The Perfect Mix Valentine Card by Amanda Wilcox

Send a Perfect Mix for Valentine's Day!

Amanda is back today with some Valentine inspiration. This sweet card features our Love Quarry Stamp Set and Valentine Word Trio Die Set along with some fun stenciling! 

Amanda stamped and colored the cement mixer truck from our Love Quarry Stamp Set choosing a color palette of red, pink and teal. She also stamped and colored a duo of construction cones using the same colors. She cut the images out using the coordinating Love Quarry Die Set and added some glossy effect to the images for a to add a bit of shine. 

She cut out the banner with the XOXO from our Valentine Word Trio Die Set in three colors (red, pink and white). She used the pink banner base and inserted the red and white letters back in. Then she added the truck and cones to the top of the banner. So fun! 

NOTE: the Valentine Word Trio Die Set is currently out of stock but we have more on the way so make sure to sign up to be notified when it's back in stock on the Valentine Word Trio Die Set product page. 

For the background she used our Bokeh Hearts Stencil Set and our Petite Hearts Stencil. She started with a teal cardstock panel and used the two piece Bokeh Hearts stencil, adding teal ink over both stencil layers. This created a nice tone-on-tone effect. Then she applied more hearts using the Petite Hearts Stencil with white texture paste. The teal cardstock panel was cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set.

She assembled the card together, using dimensional adhesive and layering it over a white scalloped background pane that was also cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set.

We hope this card inspires you create some Valentine cards. Also, make sure you try Amanda's technique of layering different stencils together!

See more of Amanda's work over on her blog, Twiddler's Nook!

MEOW-entine Cookie Card by Donna Idlet

Have a Valentine Cookie with Newton!

Today Donna is celebrating Valentine's Day (or should we say MEOW-entine's Day) with Newton getting into the cookies! 

This card features that cute kitty inside a cookie jar from our Newton’s Cookie Jar Stamp Set. Donna colored the cute kitty in gray and the cookie jar pink, perfect for the Valentine theme. She also added tiny hearts covering the cookie jar using our Petite Hearts Stencil. Then she added the sentiment "Be my meow-entine!" from our Newton's Heart Stamp Set to the front of the jar. The cookie jar image was cut out using the coordinating Newton’s Cookie Jar Die Set. 

She created a beautiful valentine themed background using papers from our new Lovely Hearts Paper Pad. She cut strips of several different heart patterns, adhering them in rows. Then she cut that panel out using our Basic Frames Die Set to give it a fun stitched edge. She also used our Basic Frames Die Set to cut out a smaller rectangle from vellum to layer behind the kitty. In the background she used a red scallop edged frame that was die cut using our Frames & Flags Die Set.

Next, she added the "xoxo" using our Valentine Word Trio Die Set and adhered it below the cat image. 

The finishing touch is a few scattered hearts. These are hearts that are created when you cut out the large heart frame using our Charming Hearts Frame Die.

This beautiful valentine card would be purr-fect to give the cat lovers in your life! To see more beautiful creations by Donna, you can visit her blog, Creative Lady!