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Sand & Sea Embossed Friends Card

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Sand & Sea Embossed Friends Card

This Sand & Sea Embossed Friends Card is one I received as a thank you card from my very dear friend who introduced me to Stampin’ Up! many years ago now! I still think she makes the most beautiful cards and this is certainly one of them! I couldn’t resist posting it to show it to you!

This card is made with the Sand & Sea Suite in the January-June 2021 Mini Catalog, otherwise known as the Spring Mini. From the samples I have seen online, I would guess that this was one of the most popular suites in the Spring Mini.

I did some sleuthing and I think my friend used our retired Bashful Blue Cardstock as a layer on a Basic White card base. It fits on the full front of the card base. She embossed it with the Seashells 3D Embossing Folder. This folder is just stunning! She even said in her note she really liked the embossing folder. The embossed top layer is also shiny so I think maybe she used Frost White Shimmer Paint just sponged on the paper! That way you can have any color paper with that pearlized finish!

She used a Rectangle Stitched Die as the base for the focal point of the card. The paper is in the Suite, the Sand & Sea Designer Series Paper. This sheet has the sand image on one side and a multitude of colored seashells on the other side. The greeting is in the Friends Are Like Seashells Stamp Set. She also stamped several seashells in the stamp set and arranged them around the greeting.

For extra embellishment, she tied a piece of Linen Thread around the embossed layer under the greeting piece. And she added a few sequins from the Whale of a Time Sequins. One type of sequin in the mix looks like a tiny seashell!

If this card doesn’t make you fall in love with the Sand & Sea Suite in the Spring Mini, I don’t know what would! Almost everyone loves the ocean and seashells so you can make lots of cards with this set that everyone will enjoy and appreciate.

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Springtime Joy Lamb Easter Card

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Springtime Joy Lamb Easter Card

I am really falling in love with this spring stamp set and enjoyed this making this Springtime Joy Lamb Easter Card. Yes, Easter is right around the corner so it’s time to make cards!

Be sure to check out this Springtime Joy Stamp Set in the January-June 2021 Mini Catalog (Spring Mini)! You might miss it because it’s “just” a stamp set! No Suite, no Bundle, no dies, no embellishments, just a stamp set! Like in the olden days! You’ll find it on page 22.

I wanted to make a card with the lamb in the stamp set and this is what I came up with! The card base is Melon Mambo, a color I haven’t used in awhile somehow. It has a layer of Blushing Bride Cardstock on which I stamped tulips in the same color ink, Blushing Bride.

The lamb is stamped with Memento Ink on Basic White Cardstock. I die-cut the lamb with this die in the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. I started off just coloring the lamb image with Stampin’ Blends, using the lightest gray just around the lamb for a little definition around the flowers, around her face, and around the fluffs of wool on the body. The crown of flowers is colored with Melon Mambo and Flirty Flamingo and the leaves with Granny Apple Green. But I couldn’t stop! I added some grass under the lamb and then, of course, I had to have some sky with Pool Party! Just kind of scribble little scribbles if you are coloring in a larger area.

This lamb piece is layered on a scalloped rectangle of Melon Mambo, also die-cut from the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. I popped this up with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The greeting is also in the Springtime Joy Stamp Set. It is stamped in Blushing Bride Ink and die-cut with a banner in the Tasteful Labels Dies. It is popped up on Dimensionals, too.

For the inside of the card, I adhered a layer of Basic White since the Melon Mambo is a little dark. It is stamped with the Easter greeting in the stamp set and a little tulip in the lower right corner.

For another idea, here is a card I made with the cute bunny in the Springtime Joy Stamp Set. Oddly enough, I also stamped the tulips in the background on that card, too! I was almost copying myself and didn’t know it!

If you plan to make spring and Easter cards, consider the Springtime Joy Stamp Set and make a card like my Springtime Joy Lamb Easter Card.

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Get the Butterfly Bouquet For Butterfly Lovers!

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Today is the first day for butterfly lovers to get the Butterfly Bouquet! It’s a sure sign of spring after a hard winter for many, don’t you think?!

