Valentine's Day is right around the corner. And while there are some great new stamp bundles in our new catalog that feature hearts and flowers and have a more traditional look to them, we also have a lot of stamps that can be used to make a non-traditional Valentine's Day card. This is what this video is all about!
When I was playing with my new products, I made a card with the Sea Turtle and used a sentiment from Whale Done (since there are no sentiments in the Sea Turtle set) - it came out super cute! When I showed it to my daughters, my oldest (Kyra) said I should make this a theme for my video - non-traditional valentines. There are many people who don't want to send a romantic card, or want to send one to a friend and thus, I've got some great options for you.
Gather your supplies:
- Cardstock: Early Espresso 8-1/2" x 5-1/2"; Basic White 5" x 5-1/2", 3" x 1-1/4", 4" x 5-1/4"
- Stamps: Nothing's Better Than, Country Bouquet
- Dies: Love You More Than, Deckled Rectangles
- Ink: Early Expresso
- Stampin' Blends: Deep and Medium Deep Combos
- Adhesive and Tools
On the large piece of Basic White, we need to cut two deckled rectangles (the third and fourth smallest), as well as stamp and cut out five clusters of chocolates. I show you how I planned space for the chocolates in the
video. After stamping the chocolates, color them with the Blends - I used 100, 200 and 300 to get different shades. Using your Stampin' Cut & Emboss machine, cut out the chocolates and rectangles.
On the small piece of white, color the piece from light to dark to make a gradient of color for the word chocolate which will be cut from this piece. I colored more than half of it light, since the bulk of the letters are near the bottom of the word. It's a subtle touch that shows up much better in real life than in the video or pictures - I think it's worth the small effort. Also color around the outside of the largest rectangle with the 300 Blend. When you add the smaller rectangle on top, you'll have a nice contrasting color that will exactly match the chocolate pieces. Stamp Today's Plan: Consume in Early Espresso near the top middle of the small rectangle, then adhere the cut out word Chocolate below that. Mat this with the larger rectangle.
Now you're ready to assemble. Add Dimensionals to the label and four of the chocolate clusters. Place them on your card front to get the placement just right before removing the backings. I had my row of chocolates about 3/4" from the bottom. When happy with the placement, stick everything down. For the inside, stamp your Valentine's message and add the last cluster of chocolates. I stamped and colored another chocolate cluster on my envelope as the final touch.
Here us the Sea Turtle card that started Kyra thinking about this video theme - I think it is so adorable. I first blended the background panel of white with Blending Brushes, starting with Pacific Point, then Bermuda Bay and ending with Parakeet Party. I then embossed the panel in white using Hand Drawn Dots. The turtle is a cool two-sided stamp - one side does the solid color and the other does the detail. The sentiment and seaweed are from the Whale Done stamp set. On the inside, I used the sentiment from Love for You.
My girls and their husbands are my technical support around here, so the stamp set, Tech Support, was a must-get purchase for me. Here, I stamped the 1's and 0's with Basic Gray all over the background, and used the stamps to make this nerdy valentine card.
We have a new embossing folder that looks absolutely amazing when used with foil papers - it's called Metal Plate 3D. I stamped it on Silver (the one that has a definite deep purple tint) and then matted it with white and popped it up on a Fresh Freesia card base. I used the He's All That stamp set and All That Dies to make the sentiment, and added some Metallic Mesh ribbon as an accent.
In our last mini catalog, we had a gnome set that came with Gnome Dies. Well there's a new gnome set called Friendly Gnomes and it uses the same dies! I chose a lovely paper from the By the Bay 6" DSP to use over the Cane Weave 3D embossed panel of Basic White. The mushroom house was cut by hand but the gnome was cut with a die. This would be a perfect card for your bestie!
The last one is my favorite! I used the Taco Fiesta stamp set to make a circle of peppers. First, I traced around the outside of my Stylish Shape circle die so I knew where I had to fill with my stamped peppers. I started stamping in the middle, and just filled the space. Then I used Blends to color the peppers using Dark Daffodil Delight, Dark Poppy Parade, Dark Pumpkin Pie, Light Granny Apple Green covered with Dark Parakeet Party, and Dark Granny Apple Green for the stems. The paper is from the Tea Boutique 6" DSP Pack. I stamped Love You on the inside (from the Thanks a Bunch set) and used the envelope to say Happy Valentine's Day.
Those are some fabulous ideas to get you started! Which one is your favorite? I'd love to hear what ideas you come up for your non-traditional Valentine's Day cards. Don't forget - during Sale-a-bration, you can choose a free item for every $50 of products purchased!
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