The Greetery {Holiday Products with a Valentine Twist}

 

Hello friends! It's me again with yet another project for The Greetery! I've been having the best time creating Valentine's Day cards and projects using the beautiful products that have been released over the last few months! I had a few scraps leftover from the card I shared on Christmas, so I thought I may as well use them and share the process with you. I promise I won’t make a habit of sharing “leftover scrap” cards when I’m creating posts for The Greetery! Ha ha! I was pleased at how nicely the leftovers worked to create a Valentine’s Day card AND, I know many of you might not be ready to put away these amazing products, because I know I’m not. That’s the beautiful thing about these last few releases; yes, they have Christmas imagery and sentiments, but not EVERYTHING is Christmas! These are wonderful and beautiful basics that could (and should…wink!) be at our fingertips all year long!

The two scraps I had leftover are the snowflake star portion and the outer red portion. If you read my post on Christmas, I mentioned that I used to use embossing folders with velvet paper quite a bit back when embossing folders first came out. I LOVED the result, but velvet paper was hard to find and it was expensive. Fast forward to now; velvet paper is EASY to find and isn’t expensive. The kind I found is from Amazon and has an adhesive backing so it can be added to jewelry boxes. I found it is best to adhere it to cardstock first and then die cut and emboss. The red that I used can be found HERE and the White Birch cardstock can be found HERE.

The star was cut using the Shortbread Shapes: Snowflake Die from White Birch Veneer cardstock and that’s how it was left after Christmas. For this card, I simply added the embossing using the Shortbread Shapes: Snowflake Embossing Folder and then used a sponge dauber to add just a touch of brown oxide ink over the raised edges. The velvet frame was also cut using the Shortbread Shapes: Snowflake Die and then the center was removed using the Capsule Basics Die. I used the Rosemal Reflections Embossing Folder to add the detail.

So, with these two scraps, could I actually make something other than Christmas? Yes, yes I can and yes I did! Cue the Nordic Hearts, Rosemal Reflections Details Die (another one that works year-round), and the Shelved Stamp Set along with a few other details! I cut the background for the card from Pure Poppy and then glued the velvet frame over the top. I inserted the gold detail that was cut using the Capsule Filigree Borders using liquid glue. I added the embossed star over the top using foam squares and then added the heart. It is cut from the same velvet paper with white cardstock for the border. I layered it over the star using additional foam squares.

I die cut the flower from white cardstock using the Rosemal Reflections Detail Die and then colored everything with dye ink and blender brushes. I used liquid glue to assemble the cluster, adding adhesive pearls to a few of the flowers. I added it to the center of the heart using additional foam squares. The sentiment is heat embossed in gold onto Pure Poppy cardstock and then added under the heart.

In my Christmas post, I mentioned I was leery of using glitter on the velvet cardstock, but decided to do some experimenting for today. I cut the bow using the Regency Bow No. 2 from pink velvet cardstock. I decided to add some glitter to it and see how it behaved before attaching it to the card. I used a 2-way glue pen and added Rock Candy glitter and it worked well! Because of the fine fibers of the velvet, I DID need to tap it more than regular cardstock to remove any excess. I do think it wouldn’t work as well on the red velvet or dark colors, but for the pink it worked well.  I tucked a few of my leftover floral clusters around the bow along with some greenery. I attached it to the shaped base and called it done!

I was hesitant to create yet another “shaped” card and worried it was too much of the same thing, but then I thought to myself: You have created rectangle cards for most of your life and NEVER worried that people thought you kept doing the “same thing”! ha ha! So, here’s the green light to create as many shaped cards as your heart desires! Not that you needed my permission (ha ha), but I clearly needed to give myself permission. Thanks for fluttering by!