Here's my entry for a non-traditional valentine over at Glue, Scissors, Paper.

http://gluescissorspaper.blogspot.com/2010/02/challenge-14-non-traditional-love.html#comments

The challenge was to not use the traditional colors of red or pink.

The Stamp and paper is from Stampin Up!

I sued my Cricut to cut the circle and scalloped circle.

I embossed the white background.

The ribbon came for the dollar tree.

More Valentine Cards

Here are the last of my valentines. The last one is a very simple card I made for my DH. I cut out the hearts with the Cricut, covered the back side with a strip of tape, sticky side over the heart holes. Then covered them with red glitter so it only sticks to the hearts. I layed that on a strip of red card stock. Tied on a ribbon and added a personal sentiment to the inside.The valentine's stamp is from Stampin Up!. Sometimes less is more.

The first and second cards I made for my sister and niece. I stamped the truck on red glitter paper and cut it out. Then stamped the truck again on card stock and colored it in with Marvy markers. Then I pop-dotted the red truck on top. I used the sentiment "Loads of Love" on both. I filled in the truck bed with hearts and added the black ribbon to make it look like the road on my nieces. On the other one I stamped the dogs, colored them in and cut it out. I also pop-dotted them in the truck bed.

Happy Valentine's Day to you and yours,

Jana

Mom's Valentine Card

When I was at my Mother's home this weekend she asked me to take down a box from the top shelf of her closet. It was a large shirt box and felt heavy for it's size. She asked if I had a minute to look at something. Inside the box were Valentine's her father had given her. Each card had it's own small flat box. Most of them were 70+ years old. She had saved them all these years. The Valentines themselves were very ornate. Most had lace, ribbons, embossing and embellishments. With that in mind I came home and made my Mom her Valentine. It was much harder than I thought it would be. As hard as I tried I just couldn't make one that fussy. This is what I came up with. I'm not happy with it, but I gave it to her today. She was so pleased. I also gave her a Package of the candy I made yesterday (see 2/8/10 post) That may have sweetened her up ;)

I embossed the greeting and flower stems and the hearts. I used pop dots for the flower heads. I used a Martha Stewart punch for the lacey edge. The ribbon came from Micheal's.

Thanks again for visiting my blog.

Jana

A card for my daughter

Yesterday was such a laid back day that I decided to finish up my Valentines. Here's a simple one I made for my DD. I used Stampin Up card stock and paper. The heart was cut from The Storybook cartridge using my Cricut Expression, the half pearls are from AC Moore and the ribbon came from the Dollar tree.