Cute as a Bug, Sweet Bugs, Simply Said, Friendship Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a fun card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Old Olive card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut two 4" x 5-1/4" pieces of Basic White card stock. One I taped to the inside and the other I taped to the outside.

Using a 3-7/8" x 5-1/8" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Cute as a Bug" 12" x 12" package. I trimmed the piece at the top. I cut from the upper left point to 1-3/4" down from the top. 

I took a piece of Old Olive card stock and cut it 4-1/4" x 2" and cut it diagonally. 

The Basic White triangle was cut next. I cut the piece at 3-7/8" on the long side and 1-5/8" on the short side. If you cut your card stock at 3-7/8" x 1-5/8" you will get two pieces. One of them will be facing the way you want it. With the white piece it's not that important but with the DSP it is.

For the DSP piece it measures 1-5/8" on the short side and 3-5/8" on the long side. Again, if you cut a rectangle 1-5/8" x 3-1/8" and cut it in half on an angle you will have two pieces and one of them will face the direction you want. I messed my pieces up by trying to just cut it as it looks on the card instead of making a rectangle.  SO much easier cutting the rectangle.  

Once those were cut I taped them together and then taped that to the Old Olive piece that was cut. I taped this piece to the front of the card. The narrow tip touched the upper left corner and the right tip touched the right edge. I lay my taped piece on top of my card but I never press down on it until I've got things adjusted to where I like it or where they belong. Once I got my tips matched up and then pressed down.

The circles is cut from a piece of Gorgeous Grape card stock. I had originally cut it from Basic White but didn't like the look of the bug on it. So using the 4th largest die in the "Stylish Shapes" set I cut my circle.

The bug is from the same package of DSP. I cut it from the matching die in the "Sweet Bugs" bundle. I laid it on the circle, holding it firmly I turned it over and traced the back of the circle so I would know where not to put the Dimensionals. The Dimensionals were added and I set the circle on top. I added tape to the back of the circle and set it in place on the front of the card.

The words are from the "Simply Said" set and were stamped on one of the shapes from the "Banner Sayings" bundle. When you cut one word on there you cut a bunch of other shapes. It's just one larger die and you get a variety of pieces. It was kind of nice to have something precut when it came to all the fussy figuring I had done with that triangle.  I stamped the words using Mossy Meadow ink and set it in place using Dimenisonals.

I added a little ladybug from the "Ladybug" embellishments package.  And the card was done.

Now that I have the measurements I'm going to use this layout again sometime. But first I have to make my copier paper sample so I have it for future reference.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's friendship card,
Wanda

Cute as a Bug, Friendly Foliage, Get Well Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a get well card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Cute As A Bug" 12" x 12" package. I taped it to the front of the card.

The dandelions image is from the same package of DSP. It came from a sheet filled with many images. I thought this one looked like a get well feel to it.  It was trimmed to measure 3" x 4".  I cut a 3-1/4" x 4-1/4" piece of Mossy Meadow card stock and taped the piece of DSP to it. Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place on the front of the card.

The words are from the "Friendly Foliage" bundle and were stamped using Mossy Meadow ink on Basic White card stock. I fussy cut them out. I added pieces of Dimensionals to the back and set the piece in place. I had originally cut the words in a rectangle shape but it took away from the grass and end of the dandelion stems. So fussy cutting was the only way to go and I'm glad I did. Placing the pieces of Dimensionals was a bit tricky but I managed to get them thin enough yet wide enough to work.

For a final touch I added the ladybug and clear dots from the "Ladybug Garden" epoxy shapes.  And that was it. 

This was a quick and easy card to make. I just love the look of the dandelions. 

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's get well card,
Wanda

Petals of Beauty, Brushed With Beauty, Simply Said, Friendship Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have another card with LOTS of layers! I had found this layout earlier this month but can't find the link to it. Please read on to see how I made this card.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on left.

Cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and textured it using the "Beautiful Pattern" embossing folder on Basic White card stock. I glue it to the front of the card.

Next I cut a 3" x 4-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock. On top of that is a 2-3/4" x 4" piece of Basic White that was textured using the "Exposed Brick" embossing folder.  I glued it to the '3" x 4-1/4" piece of card stock. 

