Making Valentine Cards

Last week my friend Carol came over and we made some Valentine cards for our grandchildren.  We had so much fun taking out older stamp sets and putting cards together.  While I only have one granddaughter, my friend has 12 cards to make!  

In this first card, I used Snailed It, a cute set with the little snail in it.  I love the mushroom and envelope cut outs; it really adds to the card.

The second card has a couple of heart die cuts from Meant to Be.  I embossed the white front with the Falling Petals embossing folder.  

For the next two cards I used the Meant to Be dies and cut out several different heart shapes.  The little envelope is from Snailed It stamp set.  Isn't it so cute?

For a boy card, I used Oh, Snap - a cute set that I hadn't used before.  I love the colors and everything about this card.  I love the wave stamp to give you the appearance that he is coming up from the water. 

Here is the card that I sent to my g-girl.  It's made using another set that I haven't used before called Little Ladybug.  I die cut the heart from Meant to Be dies and added a couple of very sweet ladybugs to complete the card.  And check out the saying, "You're as cute as a bug!"

Here's a pic of my friend after she completed her 12 Valentines!  It took us two days to make all of the cards.  I shared a couple of my cards with her so she could get all of her cards done faster.  

I hope all of our grands love their handmade cards filled with love from their Nana's.  :)

 

Happy Valentine's!

This year it seemed like Valentines Day just crept up on me so quickly.  Maybe it was because the Super Bowl was yesterday and not the first week in February.  Last night I had some ladies over to do a little stamping for my Super Bowl Sunday Stamp-a-Thon.  :)  We made a lot of different cards.  

The card that I worked on was a Valentine card for my little g-baby.  Even though it might arrive a little bit late, I still want to send it out in the mail to her.  I used the Kangaroo and Company stamp set for the little kangaroo, hearts and mail.  

I put Wink of Stella on the hearts and on parts of the kangaroo.  It makes the whole card kind of sparkly.  :)

 

Valentine Cards

I spent a little time this week making some Valentine cards.  Here is an easy, trendy-looking card that I made.  It has a cute little favor to go with it. It is quick and easily made with one of the new open-ended punches.  I will be putting these favors on the table for my family when we celebrate our Valentine's Day dinner. 

This card has some ruffled ribbon on it that just makes it look so special!  I love the ruffled ribbon that Stampin Up sells.  There are 5 different colors.  Eventually I want all of them.  I like to use this ribbon on my sewing projects, too.

I got the idea for this card from Laura Mackie.  She made it as a wedding card and I modified it to look more like a Valentine's card.  Change up the colors and I think it can be any kind of a card that you'd like.  It's hard to tell in the photo, but it has a little bit of bling on it- the rhinestones just make it pop.

Now to just get my cards in the mail!  (Making them is the easy part- ha ha!)