Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Papercrafting: Black White Gold and Pink Valentine's Cards

 


I will always LOVE making Valentine's cards for family and special friends. Over the years, like other holidays, these have become part of people's Valentine's decor which makes my own HEART soar. This year, I grabbed some graphic metallic papers from my supply shelves and kept them fairly simple by using this image from Cricut Design Space and going with a color palette of black, white, gold, silver and metallic pink!

Supplies:
  • Patterned Scrapbook Papers 
  • Glitter Scrapbook Paper
  • Metallic Cardstock 65 lb
  • White 110lb Cardstock 
  • Digital Cutting Machine and Images
  • Foam Tape
  • Self Adhesive Rhinestones 


I neglected to take in process pictures but the process is pretty straightforward. 


I browsed Cricut Design Space for an image I liked and found this one. I subscribe so I was just able to add to my canvas. One thing I like to do in Design Space is change the image as close to the colors I want to cut which helps me remember what to cut! This image cuts in three pieces. 

I sized the grouped image to fit my card, then cut out each section. The main heart from gold glitter paper; the other two hearts from silver and metallic pink papers. 


For the card base, I cut white 110lb cardstock (Recollections) 10x7 to make a 5x7 card. I use my Martha Steward scoring board and bone folder to get a crisp fold. Then I cut the metallic papers 6.75x4.75 and the patterned metallic papers 6.5x4.5. Layered these as shown on the card and then attached the heart pieces using foam tape. The smaller hearts nestle in the cutout spaces of the larger heart. 


To finish, I added black and iridescent self-adhesive rhinestones to the smaller hearts. 

Not to leave out those who will be celebrating LOVE day with their furbabies, I made a couple of pet-themed cards too! 


Similar to the other cards, I found an image in Design Space and cut out using the same papers and finished the paw with self-adhesive rhinestones!



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3 comments:

Artsy VaVa said...

So pretty!

Two Chicks and a Mom said...

I like all the designs you used but my heart always goes with anything animal-related!

Our Hopeful Home said...

Great color combos! Love that paw:) Thanks for sharing at Vintage Charm. xo Kathleen