Next I cut the strips of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Brushed With Beauty" 12" x 12" package. I cut the long strip at 3/4" wide x 4" and the smaller one (which is the backside of the first image) was cut at 3/4" x 2-3/4".  

I stamped the "hello" from the "Simply Said" set using Mossy Meadow ink. I cut it out using the 4th largest circle die in the "Stylish Shapes" set. 

The flower was stamped from an image from "Petals of Beauty" bundle using Calypso Coral ink. I though it matched the flowers in the upper part of the DSP strip.  I cut the flower out using a matching die in the bundle. 

I taped the long strip down first, centering it as much as possible by eyeing it. Then I glued the circle in place. The green strip was glued on next.

Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place on the front of the card. 

The flower was set in place using Dimensionals and the card was done.

I love this layout and I do plan to use it again in the future.  I made my copier paper sample of this card (and I pencil in the date so I can refer to it if needed). I have a huge stack of copier paper card samples. I like to have them in 3D so I can visualize it better.

This was a very fun card to make and I can't wait to play with it again. Maybe tomorrow!  There's SO may things you can do with this layout.

Update on the beanie!  Here it is, flaws and all. I'll be selling it as "slightly irregular".  Every time I hear those two words I think of the store "Hurrah" from years ago that had a fun jingle, "It's slightly irregular, you hardly see or car...."  I just dated myself, didn't I?  LOL

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's friendship card,

Wanda

Lovely & Beautiful, Fabulous Sayings, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a super quick and simple card to share with you. I got this idea from Lynette's "My Stamping Addiction" blog. She has a lot of fun cards on your blog, so if you have time, take a look.  You can see her card by clicking here. I like the lettering she used, it looks like a fun stamp.

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. Once cut in half it measures 4-1/4" x 11".  It opens on the bottom and the fold is on the top.

The Designer Series Paper (DSP) I used is from the "Lovely & Beautiful" 12" x 12" package. I first cut it at 4-1/4" x 2-1/2" but I thought it was too long so I trimmed it to 2". I taped that to the top part of the card. 

I cut a 1/8" strip of Old Olive card stock and glued it to the edge of the DSP.

The words are from the "Fabulous Sayings" set and were stamped using Old Olive ink. I had stamped over them a couple of times (using my stamp aligner) and the ink got a bit dark but it's okay it still looks fine.

This was actually by second attempt at this card. I had set up the words in my stamp aligner and I forget to get the ink pad. So I got the ink pad and then set my card back in the aligner. I didn't pay attention that I had the words aligned for them to be at the center area of the piece so when I stamped they were too low. I was going to just leave it but decided to make another one since the stamp was still in the aligner. As for the one I did wrong, I took that scrap of DSP that I trimmed off and taped it under the Old Olive strip and the words were back to being snug up against the DSP and now I have two cards!  Fun how you can fix a mistake so simply and have it work out!

Update on the beanie. I did end up finishing the ends and when I'm done here I'm going to make the removable pom pom for the top and then it's ready for it's debut! So stop back tomorrow to see it. I do plan on making another one since I learned SO much on what not to do! LOL

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda

Love Notes, Endless Love, Valentine's Day Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a Valentine's Day card to share with you. I was going to work on one this weekend but with the weather being a bit more doable tomorrow I thought I'd make a Valentine's Day card tonight so I can bring it to my mom tomorrow when we go visit her. She's in a nursing home and I heard it takes 2 weeks for the residents to get their mail. I don't know if it's true but I thought I'd just bring her card tomorrow when I see her. Please read on to see how the card was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Cherry Cobbler card stock. It opens on the bottom and the fold is on the top. I cut a 4-1/8" x 5-3/8" piece from the "Love Notes" 6" x 6" stack. On the back of those hearts is the purple piece that you see on top of the hearts. That piece measures 2-7/8" x 5-1/4".  

The strips were cut next. I thought the heart flowers were so cute so I cut 4 of them that measure 1" x 2-1/2" each. The Garden Green layer behind them measures 1-1/4" x 2-3/4".  I taped the pieces together and then taped them to the purple piece. Then that was taped to the hearts piece.

The Cherry Cobbler hearts were cut from the "Endless Love" die set.  Not thinking, I should have used a double sided sticky sheet before cutting them out. It would have made it much easier to set them in place. I had to use glue but it still got the job done, just a bit messier!

