Transform the Hugs Loving Heart into a Love Airy Script heart with a quick trim.  It's an easy way to create custom designs with your favorite greeting dies.  Add a glittered Scribble Rose Trio and your Valentine card is ready to go.  Hello, Jean Okimoto here with a snip-and-go technique for great greetings.

Cut Hugs Loving Heart from red cardstock.  Remove "hugs" with three quick snips - save it for another project.  Cut Love Airy Script from the same red cardstock.

Cut the pale gray dotted print from the Dashing Holiday 6x6 set with the largest Double Stitch Loving Heart Cut Out die.  Attach the Loving Heart outline and Love Airy Script to the gray heart background.

Cut the Scribble Rose Trio outline from white cardstock.  Cut the triple background from red glittered cardstock.

Attach the diecuts to a side-folded gray A-2 card.  Add pale gold gem stickers.

I think it's great when we can alter our diecuts and create something new.  Try this technique with some of the words from our Jotted designs too!  

Special thanks to everyone from last week's BIRTHDAYS HAPPEN class at Impress!   Thanks to Jan, Jenny, Robin and Jacky for the great snacks too.  Thanks again Ann, Erin and Lynne - for helping everyone fill their baskets with the latest papers, tools and toys.

If you're in the Seattle area, join us for a new class this Saturday.  We're using the great dies and stamps from the Valentine 2020 Collection and making cards with a hearts-and-hugs theme. Make cool cards to  celebrate friendship, send a hug or remember someone special on Valentine's Day.

Thanks for visiting - keep warm, see you again next week!

 

 

 

 

Supplies

 

94326 Love Airy Script craft die

94375 Hugs Loving Heart craft die

PP1001 Dashing Holiday 6x6 pack

94359 Double Stitch Loving Heart Cut Out craft die

94399 Scribble Rose Trio craft die

Hello there.  This quick and simple Valentine’s card was intended for my hubby, but he came by and saw it just as I was finishing up... <grrr>😂  Guess it’s back to the drawing board. 

Anyway, I started by die cutting the Butterfly Heart Frame from Bristol paper.  It was adhered to velum trimmed to the same size, then to an A2 sized gray panel.

I wanted to add dimension only to the heart, so used scraps of Bristol paper to die cut just the heart portion twice. Trimmed away unwanted parts to get the heart ring.

I thought about ink blending the heart cut-out, but saved myself some time and die cut another heart from a scrap of red cardstock.  The sentiments from Big and Little Valentine’s stamp set were white heat embossed on it, then black soot distress ink was sponged around the edges for some dimension.  Spritz the whole card with a shimmer spray for some sparkle to finish.

And that was it!  Thank you for dropping by.  Have a wonderful day!

 

Supplies

 

94386 Butterfly Heart Frame craft die

CL5252

 

Good morning everyone!  Today I have a cute Valentine's Day card for you featuring many new products.

To make this card I started with red cardstock and placed the Drifting Hearts Stencil over the paper and sponged Versa Mark ink over the stencil.  I removed the stencil and applied clear embossing powder over the stenciled image and heat embossed it.  This gave the hearts a nice glossy shine.  To make the hearts stand out a little more, I sponged Aged Mahogany and Black Soot Distress ink over the embossed hearts. Buff the paper with a tissue to remove any ink that might be on the embossed hearts.

I die cut the heart using one of the new Double Stitched Loving Heart dies. From the heart I die cut the Banded Heart Locket Die.

I die cut the branch and used twine to tie the heart to the branch.

I stamped, colored and die cut the bunny and adhered it to the back of the heart opening. 

Using foam tape I glued the card front to my white card base.  I did not put adhesive behind the bunny so that I could put the hanging heart behind the bunny.  I glued the branch and hanging heart to the card front and then placed foam tape behind the bunny to adhere it to the card.

To finish the card I stamped and white heat embossed the XOXO.  Then I used foam tape to glue it to the card.

That's it for today!  I hope you have a great week and thanks for stopping by.

 

Supplies

 

94359 Double Stitch Loving Heart Cut Out craft die

94367 Banded Heart Locket craft die

CL5252

88614 Drifting Hearts Stencil

32224 Snow Much Fun die set

CL5224 Snow Much Fun clear stamp set

Here are a couple of winter cards I made to send to friends later this month.  An inspiration perhaps for this month's Memory Box Challenge?

