Will You Be My Valentine?

Over at The Paper Players Challenge #330 this week they have a theme challenge for Valentine's Day.  I was thinking I was finished making Valentine's Day cards but I got something I had ordered yesterday and had to make just a couple more.  I've already been thinking of all the pretty cards I can make using this die in the future.  One of my nieces is getting married in August and I already have in mind the card I'll make for her. Have you seen this new Caprice Heart Die from Birch Press Designs? They have several layered dies where you just stack the layers to make these beautiful designs but most of them are card sized and just too expensive for me to buy many of.  Even this one was kind of a splurge but I know I will use it many times.

I made the shaped card using the Little B Hearts Dies in the same way as I did for this post. The Caprice Heart Die is not quite the same proportions as the Little B Dies, but you can't really tell once you get everything assembled. For my card I used all Papertrey Cardstock in Pure Poppy, Hibiscus Burst and Lovely Lady.  The die layers are done in the same bottom to top and the top layer is cut from gold foiled cardstock.

The sentiment banner is from the Enclosed: Heart Mini Stamp Set from Papertrey Ink and is cut with the Tag Sale: Quilted Die. So far, this is the only smaller sized layered die from Birch Press Designs but I will be anxious to see what the future holds with them.  The Prismatic Heart is kind of lacey and pretty like this one, but it isn't a layered die.

I still have a few cards to write out to get all my Valentines mailed and today is about the latest I want to do that so I'm going to skate off of here for now to finish those up.  Have a great day and I hope you'll come back very soon.  

Inspired by ... #41

It's the weekend which means there's a new Inspired By All The Little Things Challenge!

As soon as I saw the inspiration image, I knew I would use Kraft Cardstock with Red and White for a Valentine's Day Card.

I really wanted to make a heart shaped card so I die cut two of the same hearts to have a front and back.  I used a set of Heart Dies from Little B that have a cross-stitched detail.  Lay the back heart into your scoring board, and crease the top 1/2 inch of the heart.  Once that is scored, take it out of the scoring tool and crease those lines well with a bone folder. Fold the creases forward and back a couple of times then put strong adhesive on the "flaps" next to the score lines. I used ¼ inch Scor-Tape.  Remove the backing from the tape, line up the front heart and press the two pieces together firmly using your bone folder. Now you have a heart shaped card.  You can do this with lots of different shapes if you happen to have a lot of larger sized dies.

Using the same set of heart dies, I cut additional hearts from Red Shimmer and Stamper's Select White Cardstock.  The red shimmer hearts were all dry embossed - one with hearts and one with stripes to add some texture to otherwise boring layers.  I adhered all the layers with Tombow Mono Permanent Adhesive. I cut a few small hearts using the Simon Says Stamp Mini Hearts Die from a scrap of gold cardstock and cut the Happy Valentines Day sentiment from Stamper's Select White Cardstock.  I attached those with Ranger Multi-Medium Matte.



I also used the same red shimmer paper to make a matching envelope because this card is not a standard size.  My envelope is 5.5 inches square and will require extra postage if I send it through the US Mail. You can use an envelope punch board to make your own.  Since this is a Valentine's Day card, I also white heat embossed a flourish onto the front of the envelope.  The flourish is from an older Stampin' Up set called Baroque Motifs which is no longer available.

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  Be sure to stop over at Inspired by All The Little Things and see everyone's projects.  The design team has some incredible cards.