Valentine's Card Set

Good evening fellow crafters, are you ready for the weekend? I know I sure am! I have a few orders to finish up for my Etsy Shop, but other than that, I cannot wait to relax tomorrow, hang out with the kiddos and family and just be lazy!

I have been busy creating lots of fun projects for Valentine's Day. It is definitely my favorite time of year to make cards, treats, and favors. My absolute favorite is finding new ways to make Kids Classroom Valentine Cards. Back in September, Papertrey Ink released the Instant Photo Pull Out die set, and Nicole and the Design Team showed us all some fabulous and creative ways to make Holiday cards with the die set here. I couldn't wait to get my hands on this die set, but not to make Holiday photo cards. As soon as I saw the set, I knew immediately that I wanted it to make Kids Valentines Day cards!

I made this Valentines Card set using red cardstock. I used both Papertrey Ink's Tiny and Tremendous Treats: Valentines stamp sets, along with the Framed Out #11 stamp set. The "Pull Here" stamp is from the Movers and Shakers" Sentiments stamp set. I die cut the Tremendous Treats images from Kraft cardstock, stamped them in, and only colored in the little hearts. I cannot tell you how much I love these cards! I think there might even be room inside each little "envelope" for some kind of small, flat Valentine candy, maybe a candy bar?

I am already working on more of these little cards in other colors. Aren't they just too cute?! Anywho, I hope you all have a fantastic weekend, have a great night and thanks for stopping by!

Papertrey Ink February Blog Hop

Good afternoon everyone! I am soooo excited that it is Saturday, this week felt like it went by soooooooooo slow! I came home from work last night at about 10:30pm and was greeted with my Papertrey Ink order for this month! I was so happy because I hadn't received any shipping confirmation email from Papertrey Ink yet, and my order hadn't shown up on the new website yet, so I was worried that it would be weeks before my order came in! I ordered on the 15th and it got here yesterday on the 24th, sooo glad it didn't take any longer!

I was disappointed because I completely forgot to order some DVD cases for the new Papertrey Ink packaging :( Owell, will have to remember for my next order! So, onto my card for todays blog hop over at Nichole's Capture the Moment website!


This month, it's all about being interactive! Show us how you take your cards to the next level, whether you have received your Movers & Shakers dies, or you're just inspired to create a pop up or swinging card without them. There are so many options for this theme, and we can't wait to see what you have to share!

I spent a good couple hours trying to think of how I wanted my interactive card to turn out. I also spent a good amount of time trying to figure out how to use all these new dies. There are so many different ways to use them, I might be here in my craft room the entire weekend! So I finally decided on a Birthday rainbow card using this rainbow girl image from Pink Cat Studio. There digital images are so cute! I have so much fun printing them out, coloring them, and using them for cards, tags, and scrapbook layouts! I used the Movers & Shakers: Sliders die, the Movers & Shakers Sentiments Stamp set, and pattern paper from The Paper Studio Daydream Doodle Glitter Pack. I colored my image with Prismacolor Markers, cut it out, and added glitter to the little clouds. I also didn't realize that I would need pretty thick cardstock or coaster board to attach the little circles together to make everything move right, which I don't have! Instead of using the 2 tiny circles, I used a round foam dimensional to add thickness to the 2 larger circles so my image would move properly on the card. So, this is my outcome!











Not bad for my first try, I love the rainbow colors together! My girls are having so much fun watching her slide on the rainbow across the card! Whoever thought of this Die Cut set is a genius, kids will love these cards! I have to make Mickey Mouse Party Invitations for a friend and I am definitely using these dies!

Thanks for stopping by everyone, I am off to try out more techniques, have a great weekend!