Valentine Heart-edged Envelope & Cottage Digi-paper

Grrrr -  If I could figure out how to put three photos beside each other...

This is the A2 lined envelope I made to go along with the Valentine Rose Cottage card, below. The digi-paper is my own design, and is available for $1.00. The envelope svg, also my design, is free here. I plan on using a couple of Penny Duncan's gorgeous shaplies on the center front of the envelope for the name of the recipient. Here is a link to Penny's blog:

http://pennyduncancreations.blogspot.com/

Upon notification from Paypal of funds received, I will email you the appropriate files, including all necessary svg's, scut2 files, as well as a sheet of assembly instructions where needed which includes a photo of the finished project for reference. Please use the "Donate" button to order, and leave a note under "Purpose" on the Paypal page, telling me which file it is that you want. Thanks for your interest! I appreciate your business so much! Laura

Happy Valentines Day!

Rose-Covered Cottage Valentine

I am obsessed with little "Glitter Houses", also known as "Putz houses". I have been working on several 3D svgs for them, so when I decided to make a Valentine card, I just naturally gravitated to a little Victorian, complete with gingerbread and white lace curtains. Brings back memories of our grand old house in Clintonville - sigh.
I recently discovered KittieKraft.com - a wonderful blog with little houses on cards. Gorgeous stuff. Check her out! http://www.kittiekraft.com/2015/06/another-home-sweet-home.html

Shitsu Valentine Card

 

Loretta, a very dear friend of mine, has a little Shitsu dog who is 12 years old, and not in the best of health. Lori asked me if I would make her a card to give to her husband, from their little dog, for Valentine's Day. I was reading an article on making Valentine cards in the latest MS Living magazine, when I saw that they had a card you could download called, Pawprints in the Snow. It was a line drawing of a little fox, circling a tree in a heart-shaped pattern, leaving his little paw prints. I thought it would be the perfect base for Lori's card. I took out the fox, increased the trail a little, and designed a Shitsu with Lori's dog's coloring, which I put at the end of the trail of paw prints. She's wearing a little pink bow in her hair like she does when she comes home from the groomers. 

I also lined the envelope with a free digi paper I found at squigglefly. Hope Lori likes it.

The link to Martha's Pawprints in the Snow card: 

        http://www.marthastewart.com/how-to/paw-prints-in-the-snow-valentines-day-card#slide_1

The link to the paw print digi paper: 

      http://www.squigglefly.com/freebies

If you are interested in the Shitsu svg, the file is $2.50 USD. Please use the "Donate" button to order, and  under "Purpose" (on the Paypal page that comes up after you enter the dollar amount and your email address), tell me which file(s) it is that you wish to purchase. Upon notification from Paypal of funds received, I will email you the appropriate files, including all necessary svg's and scut2 files, as well as a sheet of assembly instructions where needed which includes a photo of the finished project for reference. Thanks for your interest. I appreciate your business so much! Laura

Valentine Heart Wreath from Cupcake Wrappers

Check out this adorable Valentine Heart Wreath from The Single Nester, made from cupcake liners. Cost all of $4.25, and took less than an hour to make! The link for the tutorial is here.

Valentine Easel Card with Envelope

I had so much fun making this little 4x4" card for my best friend, Lori, for Valentine's Day. She loves cherries. I used some of the packaging from some Mary Engelbreit stickers, as well as one of the stickers for the focal point. I'm still trying to figure out how to make an envelope for a 4x4 card using the Martha Stewart scoring tool (which I absolutely LOVE!) I'll try and get that worked out to go with this card. The one I made is a tad on the skimpy side.

 

If you can't make out what it says...

"It's not so much what's on the table that matters, as much as what's on the chairs."

 

Love that ; ) After I took this picture, I changed the hair on the woman on the right to look like my wild auburn 'do, and drew on my black glasses. Looks just like us!