The "BE MY VALENTINE" sentiment piece is from the same "Love Notes" pack. Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place on the bottom area of the card. 

I used some of those cute hearts from the "Loose Valentine's" assortment container. They were glued in place to add a little more "bling" to the card. I liked the white ones because they just popped out on the green background.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and taped it to the inside of the card and the card was done.

Now to write in it and get it set by my purse do I don't forget to bring it tomorrow.

Update on the beanie. You guessed it. Another failure. Though I did keep knitting to the end and I've been debating whether to finish it and sell it as an irregular or rip it apart for the 9th time and try again!  Persistent or stubborn?  I'm not sure which it is. Maybe crazy?? LOL

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Valentine's Day card,
Wanda

Sweet Bugs, Cute as a Bug, Friendship Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a friendship card to share with you.  Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Mossy Meadow card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White and taped it to the inside.

On the front I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Cute as a Bug" 12" x 12" package.  I taped it to the front of the card.

I cut a piece of Basic White card stock to measure 4-1/2" x 3-1/4" and textured it using the "Exposed Brick" embossing folder. 

On top of the textured piece is a 4-1/4" x 3" piece of Mossy Meadow card stock and glued it to the Basic White piece.

I cut three strips of DSP from the same package. The two outside pieces measure 3/4" x 4" and the center strip is 1"" x 4". I taped them to the Mossy Meadow piece.

Next I cut a circle from Basic White card stock using the third largest circle in the "Stylish Shapes" set. I scrubbed on some Poppy Parade ink and set it aside.

Then I die cut the flowers and lady bug from the same package of DSP.

The words are from the "Sweet Bug" bundle and were stamped using Mossy Meadow ink.  Punched it out using the "Labeled With Love" punch. I also punched out a Mossy Meadow piece and I cut it in half. I taped each half to the back of the word piece. Dimensionals were added to the word piece, the ladybug and the flower piece. I set the lady bug and flower piece in place on the circle and I set the word piece in place under the circle using Dimensionals. 

Dimensionals were added to the back of the exposed brick piece and it was set in place on the front of the card. 

I added a little lady bug embellishment from the "Ladybug Garden" epoxy shapes packages and the card was done.

This was a very fun card to make. I love cards with lots of layers and this one sure does!

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's friendship card,
Wanda

Love Notes, Valentine's Day Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. I think I only need two more Valentine's Day cards and I'm set. It's so nice not to have to rush to make a card before a deadline!  Hope the rest of the year continues on that great note! (crosses fingers).  Please read on to see how today's card was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut one of the images in the "Love Notes" 6" x 6" stack at 4" x 5-1/4". I taped that to the front of the card.

Actually, all of the pieces on this card are from the "Love Notes" stack. The "Be Mine" piece was trimmed to 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" and the purple layer behind it was cut at 2-3/4" x 2-3/4".  

I trimmed the "Happy Valentine's Day" piece to measure 2-1/4" x 1".  I should have cut it at 2-3/8" instead because the "Y" is awfully close to the right edge. I taped that to another piece from the stack. It measured 2-1/2" x 1-1/4".  

Dimensionals were added behind both of the layered pieces and they were set in place on the front of the card. The top piece is about 1/2" from the top and 3/4" from each side.  And the word piece was set in place about 1/2" from the bottom edge and about 7/8" from the fold and right side.

I added some hearts from the "Loose Valentine's" assortment container.It's got red, pink and white hearts, plus some little black bordered envelopes with a heart in the middle and some pieces that look like candy jimmies you'd see on cupcakes.  Lots of fun pieces in it for shaker cards. I may just have to make one, it's the only way to use up all of these pieces!

So that's it for this card. It was super quick and easy to make. 

Now back to my beanie. Yup, you guessed it, it didn't turn out so I'm on attempt #8.  Persistent, huh?  LOL So, if I happen to get it right this time I will take a pic and share it with you tomorrow!

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Valentine's Day card,
Wanda

Fabulous Sayings, Days Like This Memories & More, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Have I got a super quick and easy card for you to make. Please read on to see how to do it!

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the bottom and the fold is on the top.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Flirty Flamingo card stock.

The butterfly and flowers image is from the "Days Like This" memories & more card pack. It's got a lot of fun images to play with. This one was on top when I opened the package so I decide to see what I could do with it. 

