I have completed my Valentines Day cards for 2021. I made several different styles. For three of the cards, I used backgrounds that I had foiled previously. They worked perfectly for these cards.

For my first two cards, I used Peeking Pets from Catherine Pooler Designs and created shaker cards. The brown dog is representing our grand puppy, Beau. The black dog is representing our large mix, Dudley.

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For Beau, I used a previously created Dotted Bursts background that I created using Deco Foil Transfer Gel Due on Heidi Swap pink foil (see January 25th blog post). I used the CPD Instant Happy die to create the Polaroid look and the sentiment is from GinaK’s Friendship Hearts stamp set. I used Kitchen Sink Sequins to fill the shaker. I colored Beau using Copic markers E59, E57 and E55.

For Dudley, I used the same background for the inside of the shaker, but went over it with Suede Shoes Ink. I used the same Instant Happy die. For the card panel, I used Rockin’ Red and Samba Inks on the Polka Heart stencil. I colored Dudley using Copic markers N7, N8 and N10. I cut the stenciled heart out using the largest Postage Stamp die. These are all Catherine Pooler Design products.

The next set of cards I made using foils as well.

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For these two cards, I previously created the backgrounds using CPD’s Love Notes background stamp, Deco Foil Transfer Gel and I believe Iridescent Thermo Web Foil(see January 25th blog post). I inked over the backgrounds using It’s A Girl and Pucker Up for the pink and Rockin’ Red and Cranberry Fizz for the red.

To finish my pink card, I die cut the Simon Says Stamp You Are Loved die out 3 times and glued together. I cut the shadow out of vellum and attached it to the card using my Xyron 5” sticker maker. I attached the words to the vellum and added Glossy Accents on top of them. I used the hearts from CPD’s Essential Slim Line die. I trimmed the edges and added the card panel to my card base.

For the red card, I used Simon Says Stamps Shimmer Heart Die. I embossed the die on white card stock with my die cutting machine, then colored the petals with Copic Markers. I cut out the Shimmer Heart on some white card-stock and glued it over the embossed piece. I put Nuvo Crystal Gems in the center of the flower .

Finally, I made this white card.

I started by embossing a 4 by 5.25” card panel with the Darice Background Hearts embossing folder. I created the heart the same way I created the heart on the red card. I added Glossy Accents to these flower petals and Nuvo Crystal Gems to the center of the florals.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Happy Valentines Day!

Patty