Bring in the beauty of nature with the artistic designs of the Butterfly Brilliance Bundle and coordinating designer series paper, along with textured specialty paper that will put a pop of brilliance on every project.

This is an early release of a new product in the upcoming Stampin’ Up! Annual Catalog! Here are the details:

  • The Butterfly Brilliance Stamp Set and Brilliant Wings Dies are available NOW, either separately or in the Butterfly Brilliance Bundle. These will be in the new catalog, too.
  • The two papers, the Butterfly Bijou 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper and the Natural Touch Specialty Paper are ONLY available now during this promotion until May 3. While supplies last. (That means this paper is not going to be in the new catalog, I imagine, so get it now while you can.) The Natural Touch Paper actually has some texture to it and is something different.

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The stamp set is ONE BIG STAMP! It’s even slightly bigger than a regular card size so if you would like to make a larger card, this is a good stamp for that! Use your Stamparatus to get a good image for sure!

One of the dies cuts out all the butterflies on one of the sheets of butterflies on the designer paper! If you order the stamp set and dies, be sure to get the designer paper so you can do this!

Lots of possibilities with this fantastic collection! If you want everything, just order the Butterfly Brilliance Collection and get it all with one number!

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Hydrangea Hill Z-Fold Thank You Card

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Hydrangea Hill Z-Fold Thank You Card

You can’t really get enough of this gorgeous designer paper that I used on this Hydrangea Hill Z-Fold Thank You Card. I decided to make a Z-fold card because that makes the card a little extra-special anyway, plus I could show off two patterns of the paper on the front of the card.

As you have seen on several of my other z-fold cards, it really just means the card front is folded back on itself in half. So after you make the card base, just score the card front at 2 1/8″ (half of 4 1/4″) and then fold that edge back to the card fold. Here is a card and photos where you can see exactly how the z-fold looks.

On the folded back part of the card, I chose the very full hydrangea print pattern in the Hydrangea Hill Designer Series Paper. I cut it so there would be a very narrow margin around the edge so the paper is cut at 2″ x 5 3/8″. The inside striped piece is cut at 5 3/8″ x 4 1/8″.

The greeting is stamped with the word “Thanks” from the Good Morning Magnolia Stamp Set. I used Highland Heather Ink to match the Highland Heather Cardstock. This greeting was die cut with a rectangle die from the Rectangle Stitched Dies and adhered to an Ornate Frames Diecut.

When you adhere the greeting on to the front of a z-fold card be careful that you only put adhesive on that area that will adhere to the folded front of the card. Otherwise, it may stick to the other side of the card as well! You can kind of eyeball it or maybe you would want to make a pencil mark to indicate exactly where you want the glue to go (and not go!). If you are putting a smaller greeting inside the card, make sure the front section covers the inside greeting. That can be a little tricky but it is something to think about as you assemble your card.

You will find the Hydrangea Hill Designer Series Paper in the January-June 2021 Mini Catalog. If you like hydrangeas, you must have this paper! They are beautiful flowers and so is this paper on this Hydrangea Hill Z-Fold Thank You Card.

Last Day! Sale-A-Bration Darling Donkey

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Sale-A-Bration Darling Donkey

Today is the LAST DAY for SALE-A-BRATION and this Sale-A-Bration Darling Donkey is kicking up his heels hoping you will remember to get your order in before Sale-A-Bration comes to a screeching halt tonight!

With every $50 Stampin’ Up! purchase you make, you can earn a FREE product in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure! No limits! Like this Darling Donkeys Stamp Set!

With a $100 purchase, you can earn one of two special products: the Berry Blessings Bundle or the A Touch of Ink Stamp Set. Or chose two of the Level 1 products.

With a $300 order, yours alone or shared with others, you can choose the FREE Punch Party Stamp Set.

And if you want to JOIN Stampin’ Up! as a Demonstrator, with your Starter Kit you will also receive 5 packages of upcoming 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper Packs included in your business supplies FREE!