I stamped the "happy birthday" from the "Fabulous Sayings" set using black Memento ink. Then I taped it to the Flirty Flamingo layer.

Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place on the card base.

I added a couple of brass butterflies and the card was done.

I told you it was super quick and easy. 

It has such a fun spring feel to it. I'm here in Minnesota and right now it's -5 but tomorrow it's supposed to be 14 above and then dipping down again. The weather here is such a tease.  I know spring will come but I'm really tired of this frigid bitter cold.  Not that I like to go outside, I'm an indoor person but when I have to go out I don't want to go out when it's this cold.  Okay, enough of my whining. I hope you are all safe and warm where you live.

Now I'm off to work on a beanie that I started 4 times already.  Actually 3 and a half. I started the 4th one and wasn't paying attention and the yarn ran out and the piece fell off my machine. UGH.  My next try will be a success, right?  I hope so. I'm SO determined to get it right.  When I finish it I will post a pic of it here for you! Hope that's tomorrow! LOL

Thank you SO much for stopping by to see today's birthday card,
Wanda

Greenery Lane, Fabulous Sayings, Friendship Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a friendship card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 5" x 3-3/4" piece of Garden Green card stock. Using the 3rd largest circle in the "Stylish Shapes" die set, I cut one from the center of the large layer before taping it to the front of the card.

Next I took a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and placed some of the new "Greenery Lane" washi tape on it.  I found it a bit difficult to get it off the roll and onto the paper so what I did was pulled out the length I needed plus a little more. Then I stuck the tape to my work surface. I lined up my card stock and slipped it under the washi tape, lining up the edge of the card stock with the edge of the tape. Then I cut the tape off the roll. I trimmed the card stock to measure 3-1/2" (which is the width of the washi tape) x 4-3/4". This was then taped to the Garden Green large layer.

Using the new "Lovely Stripes" embossing folder I textured a piece of Basic White card stock. Then I cut it to measure 3-1/2" x 1-3/8". The Garden Green layer behind it measures 3-3/4" x 1-5/8".  I taped the two layers together and then taped that to the front of the card about 5/8" from the top edge and 5/8" from the fold. 

The "hello" is from the "Fabulous Sayings" set and was stamped using black Memento ink. I cut them out using the 4th largest circle in the "Stylish Shapes" set. I taped the two circles together and set them in place using Dimensionals.

I stamped 6 flowers from the "Greenery Lane" bundle using Garden Green ink. I stamped 3 using full ink and what ink was left on the flowers I stamped on another section of the Basic White card stock. I cut them out with the matching dies and set them in place with cut Dimensionals.

I added little pearls to each flower and the card was done.

This was a very fun, quick and easy card to make.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's friendship card,
Wanda

Beautiful Gallery, Reason to Celebrate, Anniversary Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have another card using the layout I did yesterday. I just knew I could do better. This time I did not tape the folds down and I liked it much better.

This post is going to be short because I'm going to have you click the link to yesterday's card for the instructions and the video link in that post so you can follow along on how to do it.  I highly recommend NOT taping down the folded areas. Just burnish them well and they'll stay down nicely.  The link I'm referring to is here. 

I do recommend you make the tick marks like I did. If you look really close at my card you'll see they are still there because I forgot to erase them.  Another thing I highly recommend is a kneadable eraser. They are also referred to as an art gum eraser. I've used them in art class when I was in high school in the last century! LOL. You can actually shape it, that's where "kneadable" comes into play. I even pull pea size pieces off and replace the eraser on my mechanical pencils with it. The magic of these erasers is it will remove the pencil marks and not ruin the paper. Go in one direction (even with regular erasers). I will not be without one! You can get them in the art departments of Michaels or Hobby Lobby. Perhaps on Amazon, I've never looked there for one but they have almost everything you can imagine.

For today's card I used the Designer Series Paper (DPS) from the "Beautiful Gallery" 6" x 6" stack. It's such a pretty image and it was the last sheet in the package (I have one more unopened pack!). 

The words I used are from the "Reason to Celebrate" set and I stamped them using Secret Sea ink on Very Vanilla card stock. After cutting the words using the largest ribbon die in the "Stylish Shapes" set I sponged on a little bit of Secret Sea ink to tone down the brightness of the piece. It was set in place later with Dimenisonals.

