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Sweet Conversations Envelope With Hearts Card

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We have this week and next to make valentines for our loved ones and friends so here is another card idea. I got this idea, Sweet Conversations Envelope With Hearts Card, from a similar one I saw on the virtual Stampin’ Up! event OnStage I watched back in November but reviewed the other day to make sure I got all the notes I wanted from it!

This card has a Real Red card base and a layer of pink and red hearts on a pattern from the Sweet Talk Designer Series Paper in the Spring Mini Catalog. This has been a really fun designer paper to work with and one of my favorite valentine’s papers! However, we will be able to use the “other side” of the patterns that look more “valentine-y” for more cards throughout the year. I love the stripe on one of the papers, for example!

Copying from the OnStage card I saw, I cut a piece of Vellum Cardstock smaller than normal for a layer and embossed it with the Gingham Embossing Folder. It is cut at 3 1/4″ x 4 1/2″. This Gingham Embossing Folder will be good for almost any background, very versatile.

On top of the vellum is a die-cut rectangle from the Stitched So Sweetly Dies in Basic White. The cute little envelope on top is made with one of the dies in the Sweet Hearts Dies. This die will be cute to use on future cards, as well, not just Valentine’s Day. Just cut it out, then fold on the already scored lines and add a little glue where the edges overlap, especially being careful if you want to stick something down into the envelope. I stamped and cut out two hearts from the Sweet Talk Designer Series Paper or you could stamp them from the Sweet Conversations Stamp Set.

Before adhering the rectangle to the card, I wrapped around the pink ribbon in the 1/8″ Cotton Ribbon Combo and tied a bow. Before adhering the vellum to the card, see where the embossed vellum is going to be and then add adhesive underneath where that rectangle will be placed so the adhesive will not show under the vellum as it is prone to do with vellum.

The greeting is stamped on a narrow strip of Basic White from the Sweet Conversations Stamp Set and flagged the ends to look like a little banner. It is popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals®. And finally, a Polished Dot embellishment was added to the cute little red envelope adhered to the scalloped rectangle.

On the inside, I added a piece of Basic White on which to stamp a greeting or write a message. To decorate that a bit, I had a scrap of the hearts designer paper 3/4″ x 4″ that I adhered to the bottom of the white cardstock. You could also stamp a few hearts or cut out hearts from the designer paper.

Time to make those valentines and get them in the mail soon if need be! If you’d like to see another card using this same hearts pattern of designer paper, click HERE to see this post. It’s actually a similar design using the rectangle in the center with a decoration on top of it. To see more Valentine ideas, click on the Valentine category in the right sidebar of my blog under “Categories”. I hope you can get some ideas from this Sweet Conversations Envelope With Hearts Card!

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Sweet Talk Candy Heart Valentine Card

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Sweet Talk Candy Hearts Valentine Card

This Sweet Talk Candy Heart Valentine Card is another idea for you as Valentine’s Day creeps up on us! It’s almost February!! This designer paper is so cute you will want to make lots of Valentines to give and send to those you love! Think of how a card with this cute paper, handmade by you, will brighten someone’s day!

The card base is Blushing Bride cardstock, one of the coordinating colors. This paper is the Sweet Talk Designer Series Paper on page 9 of the January-June 2022 Mini Catalog. Every paper in this collection is one you will like. It’s “happy” paper! I chose the print with the conversation hearts. You could use any of those colors of hearts as the card base. Before adhering the designer paper to the card base, I added a strip of the White 3/8″ Glittered Organdy Ribbon vertically on the card, then tied a bow onto the strip of ribbon. The white is sheer but the little pink glitter speckles show up nicely against the card!

Instead of die-cutting, I punched two hearts with the Heart Punch Pack. You get two heart punches, one with a scalloped edge that you can use as a layer to the smaller one, or use the hearts individually. I used these punches on a card in THIS POST just the other day. The scalloped punch is Basic White and the smaller heart is Blushing Bride to match the card base.

