Hi crafty friends! Its that time of year when "love is in the air" and there are many individuals that are in love or want to be in love that believe purchasing the biggest, most fanciest card at the store is the way to express how you feel. As for me, I like things to be simple because I don't believe that less is more. I think a person can say a lot , express a lot with just a few words. This is my reason for making this Valentine card... simple and not too many embellishments. If some of you have seen some of my other work, I love layers of paper, lace, flowers , etc. This card was made super easy. I have lately been trying to put to use my die cut machine & dies. I'm still in the learning process of working with them so here is what I have come up with! I hope you all like it!
I began by cutting my white card stock 5x7 or A7. I had some left over design paper from Authentique from a mini album I made last year. These I would use to die cut my mason jar and cutting the design on the jar. I used some red textured card stock for the lid. I hadn't used this thin die so had a little bit of a hard time with it but decided to go ahead and use it as it was. I will have plenty of time to play around with it as it can be used a variety of ways.
I had some colored vellum that I cut to fit behind the design on the jar. I wanted to also use some stamps I had in my stash. I used the Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Fired Brick. I stamped the tiny adorable postage hearts on the tiny tags as well as using it to stamp some small hearts "falling out" from the jar. I then began adhering everything to my white card base. For this I used the Helmar Premium Craft Glue for all the adhering. I loved using this because it is great for see thru items such as the vellum sentiment that I used. I used it to adhere this super adorable heart ribbon that I received from a crafty friend on a swap. Before adhering the mason jar I wrapped some red/white twine I had in my stash. For the tiny tags, I had to cut a small gap for the tags to be able to hang from the twine.
I hope that you like what I have come up with. I have planned on trying to use my steel dies and thin dies more often. Even if it is a way to use up some of my left over scrap paper. I have also planned on making more cards this month and using some of the stamps I have in my stash that I rarely use as well.
Well my beautiful crafty friends, I thank you for reading my post today and as always I hope you also check out the rest of the designers work on this blog. Their work is amazing and all of the ideas that they share with you on how to use all of the products that Helmar makes!! May you all have a Happy Valentines Day and spread the love!! ~Hugs~ Jeanne