Today is the last day to earn FREE product during Sale-A-Bration!

Think about stocking up on adhesives, cardstock, ink refills…some basics you need to reach your $50 or more!

OR purchase a Prepaid Paper Pumpkin subscription (or add on to your order!) to reach the sales amount you want!

This easy card is made with a card base of Granny Apple Green to match the leaves on the Flower & Field Designer Series Paper, another one of the Sale-A-Bration choices, by the way! I love this package of paper!

The Darling Donkey is stamped on Basic White Cardstock in Memento Ink and cut out with the Rectangle Stitched Dies. The greeting is also in the Darling Donkeys Stamp Set. I colored in the donkey with Stampin’ Blends in Crumb Cake and Smokey Slate. The bow is tied with the Braided Linen Trim. And I couldn’t resist adding two red Resin Hearts Embellishments!

If you would like this Darling Donkeys Stamp Set or the beautiful Flower & Field Designer Paper, be sure to shop at Stampin’ Up! today!

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Flower & Field All-Occasion Card

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Flower & Field All-Occasion Card

This Flower & Field All-Occasion Card was supposed to look exactly like a sample in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure, but this shows what can happen when you start copying something! Sometimes you change things a little or a lot!

I wanted to make a card with the Flower & Field Designer Series Paper and looked in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure for ideas. Right away the card in the bottom right of page 11 caught my eye. But when I looked through the package of paper, this black background with the Just Jade polka dots is the one that caught my eye!

As I toyed with maybe adding strips of Just Jade Cardstock as a layer under the top and bottom of the polka dot piece, somehow I came up with strips of this flowered pattern instead. I fiddled with the paper sizes until I had about 1 /4″ top and bottom margins on the Basic White Cardstock card base.

The greeting is stamped from the Lovely You Stamp Set. I wanted a greeting that was long in length. I used the same Bumblebee yellow polka dot scrap of designer paper that the brochure sample used to layer underneath the greeting. I used the Lovely Labels Pick a Punch to punch each end of the yellow polka dot layer.

Then for fun, unless you hate cutting with scissors, I cut out several white daisies from another pattern of the Flower & Field Designer Paper to adhere around the greeting. It was a little tedious, but not too bad! You can even consider cutting with Paper Snips relaxing! I popped up a couple of the daisies with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

For a finishing touch, I added a bow of Bumblebee 1/4″ Gingham Ribbon. You could also add some rhinestones or gem embellishments of any kind.

I absolutely love this Flower & Field Paper! If you do too, you can get it FREE during Sale-A-Bration with a $50 Stampin’ Up! purchase. But you have to hurry, because Sunday, February 28 is the last day of Sale-A-Bration! You don’t want to miss out on FREE products!

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Hydrangea Hill Floral Hello Card

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Hydrangea Hill Floral Hello Card

I needed a “happy” card and when I looked through the Hydrangea Hill paper, this sheet of small bouquets and this other sheet with a more generic pattern of little white flowers caught my eye. Even my husband commented as he walked by that those were pretty colors! And that’s how this Hydrangea Hill Floral Hello Card was born!

The card base is Seaside Spray, one of the 2019-2021 In Colors. Not a color I have used much, I don’t think, but it’s pretty with this Hydrangea Hill Designer Series Paper.

Sometimes when I am using two designer papers together, I like to adhere them to another piece of cardstock just to make it easier for me to get them glued together and then be able to tie a piece of ribbon across the seam where the two papers meet. In this case, I adhered them to a piece of Basic White Cardstock with a 1/16″ margin on all sides rather than 1/8″. Then I added a piece of Seaside Spray 1/4″ Metallic Ribbon across the seam. I tied a separate bow and adhered it with Mini Glue Dots. You could also tie it right onto the base ribbon if you wanted or tie on a knot.

The greeting is stamped in Seaside Spray Ink on Basic White Cardstock. The greeting is from the Good Morning Magnolia Stamp Set. I didn’t want something too big to cover the flower bouquets so I chose a small greeting. It is die-cut from the Ornate Frames Dies. I cut another one in Seaside Spray for a little layer. It’s the same size so I just cut it in half horizontally and then let each half layer underneath a little bit at the top and bottom.

