Valentine’s Day

Wednesday’s Card: Everything Flowers and a GIVEAWAY!

Posted February 6, 2013 by Darlene DeVries (326 Comments)

Hi All! Valentine’s Day just sort of crept up didn’t it?! I just purchased this Hero Arts Everything Flowers background stamp, so I thought I would use that for a Valentine’s Day card. To my surprise, I sold pretty much all my heart-related stamps in my big sale over the summer, so I’m having to be creative with non-heart stamps! I also just ordered the Hero Arts Soft Granite Shadow Ink, which I used for the background on this card. {Read More}

Filed under: Card-Making Videos, Copic Markers, Flowers Tagged with backgrounds, copic markers, flowers, love, Valentine's Day
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Wednesday’s Card: Pocket Full of Hearts

Posted January 25, 2011 by Darlene DeVries (28 Comments)

Happy Wednesday! I went on a scrapbooking retreat this past weekend – so fun!! I completed 44 pages. It was so nice to just focus on being creative and not have to worry about cooking, cleaning, being a referee to kid fights, etc. I mean, I totally missed the kids, but it was nice to have a little break. Anyway… today’s card has an envelope on the front that I created using a hand-made template. OK, so my template is {Read More}

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Wednesday’s Card: Enamel Heart

Posted January 19, 2011 by Darlene DeVries (3 Comments)

Hi! I made this card as a Valentine’s Day card, but you could really use it for anything. The background stamp is the “Friendship Definition” by Hero Arts. I used UTEE (Ultra-Thick Embossing Enamel) to create this heart embellishment that looks like a shiny epoxy heart. All I did was heat-emboss it three times and voila! It’s very cool in person. I also used a paper distressor for the blue piece, which I don’t think I have used in a {Read More}