Wow! Embossed Heart Valentine's Card

It's hard to believe that Valentine's Day is next week, it seems to have come round so quickly, so I thought I'd better get crafting, making a card for my Hubby.

I die cut three hearts from a sheet of card,  I glued two together and set aside for later.  With the remaining one, I had a play with several colour of Wow! Embossing Powders getting a lovely melted mingle of colours.  I used "Love is the drug", "Earthtone Blueberry", "Rich Gold" and "Silent Night" (which has some glitter in with the embossing powder.  

Between each colour, I heat set then once cool, applied more embossing ink before applying the next colour. The more times I did it, the longer the powder would take to become liquid, but when it did, the heat gun was able to move the colour around the heart.

For the final coat, I used Wow! Clear embossing powder to give an extra glossy finish to the heart.  Once it was dry, I glued it to the other heart(s) so that it had a strong base, then added foam pads to the base of the heart.

I then moved on to the card base, creating a card blank measuring four inches square.  Using the same white card, I die cut two squares one with a plain edge and one with a stitched edge.  

I adhered the plain square on to the prepared card blank. I then put the stitched edged square through a Cuttlebug embossing folder with a small dot designs and ran it through the Big Shot. I then adhered the embossed square over the plain one on the card base.

In my craft stash, I found some white die cut leaves using the Sizzix/Stampin' Up "Pretty Pines Thinlits Die Set", so I used those and glued them into position on the card.  

Before I added the heat embossed heart, I stamped the words  "Love You" using the Simon Says Stamp "Tiny Words - Encouragement" stamp set, stamped in Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink.

Finally, I popped the heat embossed heart in the middle of the card and added some sticky backed gems to some of the foliage.

Funky Fossil Designs - 15% Valentine's Weekend Discount Code - Wild Things Card

It's Valentine's weekend!  It doesn't matter if you have a partner to send a card to or not, you can still enjoy 15% off any Funky Fossil Design purchases made between Friday 14th of February and midnight on Monday 17th February by quoting "HEART15".

I used the Funky Fossil "Wild Things" clear stamp to create this card.  I coloured a piece of cardstock with "Wild Honey" Distress Oxide Ink and then stamped the giraffe in Versafine Clair "Chianti" ink.  I stamped the same image onto a white card blank.  I then adhered the coloured giraffe onto the card.

I stamped the "Wild" sentiment using Versafine Clair "Nocturne" ink and printed and cut out the words "...about you!", adhering it below the "Wild Word".

I used the Funky Fossil "Whale of a time" clear stamp set for the little hearts above the giraffe, stamped in Versafine Clair "Tulip Red".

Funky Fossil Designs - 15% Valentine's Discount Code (Butterfly Wishes Valentine Card)

I know a lot of people don't send Valentine's cards, but we still do.  We will have been married 35 years in May!  

Funky Fossil are celebrating Valentine's weekend with a special discount code.  The offer is valid from Friday 14th to midnight on Monday 17th February - quote "HEART15" to receive 15% off at checkout!

I pulled out some "Funky Fossil"  items,  making this card.  I used the "Butterfly Heart stencil" and used two shades of Distress Oxide Inks through it (Worn Lipstick and Festive Berries).  I graduated the strength of the colour from right to left using a blending tool.

The "Butterfly Kisses" are two words on the Funky Fossil "Butterfly Wishes Stamp Set", both stamped in Versafine Clair "Nocturne" black ink.

Funky Fossil - 15% off Discount Cose - Beautiful Inside and Out Valentine's Card

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Quote "HEART15" at checkout before midnight on Monday 17th February to claim your savings.

For this card, I used the Funky Fossil "Beautiful Inside and Out" clear stamp set.

I used a Wow! clear slow drying ink pad to stamp the main image on the card.  I then used a Wow! super fine "Metallic Silver" embossing powder and heat set using the underside of the card not the top.

I painted the flower wreath using Prima "Tropical" water colour confections paints.

I stamped the sentiment (which is from the same set as the main image) using Versafine Clair "Morning Mist" grey ink.

Valentine Card (Slightly Steampunk Style)

It's that time of year when everything turns to love.  Hubby and I have been together many years. Over that time, we have given each other most types of cards, so it's not easy to try to make something different.

This year, I decided to go in a slightly "Steam punk" style.  He's an engineer, so I think he will appreciate the cogs etc.

I have had a pack of coloured textured paper for years, so I decided to use some of it on this card.  The brown paper looks a bit like leather.  I found an off-cut of tape measure paper and cut off a couple of pieces and stuck them into position.

The MDF cogs came in a Craft Box from last year.  I coated them in Cosmic shimmer "Old Gold Gilding Wax" and then stuck on top of the textured paper.  

I then die cut a heart (using a Tonic Die), in red paper and backed it with cardboard to stiffen it. I added a touch of the gilding wax to the edges of the heart.  I glued it into position, but had to elevate the area that doesn't sit on the cogs with a double layer of foam pads.  

I used a Stampin' Up "Expression Thinlits" to die cut the love word and punched the small red hearts with an Xcut punch.  Finally, I glued the key and the little fluted edge sequin style discs into position.

Valentine Card using Lavinia Stamps

Here's a little Valentine card I made using Lavinia Stamps.

The background is a combination of several Distress Oxide colours.  I then applied Distress Inks through a heart stencil.

I stamped the rabbits, trees and sentiment in two shades of Versafine inks (Black Onyx and Stormy grey).  Finally, I added some white areas to the rabbits using a white Signo pen.

Here are the links to the stamps that I used:

Rabbits (Midnight Meandering)

Sentiment

Skeleton Tree

Embossed Valentine's Card

Well Valentine's Day has really crept up on me this year, so I thought I had better make a card.  Hubby would never forgive me if I purchased one, as I have so much craft stuff about!

I prefer to make a smaller size card and quite often go for a clean and simple look.  For this card, I used a "Tri-boss" embossing folder to get the textured background.

I die cut two hearts.  Stuck one to the card and then added sticky gems to the other.  I mounted them on top of each other using a foam pad to provide a 3D look.

Finally, using a Papertrey Ink stamp from their "Love Lives Here" set, I stamped the sentiment using a "Black Cherry" StazOn ink.

The embossed detail doesn't show too much, so I have made a little video clip which is on the Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/ACraftingNiche/videos/398711857244827/   

Valentine Card

There are so many cards for me to make for February occassions.  But one of my favourite is a Valentine card.  Hubby and I have been together for close on 35 years so he's pretty familiar with my makes.

For this card I used a sheet of scrapbook paper cut to size with words relating to Valentines Day mounted onto a piece of patterned paper.  I then used a Spellbinder die set called "Lace Hearts", cutting two layers of dies in two different papers.  To finish, I added tiny sticky crystal gem detail to the lattice.

A Valentine Decoupage Card

I visited my local craft store today and noticed in the reduced to clear bin a set of Docrafts/Papermania decoupage papers.  I've never really tried this so for the sake of £1 I thought I would give it a go.  So while watching the final of The Great British Bake Off on TV this evening, I was playing with small pieces of pictures.

Here's a close up of the layering:

A dark shade of cardstock which matched the hearts on the image was used for the background.  I inked the edges and added some foxing marks to give it a more aged appearance.  I then mounted everything on a stone coloured background.

I can't imagine that i'll do more decoupage, it isn't really for me, but I enjoyed playing with it all the same.