Here’s another card I made with the Hydrangea Hill DSP in much the same design. Put this paper on your Stampin’ Up! order along with some other things total $50 or more and take advantage of Sale-A-Bration before it ends Feb. 28!

This Hydrangea Hill Floral Hello Card is an easy one to make to showcase the pretty Hydrangea Hill Designer Series Paper!

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Oh So Ombre Strawberry Z-Fold Card

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Oh So Ombre Strawberry Z-Fold Card

One week from today Sale-A-Bration 2021 will be over! Can you believe it! Your last day to earn any FREE Sale-A-Bration products is Sunday, February 28. Every year, while we really have fun with the Holiday Catalog, once the holidays are over, we look forward to the Spring Mini Catalog and Sale-A-Bration, Stampin’ Up!’s biggest promotion! It has been held every year since the early days of Stampin’ Up! The January-June Mini Catalog continues on, but Sale-A-Bration comes to an end on Sunday! Be sure to place your Stampin’ Up! orders as soon as possible to avoid the last minute rush and get your free stuff!

This card showcases one of the Sale-A-Bration options. It’s a Z-fold card in Granny Apple Green, which means half of the front of the card is just folded back to form a z-shape. I used the Oh So Ombre 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper on the card, free with a $50 Stampin’ Up! purchase. On the front panel, I used the design with the circles, and for the inside of the card, I used another sheet that just has solid ombre colors with no pattern. This way I can stamp a greeting or write a note inside on the plainer ombre paper.

Now if you spend $100, you can choose the Berry Blessings Bundle in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure for strawberry and berry patterned paper plus a berry stamp set. This Sweet Strawberry Stamp Set used on this card is in the January-June Mini Catalog but it coordinates with the set in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure. You can also purchase the Sweet Strawberry Bundle which includes the Sweet Strawberry Stamp Set and the Strawberry Punch, which is really fun! (As I write this, the Strawberry Punch is not available until the week of March 1, therefore the Bundle can’t be ordered until then!)

It was fun decorating the front of the card! The rectangle is die-cut from the Stitched So Sweetly Dies in Basic White. I stamped the image in the Sweet Strawberry Stamp Set of the strawberry plant leaves and blooms as the background on this die-cut piece. It is inked up in Granny Apple Green and stamped off, although it wasn’t all that faint. Then I stamped and punched a strawberry, some leaves and some Daffodil Delight blossoms and placed them over this image of the strawberry plant. Some are glued down flat and some are popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals. The greeting is also from the same stamp set.

The leaf at the top over the greeting might not have been there except that I dropped one of the flower stamps with yellow ink on it right at the top of the die-cut piece. I knew I would figure out a way to cover it up and I liked adding the stamped and punched strawberry leaf up there! As we say, “There are no mistakes in stamping!”

This Oh So Ombre Strawberry Z-Fold Card turned out well, I think, in spite of no real plan when I sat down to stamp and has a bright, happy look to it because of the colors!

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Berry Delightful Strawberry Card

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Berry Delightful Strawberry Card

When I saw this particular strawberry paper in the package, I just fell in love and had to make this Berry Delightful Strawberry Card. It just seems to have a lovely watercolored look to it.

This is the last week to earn free products during Sale-A-Bration at Stampin’ Up! Monday, Feb. 28th is the LAST DAY! With every $50 purchase, you can earn a free product in the Sale-A-Bration Brochure. With a $100 you may choose two of the $50 choices or you may choose one of two $100 level choices, with this Berry Blessings Bundle being one of them! Earn the Berry Blessings Stamp Set and the Berry Delightful Designer Series Paper together in one Bundle!

This card is made with a Poppy Parade Cardstock base, with just a layer of the Berry Delightful Designer Series Paper. If you want something to brighten up these winter days, this paper is it! I also love the other side of this paper, as seen in this card I made for Valentine’s Day.

