Valentine's Day - Right as Rain

Crafting Love | Cards for Valentine’s Day

Hello! As Christmas cardmaking is wrapped up for the time being, I am preparing for Valentine’s Day. Seeking inspiration, I took a look back through my blog archive to find cards created for the holiday. The exercise also reminded me of products in my collection that I can use again.

The cards I discovered for this roundup range from sophisticated to adorably cute and whimsically charming – there’s a perfect expression of love for every taste and style!

Click on the card image to be taken to the original post. Specific products used on the cards may no longer be available. As I updated information and links on the original posts, I checked to see which retailers carried the older sets. Frantic Stamper, offering fantastic customer service, has a number of the older and retired items in stock.

Observations As I look at the cards, I see that I used red or pink (or both) on all of them. The more elegant cards include gold cardstock touches. Also, I have included a heart somewhere on all of the cards, whether on the patterned paper, the stamped background, or with a die-cut element.

Even though I do not make a lot of cards for the holiday, I was more motivated to do so after looking through these cards. Do you create handmade cards for Valentine’s Day? If so, what are some of your favorite products with this theme? Do you have products on your “to buy” list with this theme?

Spellbinders Small Die Kit – Sneaking a Kiss

Happy December! I am delighted to share a Valentine’s Day card featuring the Spellbinders December Small Die of the Month Club Kit – “Sneaking a Kiss.” Send this love-themed card to a friend or Valentine.

Please note, in terms of the club subscriptions at Spellbinders: the sign-up window for new subscriptions now opens on the 6th of each month and closes on the 27th (once existing club members subscriptions have been processed). If there is additional inventory remaining, it will be made available for new subscriptions with limited availability.

Dry-emboss A2-size panel of Chamomile cardstock with the Tiny Dots embossing folder. Add to a card base with the debossed side facing up.
With dies in the Small Die of the Month set, cut the umbrella, girl, and boy from cardstock. Assemble. Add white dimensional enamel dots to the umbrella. Attach the umbrella over the girl and boy. Embellish with hearts cut with dies in the Small Die of the Month set.
Cut the sentiment strips from navy cardstock using dies in the Small Die of the Month set. Glue to the bottom of the card base.
Add the umbrella assembly to the card.

Lawn Fawn | Teacup Valentine

Hello! Today I am sharing a Valentine created with the Lawn Fawn Stitched Teacup set. I have previously created cards with the set here and here.

- Cut cups with the Stitched Teacup set from patterned paper and Chocolate Bar cardstock; assemble stack. (Teacups are taped together on the back.)
- Stamp Simply Celebrate Hearts sentiment on white cardstock. Cut with largest rectangle in the Small Stitched Rectangle Stackables set (3 3/4 inches by 5 inches). Add stamped panel to Sea Glass cardstock card base.
- Embellish with a sugar cube (included in the Stitched Teacup set) and hearts cut with dies in the Speech Bubbles set and Mini Picture Frames set (the smaller heart).

Lawn Fawn | Snowman Valentine

If Punxsutawney Phil is right, there will be snowmen for a while longer (Northern Hemisphere). Since I enjoyed playing with the Lawn Fawn Build-A-Snowman die for holiday cards (here and here), I figured I would use the same set for a Valentine combining Lawn Fawn products!

Cut patterned paper with A2-size die in the Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables set. (The paper is from an old pad in my stash.) Add to card base.
Stamp Simply Celebrate Hearts sentiment (a new set from Lawn Fawn) in navy ink on white cardstock. To create the snowbank, cut with the A2-size die in the Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables set and then with a die in the Simple Stitched Hillside Borders set. Add to card background.
Cut snowman with Build-A-Snowman from flocked white, Light Brown Woodgrain, Black Licorice, orange, and patterned paper. Assemble and add to card background.
Use heart dies in the Speech Bubbles set to cut hearts from silver, navy, and red cardstock. (The Build-A-Snowman set includes a smaller heart; for the banner, I preferred this size and shape.) Adhere hearts to red-and-white twine. Position strand of hearts in the hands of the snowman; secure with glue.

Spellbinders | Color Block Valentine

Hello! Today, I am sharing a CAS, color block Valentine created with Spellbinders supplies including a sentiment from the Anemone Blooms Collection designed by Yana Smakula.

Repetition is one of my favorite design principles: I cut sixteen one-inch squares and sixteen hearts from five colors to make a four-inch square.

Cut colored cardstock with Nestabilities Essential Squares die. Tape squares together on the back.
Cut hearts using the heart die in the Parcel & Post Heart Decorations set. (There are three hearts on one die; I used the middle one.) Add hearts to squares with foam adhesive.
Glimmer foil sentiment with Inside Card Glimmer Sentiments plate in Opaque Black on a Snowdrift panel.
Trim panel, add to A2-size card base, add heart assembly.