To stamp the greeting on this card, I had to use a different technique since the heart wasn’t large enough for the long greeting. I wanted to use the “Happy Valentine’s Day” greeting in the Sweet Conversations Stamp Set but it is long and narrow. I simply stamped it on a strip of Basic White cardstock and then cut the words apart and glued them in place on the heart. To jazz it up a little bit, I added three of the smallest Elegant Faceted Gems.

This, of course, is one of the easiest basic card designs there is! Just change out the designer paper or the color of the card base and add a greeting and you are set! With all the cute and fun designs in the Sweet Talk Designer Series Paper, almost any paper you pick will make for an adorable Valentine!

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Sweet Talk Lots of Love Valentine

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Sweet Talk Lots of Love Valentine

This Sweet Talk Lots of Love Valentine seems like one of those traditional valentine cards you would make or send to someone! Lots of hearts, red paper, red and pink hearts, and a doily! Nothing else can say “Valentine” more than that!

Of course, this paper is in the Sweet Talk Designer Series Paper and is layered on a card base of Real Red cardstock. That’s a simple start! All those hearts crowded onto that designer paper really gets you in the mood for Valentine’s Day!

I wanted to use a doily on this card so I pulled out the new Heart & Home Doilies in the new Spring Mini Catalog as part of the Heart & Home Suite Collection. They come in three colors but you can turn them over and use the white side!.

Just because there was a Real Red die cut rectangle from the Scalloped Contours Dies already in my bag of cardstock, I decided to use it behind the doily. I think it helps it stand out a tiny bit against that busy background of all the little hearts.

Instead of using dies, I remembered we actually had a Heart Punch Pack of two coordinating punches! Dies are great but punches are faster! One heart has little scallops around the edge and the other is smaller and plain. I punched the scalloped heart in Real Red and the plain heart in Basic White. The greeting (actually stamped first before punching) is in the Celebrating You Stamp Set in the Spring Mini Catalog. The doily is glued down flat on the card but the hearts are popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Since the Sweet Hearts Dies have some little bitty hearts dies, I decided to die cut a bunch of hearts in Real Red and Blushing Bride colors. They are adhered to the Basic White heart to mimic the many hearts on the designer paper. Partly for the sparkle and partly to cover up any bit of glue seeping behind the hearts, I added just three Champagne Rhinestone Jewels to the little hearts!

On the inside of the card, I added a layer of Basic White stamped with “Happy Valentine’s Day” from the Sweet Conversations Stamp Set and two little bitty die-cut hearts I had leftover!

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Valentine’s Day Is Coming Soon!

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Valentine’s Day is coming soon! I feel like it is really sneaking up on us, as I still try to get all Christmas not just down but put away! February 14th is only three weeks and one day away so if you are planning to mail valentines, you probably have two weeks to make them! If you want a great collection of products for making valentines, and later on many other kinds of cards because hearts are always appropriate no matter the time of year or holiday, check out this Sweet Talk Suite Collection in the January-June 2022 Mini Catalog (the Spring Mini).

The Sweet Talk Designer Series Paper is some of the cutest Valentine paper we have ever had! I love the colorful hearts and especially the sheet with the candies and heart lollipops! We’ll be able to use “the other side” of lots of the papers even after Valentine’s Day. I also love the embellishments and little boxes that come in the Suite. The Real Red Faux Linen Ribbon is very nice and the Iridescent Rhinestones go with almost any project. We’re going to use the little tag in the die set a lot, plus the hearts of course, and the cute little piece that folds into a small envelope.

Watch the Stampin’ Up! video below and get a better idea of the Sweet Talk Suite Collection!

Think back to your school days of making valentines or decorating shoe boxes for mailboxes for all the valentines you would receive. We used doilies, white paste and glue, construction paper, and crayons! Just look at the marvelous supplies we have now for making valentines for our families and friends!

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Sweet Talk Candy Valentine Card

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All of the papers in the Sweet Talk Designer Series Paper are so cute, but I especially love this paper with the candy! I decided to make a very simple and easy card to show as much of this paper as possible. As simple as it is, when I placed that paper layer on the Real Red card base to make this Sweet Talk Candy Valentine Card I just loved it! You have lots of color choices for a card base using this paper, too!