I used the Just Jade Gingham ribbon in the Flowers For Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack around the designer paper before adhering to the card base. The greeting is stamped in Poppy Parade ink from the Berry Blessings Stamp Set and die cut with a scalloped rectangle in the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. I popped it up with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Since the strawberries on this paper are so pretty I cut one out with Paper Snips and popped it up on the corner of the greeting. Then I tied a little knot with the gingham ribbon. Very easy card and the paper makes it!

Sale-A-Bration is quickly coming to an end so check your Stampin’ Up! shopping list and see what else you need! Don’t forget to stock up on cardstock, adhesives, ribbons, whatever you need to help earn your free products!

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Fine Art Floral Thank You Card

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Fine Art Floral Thank You Card

It was another cold day in Houston yesterday (although 40 degrees!) and a hard freeze during the night. At least our power has stayed on except for one evening. But instead of winter, I felt the need for a colorful, bright, springtime card! We will soon be back to warmer temperatures here.

This was actually an easy card to make even though with the die-cut greeting you might think it was harder than it is! The greeting is part of the Floral Gallery Dies. It is all one die but cuts out all the words separately. It would be handy to remember to use the Adhesive Sheets on the piece of cardstock so that when the words were die-cut, they would already have adhesive on the back. I never remember to do that, so I just put teeny tiny drops of the Multipurpose Liquid Glue on the back of the words. The good part of using this liquid glue is there is a little wiggle room to get the piece placed exactly where you want it. Be sure to save the little piece that is the dot above the letter “j” when you die cut. If you lose it, as I did, just put a tiny scrap under that part of the letter and die cut it again or just punch a dot.

The card base is Bumblebee Cardstock with a layer of the dark blue pattern in the Fine Art Floral Designer Series Paper. The die-cut words are Terracotta Tile in the previous In Color collection.

Here is another way to use just one of the die-cut words on a card along with a stamped greeting on this Fine Art Floral Thinking of You Card I made previously.

To finish the greeting, I stamped the words “thank you” in Night of Navy Ink from the Art Gallery Stamp Set on a scrap of Bumblebee Cardstock and cut out with a die in the same Floral Gallery Dies. Then I layered it on a strip of Terracotta Tile Cardstock and just flagged the ends. For a little pizzazz, I added two of the smallest Gold Glitter Enamel Dots.

Get the Art Gallery Stamp Set and Floral Gallery Dies together in the Art Gallery Bundle and save 10%!

All in all a very easy card to make and yet looks impressive! Just think of putting adhesive sheets on the FRONT of the words and then using the Gilded Leafing on the die-cut words! That would be impressive! I may try that! You can’t go wrong using this Fine Art Floral Paper on quick and easy cards like this Fine Art Floral Thank You Card.

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Welcome Spring Bunny Card

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Welcome Spring Bunny Card

With all the snow, ice, and cold weather, not just in Texas but all over the country, I thought it was time to think about spring! Tulips, bunnies, and a basket of eggs – that says spring quite well, I think!

I pulled out the Springtime Joy Stamp Set which is in the Spring Mini Catalog. It’s not part of a Bundle or anything, just a simple stamp set, so don’t miss it! It’s perfect for spring and Easter and other occasions.

I often like to stamp randomly on the cardstock to make a background myself rather than use designer paper so I stamped all over the background with the tulip stamp in Memento Ink and then colored in the tulips with Stampin’ Blends. I used Flirty Flamingo and Granny Apple Green for the tulips with a bit of Daffodil Delight on the green leaves.

The card base is Granny Apple Green with a Flirty Flamingo layer. The way I made this big color decision was when I pulled out the cardstock, these two colors were right next to each other! I thought it looked springy and bright so used them!

The bunny and the basket were stamped on a piece of Basic White Cardstock. I played around with various dies until I found something that fit around the bunny and could have a layer behind it. I chose these rectangles in the Stitched So Sweetly Dies to cut out the bunny and then to make a Granny Apple Green layer. I cut the basket of eggs out separately with my Paper Snips and popped it up like the bunny is holding the basket. The eggs were colored with Pool Party, Balmy Blue, and a bit of light pink.

