Valentines - Right as Rain

Penny Black Love Balloons

Hello! Today, I am sharing a CAS Valentine’s Day card created with supplies from the just-released Penny Black “Share the Love” collection.

I cut the #51-595 Love Balloons from silver cardstock.
Using the same die, I cut the balloon portion from double-sided adhesive that had been applied to white cardstock.
I trimmed the strings from the balloon portion as needed.
I exposed the adhesive on the front side and applied red microfine glitter to the balloons.
I adhered the glitter balloons to the silver die-cut with glue.
I cut the tag/string from white cardstock.
I stamped the sentiment from the #30-667 Love Language stamp set in black ink on to a light-blue cardstock panel.
I trimmed the stamped panel, matted the panel with white cardstock, and added it to a card base covered with patterned paper.
I added the assembled Love Balloons to the card with foam adhesive.

Supplies:

Spellbinders Small Die of the Month Kit – Our Favorite Font Sentiment Set

Hello! Today, I am sharing two cards created with the December Small Die of the Month kit from Spellbinders – “Our Favorite Font Sentiment Set.”The set includes fourteen word dies, in a versatile font, with which you can create a variety of expressions for a number of occasions such as: “Thinking of You,” “With Sympathy,” “Birthday Wishes to You,” and “Congrats to You,” as well as the more obvious “Thank You,” “Love You,” and “Happy Birthday.”

My first card is a Valentine, which includes several other Spellbinders sets, on which I used the “Love You” sentiment.

I’ve combined the Tux set (he’s still wearing a scarf but I removed his ear muffs) with the First Crush die set (balloon). I created the heart panel with the largest die in the Nestabilities Class Heart set. The card measures 4 1/2″ square.

My second card is a Thank You note on which I combined the sentiment with the Butterfly Frame-A-Long die set.

I dry-embossed the background (measuring 4 1/4″ square) with the Pretty Plaid embossing folder. I created a frame by adhering the butterfly/flower strips together at the corners; I then added the flower overlays, cut from yellow cardstock. I glued pearls to the centers of the flowers for embellishment.

Love Is In the Air – CAS Valentine

Hello! We have A LOT of snow here in the PNW (very unusual and the amounts we have received are record-setting). Given the situation, I made a snow-themed Valentine using the Scenic Snow Globe from My Favorite Things.

I created the sentiment on my computer and printed it on the Fog Gray cardstock, which I then cut with a Lil’ Inker square die.
I cut the house, tree, snow banks, and snow globe from a variety of cardstock colors. I assembled the house and tree and then set them aside.
I applied embossing paste to the globe background with the Falling Hearts stencil.
Once the paste was dry, I adhered the house, tree, and snow banks to the globe background, and I adhered the assembly to the card base.

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Bee Mine – CAS Valentine

Hello from the snowy Pacific Northwest! We have had more snow in the past few days than we typically have all winter. We are breaking snow records for February. Today I am sharing a CAS Valentine featuring the Paper Smooches Bees Dies and a punny sentiment.

- I cut and assembled the bees.
- I created and printed the sentiment on my computer and cut it with a die in the now-retired Avery Elle Scalloped & Pierced Hearts die set.
- I used a 4 1/4″ square die from Lil’ Inker to cut the patterned paper background (Pebbles 6″ x 6″ pad from several years ago).

Snow Much Love

Hello from the snowy Pacific Northwest! We received almost a foot of snow overnight. Today I am sharing a CAS Valentine created with the Marianne Design Eline’s Penguin and Igloo & Mountain sets (I purchased the sets from 123 Stitch).

I paired the assembled penguins and igloo with a sentiment that I created on my computer and cut with a snow slope die.

Patterned paper from my stash filled in the background.

Hope your week is off to a terrific start!