Category: Valentines

From Frame to Card

Big Shot, Cards, Framelit Dies, Hearts a Flutter, Holidays, Mini Catalogs, Spring Mini, Stamp Sets, Valentines, You Are Loved
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There’s a really cute frame in the Spring Mini (page 11) that I changed into a card.  It uses the Heart a Flutter bundle – so cute!  Their frame was backed with chalkboard so I used the chalkboard technique to make this card.  I embossed the sentiment white white embossing powder and used a sponge dauber to apply white craft ink around the edges and on the image.  Then I took a paper towel and rubbed most of it away.  It leaves a “chalky” look behind.  I drew the line around the edge with a white gel pen.  A white pencil or crayon would also work for this technique.

Supplies
Stamp Sets – You are Loved, Hearts a Flutter
card stock – Basic Black, Pool Party, Whisper White
Ink – Versamark, Real Red, Primrose Petals, Pool Party
Etc – Hearts a Flutter Framelits, white gel pen,  Pool Party button,  Pool Party Bakers Twine

Hugs, Fran

Very Happy Heart

Adorning Accents Textured Impressions Embossing Folders, Big Shot, Embossing Folder, Happy Heart Single, Holidays, Punch, Special Projects, Stamp Sets, Valentines
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Need more Valentine ideas?  This cello topper started as a 3 x 3 piece of Pretty in Pink.  Score it at 1 1/2 and use the heart  design in the Adorning Accents Folders pack to emboss some hearts.  Then add a heart (Happy Heart – single) and add some glimmer paper.  But the cutest part is the little  pieces on the ends of the kisses.  Barb Mulikin came up with this idea to make little “conversation circles” in My Digital Studio and put them on kisses – cute idea! 

Supplies
Stamp Set – Happy Heart (Single stamp Holiday 2012)
card stock – Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Silver Glimmer paper
Ink – Real Red
 Etc – Full heart punch, Owl punch, Adorning Accent Folder, cello bag

A little treat for someone sweet!  Hugs, Fran

Winged Love

Big Shot, Big Shot Pop N Cuts, Cards, Delightful Dozen, Framelit Dies, Holidays, Mini Catalogs, Petite Pairs, Seasonal Sayings, Spring Mini, Stamp Sets, Valentines
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Guess what?  I was wrong!  The Winged Hearts die fits perfectly in the Stampin Up Dress Form Base.  Sometimes I just need more coffee and good thump on the head!  For this Valentine I pulled out lots of stamp sets.  Did you know that Seasonal Sayings (Holiday Mini – front of card) is still available?  Page 36 of the Spring Mini has a list of everything that is being carried over.  This paper is fun – notice how I was able to use one of the hearts on the paper to “layer” onto the Be My Valentine sentiment!  Too much fun!

Supplies
Stamp Sets – Seasonal Sayings, Petite Pairs, Delightful Dozens
card stock – Pool Party, More Amore DSP, Very Vanilla, Real Red, Neutral Paper pack
Ink – Jet Black Stazon
Etc – Pop N Cuts Winged Hearts insert and die, Pop N Cuts Dress Form base die, Hearts Framelits, rhinestones, Itty Bitty Holiday Shapes punch, Heart punch

Love poppin up all over the place!  Hugs, Fran

Hearts a Flutter Set

Adorning Accents Textured Impressions Embossing Folders, Big Shot, Cards, Embossing Folder, Framelit Dies, Hearts a Flutter, Holidays, Mini Catalogs, Special Projects, Spring Mini, Stamp Sets, Valentines
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I cased the main element off a card that Diana Gibbs cased from Glenda Travelstead – it’s a circle of casing!- and turned it into a 3 x 3 gift card and gift bag.  Now I have a set for Valentines day.  When running the gift bag through the Big Shot, I used no tabs and it was still pretty snug. 

Supplies
Stamp Sets – Hearts a Flutter, Fabulous Phrases
card stock – Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla
Ink – Early Espresso
Etc – Adorning Accents embossing folder, Very Vanilla seam binding, Flower trim, Artisan Kit lace, Early Espresso ribbon, Hearts a Flutter framelits

Thanks Di (and Glenda!) for a cute idea.  Hugs, Fran

Valentine Treats

Big Shot, Big Shot Fancy Favor die, Happy Heart Single, Holidays, Mini Catalogs, Special Projects, Spring Mini, Stamp Sets, Valentines
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These little treats are for my daughter’s friends in her dorm.  They are easy to put together – which is great since I need to make quite a few!  The “cover” is a 1 1/2 x 7 1/2 piece of More Amore Designer Series paper folded in half.  Use a 1 1/4″ square punch to make the cut out at the bottom.  Add a 1 x 3″ strip to the top using the same punch at the bottom.  Note – you can hand cut these if you’d rather!  Use the Sizzlit Heart to cut out a Real Red heart and layer the stamped image over top.  Attach with dimensionals.  Fill a skinny cello bag with M&Ms.  You will need to leave almost an inch empty at the top.  Staple the top to the inside of the cover and use glue dots to hold the cover down on the front and back.  I was able to get 17 of these treat bags from one bag of M&Ms (and I didn’t eat any while filling them – promise!)

