Here's a little Valentine's day card that I made with a half a sheet of cream card stock paper. I used a pink color scheme with matching ribbon and flowers. This would be great for a last minute Valentine's day craft idea.
Happy Valentine's Day!!
God bless, Chan
I made a heart out of cardboard and I glued white lace and added some pink paper roses.
Here, I used two valentine's tags on the left. On the right, is a sticker that I put on card stock. I added white lace.
Back of the card is a sticker that I framed with white card stock so that it would stand out from the background.
Do you need a valentine's day card for the man in your life? If so, here is a cute valentines gift for your boyfriend or husband. It is a masculine styled handmade paper bag card. I used brown colored papers and actual playing cards. Sometimes, it is hard to come up with masculine embellishments especially if you are used to working with lace and flowers all the time.
A paper bag
Glitz paper stack
BoBunny's "Going Places" This is a great stack to use for men
Playing Cards
Cream card stock
brown seam binding to cover the crease of the bag
Happy Valentines Day!!!
God bless, Chan
I used buttons to resemble poker chips at the casino.
I made little tags out of playing cards and added card stock to the back of them for journaling.
I made larger tags for the open end of the paper bag. For the charms, I cut out little circles from the playing cards.
Here, I used a striped brown and cream paper to provide some contrast to this neutral color scheme.
This card was inspired by the Esther Howland card that is featured in the picture above. I used dollies and lace with some paper roses and seam binding to replicate her design.
I used white dollies and lace on the envelope. I also added pearl bling.
I put a large pink paper rose on the envelope in place of the emblem used on Esther Howland's Card
The Pink Scrapbook paper came from the Le Tres Chic Stack put out by DCWV
Here on the back I used a rose pink handmade flower that I had in my stash.
Esther Howland was born 1828 in Worcester Massachusetts Her father was a store owner who sold books and writing stationary. She attended Mount Holyoke College and graduated in 1847. Shortly after that, one of her father's business associates gave her an English Valentine's Day card. She really liked the card and decided to try and make some on her own. She ordered the paper, lace, and roses from England and made a few sample Valentine's Day Cards and sold them through her brother who was a salesman. She also ran an ad in the local newspaper. She received $5000 in orders! People loved her cards and her business took off in no time. She named her company "The New England Valentine Company". By the time she retired in 1881, her company was grossing $100,000 a year.
This project was made out of a paper bag that I folded in half. Paper bags make great cards because you can use the open end for extra storage of tags or letters. For the front cover I made a cardboard heart with a button and string enclosure. A also added some fabric wine colored rosettes that I had in my stash.
Happy Valentine's Day!
God bless, Chan
This card was made with Glitz Paper Pack "Pretty in Pink". It has a lovely array of pinks, creams, and browns.
I stained the edges of the entire project with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Vintage Photo.
Rose Pink seam binding was used to cover the seam in the middle.
You can see the rose pink seam binding here on the backside. This helps to cover up the paper bag on the seam.
Here are the three tags that I made. I also made three heart charms for the tags.
Would you like to be creative and save a little money on your gifts for Valentine's Day? If so, here's an idea. I was inspired by a blog post by Studio Crescendoh. The title of the blog post was "Crocheted & Altered Cardboard Panel Tutorial." It was very creative. I was not able to do it exactly like the one they did because of the crocheted edge. I used white lace to mimic the crocheted edge they had.
For the sentiment, I typed up a verse and put it on cream card stock and stained the edges with Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Ink in Vintage Photo. I love that color! It always gives my work an antique vintage feel that always works for me! I got my verse straight out of the Dictionary. All I did was look up the word Love and other words that mean love and wrote down what I found out of the dictionary. This is a great idea if you are needing a saying for a card. Just go to the dictionary and look up the word you want to use and there you will have it!
The board was actually made out of cardboard from a Chicken sandwich box! I cut two equal parts of cardboard and glued them together to create the thickness that I desired. After that I covered it up with scrapbook paper from BoBunny's Et Cetera Collection. I love that collection, its one of my favorites. Its so antique and vintage looking. They really got it right! From the coffee cup rings to the bingo card tags to the newspaper print...I love it all! When I saw how fuchsia popped against the weathered tan paper. I knew I had to use white lace and white dollie to help tie it together. I needed a neutral color to relax the vibrant fuchsia.
For the back I used twine to create a loop for hanging on the wall. Also on the back, I made a button and string envelope for extra storage for maybe a note or a little card. I am going to do a tutorial on the button and string envelope as soon as I can.
Another thing you can do is alter the color and the embellishments to personalize this gift. For example, you could even use something like this as a cute valentines day gifts for boyfriend or husband. Maybe instead of flowers and lace, you could use buttons and other masculine scrapbook embellishments. I know there are many guys that like to scrapbook and would love a handmade item like this provided that it didn't have lace and flowers.
Happy Valentine's Day!
Something like this could also be used for Mother's Day, Easter, Father's Day, Birthdays, Christmas, baby showers, wedding gifts, and anniversary gifts.