The base of my card is also a folded half-sheet of Very Vanilla card stock. 

My large layer is a piece of Secret Sea card stock.

I used white Baker's Twine for my string. I think I made the loops a bit too big but I can live with that. I was just thrilled that my paper folding was SO much better than yesterday, though this piece of DSP seemed a bit thicker and took a little longer to manipulate. And my centers are almost perfect (because I used tick marks).

For my "bling" I took some "Candy Dots" (retired) and colored them with a black Sharpie and I set them in place on the front of the card. I still have a lot more of those dots left. If they were real candy they would have been gone by now!  LOL They were/are fun to work with. I love that they are metal and they stick well to the card.

I think that about covers what I did for this card. This post wasn't as short as I thought it would be. I guess I rambled!

Thank you SO much for taking your time to stop in and see today's anniversary card,
Wanda

Reason to Celebrate, Lovely & Beautiful, Anniversary Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a SO much better card to share with you than the horrible one I posted yesterday! I promise to never do that again! LOL That card haunted me all day and I felt I needed to find something fun to make to take my mind off it. So here's what I came up with. I got the layout from Cheryl at Paper Panacea. You can see her beautiful card by clicking here. She found a tutorial on how to make it at Frenchie Stamps. 

All you need is a 5-1/4" x 6" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP), a 4-1/8" x 5-3/8" piece of card stock for the large layer and a folded half-sheet of card stock. My DSP is from the "Lovely & Beautiful" 12" x 12" package.

For my card I used a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

My large layer is a 4-1/8" x 5-3/8" piece of Fresh Freesia card stock. I taped it to the card base once I was done working the rest of the front.

I made this card front twice. I didn't like how it turned out the first time so the second time I made a few little tick marks to guide my folding.

I marked the center of my large layer at 2-1/16" at the top and I marked my larger piece of DSP at 1-1/4".  I taped the large piece to my Fresh Freesia piece.

After taping the smaller strips in place (taping only on the outer sides because you need to fold the insides), I marked the center at 2-5/8" and on the sides I marked them at 5/8" down (on all 4 sides). Now I was able to make my folds a little neater. My first one was so off that I would have had to have a 3" x 3" word piece to make it look fairly balanced. My piece is a hair off in the very center but the word piece covers it nicely. I like that the sides are looking equal all around at those tops.

I did tape my folds down but I do regret it. I think it would have looked nicer leaving them along.

After the folding was done, I stamped the words from the "Reason to Celebrate" set using Old Olive ink on Basic White card stock. I cut the words using the largest ribbon ends die in the "Stylish Shapes" set.

I took some linen thread and wrapped it around 3 slightly spread fingers 3 times. I took the ends and pinched them together with the other side of the circle that formed and set them in the center of the card. I stuck a large glue dot on top to hold the threads in place. I stretched out the glue dot a bit before I did that because it was a bit too high.  

Dimensionals were added behind the word piece (not in the center where the glue dot is, it would end up being too high) and I set the piece in place on the front of the card.

I added 3 of the clear enamel dots from the "Ladybug Garden" package and the card was done.

This was a fun card to make (once I used measurements) and I can see myself making more with this layout. Perhaps for Valentine's Day or Easter and definitely Christmas!

Thank you SO much for taking your time to stop in and see today's anniversary card,
Wanda

Love Notes, Endless Love, Valentine's Day Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a card to share with you that I am calling the worst card I've ever made. It's SO blah and not what I had in my head at all. Sometimes what's in my head doesn't come out on paper. They all can't be winners, can they.  I'll share how I made it in hopes that you can improve on it!

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the bottom and the fold is on the top.

I trimmed the checkered bordered piece from the "Love Notes" 6" x 6" stack at 3-1/4" x 5" and I added a Poppy Parade layer that measures 3-1/2" x 5-1/4". I taped the two pieces together and taped it to the upper part of the card base about 1/4" from the sides and fold.

The "Happy Heart" is from the same stack and was trimmed at 1-3/4" x 3". I cut a Poppy Parade layer measuring 2" x 3-1/4". Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set aside.

Using the "XO" dies from the "Endless Love" die set I cut several sets out of Poppy Parade and Petal Pink card stock. I glued them to the checkered border piece.

