Valentine with Non-Traditional Colors

Hi, everyone!  Toni here with you today sharing a Valentine card using the adorable Lawn Fawn Penguin Party set.

I chose to sponge a selection of blue Distress Oxides (Salvaged Patina, Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean & Broken China) on the card base to go with the chilly penguin environment. As usual, I spattered some water to add a bokeh snow effect.

I adhered the Mama Elephant Heart Grid Window on top then added a stitched hillside diecut.

I colored up the Lawn Fawn Penguin Party images using Copics, making sure to add a generous amount of Clear Wink of Stella and a sprinkling of sequin snowflakes for good measure.

I'll see you again soon.  If you'd like to check out my other creations in the meantime, you can visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, my Instagram, or my Pinterest Board.  

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You Are Cerealsly Awesome...

 Hello everyone. Happy Wednesday!! I am sharing a fun valentine with you today. I used the adorable new Cerealsly Awesome stamp set from Lawn Fawn. 

I started by coloring the image from the set using Copic markers. I also used the small hearts from the Scent With Love Add-on stamp set. For the red, I used R05, R27, R46, and R59. For the soft pink, I used R01, E93, R00, and R30. 

Next, I used the Fluttering Hearts Cover Plate die from Honey Bee Stamps to die cut the base layer of the card. I then die cut the oval and scalloped oval layers using the Lawn Fawn Giant Holiday Messages Lawn Cuts die and the Giant Birthday Messages Lawn Cuts dies. I then used the Giant XOXO die to die cut the phrase from red cardstock. The speech bubble is from the Bookmark It dies set and the small banner over the speech bubble is from the Framed Tags Madison Avenue die set. The banner for the sentiment on the oval is from the Hearts and Stars Skinny Tag. I then stamped the sentiment from the set using Distress Oxide ink in Tattered Rose, and Lawn fawn ink in Minty Fresh and Lobster. 

 I hope you enjoy this fun card I created to share with you today. Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by. I hope you each have a wonderful and blessed day. Please feel welcome to visit me on my blog, IG or Pinterest.

Products Used/Suggested: 

Cerealsly Awesome

Scent With Love Add-on

 Bookmark It 

Giant XOXO

Fluttering Hearts Cover Plate

Giant Birthday Messages Lawn Cuts

Lawn Fawn Giant Holiday Messages Lawn Cuts die

Framed Tags Madison Avenue

Hearts and Stars Skinny Tag

Scent with Love

Tattered Rose

Minty Fresh

 Lobster

Foam Tape

Copic 

R05

R27

R46

R59

 E93

R00

Simplified Valentine Slimline Shaker

Hi, everyone!  Toni here with you today sharing a super cute Valentine using the Mama Elephant Owl Are You with the Lawn Fawn Scalloped Slimline Portrait with Hearts dies.

I started the card by cutting out the Lawn Fawn Scalloped Slimline Portrait with Hearts dies using a sturdy white cardstock.  I sponged the scalloped edging with the Distress Oxide Worn Lipstick, spattered it with water and set it aside to dry.  

Then I added acetate behind the heart windows along with sequins and Honey Bee Love Letters 6x6 Paper to make the shaker. The HB paper already has a sponged ombre look so that saved some time.  I also could have made a single shaker for all three hearts but opted to use Scor-tape to make each individual.

I colored up the Mama Elephant Owl Are You images with Zigs with some Copics dots for feather texture.  They're sooooo cute!

For the sentiment I used one of the leftover hearts from Lawn Fawn Scalloped Slimline Portrait with Hearts diecuts and backed it with the Honey Bee Love Letters 6x6 Paper.  I then embossed the Mama Elephant Owl Are You sentiment and stacked it on top.

Offsetting the images and sentiments on top of the heart windows makes the card look more complicated than it is. Now time to impress your Valentine!

I'll see you again soon.  If you'd like to check out my other creations in the meantime, you can visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, my Instagram, or my Pinterest Board.  

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Non-Traditional Valentine with Honey Bee Stamps...

 Happy Wednesday everyone!! Today I am sharing this non-traditional color Valentine card. I used the beautiful Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers: Coneflower die. 

I began by die cutting the layers to create the base of the card using the Basic Rectangles Creative Cuts die set, the hearts from the Bookmark It Creative Cuts set, the banner and scalloped rectangle from the Framed Tags Madison Avenue Creative Cuts set, and the Giant Be My Valentine die from Lawn Fawn.

I assembled the flower and the card base. Next, I heat embossed the sentiment from the Honey Bee Stamps Heart stamp set onto the banner. I hope you enjoy this fun card I created to share with you today. Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by. I hope you each have a wonderful and blessed day. Please feel welcome to visit me on my blog, IG or Pinterest.

