Valentine's Day - Right as Rain

Spellbinders | Advent Calendar Day 8

Hello! Today, I am sharing card created with the surprise for Day Eight – a pieced heart die set – in the Crafty Advent Calendar from Spellbinders. Follow along on the Spellbinders blog for daily inspiration.

Use Fluted Classics Squares dies to create card base from Snowdrift cardstock. Card measures almost 4 1/2 inches wide.
Use the December 2022 Embossing Folder to dry-emboss Pomegranate cardstock; cut with die in the Fluted Classics Squares set.
Use the Day Eight Advent Calendar die set to cut heart pieces from Brushed Gold and glitter cardstock. Tape pieces on back and add to heart cut from Vellum.
Glimmer foil in Gold the More Sentiments sentiment and cut with coordinating banner die.
Add heart assembly to card background and embellish with Gold Mix Gems.

Spellbinders | December 2022 Large Die + Embossing Folder – Another Take

Hello! Today, I am sharing another Valentine’s Day/love-themed card created with the Spellbinders December 2022 Large Die “Blooming Heart” and Embossing Folder “Heart Blooms.” I previously shared a card here created with these two items. This design was inspired by the “I Love Lucy” heart, even though it does not look like it!

I created a 5 1/4 inch square card base from Brushed Gold cardstock. I dry-embossed a pearl finish white cardstock with the Embossing Folder, trimmed it, and added it to the base.
I cut the Large Die heart from dark red cardstock and the left floral element from gold glitter foam and Brushed Gold cardstock. The Brushed Gold cardstock nicely shows the die detail. I adhered the Brushed Gold element to the glitter foam piece for depth.
I cut the sentiment from the pearl finish white cardstock.
I added the floral piece and sentiment to the heart, added the heart to the background, and embellished with Gold Mix Gems.

Spellbinders | December 2022 Large Die + Embossing Folder

Hello and happy December! It is a cold morning here in the Pacific Northwest! Today, I am sharing a Valentine’s Day/love-themed card created with the Spellbinders December 2022 Large Die “Blooming Heart” and Embossing Folder “Heart Blooms.” Find more inspiration for the Large Die set here and for the embossing folder here.

Create the background –
I dry-embossed Snowdrift cardstock trimmed slightly smaller than 5 inches by 7 inches with the Embossing Folder. I added the panel to a Purple Mist cardstock base.
Create the focal item and sentiment –
I cut the Large Die heart from Sea Glass cardstock. I cut the floral items from Royal Amethyst, Purple Mist, and Snowdrift cardstock and added them to the heart. I cut the sentiment from Royal Amethyst cardstock.
Assemble + Embellish –
I added the heart and sentiment to the card background and embellished with Spectrum Gems.

Penny Black – CAS XOXO Valentine

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS Valentine’s Day card created with Penny Black supplies from previous love-themed releases, as I eagerly await products from their newest release.

I gold heat-embossed the 30-667 Love Language sentiment on red cardstock. The sentiment is a multi-line one, which I masked.
I die-cut 51-486 Stitched XOXO from white cardstock through which I added an arrow, cut from gold cardstock with the 51-594 Doodles of Love die set.
I added the assembly to a white textured card base.

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Elizabeth Craft Designs – Honey Bear Valentine

Hello! Today I have a CAS Valentine created entirely with dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs.

- I cut the Honey Bear (now retired) pieces from soft-finish cardstock. I colored the bear’s body with Vintage Photo and Tea Dye inks with sponge applicators. I colored the nose with Walnut Stain ink and the eyes with a black Copic marker. I used a Taylored Expressions set to cut the mouth (I also colored it with a Copic marker).
- I cut the LOVE frame with the Peek-a-Boo Love set (now retired) from red and white cardstock, piecing the white letters into the frame. The heart and cupcake were cut with the same set.
- Once I had the bear assembled, I placed him into the frame. I added the assembly to a patterned paper base.

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