Materials Used:

• white notecards
• winter print papers from my stash cut 4 X 5.25
• navy cardstock, white cardstock
• BERRY BRANCH LOVING HEART die 94374 cut from navy cardstock
• HELLO BANNER SCRIPT die 94392 cut from navy cardstock
• "friend" cut from "friendship" in the FRIENDSHIP FLORAL HEART  stamp set CL5250, stamped with Navy Hero Arts Ink on white cardstock, trimmed and added to a scrap of navy cardstock
• white pearls in three sizes for the snowball berries
• tape runner, glue pen

While I had the die out I cut a few more of the Berry Branch hearts from foiled cardstock to use for valentines.

I cut even more from gold foiled cardstock, dot papers, and other print papers so I have a large supply for my valentines class later this week.  I will have a stack of white notecards, a variety of background papers, pearls and gems in many colors, and my ribbon box so we'll have plenty of choices for our cards.  Fun!

Happy Crafting!

Berry Branch Loving Heart 94374

Hello Banner Script 94392

Friendship Floral Heart CL 5250

Greetings friends.  I hope that you are having a wonderful weekend.  I wanted to share a Valentine to you, but honestly, it can be used year-round. 

To make the card, I started by cutting out the big heart:

The heart cuts out a solid white heart (which I will save for another card).  It also leaves a stitched heart decoration that makes an excellent frame for the rest of the card.

I placed a piece of vellum behind the open heart:

Next, I cut out a leafy heart and colored it with a BG45 Copic marker:

To add a bit more interest, I colored part of each leaf with a BG49 Copic marker:

To finish the card, I glued the leafy heart on top of the vellum heart and added my Love sentiment:

Have a fantastic Sunday!

 

 

Supplies

 

94361 Double Stitch Happy Heart Cut Out craft die

94377 Leafy Heart craft die

94326 Love Airy Script craft die

CL5250

Hello Everyone!  Vicki here with you today! Thanks so much for stopping by to see my project.  The last few weeks have been wild and wacky around here so I needed some creative time pretty badly! We lost my Mother in law unexpectedly last week and had to return to Kansas after we'd just gotten home from Christmas there.  In less than two weeks, we drove 2200+ miles so I just wanted to sit down and make something pretty.  I needed a special card for one of our nieces who sang a solo for her grandmother's funeral and so I got to use pretty pinks and golds to pull this card together.  

In the most recent Valentine's Collection from last month, there are two styles of hearts that coordinate with the other hearts in this collection.  There are Happy Hearts, which is taller and more elongated while Loving Hearts are shorter and squattier and adds a pretty scalloped detail around the opening.  The choice of hearts for the exterior depends on which heart you choose for the interior.  

In this case, I die cut the Happy Heart largest die which leaves a cutout with stitching all the way around.  I cut the same heart from a scrap of Cream, White and Gold Striped paper to go behind the focal image heart, Floral Bouquet Heart which I die cut from Gold Foiled Cardstock. The gold in the focal image matches the background paper perfectly. 

 

I am pretty frugal with my scraps and keep them if they are big enough to cut anything out of such as a shape or letter or what have you.  This is one of those scraps.  

This card is really straightforward, clean in style and easy to replicate.  I don't always have time to do something elaborate.  I felt like the die-cut Love Airy Script needed a little sprucing up, so I attached some Gold Foiled Hearts around the image to tie it all together.  Before then, it just kind of faded into the background.  I made a card very similar to this for my niece, but I forgot to photograph it.  

I have some amazing planned projects for you in the weeks to come now that the pace of my life is getting back to normal.  

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Don't forget to tag us on Social Media (#memoryboxco) if you try something in a similar design. We enjoy seeing your projects!  

  

 

 

 

Supplies

 

94326 Love Airy Script craft die

94368 Floral Bouquet Heart craft die

94361 Double Stitch Happy Heart Cut Out craft die

Happy 2020 everyone!  Hope your year is off to a good start.   Today I have a very clean and simple (CAS) friendship card to share using products from the Valentine’s collection.

The stripe background was created with 1/4” strips of three gradient aqua color cardstock.  The strips were adhered to a white cardstock panel, then a heart was die cut from it using the largest die from the Double Stitch Loving Heart Cut Out set.  For some sparkle, covered it with VersaMark and heat embossed it with clear glitter embossing powder. 

The Hugs Loving Heart was then die cut twice from Bristol paper and stacked for dimension.   Attached it on top of the stripe heart with strong liquid adhesive.  Assembled it off the edge and trimmed away the excess.  White heat embossed the sentiment from Big and Little Valentine’s stamp set on a black cardstock strip to finish.

