* The Shop that Started It All * New Dies! * Flowers for the Pretty Lady * Lots of Love * Sundae Shop – You’re So Sweet * CRX – Card Recipient Experience Part II * Sending Love * Valentine Swing * Heart Hands * Lilies of the Valley * Triple Hearts * A Valentine […]
It’s Sneak Peek week for Karen Burniston’s February 2023 release! Making sure your loved-one, who is far away, feels love at Valentine’s Day, is what this card is all about. It uses two new die sets from Karen Burniston’s February 2023 release along with some previously released sentiments and collage decorations. I started with a […]
It’s the Karen Burniston’s Design Team February 2023 Challenge focusing on LOVE. This hexagon flower card is a cross between an explosion box and a flower bud slowly opening. It uses two Crosshatch shape dies – Hexagons and Hearts as well as two sentiment dies – Happy Valentine’s Day and Word Set 13. An additional […]
In cleaning up my craft room after the holidays, I came across a purchased Valentine I’d been sent many years ago with a stitched see-thru pouch with beads, sequins and the words “daughter,” sweet” and “valentine.” I decided to upcycle the card base with the pouch attached for a new Valentine. The card base was […]
Having made this hourglass card once before, I realized it would make a lovely winter Valentine with the Penny Black’s stamp sentiment “I love you to the moon and back” if I added a 3/4 inch moon to the scene. The Greetery’s Hourglass dies make this an easy card to create, but time consuming to […]
Valentine’s Day is coming and a handmade card in masculine colors with a bit of stitching and soft bling, maybe just the thing for your loved one. In playing around with the Spellbinder’s Layered Stitched Background dies, I realized that if put side-by-side, two of the backgrounds would fit on a slimline card for a […]
Looking for more inspiration about a specific type of card? Below are links to thematic posts on this blog. ACCORDION FOLD ADVENT CALENDARS ANIMALS ANIMATED ANNIVERSARIES APERTURE BABY BAGS & BOXES BAM BOXES BASEBALL BASKETS BIRTHDAYS BUILDINGS CARS & TRUCKS & TRAINS CASCADING FOLD CHRISTMAS CRX SHEETS EASTER ENCOURAGEMENT FATHER’S DAY FOOD GET WELL GRADUATION […]
Valentine’s Day is coming and a handmade card that reminds one of chocolates or the colorful candy hearts associated with the holiday maybe just the thing for your loved one. These two cards were made with elements from the three shades pink cardstock cut once using the Small Die of the Month for January 2021 […]
Valentine’s Day is coming and a handmade card, reminiscent of folk art hearts and flowers, fancy chocolate boxes and old-fashioned lacy Valentines, maybe just the thing for your loved one. This card is the third of a series of Split-Slider Slimlines. Split-Slider: This split slider is based off Spellbinders Large Die of the Month for […]
According to the Language of Flowers, a small book that Amazon Drygoods reprinted from its Victorian original, lilies of the valley mean a “return of happiness.” And so to, does this card promise happiness from it envelope through to its inside message. Based on a panel die from Tutti Designs, that was die-cut twice (one […]
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