Valentines

Valentine cards are my absolute favorite cards to make.  The cards below are just a few of the ones I made this year.  They all were recently mailed out to family and friends, so I figured I could post them now.

I love the doilies we offer this year.  

I made the card above using the Delicate Details Lace Tape, the More Amore Designer Series Paper, and the Hearts a Flutter stamp set.

Pennie, my wonderful upline, told me ways to use the Natural Composition Specialty paper, and I was inspired to start using it.  I used the brayer to roll color over the card to make the musical notes stand out.  

I was just playing with the doilies and hearts  in the card above.

Once again I used the Natural Composition paper.  I used the brayer to put color on it so the design stood out.  I also used the crumb cake stamp pad to sponge color on the doily.

I wanted to do a slightly different Valentine, so I used the Pursuit of Happiness stamp set for the verse.  I learned how to do the triple-time stamping technique from Dawn Olchefske's website at http://dostamping.typepad.com .   The card above only uses two layers, but I used the same technique she demonstrates in her wonderful video.

I hope you have a happy Valentine's Day. 

Tina

Beginner Valentine Class

I'll be doing a Valentine class at St. John's Episcopal Church in Kirkland at the end of January for beginners.  I designed three projects for us to do.   I am keeping the projects simple since I don't know how many people will be attending yet, and the few people who I do know will be attending have never stamped before.

One card we'll make uses the note cards and envelopes set Stampin' Up sells.  I used the You are Loved stamp set.  It should be a fun, fast card to make.  I used some red glimmer paper to punch a small heart to place in the corner to add a little sparkle.  

We'll also make a teabag card in class.  This little card opens and holds a teabag on one side and a quote about tea on the other side.  The holder for the teabag is made using the Scallop Envelope Bigz.  It's perfect for holding a teabag!  And, I must tell you, whenever I make teabag cards, attendees have a lot of fun looking through all the teabag quotes I've printed out for them.

The third card we'll make uses the Delicate Doilies along with More Amore Specialty Designer Series Paper.  The ticket stamp set is from That's the Ticket.   I punched it out using the ticket punch. The heart stamp is from a retired set that I have.

Valentine Card Class

I have a Valentine card class coming up in January, so I wanted to post pictures of a couple of the cards we'll make.  The problem is that it's a dark, dreary day here, so the lighting was terrible when I took the pictures.  Okay, I have to admit that I don't take very good pictures even when the lighting is good.  Still, these cards are a lot cuter in person.

 The card above and below is a tri-fold card.  I used the You Are Loved stamp set.

The card below is a gate-fold card.  Again, I used the You Are Loved stamp set.

 Someone asked for a more masculine card, so I made the card below.  I used That's the Ticket stamp set and my heart punch.

Valentine cards are my favorite cards to make, so I'm planning to make many more designs.  Maybe we'll have a sunny day AND I'll remember to take pictures of the cards.

Happy 2013!
Tina