Hearts, Flowers, & Romance

A few days ago I was flipping through the pages of my church directory and noticed that this sweet couple is about to celebrate their 61st wedding anniversary.  Well, to my way of thinking, that is definitely worthy of a card!  To add to the romance, they married on Valentine's Day.

 Naturally, I chose hearts to use as the focal image on their card.  I stamped two hearts from the Heart Happiness stamp set, "fussy-cut them", overlapped them, & then adhered them to a sheet of paper cut from the Petal Palette designer series paper.

SIMPLE STAMPING TIP #29 - Invest in a set of heart rubber stamps to use on a variety of cards and other projects.

Heart Happiness stamp set

Petal Passion designer series paper

The sentiment I chose from the Petal Palette stamp set works perfectly with the two stamped hearts.

Petal Palette stamp set

By the way, have you seen the new Love postage stamps?  I "love" the combination of script and flowers!

So I hope you see that hearts, flowers, and romance are not only for Valentine's day . . . love can be celebrated every day of the year!

Card for February

SIMPLE STAMPING TIP #2 - Stamp a stack of cards each month to have ready to send.

For my "all-purpose card" for February, I used a few products from the new Stampin' Up Occasions catalog.  There are several birthday sets, as well as sets designed to be used for the spring holidays (Valentine, Easter, Mother's/Father's Day).  Many of the sets can be used interchangably, which is what I've done for this week's card.

One of the new packs of paper is called Petal Passion.  All of the designs in this pack have a hand-painted look in shades of black & white.

I love the variety of patterns here!  There are several ways this paper can be used, including using various coloring techniques.  The neutral color scheme means that you can use it with any color.  For my card, I used Cherry Cobbler.  This card has somewhat of a Valentine-look to it, but I think it can be used for any occasion or simply as a note card. 

The sentiment is from the coordinating Petal Palette set.

 

This is a great set, for the sentiments alone!  But the floral stamps, plus that cute little chickadee, can be used for practically any occasion.

The heart stamp is from the Heart Happiness set.  Take a look at all of these different styles of hearts!

Every paper-crafter needs a set of heart stamps, in my opinion!  Even just a little heart stamped in the corner of an envelope can let someone know that you think they are special.

You can browse through this new catalog by clicking on the Occasions Catalog image in the right sidebar.  If you see something you would like to order, let me know!