February 7, 2011

Valentine's Day cards

Hello, cardmakers.  Remember me?  I used to make cards until I got back into sewing, and I haven't made too many cards since.  I wanted to make some Valentine's Day cards to send my relatives so I could include birthday pictures of my son.  I found this adorable postage stamp paper at Michael's.


I wanted to be able to quickly make a bunch of cards, and the card sketch at 365 Cards Super Sketchy Sunday was perfect:


My cards:



The card base is made from cardboard I rescued from work.  The patterned papers are from a really old Provo Craft slab, and the colors worked perfectly with the postage stamp paper.  I used my Cuttlebug hearts embossing folder to emboss the hearts onto pink Coredinations cardstock then sanded and inked it.  I wanted a vintge look so I inked the edges with Tim Holtz vintage photo distress ink.  I think I overdid it a bit.  I added some pink staples (from the office supply department at Target) on the corners of the postage stamps.

Thanks for looking!

8 comments:

  1. Carolyn VFebruary 7, 2011 at 12:35 PM

    Those are GREAT!! Love the distress ink (I don't think you overdid it at all!) :)

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  2. The Extra Ordinary BreeFebruary 8, 2011 at 9:30 PM

    Those are so cute!! So jealous here... I'm horrible at all paper crafts lol!

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2011 at 10:25 AM

    steph -
    check your yahoo email, i think you got hacked.
    unless you're stranded in spain and need people to send you cash :)
    Ellene

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  4. TesaBFebruary 11, 2011 at 2:46 PM

    What a beautiful batch of cards!!! Love them all!!! Gorgeous colors, and love the postage stamps!!!

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  5. Manuela NavarroFebruary 11, 2011 at 11:46 PM

    Genial!!!
    me encnata la forma en la que has jugado con el Sketch.
    Y esos sellos postales son una maravilla.

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  6. wendipooh13February 13, 2011 at 9:19 PM

    what a fun batch of valentines!!!! way to go, those stamps are sooo fun and cute

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  7. RoseFebruary 13, 2011 at 9:19 PM

    awesome use of paper!!! they are sure to be a hit :)

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  8. PamFebruary 17, 2011 at 10:50 PM

    These are wonderful - so glad you were inspired by the sketch!

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