The greeting is stamped with the spring sentiment in the Springtime Joy Stamp Set and then layered on a die-cut piece of Granny Apple Green. Here is another way I used the bunny in this stamp set by placing it on a gift bag.

If you purchase this stamp set early, you will have time to use it for spring and Easter, but the darling bunny and lamb could be used for baby cards and projects, also.

Although I found the winter weather we finally had in Houston after several years to be a little exciting and I’m always happy to see snow as long as my family and I are at home, I think we are all reaching our limit with this winter storm with power outages and such low water pressure you barely have water! Usually winter in Houston lasts one day but this one is something else! Time to think about spring! If you are snowed in, maybe it is time to make something for spring similar to this Welcome Spring Bunny Card.

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Mini Curvy Keepsakes Box For Valentine’s Day

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Mini Curvy Keepsakes Candy Box For Valentine's Day

Don’t forget about the cute little boxes you can make easily for some Valentine candy, even at the last minute! Any cardstock or designer paper you have will work, but for Valentine’s Day you might want to use some fancy designer paper!

This cute little box is made with the Mini Curvy Keepsakes Box Dies. You just need a piece of 6″ x 6″ paper for the box. Then you can also die-cut a little heart in the same set to tie onto the box. Just cut the paper, fold on the score lines, then assemble. Push down on the two handle pieces and fold over the two slit pieces to hold the box together. Be sure to put your treat in first!

I used the pretty Love You Always Specialty Designer Series Paper with the foil accents. The die-cut heart is Rococo Rose Cardstock. I tied it on with the Whisper White 5/8″ Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon. That’s all there is to it! You could use this little box for Valentine candy or maybe a little table decoration or party favor. You can get very creative with this Mini Curvy Keepsakes Box and make all kinds of creations.

This little Mini Curvy Keepsakes Box For Valentine’s Day matches the card I made with the Love You Always Specialty Paper here in this post! Make a matching set!

Valentine's Day Collage

Love You Always Fancy Heart Card

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Love You Always Fancy Heart Card

This Love You Always Fancy Heart Card can certainly be for Valentine’s Day tomorrow or it can be for other occasions! I left off a greeting just to show that you can use this card design in multiple ways.

The card base is Blushing Bride because it coordinates with the beautiful designer paper I used on the card. The Love You Always Specialty Designer Series Paper is so pretty on this card. It’s always a little hard to photograph paper that has foil accents as this one does. You always get a little glare! But I think you can see the shine a little bit of the foil.

Can you tell that I used three strips of paper on this card front? I cut two strips from the light Blushing Bride pink paper and then a strip of the Rococo Rose darker pink paper. You can cut the sizes however you like. I have a very narrow margin around the edge of the card. You can cut the strips larger than you want them and then trim down to see what will fit on the card base. These strips were glued right down onto the card base.

The die-cut scalloped heart I just love and is in the Many Hearts Dies. I cut it out of Rococo Rose Cardstock. In the center is a plain die-cut Basic White heart overlaid with the floral heart die in the same set cut out of Blushing Bride. The Basic White behind the floral heart makes it show up against the Rococo Rose heart. I like the way it turned out.

For an embellishment, I tied a bow with the very pretty Blushing Bride 3/8″ Metallic Ribbon and adhered it to the top of the heart with a few Mini Glue Dots. The ribbon has one satin side and one metallic side so you get a little bit of both when you tie a bow!

You can add a greeting to this card, but I thought it looked pretty enough without one. It would make a special Valentine, or a gorgeous engagement, wedding or anniversary card. I always say hearts are for any time so you can get a lot of use out of heart stamps or dies!

If you don’t have contrasting designer paper to use on a card design like this, you can stamp different designs on strips of paper and use it the same way! Maybe this Love You Always Fancy Heart Card will give you an idea of a card to make for Valentine’s Day or some other occasion.