Then the "Happy Heart Day" piece was set in place. I used the card stock hearts that came out of the centers of the "O's" in the "XO" and glued them to that piece. And that was it.

It's SO blah and not very colorful. I think it could use a Poppy Parade card base or some Basic Black card stock.  It needs something. Perhaps some sponging in that large white background area??? It needs some major help!

Well, I'm off to work on a knitted beanie. I'm going to give fair isle a try. Wish me luck. I'll show you when it's done. If it turns out. LOL I need to keep my hands busy, we are headed for the deep freeze here in MN. It snowed a bit today and now the temps are dropping.  If you live in the upper midwest, stay warm and be safe!

Thank you SO much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Valentine's Day card,
Wanda

Endless Love, Reason to Celebrate, Cute as a Bug, Valentine's Day Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have another Valentine's Day card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made. 

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Poppy Parade card stock. I cut two 4" x 5-1/4" pieces of Basic White card stock. I taped one to the inside and the other I textured using the "Hearts of Love" embossing folder.  It was a bit tricky to get that into my embossing machine. I ended up putting the folder in first and then slipping the card stock on at an angle. There isn't much room to move the piece around but I got it in enough so it embossed a corner of the piece. 

Next I cut a piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Cute as a Bug" 12" x 12" package. I didn't buy and Valentine's Day DSP but I forgot I have the 6" x 6" "Love Notes" stack. I didn't look in it because I forgot I had it.  Maybe on the next card! Anyway, I cut my strip at 4" x 1-3/8" and then I cut the Poppy Parade strip to measure 4" x 1-5/8".  I taped the two layers together and then taped them to the left side of the piece about 1/4" from the edge. 

The words were stamped next. They are from the "Reason to Celebrate" set and I used Poppy Parade ink. 

I the "Endless Love" die set there's a strip of 5 hearts so I die cut the piece at the bottom of the card. Then I die cut them from a scrap piece of Poppy Parade. 

I taped the 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White to the front of the card. Then I glued the little Basic White hearts in place and then the Poppy Parade hearts were glued on top of them

I added some "Loose Valentine's" embellishments. They are SO cut and lots of fun pieces in that container. Once the were glued in place the card was done. 

This was a fun card and it's so full of cute hearts, it screams "Valentine!".

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Valentine's Day card,
Wanda

Love Notes, Valentine's Day Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a Valentine's Day card to share with you.  I found it while surfing the net. You can see the original card by clicking here.   I need to make a few Valentine's Day cards. Two are for the granddaughters. I usually go to the dollar store and buy them but I am a card maker and I thought "why am I buying cards?" Well, I buy them because I wait too long and then I'm in a pinch for a card and not time to make it. So, with Valentine's Day a few weeks away I have plenty of time to make my cards.  I'm not sure what I'll put on the inside. At Christmas when I gave the girls their cards they were bragging to each other about what was pre-printed on the inside. One said that she's very special and the other was bragging that her card said she was loved a lot. Those two crack me up.  Those two are at the age where they fight and argue a lot, so to see them read their cards to each other like that warmed my heart.  I know they will grow out of that phase.  Kids!  Anyway, onto today's card.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock.  I grabbed my 6" x 6" "Love Notes" package. It's full of fun images to play with. Another package that I will probably not use up. I have not looked at all of the images but I'm hoping I can make some wedding and/or anniversary cards with it too.

The striped piece was cut first. It measures 4-1/4" x 5-1/2". It was taped to the front of the card. 

The hearts on top with the arrows came from a sheet with several other images on it as well as the bottom heart of hearts.  

The piece of Basic Black card stock was cut at 3-1/4" x 4-7/8". I changed the measurement from what the original post suggested.  I taped the two images to the Basic Black piece and then took some Baker's Twine I had and wrapped it three times around and tied a knot and then a bow.  Dimensionals were added to the back and the piece was centered on the front of the card.  And the card was done.

This was such a super quick and easy card to make. Now to think of what to put inside. Maybe I'll write the same thing in both cards and tell them not to tell each other what I wrote!  LOL. I may use AI to see if it can come up with something fun and cleaver.  I have time to do that! One down a few more to go.

Thank you SO much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Valentine's Day card,
Wanda