Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Happy Valentine's Day

HiHo, hoping everyone is well.
I'm popping in today to share the card I made for my Valentine.
💞
Honey has seen my handmade Valentines for many years, so I purposefully try to change it up some every year to make it interesting for him. This time I went with Basic Grey Bittersweet's manly stripes accented with shiny gold and man's best friend courtesy of Jan's Digital Stamp Shop. I used the pre-colored version of her Only Have Eyes For You digi set using the adorably cute bespectacled pup, scrabble pieces and sentiment.
Supply List:
Recollections Heavyweight card for 5.5x8" card base
Basic Grey Bittersweet 12x12 designer papers
Wausau Rocket Red copy paper for matting
Jan's Digital Stamp Shop Only Have Eyes For You precolored digi set
Printed on HP Premium Plus photo paper
Gold mirror board
Double-sided adhesive foam
WPlus9 Cupid's Arrow die
Cheery Lynn Sweetheart Candy dies
Impression Obsession Hearts die
 
I chose this Splitcoaststampers sketch for my layout design.
When I had the precolored digi image, blank scrabble tiles and sentiment in PSE, I combined them all into one image and filled in the tiles using the text tool. I cut all the die cuts out of gold mirror board, except for the little red I/O hearts, which were leftovers. I had a small sheet of double-sided adhesive foam and adhered mirror board to one side before cutting the Cupid and arrow. 
I created the inside sentiment in PSE, printed out and matted with a leftover scrap of BG.
The back with more of the BG stripes and a stamped and circle-punched siggie.
Angled shot to show all of the shiny gold die cut embellishments....
And one last look.
I'm happy to say that he loved his card, along with his gift bag of Turtles candies and Amish Farms Sage Lavender soap. 
I got my annually-requested favorite M&M Peanut candies in a really nice glass jar, and a new brand of therapy putty for my hands that I'd been thinking of trying. And he must be picking up cardmaking tips because the card he bought me was a center gatefold with interlocking hearts! 
Thanks for the visit and have a LOVE-ly day!
XOX

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31 comments:

Pat K said...

Adorable image on this wonderful Valentine. Thanks for joining us at Fab'n'Funky. Pat K x

dj said...

Your puppy valentine card is just adorable...those glasses :-)
Thanks for playing along with our “valentine for a guy” challenge over at Cardz 4 Guyz!! -Deb Horst, DT #C4G315

Monica C. said...

So cute, Amy! The background paper works well for Valentines and I like how you used gold to go with it.
Thank you for joining the Jan’s Digital Stamps challenge.
Monica C. DT Jan’s Digital Stamps

Lia said...

The doggy image is so cute. What a lovely card.
Lia DT TSOC

Jan Mahew said...

Incredibly Handsome Valentine, Aimslee! Thank you for showcasing "Only Have Eyes for You" on your beautifully composed creation and sharing it with us at Jan's Digi Blog Challenge. Good Luck!
Hugs,
Jan
(Owner & Illustrator of Jan's Digi Stamp Shop)

Donna Ellis said...

What a cute Valentine trio-gift and fun celebration of our romantic loved ones! Aimes, the colors of papers and the sketch really bring Jan's little puppy to life! It's a darling card! Thanks for another entry to Jan’s Digi Stamp Challenges . Thanks for the inspiration, and I hope to see more of your designs soon.
Crafting Smiles,
Donna
{Creative Smiles - my little crafting world}

Diane said...

I love this, what a fabulous Valentine for you hubby, great gifts to and from, funny but I always get mine Turtles too, but this year it was M&Ms and Easter ones at that lol, I kind of let Valentines slip through the cracks this year, but we were gone and came home on Monday, so not much time for anything, but he did take me to the casino for dinner and a little gambling last night, we had a ball!
Thank you for joining our challenge at The Sisterhood!
Diane TSH DT
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Treva said...

How adorable, love that image and those glasses are too cute!

Thank you for joining us at Cut it Up for our Have a Heart challenge.

Treva
https://scrappint.blogspot.com/

Larelyn said...

Great card for the hubby and such a perfect image! I love it. C

ahlers5 said...

I absolutely love this card. What an adorable pup and his oversized glasses are too cute! I just ordered new glasses yesterday, trifocals! I am officially very old now.

Helma said...

Heel mooi dit kaartje. Dankjewel voor het meedoen met de challenge bij het STARSTAMPZ. Groetjes Helma DT Team

Bonnie Lynn said...

What an adorable card for your valentine. I'm still working on Ken's. Haven't been feeling well enough to finish it yet.

Donna Walls said...

How sweet and I bet he loved it! And it looks like you have a great array of Valentine's Day gifts too. Thanks for joining us at the Paper Funday Challenge, we look forward to seeing more of your lovely projects soon.
Donna xx
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Cindy C. said...

Super adorable and playful!! Thanks for linking up to our February challenge gallery at Die Cut Divas.

valscraftings said...

Aw love the cute puppy with his heart specs! Fabulous card!

Thank you for joining us at Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenge! Val DT
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Francesca said...

Very pretty card! Thank you for playing at Dragonfly Dreams Challenge!

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

Darling Valentine for hubs - love the doggie with specs and all the gold details!! Thanks for sharing at Die Cut Divas!!

Mrs.B said...

It's a great card Aimeslee and I love that adorable bespectacled doggie image.
Thanks for sharing with us at Try it on Tuesday.
Avril x

Tone K. said...

So beautiful! :)
Thanks a lot for joining us at Creatalicious! :)

Pamela Duncan said...

One of my favorite images from Jan's shop! You did a great job and I love all the layers. Thanks for joining us at the Critter Crazy Challenge. Pam, DT

Jolanda Johnstone said...

Great image of the pooch and his glasses. A fun valentine and I am sure your husband enjoyed it. Thank you for sharing your creation with us at C4G this round. Cheers, Jolanda - DT

Billie A said...

Oh so cute. Cute image and papers. Thanks for sharing over at Cardz 4 Guyz, Crafty Gals Corner.

Helen said...

Love it! That dog is just fabulous.

Thanks for joining us at Cardz 4 Guyz.

Helen x
DT

Arlene said...

I don't know anyone who would NOT fall in love with that cute little pup. Just darling. You really made that sketch your own. Everything is perfect.

So glad you joined us at Die Cut Divas for our February challenge of using gold.

My name is Erika. said...

I don't know how I missed this post, but I'm glad I found it. What an adorable card. That puppy is great. I'm glad your honey loved it. And I love peanut M&M's too. Yours look lovely in that pretty glass jar. Thanks for sharing with us at TIOT. hugs-Erika

Mia said...

Beautiful! Thank you so much for entering our challenge at Try it on Tuesday with this lovely creation. Looking forward to see you again next challenge.
Regards,
Mia
Designer for Try it on Tuesday
craftartista.blogspot.com {My Blog}

Samantha said...

I love the dog stamp with his glasses! Thanks so much for joining the Star Stampz challenge.

Helen said...

Me again!

Thanks for joining us at the Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenge too.

Helen x
GDT

My Side of Oz said...

I am soooo loving those red glasses on this adorable guy! Really fantastic card in every way! Thanks for playing with us at Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenges! Nan, DT

Kate Deignan said...

I love a good layout! Thanks for entering our challenge!

Kim said...

Love your image. What a sweet card for the sentiment. Thanks for joining the challenge at Crafty Gals Corner.