As I said, this card begins with a base of Real Red cardstock. Why not? It’s for Valentine’s Day! The Sweet Talk paper is cut at 4″ x 5 1/4″. Before adhering to the base, I adhered a piece of Real Red Mini Ruffled Ribbon around the side and then adhered that layer to the card base. Those candies just look so cute and colorful on the card!

For a greeting, I die cut the tag in the Sweet Hearts Dies and stamped the heart with greeting on it with Real Red ink. This little tag is a perfect size! Not too big and not too small. I tied it to the ribbon already on the card with a longer piece and tied a bow. To jazz up the tag a little bit, I added two Real Red die-cut hearts. I could have also stamped two little hearts as well. And of course, what would a Valentine be without a little sparkle, so I added a few Iridescent Rhinestone Basic Jewels to the tag and to the designer paper.

We don’t often show the inside of the card, but I added a layer of Basic White since the Real Red is rather dark for signing or writing a message. The greeting is from the Sweet Conversations Stamp Set. Since I had some extra die cut hearts, I put two of those on the corner of the inside of the card. I could have stamped something as well from that stamp set.

You can purchase the dies and stamp set together in the Sweet Conversations Bundle and save 10% by buying them together! I like that the dies come with one to make a little envelope and that tag I mentioned, plus lots of hearts!

Valentine’s Day is really sneaking up on us fast this year it seems! It’s less than a month away and if you consider a week ahead to mail cards, we have even less time! Think about how much fun making valentines were in elementary school with the construction paper, doilies, and paste! Now we have much better materials to use! Order what you need now so you have plenty of time for Valentine-making fun!

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Sweet Little Boxes For Valentine’s Day

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Sweet Little Boxes For Valentine's Day

Be sure to not overlook these cute boxes in the Spring Mini Catalog that I used on this Sweet Little Boxes For Valentine’s Day. These boxes are great because they are food safe and come scored and even have adhesive strips on the sides of the box! All you have to do is fold on the score lines, pull the paper strip off the adhesive (like Tear & Tape), and adhere the sides of the box. Just one end opens. Then decorate!! They store flat, of course, until you need them.

Sweet Little Boxes Flat

It would be great to keep a stash of these boxes on hand because they can be decorated for any occasion. Just add some candy treats, tea bags, small tags or cards, a small gift, whatever fits! Right now we are thinking of Valentine’s Day treats but these could be for Halloween or birthdays or Easter!

On this box, I just wrapped around a piece of designer paper, the cute Sweet Talk Designer Series Paper. First I just wrapped the paper around and creased it with my fingers on each edge of the box. Then I took it off and folded it on those creased lines making sure the paper stayed straight. You could also score it with your Paper Trimmer but I didn’t find that necessary. You just don’t want to measure first and then score without wrapping around the box or it might turn out to be too tight of a fit. My paper was cut at 3 3/8″ x 7″. That wrapped around with enough margin to place Stampin’ Seal Adhesive on the overlapping edge.

You could use any of the pretty patterns in the Sweet Talk Designer Paper. I chose this one with the lines of little hearts. I die cut the tag shape in the Sweet Hearts Dies from Basic White cardstock. I wanted it to show up a little better, so I adhered the Basic White tag onto Real Red cardstock and simply cut around with Paper Snips following the shape. It doesn’t have to be perfect!

From another sheet of the Sweet Talk paper with the candy prints, I cut out the heart-shaped lollipop and a couple of the small candies. I wouldn’t do this if I was making multiples of the box! It would be a little too tedious! But I loved the candy sheet of paper and wanted to use it as decorations on my box! I glued those flat onto the tag and then popped the tag up with Stampin’ Dimensionals®. I tied a small red bow with the Real Red Faux Linen Ribbon and adhered that to the top of the tag with Mini Glue Dots.

You could just add a heart and a greeting to make a simple decoration. There are so many ways to decorate these boxes and it is so easy to do! Order several packs and keep them on hand whether you are making Sweet Little Boxes For Valentine’s Day or other occasions!