Supplies
Stamp Set – Happy Heart
card stock – More Amore DSP, Real Red, Very Vanilla, Primrose Petals
Ink – Pool Party
Etc – Heart Sizzlit, 1 1/4″ square punch, 1 x 8 cello bags, Owl punch (for the heart on the stamped image)

The box holding the treats is made from the Fancy Favor die.  I die cut it in Real Red and then using the More Amore DSP.  I trimmed about a 1/2″ off the top and all the bottom flaps of the Designer Series paper and adhered it to the Real Red before I adhered the box together.  I decorated it with the same heart combination from the treat bags.

Have fun!  Hugs, Fran

Winged Amore

Big Shot, Big Shot Pop N Cuts, Cards, Delightful Dozen, Embossing Folder, Holidays, Mini Catalogs, Spring Mini, Stamp Sets, Valentines, You Are Loved
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I won this Pop N Cuts insert – Winged Hearts – on Karen Burniston’s blog I am not left handed!  (Did you hear me screaming?)  It works in the Pop N Cuts Dress Form base and I used it to make this Valentine.  Because of the direction of the Stampin Up base, I cut the ends off of the piece for the insert and reversed the direction so that it would open correctly.   ETA: I am crazy!  It works perfectly as is! Then I made a shaker frame for the heart.  Kind of fun to have it pop out and shake at the same time.  The beautiful More Amore Designer Series paper fit perfectly on the front – like it was made for this card.

Supplies
Stamp Sets – Delightful Decorations, You are Loved
card stock – Basic Gray, Real Red, Pool Party, Primrose Petals, More Amore DSP
Ink – Jet Black Stazon
Etc – Heart Sizzlet, Pop N Cuts Dress Form Base and Winged Hearts, Winged Hearts die, micro beads, Scalloped Border punch, Fan embossing folder, Full Heart punch

Thanks again, Karen, for the blog candy!  Hugs, Fran

Vanilla Valentine

Big Shot, Cards, Framelit Dies, Hearts a Flutter, Holidays, Mini Catalogs, Spring Mini, Stamp Sets, Valentines
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I use some of my favorite new products from the Spring Mini and a sketch from Unscripted Sketches to create this card.  It’s so soft – the More Amore DSP has beautiful colors. 

Supplies
Stamp Set – Hearts a Flutter, Teeny Tiny Wishes
card stock – Very Vanilla, Real Red, Primrose Petals, Pool Party, More Amore DSP
Ink – Real Red, Primrose Petals, Pool Party, Jet Black Stazon
Etc – Hearts a Flutter Framelit die, Primrose Petals ribbon, Postage stamp punch

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Hugs, Fran

Valentine Snowman

Big Shot, Cards, Delightful Dozen, Framelit Dies, Holidays, Itty Bitty Banners, Snow Much Fun, Stamp Sets, Valentines
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Today is my Team Christmas Party – so much fun!  We are swapping
Valentines.  Kind of hard to think Valentines right now – but here we
go.  I stamped the snowman twice on watercolor paper.  One image is die
cut with the Label Framelits and the snowman’s body is cut out and
layered on top.

Supplies
Stamp Sets – Snow Much Fun, Delightful Dozen, Itty Bitty Banners
card stock – Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White, watercolor paper, Polka Dot DSP, Red Glimmer paper
Ink – Jet Black Stazon, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Bashful Blue
Etc – Label Framelits, Dazzling Details, Banners Framelits, toothpick, heart punch, aquapainter

Hugs, Fran

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A Soaring Redo

Cards, Holidays, Mini Catalogs, Occasions Mini, Send Me Soaring, Stamp Sets, Valentines
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Yesterday I made a card using Send Me Soaring from the Occasions Mini catalog.  Cute – but something was missing. 

And it was right there in the set – the clouds!

Supplies
Stamp Set – Send Me Soaring (Occasions Mini 2012)
card stock – Whisper White, Real Red, Old Olive DSP
Ink – Basic Black, Real Red, Bashful Blue
Etc – Cutter Kit, Word Window punch, Old Olive brad, Crystal Effects (inside the hearts!)

Looks better – do you agree?  Enjoy!  Hugs, Fran

Sprinkled Expressions

Big Shot, Cards, Edgelit Dies, Embosslits, Holidays, Mini Catalogs, SAB, Sprinkled Expressions SAB, Stamp Sets, Valentines
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I cased this layout from someone on Stampin Connections – and now I can’t find it (hate when I do that!)  I changed the placement and kept the colors.  Sprinkled Expressions is a SAB set – free with a $50 purchase! 

Supplies
Stamp Set – Sprinkled Expressions
Card stock – Whisper White, Real Red
Ink – Real Red
Etc – Edglelit die and Adorning Accents embossing folder, Real Red satin ribbon, Basic Rhinestones

My lack of memory probably comes from cutting out 80 flip cards.  I have weird measurements running through my brain.  Go figure!  Enjoy!  Hugs, Fran