You're Sweet!

Need a last minute Valentine?? This one is quick to put together! Punch out hearts from your favorite papers, add your greeting, and mount it on a card base.

Hope your Valentine projects are all ready to go for the weekend!

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Stamps: You Plus Me
Paper: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Stacked with Love DSP
Ink: Real Red, PLxSU Journaling Pens
Accessories: Sweetheart Punch

Sweetheart Valentine Class!

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Need ideas for co-workers, friends, and sweethearts this Valentine's Day? This Sweetheart Valentine class is for you!  

Only $10. You'll make everything shown here: 5 decorated treat boxes, 1 sweet card, and 1 treat bag. (Treats not included.)

Class will be held Tuesday, January 27, at 7 pm. Please reserve your spot by sending your $10 by noon on Wednesday, January 21. Just send me an email {cardbuffet@gmail.com} or text and I will send you a Paypal invoice*. Late registrations will cost $15 and are available only if I have enough supplies. Hope to see you there!

Want to do the class by mail? I can send you all the supplies, including the "bits and pieces," and you can use your own Valentine stamps or order the You Plus Me set to complete the projects. The class by mail is $12 (including postage).

*You don't need a Paypal account to pay, but Paypal allows me to accept debit and credit cards. Or you can drop off a check or cash.

Shake it up for Valentine's Day!

I love cards that have movement! Shaker cards are so easy with Washi tape, and this card from January's Stamp Club makes a great Valentine!

We used a sheet of printed paper from the Stacked with Love DSP stack, then punched a lovely bunch of confetti using the Confetti Hearts Border Punch. Push your confetti into a little pile to make it easier to contain it while you apply the Window Sheet. We live in the high desert, so it's really important here to use the Embossing Buddy on the Window Sheet, before applying it to the card. Really, really important. Because static is the enemy of a good shaker card, my friend!

Attach the Window Sheet to the card with super cute Washi Tape (Stacked with Love here), making sure to burnish it really well. My clubbers, dear friends that they are, all said, "Why can't you just say 'rub it really hard?' "  Because I needed the instructions to fit on one page, that's why!

After the Window Sheet is secure (burnish it one more time, just to make me feel better, mkay?), add your finishing touches. I love the new set You Plus Me--so many great ways to show affection, and not just for Valentine's Day! We stamped the medallion image in Calypso Coral and die cut it with a Starburst framelit. Love the white border!

So drag out your Washi tape and make a fun shaker card this week! 

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Stamps: You Plus Me  
Paper: Stacked with Love DSP, Whisper White, Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral, Real Red, Basic Black, and Gold Foil   
Ink: Calypso Coral, Memento Black   
Accessories: Starburst Framelits, Gift Card holder framelits (banner), Stacked with Love Washi Tape, Window Sheets, Embossing Buddy, Confetti Hearts Border Punch, rhinestones

Roses are red . . .

I confess it has been a looooong time since I last used Rose Red cardstock and ink! It seemed like a nice bold way to match up with this strip of designer series paper (DSP) from the All Abloom stack in the main catalog. I love the way the new Happy Hearts folder looks on the Rose Red cardstock. I lightly brushed my ink pad over the paper until I got the definition I wanted on the embossed hearts. The Mossy Meadow ribbon picks up color from the DSP and makes a nice balance with the "you + me" medallion.

Are you planning your Valentines Day projects??? I am! And I should have my Valentines Day Class projects ready for you to preview soon!

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Stamps: You Plus Me
Paper: Crumb Cake, Rose Red, Very Vanilla, All Abloom DSP stack
Ink: Rose Red
Accessories: Mossy Meadow ribbon, Circles Framelits, Happy Hearts Embossing Folder, Rhinestones