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Sweet Talk Valentine’s Day Card With Tags

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Sweet Talk Valentine's Day Card with Tags

Believe it or not, as I’m putting away my Christmas decorations, Valentine’s Day is not so far off, only a month away so here is my first Valentine sample card, Sweet Talk Valentine’s Day Card With Tags. I started this card by simply looking through the very cute Sweet Talk 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper and picking out one paper I especially liked. I liked a lot of them, probably all of them!

I decided to place the designer paper on the Real Red card base in a slightly different way. I cut it as wide as the card (4 1/4″) but only 4 1/2″ long. If you place it in the center of the card front, this leaves a 1/2″ margin at the top and bottom of the card. Just something a little different! Before you adhere any designer paper, think about if you want the ribbon to wrap around to the back or whatever else.

While trying to decide what else to do with the card, I looked at the Sweet Hearts Dies and got the idea to use the tag die in there. I decided to die cut and stamp three tags and then sort of string them across the card with some ribbon. I used the Sweet Conversations Stamp Set. You can get the stamp set and dies in the Sweet Conversations Bundle. I stamped a different heart, color, and saying on each one. I used Granny Apple Green, Pool Party, and Real Red outline with a Blushing Bride pink heart. The hearts are two-step stamping. Stamp the outline and words, the stamp the solid heart to fill in if you like.

I used the Real Red Faux Linen Ribbon to string the hearts together and adhered the ribbon around on the back of the designer paper before adhering the paper to the card base. I used Stampin’ Dimensionals® under each tag to hold it in place but you could let them dangle if you wanted to! I also tied a separate bow and adhered it to the top of the middle tag with Mini Glue Dots.

The greeting at the bottom is also in that stamp set. I just stamped it in Real Red ink on a scrap strip of Basic White and also stamped the little flower design on each end. The strip is layered on Real Red just 1/4″ wider and then made the banner ends with the Tailored Tag Punch.

For the grand finale, I had to add some of the new Iridescent Rhinestones Basic Jewels, one on each flower at the end of the greeting and one on each heart on the tags! They look prettier in person than they do on the photo!

When you are trying to think of a card design, just pull out some designer paper and see what speaks to you and see what you come up with! Some ideas will come to you for sure, even if they are simple!

Start thinking about Valentine’s Day because it is only a month away!!

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Last Day: Kisses and Hugs Paper Pumpkin Kit

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January 2022 Kisses & Hugs Kit!

We all know that roses are red and violets are blue—it’s time that love-themed cards got an upgrade! The Kisses & Hugs Paper Pumpkin Kit will help you express that forever kind of love with heart-shaped cards that would make Cupid jealous.

The Kisses & Hugs kit is not bound to just Valentine’s Day, it works for all love occasions year-round like anniversaries, weddings, birthdays, or those “just because” days.

Last day to sign up:  January 10, 2022.

ABOUT THE KIT
Name: Kisses & Hugs (160148)

Details:

  • Kit contains enough supplies to create 10 cards—5 each of 2 designs—and 10 coordinating envelopes
  • Kit features an exclusive Two-Step photopolymer stamp set
  • Kit includes a Gray Granite Classic Stampin’ Spot
  • Card size: 4-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ (11.4 x 10.8 cm) heart-shaped cards; folded
  • Coordinating colors: Blushing Bride, Flirty Flamingo, Gray Granite, Very Vanilla

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Name: Kisses & Hugs Mini Treat Boxes (160147) $10.00 USD

Details:

  • Contains 20 mini treat boxes and 20 heart tags
  • Gold cord: 10-1/2″ yards (9.6 m)
  • Finished size: 1-3/4″ x 1-3/4″ x 1-3/4″ (4.4 x 4.4 x 4.4 cm)
  • Printed with gold foil
  • These coordinated treat boxes are not included in this month’s kit and are only available for purchase separately as an add-on online starting 25 January. You must be a Paper Pumpkin subscriber to purchase and they are only available while supplies last.

NOTE: Unfortunately, the ongoing international shipping issues and delays have impacted our January Paper Pumpkin kit and some of the components needed to finalize assembly are not going to arrive on time. They are in transit, and we’ve done what we can to help the components ship and arrive faster. Despite our efforts, billing and shipping for the January kit will be delayed. We anticipate that we’ll be able to ship the kits out before the end of the month and still in plenty of time to prepare your projects for Valentine’s Day as anticipated.

