Hello friends! Oh what a hectic weekend it has been for me and hubby! Right after we got home from CHA we had to pack once again for a trip to Ukraine. Transatlantic travel during snowy winter is no easy thing and somehow we always have the most eventful experience to say the least. I love to travel, but being stuck in an airport for extra 24 hours is just not fun at all.
Anyhow, we are finally back home in Ukraine and I am oh so super excited to share a Valentine’s Day card and video tutorial today! I used Simon’s February Card Kit plus a few of my favorite dies to create this this project. I started by picking out the dies I wanted to use and went with Stitched Rectangles and Circles as well as Leaves from the Single Roses die set.
I used VersaFine Onyx Black ink and clear embossing powder to heat emboss the Hello Beautiful sentiment onto the circle die cut. I prefer stamping the image in black and using clear powder rather than black as that helps me keep things nice and clean. I also added a gorgeous Happy Valentine’s Day light pink sticker using foam adhesive on top.
I used 3 colors of ink from Simon – Rosie Cheeks, Twirling Tutu and Hollyhock and direct to paper technique to color white cardstock and die cut the leaves. I really like how uneven and fun the ink looks on those die cuts, very unusual and unique, I think I’ll be using this direct to paper technique more in the future.
I also added several additional sentiment stickers from the sticker sheet from my February kit and adhered a few red sequin hearts to finish this project.
CARD KIT & SUBSCRIPTION
You can subscribe to Simon Says Stamp card kit of the month program for $24.95 plus shipping and handling. Kits can also be purchased individually at Simon Says Stamp store for $29.95 plus Shipping and Handling where you can also buy many of the elements of the kit separately.
VIDEO TUTORIAL
I’m sharing a video tutorial today showing how easy it is to make this card! You can watch it at the top of this post or on my Youtube channel. If you like it, I would appreciate you giving it a thumbs up and sharing. Thank you!
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Beautiful as always, Yana!
thank you, Vicki! drinking lots of tea these days
PS: Hope you got back okay and were able to get a bit of rest!
I love it Yana!!!!! Simple and beautiful.
thank you so much, Casey!
Absolutely gorgeous!
thank you, Jen!
LOVE it 🙂 Thank you too, for the great video! Glad you are home sage and sound 🙂
thank you so much! I’m still getting used to this time zone, just a few more days 🙂
You are truly amazing and this card is delightful!
awww, thank you so very much!
This is beautiful Yana. I love the gold embossed sentiment stickers.
thank you so much, Teresa!
Beautiful card, thanks for the video!
thank you, Melissa! glad you enjoyed it!
Very beautiful card.
thank you, Shari!
Pretty!
Such a pretty Valentine. I especially like the layers you create. One can never have too many layers and then distress them as you see fit.
Not being a big fan of traditional Valentine color scheme (it can be too cheesy and tasteless) I’m amazed by this card!
It’s so stylish and IS tasteful!