Love is in the air as St Valentines Day is almost here.  Here Fiona Haigh-Gannon shows us some gorgeous examples of cards to send to your loved one.

Cute and Cuddly

For this Valentine’s card I cut a square of patterned Valentine’s paper slightly smaller than the card blank and adhered this to the front of the card. I then found a smaller scrap of co-ordinating paper which I adhered to the top left side of the card. I cut out a border from matching heart paper and adhered this towards the bottom of the card.

I used black Stazon Ink to stamp the Magnolia Tilda stamp onto watercolour paper then used Twinkling H2Os to colour her in, matching the colours of her dress to the backing papers for a co-ordinated look and adhered into position. I stamped the “I Love You” in the top right hand corner using Versa Color Ink in Orchid covered it in clear embossing powder and set with a heat gun. To finish I punched a small heart out of co-ordinating paper and adhered it to the top right corner of the stamped Magnolia image and added a small pink bow under the sentiment.

Elegant

For an elegant card, keeping it simple and uncluttered is the key.

To make this card I took an A4 card blank and created a gate fold card using the Crafters Companion. I used the “Birds and Swirls” folder in my Cuttlebug to create the embossed image, them mounted it onto red card and adhered it to the left side of the gate fold. I printed out the sentiment “Happy Valentine’s Day” on my computer on to the same card I used for the embossed card and adhered it to the same side. I used a paper punch to make the two small red hearts and adhered them to either side of the sentiment to finish.

Hot and Sexy?

For this one I used Versamark Ink to stamp the Basque out twice onto red card then embossed them both with black opaque embossing powder and a heat gun. I cut around one of the Basques and decoupaged it over the top of the other using foam pads.

I stamped out the sentiment “You’ve been a bad bad boy! Now go to my room!” onto cream card and rounded to corners using a corner punch. I adhered both the Basque and the sentiment onto a black DL card and added the red satin bow to finish.

Funny?
For this card I used a collection of different stamps including Magnolia (wall and fence), Penny Black (flowers/bushes with toadstools) and Fronts & Backs Stamps (the old man and lady).

The background stamps are all stamped directly onto the card blank and coloured with Twinkling H2Os. The flower stamp I stamped again onto red card then cut out the toadstools and flowers and glued them over the ones on the card blank to make them stand out more.

The Fronts & Backs (man and lady) I stamped on to water colour paper and coloured with Twinkling H2Os. When they were dry I cut them out and adhered them into position.

I added “To The Old Fossil” in Peel Offs to the front of the card and “From Your Old Woman” in Peel Offs to the inside of the card.

The Valentine’s Banner at the top was a freebie from a magazine.

Or Are You Just an Old Romantic?

For all those old romantics out there, this one is for you.

I used papers by K&Co and Fancy Pants Designs which I cut to size then inked the edges with Old Paper Distress Ink. To make the two triangular papers I cut a square of paper slightly smaller than the card blank then sliced it in half using a paper trimmer. I adhered the two pieces onto the card blank leaving a small gap in the centre. I cut a rectangular piece of co-ordinating paper and adhered it to the top left hand corner of the card.

I cut a heart out of the Fancy Pants paper using a Cricut machine and the George and Basic Shapes cartridge and adhered this to the bottom right corner of the card. I took a paper flower rose bud and wound the stalk around my paper pricking tool to give it a tight curl. I adhered the flower to the heart using Glossy Accents then added an organza ribbon bow to finish.

Share your Valentine creations with us and email them to: submissions@papercraftjunkies.com

We will have more examples to share with you very soon.

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