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Kisses and Hugs for the January Paper Pumpkin Kit

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We all know that roses are red and violets are blue—it’s time that love-themed cards got an upgrade! The Kisses & Hugs Paper Pumpkin Kit will help you express that forever kind of love with heart-shaped cards that would make Cupid jealous.

The Kisses & Hugs kit is not bound to just Valentine’s Day, it works for all love occasions year-round like anniversaries, weddings, birthdays, or those “just because” days.

ABOUT THE KIT
Name: Kisses & Hugs (160148)

Details:

  • Kit contains enough supplies to create 10 cards—5 each of 2 designs—and 10 coordinating envelopes
  • Kit features an exclusive Two-Step photopolymer stamp set
  • Kit includes a Gray Granite Classic Stampin’ Spot
  • Card size: 4-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ (11.4 x 10.8 cm) heart-shaped cards; folded
  • Coordinating colors: Blushing Bride, Flirty Flamingo, Gray Granite, Very Vanilla

ADD-ON
Name: Kisses & Hugs Mini Treat Boxes (160147) $10.00 USD

Details:

  • Contains 20 mini treat boxes and 20 heart tags
  • Gold cord: 10-1/2″ yards (9.6 m)
  • Finished size: 1-3/4″ x 1-3/4″ x 1-3/4″ (4.4 x 4.4 x 4.4 cm)
  • Printed with gold foil
  • These coordinated treat boxes are not included in this month’s kit and are only available for purchase separately as an add-on online starting 25 January. You must be a Paper Pumpkin subscriber to purchase and they are only available while supplies last.

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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!

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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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Valentine’s Day Chocolate Candy Holders

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Valentine's Day Chocolate Candy Holders

These Valentine’s Day Chocolate Candy Holders have been around a long time and I probably make them every year! I’ll link to some other ones I have made a little later. Once you have the pattern and the idea, you can run wild with decorating them for any occasion! Maybe party favors, or a little favor at a dinner party (when we can have dinner parties again!), or a stocking stuffer at Christmas, or a treat in an Easter basket! Whatever you want to make!

These Valentine’s Day Chocolate Candy Holders are just a strip of cardstock wide enough to hold your candy, with a slit inside to hold the candy if that works or space to place the candy and maybe secure with a tiny bit of adhesive. The cardstock is scored so that it will fold but have space for the chocolate. Put some adhesive on the inside of the bottom of the strip with the punched slit, and adhere. Then decorate the front and tie a ribbon around to secure.

Here are the particulars, if you are interested, for these projects.

Start with a strip of cardstock cut at 9 5/8″ x 2 3/4″. Score at 2 3/4″ and 3″; 6 1/4″ and 6 1/2″. With these measurements, you could get three strips out of one sheet of cardstock. Fold and crease on the scored lines. Open the strip back up and you will see above and below the score lines, one section is shorter than the other. You want the longer section to be the one that folds up to the inside.

Once you have identified the longer section, use the Classic Label Punch on that flap, inserting as far as you can, centered, to punch the opening for the chocolate. Put a piece of Tear & Tape at the bottom of the strip so you can fold up that flap and adhere to the inside, not quite up to the score line. You will want to stand the candy holder on the table making sure the bottom is flat as you adhere that flap.

Valentine's Day Chocolate Candy Holder Inside

The pink holder on the left is made with Blushing Bride Cardstock with a piece of the Love You Always Specialty Paper (2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″) adhered to the front of the candy holder. Then I simply layered two die-cut hearts popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals so I could tie a ribbon (the Blushing Bride 3/8″ Metallic Ribbon) around to hold it closed. There are some other patterns more like a matchbook where you just slide the top into the little fold-up pocket at the bottom. But even then, you might like a ribbon to hold it all together.

The red candy holder on the right is made the same way. It has a piece of Basic White Cardstock on top, decorated with a stamped and die-cut heart from the Lots of Heart Stamp Set and Many Hearts Dies. (Get both in the Lots of Heart Bundle and save 10%!). The greeting is also in that stamp set and is punched out with the Classic Label Punch that you used on the inside for the slit to hold the candy. The heart is popped up on Dimensionals, again, to allow room for the ribbon to wrap around the candy holder.

