Happy Valentine's Day Emma - Beth Norman-Roberts, Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

Happy Valentine’s dear granddaughter Emma!

Hi there fellow stampers! Here we are in February already! How did that happen so fast? As each month passes, we’re getting closer to spring. Yahoo! I’m sure you can join me the sentiment “enough already.”

One way to take our minds off of the winter is thoughts of Valentine’s Day. I really enjoy making Valentine’s Day cards for my family, friends and co-workers. To add to the fun, I purchased the “Adopt a Pet” kit for each of my granddaughter’s. At ages 4 and 8, mom & dad will have fun helping the girls to make their own pet–a hamster, a budgie, a dog and a cat. To purchase your kit, see my link below.

Card Tutorial

Base: Real Red – 5 1/2″ x 11″, scored at 4 1/4″
Flirty Flamingo – 5 6/8″ x 4 2/8″ – Emboss with embossing folder of choice
Real Red Strip – 5 1/2″ x 2″
Pretty in Pink 3 1/4″ x 3 1/4″
DSP – Made with Love – 3″ x 3″
White scrap die cut with a frame die for sentiment and for bee
Pretty in Pink scrap for miniature hearts

Glue Flirty Flamingo onto card base
Glue Real Red strip horizontally, 1/4″ from bottom of flirty flamingo
With embossing buddy, swipe your DSP and heat emboss sentiment on upper left, using white embossing powder
Using an embossing buddy, swipe white die cut and heat emboss “Happy Valentine’s Day”, or another sentiment, with gold embossing powder
Glue DSP onto 3 1/4″ x 3 1/4″ Pretty in Pink
Adhere the square you just glued together approximately 1/4″ from the left of the cardstock and bottom of card front
Using dimensions,, adhere “Happy Valentine’s Day” sentiment to the right of the large square
Decorate the DSP with the bee from Bee my Valentine stamp set and coordinating bee punch
Decorate the die cut sentiment with tiny Pretty in Pink hearts (I cut my hearts from the coordinating bee punch)