Banded Heart Locket and Love Airy Script by Jean Okimoto

Attach a pair of the new Banded Heart Lockets to the Double Stitch Loving Heart Cut Outs on a Valentine for your special guy. Cool, masculine grays and bright reds create a crisp contrast on today’s card.

Hello, Jean Okimoto here with a simple design to start the workweek. Change the colors and make it a shower, wedding or anniversary card too!

Cut Banded Heart Locket from gray and white cardstock. Cut two hearts with the Double Stitch Loving Heart Cut Out dies – 2.2″ wide from red glittered cardstock and 3.1″ wide from the Poppystamps Snowspeckle Wide Washi Tape attached to gray cardstock. It’s the perfect washi tape for snow, confetti or white splattered dots – whatever you need!

Punch a ⅛” hole near the top of the large heart. Attach the glittered heart to the large heart with doublestick tape. Attach the white and gray Banded Heart Lockets with gold cord. Curl the cord.

Pressure-emboss a folded white A-6 card (4-½” x 6-¼”) with the 3.1″ Double Stitch Loving Heart Cut Out. It creates an outline on the front of the card – and frames the greeting on the inside. Stamp “xoxo” – from the Big and Little Valentines Clear Stamps – with Tulip Red VersaFine Clair in the embossed heart inside the card.

Cut accent strips – ¾” x 3-½” of the gray plaid from the Dashing Holiday 6×6 set, ¾” x 4″ of gray cardstock and ¾” x 3-¼” of the dark gray stripes from the Dashing Stripes and Dots 6×6 set. Attach the hearts and strips to a white A-6 (4-½” x6-¼”) card.

Here’s an easy way to prep a self-adhesive greeting. Diecut Love Airy Script from red cardstock – don’t remove the diecut or the offcut. Place three strips of ⅛” ScorTape or Couture Creations tape horizontally across the back of the diecut. Run it through the machine again to cut the tape – leave it in the die again. Flip it over onto the card and use a pokey tool to push the self-adhesive greeting onto the card. The double cutting process makes it easier to cut completely thru the tape and its liner. Pressing the delicate greeting directly onto the card keeps it intact, without any distortion or wonkiness.

It seems like 2020 just started – but January’s almost gone! Hope our Design Team’s Valentine ideas have helped and inspired you to create special cards for your sweeties.

Special thanks to everyone from last week’s VALENTINE WISHES class at Impress – hope you like the cards and techniques! Thanks to Ann – for the Dilettante chocolates and lemon gummies! And thanks to Ann, Erin and Lynne of Impress for helping everyone find the perfect supplies for Valentine cards, treats and gifts.

Thanks for visiting…see you soon!