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Die-cut Hearts For a Valentine

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Die-cut Hearts For a Valentine

It’s time for making, sending, giving Valentines like this Die-cut Hearts For a Valentine card. I am so happy about this background designer paper on this card! This year we do not have a whole package of “Valentine” paper to use so I looked to see what I could maybe use. You can use this card for other times, not just Valentine’s Day.

Other years at Stampin’ Up! we have maybe had “Valentine” paper that had assorted hearts or a lot of red and white patterns. It wouldn’t HAVE to be for Valentine’s Day but it suggested it. So I looked through my packages of current designer paper and I found this red and white plaid paper in the Sale-A-Bration Berry Delightful Designer Series Paper in the Berry Blessings Bundle! It’s on the opposite side of a beautiful, soft-colored strawberry images. I wouldn’t have even thought to tell you this was a pattern in this package of designer paper, but when I found it, was thrilled to use it on my valentine card! It’s just a different look!

The coordinating color is Poppy Parade so I used that cardstock as a card base with this plaid paper as a layer. I stamped the center heart with Poppy Parade Ink from the Lots of Heart Stamp Set in the Spring Mini. It is just stamped on Basic White and then die cut with one of the Many Hearts Dies. If you want both the stamp set and dies, then get the Lots of Heart Bundle and save 10%! I also die-cut the “fancy” heart from the Many Hearts Dies and layered them. Then the hearts are popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The greeting, in the same stamp set, is stamped in Poppy Parade Ink and punched with the Lovely Labels Pick A Punch. I just adhered it flat on the card so I could add an embellishment that would not stick up too high for mailing. I wanted to use the Resin Hearts Embellishments, but the colors were white (which wouldn’t show up very well) or red (which might be okay but the rest of the card is Poppy Parade). I decided to try coloring the white hearts Poppy Parade with the Poppy Parade Dark Stampin’ Blends. It worked! I went over it a couple of times and around the sides a little bit. So the next time you want something to be a different color, try coloring with Stampin’ Blends!

Overall, this was an easy card to make for Valentine’s Day because it has hearts or any time because the greeting isn’t just for Valentine’s Day! Hearts can be for any time, also! And I do love the little Resin Hearts!

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Playful Alphabet Valentine

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Playful Alphabet Valentine

Express your love with some “X’s” and “O’s” plus hearts on a card like this Playful Alphabet Valentine. It requires some die-cutting and a little stamping, but it’s a fun card to make and I’m sure to receive!

The card base is Real Red with a layer of Basic White Cardstock. I cut it a little smaller than normal (5″ x 3 3/4″) to allow more of the Real Red card base to show. I also cut a strip of Basic White (5″ x 1″) layered on a wider strip of Real Red (5″ x 1 1/4″) for the center (or so) of the card on which to layer the X’s and O’s.

I used the Playful Alphabet Dies to cut out the X’s and O’s and adhered them to the Basic White Strip with tiny dots of Multipurpose Liquid Glue. For an extra embellishment, I die-cut two strips of hearts in the Many Hearts Dies.

The little red hearts at the top and bottom of the card are from the Lots of Heart Stamp Set. Normally I might stamp the little hearts randomly on the area where I want them to show, but with the strips of die-cut hearts having open hearts, I didn’t want stamping interfering behind them. I probably should have positioned the center portion of the card better so the hearts at the bottom weren’t so crowded. But I doubt the recipient will be as critical as we are of our own work! We should remember that as we are making and stamping our cards!

That’s all there is to this card. On the inside, you might add a Basic White layer either stamped with a few hearts in the corner or along the top or bottom, or maybe add another X and O for fun! You could just stamp a greeting on the Real Red in black ink, too.

On the front of the card, if you wanted to embellish more, you could add the little Resin Hearts or rhinestones at the beginning and ending of the X’s and O’s. I might have done that, but I also thought maybe the card was busy enough and didn’t need anything extra.

Valentine’s Day is coming soon so take some time to make some valentines for your family or maybe some to mail! Receiving your card might be the only Valentine celebration they have this year! Use this Playful Alphabet Valentine to give you some ideas for making your own valentines today!