If you would like more ideas, here are a couple of candy holders I made last year. These are so much fun to make, I know you will enjoy this project! They are perfect, of course, for Valentine’s Day, with a nice piece of chocolate on the inside! Try your hand at my Valentine’s Day Chocolate Candy Holders because they are quick and easy to make when the holiday is getting close!

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!

True Love Many Hearts Valentines and Cards

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True Love Many Hearts Valentines and Cards

These True Love Many Hearts Valentines and Cards were really going to be two identical cards. I often have suggested while you are making one card, make two, three or four of the same card while you have decided on the design and have all your supplies out. So after I cut my cardstock in half to make a card, I thought why not go ahead and use the other half right now to make two cards. And I was going to make both cards the same!

After looking through the January-June 2021 Mini Catalog for ideas, I took my inspiration from the small square card on page 10 with the polka dot paper. Our Stampin’ Up! catalogs are great places for ideas, by the way! My two cards don’t resemble the actual sample in the catalog, but the sample gave me the idea of how I wanted to proceed.

The card base is Blushing Bride and the polka dot paper is in the black and white True Love Designer Series Paper. (As I write this, this paper has been backordered but should be back in stock this week.) This True Love paper has really been interesting because you can use it as is or color it like a coloring book (maybe not the whole 12″ x 12″ page!), or just add shades of color to some of the images without really staying in the lines. Here is another card I made with a stripe pattern in this package.

I used the Many Hearts Dies for these cards to die cut the large scalloped heart out of Blushing Bride cardstock and a plain heart out of white cardstock. I wasn’t exactly sure how I was going to do the greeting or what I was going to do with the white heart, but what I really wanted to do for sure was use the silver Heart Charms. I was thinking in terms of having one dangling on the card from the top of the heart.

I decided to stamp a greeting on the heart and then also stamp the little flower in the Lots of Heart Stamp Set. With one swipe of my finger across the greeting moments later, I smeared the ink so for sure I had to go to Plan B. I stamped the greeting on a strip of Blushing Bride and adhered it over the smeary greeting!

The ribbon at the top of the heart is the Blushing Bride 3/8″ Metallic Ribbon. (As I write this, this ribbon is backordered until March!) It doesn’t photograph too well but it has one sparkling side and one satin side. I tried slipping the heart charm onto the ribbon while I was tying it but I couldn’t get it how I wanted it and I didn’t want to take a lot of time to figure it out! I just adhered the bow to the top of the heart with Mini Glue Dots and adhered the heart charm separately.

When adhering the Heart Charms you can roll up a Mini Glue Dot very small to fit on the very narrow backside of the charm and even then work with it to make it fit. I put them on two places on this heart charm. The scalloped heart is popped up with Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

As I said, I started off planning to make the two cards identical, but on the second one, I changed it up! My white heart was already die cut but I took a chance and stamped it with Blushing Bride using the Lots of Heart Stamp Set. I got it a little off, that’s why you see a white edge, especially on the left side, but that just proves it is handmade! You can get this stamp set and the Many Hearts Dies together in the Lots of Heart Bundle and save 10% (plus be on your way to spending $50 and earning a FREE Sale-A-Bration product!) (And, it’s not backordered as I write this!!)

I turned the card to a vertical position and put a greeting at the bottom. This time I tied a little piece of white twine around the heart charm and placed it around the Silver 3/8″ Metallic Edge Ribbon already tied in a bow and adhered both to the top of the heart with Mini Glue Dots. I like the way it just hangs, not even perfectly.

I really liked the black and white polka dot paper with the pink of the Blushing Bride Cardstock. While it is now February and you might want to make cards like these for Valentine’s Day, I think you could send both of these cards with the exact same design any time during the year. They don’t “scream” Valentine! They could be for a birthday, a thank you, a thinking of you-type of card. Use the catalogs for inspiration and if your creativity takes you elsewhere after you get started, like it did me with these True Love Many Hearts Valentines and Cards, just go with it!