Even though we are getting pounded with snow the last couple of days, I have Valentine's Day on my mind lately! I want to share some of the fun with you today and the next couple of days. I recently had a Valentine Card buffet which was quite fun. Valentine's cards are fun to make and appropriate for everyone, not just your sweetheart. In fact, I think the ones you give to other people are even more fun to make because you can tailor make them to suit someone's personality or your relationship with them. Kids adore Valentine's Day as they look forward to possibly making a card box to collect the ones they receive and then carefully writing out their own sweet wishes on the ones they give.
This year, the the 2019 Occasions Catalog, Stampin'Up! has a super cute set featuring some adorable animals to convey your Valentine Greetings. I had a ball playing with these!
The first animal I wanted to ink up was the gorilla. I just thought he was especially cute and I figured he would be perfect to color with the Stampin' Blends alcohol markers. I embossed the background with the "Layered Leaves" embossing folder and added some Washi tape from the recent Christmas like of products. My punch is from the Christmas Tin which was also recently featured in the Holiday Catalog.
My second card went straight to the otter! I know in real life they can be mean buggers, but this one is all cute and sweet. I've been using my new rectangle framelits quite a bit too, a new product in the 2019 Occasions Catalog. I grabbed some "Tranquil Textures" background paper because I thought it gave the sense of movement and water.
Most kids love a good dinosaur and so of course, this set had to have one of those. I kept this card pretty simple but added some punched out red glimmer paper hearts where there were originally just some stamped hearts, for antennae. One interesting element I added was the white background I embossed with the Corrugated embossing folder. I actually used the white cardboard that is included in all our Designer Series Paper packs. It's quite thick and stiff and can handle a sturdy embossing folder without any problems! My background paper is from the "Frosted Florals" suite, again featured in the Holiday Catalog.
My final card featured the skunk. He was trickier to color as I knew if I made him a true black, you be unable to see his face, which was pretty cute. I kept this simple with some background paper accents and the "Maps Etc" embossing folder.
All of these were quite fun to make and actually would be pretty easy to mass produce. The Big Shot was used only for embossing and the rest is coloring. Do you have some kids in your life that would love to receive one of these "animals" for Valentine's Day? You can get the set and some supplies to make your set of cards by clicking on any of the supplies listed below. Don't delay! Valentine's Day is just around the corner!
I'll be back tomorrow with more Valentine ideas. It's the perfect time of year to let those you love know how much you mean to them!
Happy Stampin'!
Sarah
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