Easy-peasy, right?  Thank you for stopping by.  Enjoy your weekend.

 

 

Supplies

 

94359 Double Stitch Loving Heart Cut Out craft die

94375 Hugs Loving Heart craft die

CL5252

 

The new 3D Heart Bouquet Embossing Folder adds texture, dimension and a great backdrop for the Scribble Rose Trio and Tall Sketch Heart.  There's a lot happening on this card - let the pink, gray and white balance the mixture of textures.

Hi, Jean Okimoto here with a soft, subtle design for Valentine's Day. Switch the greeting and it's ready for weddings, baby cards or a thinking-of-you message.

Cut a 4-¼" x 5-½" rectangle of watercolor paper.  Give it a light spritz of water on the back side.  Pressure-emboss it with the Heart Bouquet 3D Embossing Folder.  Trim the corners with a corner rounding punch.  

Cut Tall Sketch Heart from light pink cardstock - save the skinny offcuts from the top left corner and the right edge/bottom point.  Cut it again fron dark gray cardstock.  Stamp "xoxo" - from the Big and Little Valentines Clear Stamps Set - on the pink heart with Brilliance Starlite Black.

Cut the Scribble Rose Trio outline from dark gray cardstock.  Cut the solid background from light pink cardstock and pressure-emboss it with the detailed outline die.  

Round the corners of a top-folding white A-2 card and attach the embossed layer. Add the heart and rose diecuts.

Try this design with fuchsia and gray diecuts too - or red and black - for a different look.  Hope you've been inspired to create an assortment of Valentines this year.  Make a few extras and have them ready for other occasions and everyday greeting too!

Special thanks to everyone from last week's LOVENOTES class at Impress!  Thanks for the pretzel chips Jan and Jenny!  Hope you liked the cards and enjoy making them for the special people in your life.  Thanks too - Ann, Erin and Lynne - for once helping everyone fill those shopping baskets.

In the Seattle area and need birthday card ideas?  See you at Impress on January 11th for the BIRTHDAYS HAPPEN - SO MANY CANDLES class.  Create cards, laugh and share the joys of growing better, not older.

Thanks for visiting...

 

Supplies

 

EF1006

94365 Tall Sketch Heart craft die

CL5252

94399 Scribble Rose Trio craft die

Hello again! Michelle here,  sharing a slimline card I created using Double Stitch Loving Heart Cut Out craft die, Leafy Heart craft die, Gloriosa Butterfly Duo Outlines craft die and Big and Little Valentine's clear stamp set.

The slimline card measures 3 1/2 by 8 1/2. I trimmed the top panel and used the Double Stitch Loving Heart dies and cut three windows. I splattered some gold paint over the panel. After I die cut the Leafy Heart I used the same gold paint and brushed the leaves.  I adhered the die cut Leafy Heart to the middle heart window. Adhere the top panel to the aqua card base using foam tape. 

I colored the die cut butterflies with Copic Marker shades BG13 and BG18; W5 and W7. Adhere the butterflies to the card. I added some stickles clear glitter glue to the butterflies and Leafy Heart. I inked up some cardstock with the same teal markers and embossed the sentiments with gold embossing powder. For a finishing touch I scattered some sequins.

Thank you for stopping by!

I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have!

 

  

 

Supplies

 

94359 Double Stitch Loving Heart Cut Out craft die

94377 Leafy Heart craft die

94383 Gloriosa Butterfly Duo Outlines craft die

CL5252

Hello everyone! Today I have a card for you which features only some of the wonderful new products from the 2020 Valentine's release.  

To create this card I stamped the Friendship Floral Heart in the upper right hand corner of my card and colored it with colored pencils.  Then I placed the Drifting Hearts Stencil over my card and sponged hearts under the stamped flowers.  I used Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide ink for the hearts and the edge of the card. Next I spattered the card with blue and white ink. When the ink was dry I glued the card front to a black cardstock mat, and used foam tape to adhere it to a white card base.  

I die cut the Love Airy Script from black cardstock and glued it to my card front.  Next I stamp the word you on a strip of black cardstock and heat embossed it with white embossing powder.  

I hope you enjoy this new release and can see the versatility of all the products.  Even though it's a Valentine's release I feel this card would be a great card for many occasions.

Thanks for stopping by today and enjoy the rest of your week!

 

Supplies

 

CL5250

CL5252

94326 Love Airy Script craft die

88614 Drifting Hearts Stencil