Valentine's Day Card Series Archives

Alcohol Inks for Beginners: Masculine Valentine’s Day Card

January 24, 2024

Hey everyone. Making masculine cards can be tough. However, using this alcohol ink for beginners technique for masculine Valentine’s Day card makes it so easy. With just a few products, you can design your own alcohol ink backgrounds for your Valentine’s Day cards.

This card we have today was created with just three inks a blending solution. We created the design with a q-tip! How fancy are we with our alcohol inks? LOL

Staying with a clean and simple sentiment heat embossed on vellum, we have a beautiful card that was created in under 10 minutes. I mean it can’t get any easier than that.

No worries, I have tutorial for you today. You can watch it here or over on my Youtube channel @danajoy. Affiliate links have been used at no cost to you. Thank you for supporting my channel.

Thanks for stopping by today. If you want to check out the entire Valentine’s Day Card Series for 2024, click here.

Hero Arts Flowers and Hearts Cover Plate

January 22, 2024

Hey everyone. I’m on the Hero Arts blog today sharing this beautiful card. By using the Hero Arts Flowers and Hearts Cover Plate, I created one amazing card.

This card was super easy to create and I have several panels left over to create more cards.

There is a tutorial I have for this card as well. You can find it on the Hero Arts blog.

Thanks for stopping by today. I’ll see you back here next time.

Slay Queen Punch Bug: Gina K. Designs

January 17, 2024

Hey everyone. As promised I have a tutorial for the Slay Queen Punch Bug stamp set from Gina K. Designs. I simply adore this image. It’s so sassy and the sentiments are perfect.

How cute is this little car? I have so many ideas I want to make with it.

Keeping the car as the main element on the card, just adding a few hearts and the heart chain stamp. this card came together pretty quickly.

You can watch the tutorial here or over on my Youtube channel. Affiliate links have been used at no cost to you.

Supplies use are listed below. I hope I have inspired you to grab this stamp and die set! This Slay Queen Punch Bug by Gina K. Designs will make fantastic cards.

Easy Ink Blending Valentine Card: My Favorite Things

January 15, 2024

Hey everyone. Keeping in the Valentine spirit, we are doing easy ink blending Valentine card using My Favorite Tings products. I haven’t used my distress oxides inks in a while so I thought today would be the day I did just that.

Using colors of pinks and purples inspired by my Color Cube, I got to working on a beautiful background. The Full Of Hearts Dieanamic from My Favorite Things was a great option for the ink blended piece. It provided me with a great over for a card and tons of little hearts I can use on additional cards.

The adorable new stamp set from My Favorite Things called Lovely Lions was the perfect addition to this beautiful background.

You can watch the tutorial here or over on my Youtube channel. Affiliate links have been used at no cost to you! I hope I’ve inspired you to keep working on your Valentine’s Day cards. I’ll be back with another card shortly. Have a great day everyone and I’ll see you again!

New Release: Hero Arts My Monthly Hero January 2024

January 8, 2024

Hey everyone. Welcome back. It’s release day for the Hero Art My Monthly Hero January 2024 kits. The classic kit and premium kits are now available for purchase. You should have arrived to my blog from Lydia’s blog. You can see the entire January 2024 Collection here.

Looking for a way to express love, friendship, and joy to your loved ones? Look no further than our January 2024 My Monthly Hero Kit! Let your imagination run wild with this generous Color Layering Stencil set for countless possibilities. This flower-filled kit includes 5 Color Layering Stencils, Fancy Dies, a clear stamp message set, special watercolor paper, and inks: everything you need to create beautiful cards.

The Premium Kit includes additional elements to extend the potential for more cards and techniques – even more Creativity In The Box! In addition to all the Classic Kit components, the highlight of our expanded kit is an abundance of Fancy Dies. We have also included Gold Leaf Flakes, a Sparkle Clear Lacquer Pen, and rounding out this generous kit is a beautiful Pink Gold Metallic Spray!

Classic Kit Contents:

• 5 Color Layering Floral Background Stencils, 5.25″ x 6.5″
• Coordinating Heart Window Frame Cut
• Love You Fancy Dies
• Love Messages Clear Stamp Set, 4″ x 6″
• 6 Sheets of Camel Watercolor Paper, 5″ x 7″
• 3 Core Ink Cubes (Moss, Azalea, Summer Sky)

KIT VALUES Classic Kit: $70 Value for $36.99

For my card today, I did easy ink blending with a few fabulous inks from Hero Arts. Pulling from both kits, this card was created in less time it takes me to drink a cup of coffee.

Beautiful shades of pinks and browns really make this card stunning.

Want to learn more about picking colors for your cards? Check out this video from my holiday card series.

And of course, I have a tutorial for you today. Affiliate links are used at NO COST to you. The links help me keep me keep bringing inspiration content to you. You can catch the video here or over on my Youtube channel.

I also have a bonus card for you today using the new Love You So Much Cover Plate. This cover plate has my heart for sure. By starting with Hero Arts Black Watercolor paper, I die cut out the cover plate. Using Iuilie watercolors, I colored the cover plate. I must say I love this watercolor so very much. If you want to see another card I made using this watercolor, click here.

By spraying the background with Hero Arts Iridescent Shimmer spray, this card really sparkles.

Let’s not forget about the giveaway. We will give away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Sunday, January 14th at 11:59pm PT, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week. Next on the hop is Rose! Have a great time on the hop everyone.

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