I'm loving everything in the newest 2023 Valentines collection. You can find it here. Today's card features lots of hearts and a peony and plaids, of course.
- I started with a top-fold white A2 note card and added a pink and blue plaid paper from SPRING PLAID PP1012 to nearly cover the whole front, leaving a very narrow white strip around the outer edge.
- Next I cut the PINPOINT BURST HEART 94639 and the HEART RING STACK 94662 from a pink mirror card paper in the VINTAGE PASTEL MIRROR PAD FP1002.
- I used a glue pen to add the Heart Ring stack at the top edge of the card.
- I used Scor-Tape to add the Pinpoint Burst Heart at a bit of an angle and over the bottom edges of some of the other hearts.
- Next I cut the LUXE PEONY 94714 twice, once from a pink plaid and once from a blue plaid, both papers from the Spring Plaid paper pad.
- I used the picture on the envelope to help me figure out how to put all the little pieces in place (I think I came close), mixing the two plaids to create the peony. I used Glue Dots to assemble the flower and I tucked the extra pieces in the envelope for another project.
- I decided to use some purple plaid leaves I had already cut that were in the envelope with the EXQUISITE LEAF SET dies 94664.
- I used a Glue Dot to add the leaves under the peony and popped the peony up with a large foam dimensional dot in the center of the heart.
- I chose the FOR YOU POSH SCRIPT 94709 for the sentiment and cut it from the scraps left from making the peony. I used a glue pen to add the detailed letters onto the background and then used glue to add the sentiment to the bottom left on the card front.
- To finish the card I added three blue-pink WINTER FANTASY FAIRY GEMSTONES GEM102 to the right side of the card.
This design could be made in any number of color combinations and could be used for so many different occasions, even though the featured dies are from the 2023 Valentines collection. In whites and grays and silver this could be a card for Winter Solstice; in reds and greens and white it could be a Christmas card; in blues and white and gold–Hanukkah; in champagne/gold/silver–Happy New Year…I'm sure you can think of lots more possibilities.
Happy crafting!