Products Used or Suggested: 

Basic Rectangles Creative Cuts 

Honey Bee Stamps Heart stamp set

Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers: Coneflower

Bookmark It Creative Cuts

Framed Tags Madison Avenue Creative Cuts

Giant Be My Valentine

3mm Foam Tape

VersaMark Watermark

Embossing Powder 

Sakura White Glaze Pen 

Layered Valentines

Hi, everyone! Toni here with you. Today I'm sharing a couple of wintery Valentine cards I like to make  in order to send to folks I may have forgotten for Christmas.  This way when they eventually get the card, it's winter rather than Christmas so doesn't seem belated and it's full of hugs so perfect for Valentine's Day too. 

I used this same layout on my own blog a few weeks ago.  It's a simple and quick way to showcase paper. These rectangles are approximately 3x4" so I'm able to get two out of one 6x6 piece of paper.

For both cards I watercolored the Mama Elephant Hot Cocoa images with Zigs.

On the first card, I used Sunny Studio All Is Bright 6x6 Paper to coordinate with that fab Bazzill swiss dot card front. Such a pretty combo.

On the second card, I used both Sunny Studio All Is Bright 6x6 Paper and Lawn Fawn Let It Shine Snowflakes 6x6 Paper.

In addition to using the different papers, I also tilted the images and papers on each card in different directions just for kicks.

I'll see you again soon.  If you'd like to check out my other creations in the meantime, you can visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, my Instagram, or my Pinterest Board.  

PRODUCTS USED AND/OR RECOMMENDED 

Creating an Embossed Floral Valentine

Hello, everyone! Today I'm sharing a card using the Pinkfresh Studio Pop Out Hexagons. I only recently discovered this line of pop out stamps right before the holidays and was intrigued by the idea.

I removed the hexagons and stamped the outline in Versamark. I then stamped a few of the striped and floral hexagons in Versamark as well before embossing the lot with Ranger Gold Embossing Powder.  It was very easy positioning the hexagons by eye.

You can certainly leave the hexagons in place to stamp but it was faster for me to remove them and stamp by hand.  Plus, you need to make sure they're nestled within the outline completely or you end up with ink where you don't want it. Ask me how I know.

I watercolored the images and empty hexagons with Zigs. To finish the card I cut out a few of the Mama Elephant Oval Deco Frame sprigs using glitter paper and nestled those behind the Pinkfresh Studio Lots of Love diecut.

Before I go, let me show you what I mean by ink ending up where you don't want it.  I turned it into a design detail but this wasn't at all what was in my head at the time. You can read more on my blog about it.

I'll see you again soon.  If you'd like to check out my other creations in the meantime, you can visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, my Instagram, or my Pinterest Board.  

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Skunk-Themed Valentine's Day Card...

Hello and happy 2022 everyone!! I hope your year is starting off blessed and full of joy. I created a Valentine-themed card to share with you today. I used the adorable new Tiny Gift Box Skunk Add-on. 

I began by die cutting the layers for the skunk using the Tiny Gift Box Skunk Add-on. I then die-cut the base layer for the card using the Backdrop Quilted Heart Landscape die. Next, I used the Large Mini Slimline Stackables and the Small Mini Slimline Stackables die sets to create the layers and frame for the card. I then used the Slimline Stitched Hillside Border die set to create the hillside for the card. 

Next, I added color to the pink layer using Distress Oxide ink. I used Spun Sugar and Kitsch Flamingo. For the grassy hill, I used Jalapeno Lawn Fawn ink. 

I then die-cut the speech bubble and hearts from the Bookmark It die set. Next, I heat embossed the sentiment from the How You Bean? Conversation Heart Add-on stamp set. I then heat embossed the second sentiment on a strip of vellum using the Scent with Love stamp set. 

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by. I hope you enjoy the card I created to share with you. I pray you each have a wonderful and blessed day. Please feel welcome to visit me on my blog, IG or Pinterest.

Products used or suggested are listed below: 

Bookmark It

 How You Bean? Conversation Heart Add-on

Tiny Gift Box Skunk Add-on

 Backdrop Quilted Heart Landscape

Large Mini Slimline Stackables

 Small Mini Slimline Stackables 

Scent with Love 

Slimline Stitched Hillside Border

3mm Foam Tape

Spun Sugar

Kitsch Flamingo

Jalapeno

Using Designer Papers in Your Valentine Card Design

So Christmas is over and now it's time to think of Valentines. Cute ones with all sorts of sweet papers and images--woo hoo!

I used both Doodlebug Design Fairy Garden 6x6 Paper and Doodlebug Design Hey Cupcake 6x6 Paper on today's card. I love the colors of Doodlebug Design paper and how easily you can coordinate them.

I created a circular panel with Lawn Fawn dies with an added layer of vellum to ground the Mama Elephant Sweet Treats images.  I colored those up with Zigs. 

I stamped the sentiment on a Lawn Fawn Everyday Sentiment Banner and added a few sequins to finish off the card.

I'll see you again soon.  If you'd like to check out my other creations in the meantime, you can visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, my Instagram, or my Pinterest Board. 

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