Heart 'felt' Valentine Wishes

I made the first of these cards based on an idea in a craft book my sissy got me (apparently she thinks I need more ideas LOL!), then like usual it changed into something else after I started playing with it. The original one is a small red felt heart stitched with white thread onto a white notecard - really cute and very easy. I changed it a bit by using gray sparkly thread, and adding a piece of sequin ribbon.
For the other ones I used different color felt hearts and papers, and changed the stitching to up the middle only so both sides of the heart are left unattached and stand off the card a bit. For the sentiment - heart 'felt'  har har ;) -  I just typed the words in my word processing program (font is CAC pinafore), cut the strips out, and attached with sticky foam dimensionals or glue stick.

                

                                       to make a heart template - trace half of a heart on a folded piece of paper, then cut it out

to cut the heart out, fold over a piece of felt and hold the folded paper heart with both folds together.

I made a bigger one for Ronda's seasonal display table but since I haven't mailed it out yet she won't get it in time for it to be useful! For hers I folded a Stampin' Up paper doily in half and put it under one side of the felt heart. 

Anniversary Card

I had a photo from my sister's wedding last year made into a 4x6 magnet that I sent them for their one-year anniversary - I didn't have a card though and really planned to go buy one until it dawned on me that I have a craft room full of paper and supplies to make one (not to mention that I help Ronda who has a CARD-MAKING business! Geesh you'd think my first thought would have been to make one and not buy it!). Anyway...I started to make a card with a little heart on the front (I'm turning that into a Valentines card and will show you later) but then had the idea to use the magnet as part of the card.

Their wedding colors were navy and blush so I thought it'd be a little nice touch making this card from those colors. Using an oval die cut and my Big Shot I cut out a hole in the center of the navy card (a piece of 9"x 6.25" cardstock folded in half), measuring first where it needed to be so you could see their faces - this took me a couple tries to get it centered correctly. Then punched out the word "happy" from blush cardstock using a set of word die-cuts I have from Stampin' Up - I love how pretty the font is - and layered it on top of a rectangle strip of glitter paper and a glitter paper heart using foam dimensionals. Inserted the magnet and held the card shut by wrapping it with a pretty piece of ribbon. Simple but I think it's cute - Happy Anniversary Sissy!

one year ago: Kyle's sausage stuffed acorn squash
two years ago: stamp a floor mat