rose Red and Wild Wasabi for this card. After applying the White Craft circles, I sprayed the entire piece with Shimmer Spray! In real life this is a very sparkly card 🙂 After the paper was ready – and dry – I used Karen Burniston’s Tag Pivot die to create the card. The sentiment is from Build a Bouquet – it’s one of my favorite sentiments – and is over stamped with Gorgeous Grunge in Pink Pirouette.
The hearts on the front are a retired Stampin Up punch and the inside heart is from Karen Burniston’s Heart Pivot card die. I added some washi tape, sequins, and a little sliver of gold foil paper – but there is a lot going on in just the paper so I tried to just step away from the embellishments! Wishing you lots of love today – Hugs, Fran
Are you a Paper Pumpkin subscriber? This month’s kit are these cute treat holders! And I’m in love with the cute little Valentine stamps that come with the kit. I arranged my treats in a Berry Basket die – decorated with the Hearts & Stars stencil. These will be fun to hand out next week. Hugs, Fran
I cased the little 2 x 2 box in the Occasions Mini – so cute! I stamped the image in Stazon and added a little heart using the Owl Builder punch. What would we do without that punch?
Then I punched a little bow with the new Bow Builder punch. Good idea – easy to copy – fast to make! Hugs, Fran
Every had an idea in your head – and it turns out as something completely different? Well that would be this card! Using the colors from the Stacked with Love DSP, I ended up doing a Karen Burniston Katie Label Pop It Ups Pivot card using Banner Banter as the stamp set.
But I didn’t really use the DSP (just a tiny piece inside) just Back to Black and some Beach House washi tape. Hugs, Fran
