Just a quick post designed to inspire you to make your own Valentine's Day cards this year...and to get you ready for tomorrow's Let's Scrap Leap Around the World Blog Hop! Don't shy away from trying...it's really quite simple to make a card. Look...
This is a simple little card I made for Jim a couple of years ago using a pearlized pre-cut card. The sentiment was cut from patterned scrapbook paper, then trimmed with a lovely border punch by Fiskars. -But look what happens when it's opened up:
Isn't that the cutest thing ever? Photos can add a real personal touch to any handmade card. I added a border sticker around the photo, a heart-shaped sentiment, then added my own message. Easy!
Here's another idea. This one was made with a pre-cut card that opens in the center:
The card as it comes is visible in the background, on top of the white envelope. The card in the foreground has been decorated with a border punch. (OOPS! I thought I had the correct punch in the photo, but I now remember that that I borrowed this one from a friend at our card-making party...it may be by Martha Stewart -not sure.) Anyway, it illustrates how much difference a simple edging can make...and without much work.
All I did to complete this card, is layered a couple of heart-shaped embellishments as a "closure", lined the inside with a pretty soft paper, and added a rub-on sentiment inside.
This is what it looks like closed:
Isn't that adorable? I just added my own message...it only took minutes!
This next one could be a birthday or a Mother's Day card, or it could be made into a Valentine. I started with a pre-made blank white card I purchased at my local stationary store and I trimmed the edge with the same pretty border punch that I used on the pink card above.
Then I glued a pretty vintage image that I found on the web onto the front, and looked for scrapbook paper with similar colors and tones that would look nice peek-a-booing out from under the lace border. After cutting it out, I adhered it to the inside of the card.
I added a slim strip above the thicker strip to balance things out, and placed a journaling block from my stash inside so I could add my own message.
Here's the finished card...just waiting for a warm sentiment to be added to the empty spot under the rose.
So I could write Happy Mother's Day or Happy Birthday or Congratulations or Thank You...this card would be lovely for almost any occasion. Now look how easily I can turn it into a Valentine's Day card, just by adding a little heart here and there and by adding a love-themed sentiment:
See...it's magic!
Well, I hope I've added a touch of inspiration to your card-making and I do hope you'll join us at Let's Scrap for the exciting Leap Around the World Blog Hop. If you'd like to join the Blog Hop, follow the directions on my previous post. When you return to my blog at 11am Eastern on Wednesday, February 1st, you will find a lovely little sketch to jump-start your creativity and I will have directions & links & examples galore to guide you and to inspire you...and a great little give-a-way to entice you!
Happy Card-Making! -Enikö
