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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Happy Valentine's Day!

I don’t know what it is about Valentines but I find them ridiculously appealing. They just make me smile. Their sentiments may be short and sweet, corny and silly, or mushy and romantic. I love them all. I like to make all kinds and receive all kinds. Especially when they come with chocolate!

For my first card, I made a traditional Valentine.


I used Echo Park Paper, the new Yours Truly with a mix of some older lines. I love the way that it's so easy to mix and match the colors of EP's collections. The little tag at the bottom is a printable from 2Peas that I inked to match the card.

For my second card, I went playful.


I used the B sides of October Afternoon's Holiday Style collection.  I love B sides!  They're so versatile.  To make the card, I hand-cut the dragonfly shape, stitched the edges and added a journaling spot for the sentiment.  To make the antennae, I put gel glue (Claudine Hellmuth's multi medium matte) on a length of twine and while the glue was still wet, I wrapped the twine around a pencil until it dried.  When I peeled the twine off the pencil, the twine retained its curly shape.

A very happy Valentine's Day to all of you!

32 comments:

  1. OMG- that dragonfly card is adorable! Love the other one as well. You are so clever when it comes to cardmaking:)

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  2. Ohhhhhhh I love love love them both!!! LOVING the design and colors on the first one, and loveeeeeeeeee that bug shape on the second one! Sooooooooooo cute cute cute!

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  3. The dragonfly is SO CUTE! I'm totally with you in thinking the B-sides are great. I probably use B-sides 90% of the time.

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  4. Both cards are wonderful! :) Great job!

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  5. Great Valentines, I especially love that adorable little bug. I am a sucker for B sides of paper too!

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  6. So fun - that little bug is awesome!!!!

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  7. The bug is adorable!!! lovely cards you've made. Happy Valentine's Day:)

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  8. Happy Valentine's Day! LOOOOVE these sweet cards!!

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  9. I love them both, Izzy, but boy does that little buggy make me smile! :) Happy Valentine's Day!

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  10. Hi Izzy, Happy Valentine's to you too! I hope you have a loved and blessed day! Your blog looks great too....and your header is great...I love the simplicity of it and the cute touches! I really was soooo pained to find something that I really liked...but eventually settled on a blog from Shabby blogs. It will do for now. Anyhows...love the card above.. love Echo Park papers! Gorgeous!

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  11. love OctoberAfternoon too~ a fave!!! I love your clean style always fabulous!!

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  12. Okay, that bug card is too stinkin' cute! Just adorable!

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  13. They are both incredible cards! What a clever way to use the twine, I will have to give that a try! I love that adorable bug.

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  14. I love both the traditional and playful cards! one more Valentine, October Afternoon and B sides lover here! LOL Happy Valentine's day!

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  15. Great tip on how to mold twine! Thanks for sharing!

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  16. Your first card is nice but I LOVE your second card. I think it made me squeal out loud!

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  17. i'm partial to the buggy one. how funny and charming.

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  18. Beautiful card - love it!
    The bug card is just too cute!
    Wonderful job on both - definitely makes me chuckle!!

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  19. Hey Izzy...thanks for dropping by my blog.... I wanna MARRY the bug... LOVE the bug [sounds like Seinfeld, now:))].... & guest for Yellow Bicycle... SWOON...you must've been in heaven with that one. ADORE the 'quilt' patchy LO...looks totally fab:):) Have a good one:):)

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  20. Cute Valentine's ...love the first one!!

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  21. They are both sooo sweet..love that pun on words!

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  22. Happy Valentine's Day Izzy! I know we are in the same time zone (or you still have an hour on me)...so my well wishes aren't late! lol! Wonderful cards!

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  23. Hey....wait a second! Did your blog template change? or am I delusional?? LOVE IT!

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  24. Okay, the antennae are cute! What a great idea!

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  25. Love your Valentine card, it's lovely! Your little bug is just adorable too!!

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  26. I totally love that dragonfly/buggy card!!! We say that alot... some buggy haha we watch alot of Miss Spider here! (I have a 1, 4, and 6 year old lol)

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  27. Izzy, this is so adorable...so glad to have met you through blogging and to now work with you on the Paper Issues' Team!

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  28. Hi Izzy
    Would you mind dropping by my blog as I have nominated you for a Liebster Award. I just really enjoy your blog and your creativity!

    Thanks,
    Maureen
    http://scrapsoflifebyscrappymo.blogspot.com/2012/02/liebster-blog-award-good-morning-blog.html

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  29. Eek! So cute! I love the bug (and I, too, love the b-sides of paper). The first card is gorgeous. Awesome cards! Thanks for your sweet commment on my blog today--it made me smile!

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  30. Aaaaw these are both really cute!! LOVE the antennae! Gel Medium is now on my list of "must haves!!"

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