A Birthday Brew for You Card by Larissa Heskett

A Cozy Birthday Brew!

A warm beverage is perfect for a cold weather birthday!  Today Larissa is sharing a cozy birthday brew using our Cup of Cocoa Stamp Set and Mugs Stencil.

This card features a duo of cozy mugs from our Cup of Cocoa Stamp Set. She colored them in shades of read and teal and cut them out with the coordinating Cup of Cocoa Die Set

The fun background was created using our Mugs Stencil with blue ink. Some red and black and red paint splatters were added to match the colors of the mugs. 

She assembled the card together, adding the sentiment "a birthday brew just for you" from the Newton Loves Coffee Stamp Set in a circle in the center. She framed the whole panel using the scallop edged frame from our Frames & Flags Die Set. 

To say hello to Larissa and see more of her creations, you can visit her over at her blog, Larissa Heskett Designs.

Love & Chocolate Card by Diane Morales

All You Need is Love and Chocolate!

With Valentine's Day just around the corner, Diane is getting ready to send some love & chocolate on this beautiful card! 

This yummy card features our Charming Hearts Frame Die and our Love & Chocolate Stamp Set

The frame filled with hearts sets the perfect backdrop for all those yummy chocolates!

She cut the frame die out three times, in white and two shades of pink, and combined the pieces to create one background. The other pieces could be combined to create additional cards so it's a great way to use this die set!

Once the background was completed she added the sentiment "All you need is Love & Chocolate" along with some yummy chocolates from our Love & Chocolate Stamp Set! So delicious!

This fun heart background could be combined with so many sets! It's the perfect way to create custom valentine cards and more!

Hope you enjoyed this card today! To see more creations by Diane, you can visit on her blog, 2sisters project. 

Espresso Your Love Card by Farhana Sarker

Espresso your Love!

Today Farhana is sharing a way to create a valentine greeting for a coffee lover by combining our Love Café Stamp Set and our Charming Hearts Frame Die Set.

The cute little duo of mugs from the Love Café Stamp Set is colored in shades of teal and blue and die cut using the coordinating Lové Cafe Die Set. 

Here are the copic colors she used:

For her card base, she used the word love from the Charming Hearts Frame Die Set, cutting it directly out of the white card front. Then she layered some red paper behind it to make it pop. Above the die cut word she stamped the words "espresso your" from the Love Café Stamp Set. 

This clean and simple design is perfect for creating a quick valentine card! 

To see more of Farhana's creations you can visit blog, Everyday Engineered. 

I Really Dig You! Puppy Card by Donna Idlet

Digging up some Valentine Fun!

Today Donna is sharing a Valentine that is perfect for sending to a dog owner for Valentine's Day! 

She features that adorable pup from our Puppy Heart Stamp Set paired with our Fractured Card Layout Die Set and our Love & Meows Paper Pad.

She starts by stamping and coloring the puppy, giving him a bright red heart for Valentine's Day. The image from this set comes with a blank heart and several sentiments that fit inside it so you can choose your favorite. For this card Donna chose "I really DIG you!" which is a perfect for a dog lover on Valentine's Day!

The card base uses our Fractured Card Layout Die Set with papers from our Love & Meows Paper Pad.  Once the papers are cut using this fun die, you just assemble them with some glue and add your image to the center. Donna also added a heart behind the image using our Heart Frames Die Set to give it a bit more love!

You could make more adorable valentine cards using this layout with any of our other valentine papers. You can find them all in the Valentine category on our site

We hope you enjoyed this inspiration today.  To see more beautiful creations by Donna, you can visit her blog, Creative Lady!  

Heart Shaped Tags by Amanda Wilcox

A Trio of Love!

Today Amanda has created a trio of adorable tags, perfect for adorning a Valentine treat!

Each of these tags was created by cutting out the big heart using our Heart Frames Die Set. She cut hearts from pink, red and purple and then added a heart pattern onto the front of each of them using our Petite Hearts Stencil. She used a coordinating color to give a tone on tone look. She layered a  smaller scallop edged heart onto each larger heart, cut using Heart Frames Die Set.

