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Get ready to infuse a touch of charm and playfulness into your Valentine’s Day greetings with our roundup of 6 heartwarming handmade cards featuring adorable animals. From cute sayings to creative designs, these cards are perfect for expressing your affection … Read More ...
Valentine’s Day wouldn’t be complete without spreading a little sweetness, and what better way to do that than with treat bags? Giving out candy is a classic tradition, whether it’s for classmates, coworkers, or that special someone. It’s an easy … Read More ...
Interactive cards are a fun and creative way to take your Valentine’s Day greetings to the next level—and they’re easier to make than you might think! Whether it’s a card that pops up, slides, or includes a little surprise, adding … Read More ...
When it comes to Valentine’s Day, we often think of pinks, reds, hearts, and of course, Cupid. But have you ever wondered why these colors and symbols are so closely tied to the holiday? The tradition of using reds and … Read More ...
This cute quick and easy heart shaped Valentine’s Day Card from Cathy Z. would be simple to mass produce a bunch for co-workers or classmates. Since this card is an unusual shape and size Cathy needed a custom envelope so … Read More ...
This fun interactive Card from Lydia is sure to put a smile on anyone’s face! Using stamps, stencils and dies from My Favorite Things she created a slider card that lifts the cute bunny and bear into the air when … Read More ...
How pretty and colorful are this card and envelope duo? Kristina Werner used watercolor to create a faux dip dye design on both. She created her DIY envelope using a punch board and for the card she die cut the … Read More ...
This sweet Valentine’s Day Card from Channin has lots of gold shimmer from foiling and heat embossing. I love the colorful blocking on the background she created with ink blending and stenciling over the foiled background! A mix of die … Read More ...
Joy used brand new stamps from Lawn Fawn
to create this adorable Beaver Couple Valentine’s Day Card. She ink blended her sky and water, die cut the grass and flowers creating a dimensional scene with the stamped beavers floating on … Read More ...
This adorable card from Brenda works for winter or Valentine’s Day or both! Featuring a cute stamped penguin and polar bear duo, they are sitting in glittery snow with a pink heart background with a sweet stamped sentiment.
Different stamps from different companies sometimes might have different thickness in the outlines of their stamps. If you want to mix those companies on one project they might not work too well together, so Amanda has a few helpful tips … Read More ...
Lisa used several different stencils from Miss Ink to create the fabulous background for this Unicorn Card. She used an ink blending technique with different colors of ink pads and blender brushes layering heart, cloud and sparkle stencils to create … Read More ...
This fun card from Davina features adorable monkey stamps from Mama Elephant. This unique card design starts out as a standard A2 size but folds out to reveal 3 different panels with cute vignettes and then folds to form an … Read More ...
This sweet project from Cristena combines an easel card and a treat box in one. Decorated with dies and stamps the top flap opens up to form the easel card with another flap underneath that to reveal the chocolate squares … Read More ...
Have lots of strips and scraps of pretty cardstock laying around (I sure do! :)) Well put those to good use on a pretty card like this one from Samantha. She used strips of pink, red and peach cardstock adhering … Read More ...