Each tag was then adorned with an adorable love themed image, stamped from our Valentine Postage Sampler Stamp Set. She colored the images in colors to match the hearts and added some sparkle and gloss to them too. 

She also added small words from the Valentine Postage Sampler Stamp Set onto each small white heart. The tags were assembled and she added some enamel dots and burlap string. 

Now they're ready to add onto your favorite Valentine treat! What a fun way to make someone feel special. 

We hope you enjoyed this project by Amanda. You can see more over her beautiful work over on her blog, Twiddler's Nook!

Sweet Puppy Treats Card by Samantha Mann

Sending a Special Treat!

Today Samantha has created a card that is filled with yummy treats, perfect for sending to a Valentine or loved one! 

For this yummy card she started out with the puppy in the cookie jar from our Puppy’s Cookie Jar Stamp Set. She colored the image and then added the sentiment "Special Treats for Someone Sweet" onto the jar front. The image was cut out using the coordinating Puppy’s Cookie Jar Die Set. 

This puppy is dreaming of lots of treats so Samantha die cut a big speech bubble using our Speech Bubbles Die Set and filled it with small images of love and sweets! The cookies are from the Puppy’s Cookie Jar Stamp Set and the other images are from the Valentine Postage Sampler Stamp Set. 

We hope you enjoyed this sweet and tasty card by Samantha today! To say hello to Samantha and see more of her beautiful creations you can visit her over on her blog, Sam' Scrap Candy!  

Cherry Themed Valentine by Diane Morales

Love and Cherry Kisses!

Today Diane has created a sweet cherry themed card, perfect for Valentine's Day! 

For this adorable card she started by creating a cherry filled background. She used the image of the cute heart shaped cherries from our  Valentine Postage Sampler Stamp Set, stamping it repeatedly over a white panel with black ink. She cut this panel out using our Basic Frames Dies Set to give it the fun stitched edge. 

For her center image she stamped three more of the same cherry image, this time coloring them in bright red with green leaves. She cut this trio of cherries out using the coordinating Valentine Postage Sampler Die Set. She layered them over red and white circles and added them to the center of her card. 

Last, she stamped the the message "love & kisses" using words from the Valentine Postage Sampler Stamp Set and embossing them in white on a small red rectangle. 

What a great way to use the small images from this stamp set! You could make a series of these using the different images for quick and easy valentines. 

To see more creations by Diane, you can visit on her blog, 2sisters project. 

MEOW-entine Cookie Card by Donna Idlet

Have a Valentine Cookie with Newton!

Today Donna is celebrating Valentine's Day (or should we say MEOW-entine's Day) with Newton getting into the cookies! 

This card features that cute kitty inside a cookie jar from our Newton’s Cookie Jar Stamp Set. Donna colored the cute kitty in gray and the cookie jar pink, perfect for the Valentine theme. She also added tiny hearts covering the cookie jar using our Petite Hearts Stencil. Then she added the sentiment "Be my meow-entine!" from our Newton's Heart Stamp Set to the front of the jar. The cookie jar image was cut out using the coordinating Newton’s Cookie Jar Die Set. 

She created a beautiful valentine themed background using papers from our new Lovely Hearts Paper Pad. She cut strips of several different heart patterns, adhering them in rows. Then she cut that panel out using our Basic Frames Die Set to give it a fun stitched edge. She also used our Basic Frames Die Set to cut out a smaller rectangle from vellum to layer behind the kitty. In the background she used a red scallop edged frame that was die cut using our Frames & Flags Die Set.

Next, she added the "xoxo" using our Valentine Word Trio Die Set and adhered it below the cat image. 

The finishing touch is a few scattered hearts. These are hearts that are created when you cut out the large heart frame using our Charming Hearts Frame Die.

This beautiful valentine card would be purr-fect to give the cat lovers in your life! To see more beautiful creations by Donna, you can visit her blog, Creative Lady!