Happy Valentine’s Day ❤️
A Valentine card for my hubby. As we will be having a romantic evening watching our football team, I made the card in the team colours of blue and white. If I'm really lucky, I may be treated to a pasty or a bag of chips! 😂
I rarely use stitching on a masculine card, but I thought this stitched design wouldn't look too feminine if I kept the rest of the card fairly plain. I used a Marianne Designs 'Cross Stitch Heart' die set and the cross stitching was done with crochet cotton. I made the easel card with two dies from the Lisa Horton 'Nested Hearts' die set. The layered sentiment is raised up on foam pads and I added a small punched white heart.
I am joining in the following challenges:
Especially for anyone missing a loved one today.
A couple of CAS 'Thank You' cards, I hope one has arrived at its destination.
The sentiment is a Memory Box ' Grand Thank You' die cut. I punched the bottom edge with a butterfly border punch kindly given to me by Mia (Craftartista). I used the border punch again in a snippet of yellow card and inlaid the butterflies in the apertures. I added three more butterflies in the top corner and and drew flight paths with a fine liner pen. I actually put the card to one side planning to bin it because I felt the words were too high, but the following day I added a yellow strip which gave it a more balanced look.
The second card has a more simple look. I positioned the 'thank you' lower down and decided not to inlay the butterflies this time. I saved the butterflies from the first card and positioned them flitting around the top of the card.
I am joining in the following challenges:
Creative Fingers Challenge #248 ~ Anything Goes
Enjoy your "romantic" evening Liz,hubby will love his card, two great CAS thank you cards
ReplyDeleteA great card - hope you get a pasty AND a bag of chips 🤣. Lovely verse from Pooh Bear
ReplyDeleteYou go easy there Liz, a pasty or bag of chips is really pushing the boat out!
ReplyDeleteIt's another lovely cross stitch card, the other two have very eye catching colour palettes as well. Thanks for joining us at Allsorts again. Hope you received my mail and it's not gone to spam.
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A lovely easel card design, hope you enjoy your evening too.
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I spotted this beautifully stitched heart easel card in the Cardz4Galz gallery just above mine and had to come take a closer look! This is fabulous, so beautifully done and a treasured keeper for years to come! Thanks for the graphic too of those missing a loved one today (that would be me) and your thank-you cards are so pretty! Enjoy that romantic evening and have a happy Valentine's day!
ReplyDeleteSuch a fun design and the team colors are perfect for a masculine Valentine! The stitching looks great! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Cut It Up! ~Katrina
ReplyDeleteFabulous cross-stitched card, so fresh in white and blue! Also the thank you cards are lovely!
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous day, hope you will have your little treat :)
What a wonderful card and it will definitely work for a masculine Valentine. The stitching is amazing. Thank you for joining our Cut it Up Have a Heart challenge.
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Larelyn (CIU owner)
Your post made me laugh. After being married for a while that sounds like the perfect evening and I do hope you get some sort of treat! The stitching in team colors is a fabulous male card. The sentiment from Pooh brought tears to my eyes as it is so true. These are the times I miss hubby so much but he is with me in spirit. Love the colors on the thank you cards.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! kisses
ReplyDeleteLove the stitched heart Liz, so unusual but gorgeous. Love your thanks cards too.
ReplyDeleteThree lovely cards Liz. I hope you enjoyed your evening watching your favourite team, that would not be something I would enjoy, I never watch sports!
ReplyDeleteYour stitched Valentine is definitely masculine, and the heart shape and easel fold really step it up nicely. Sounds like a great night to me, football and stacks are a lot better than a crowded, over priced restaurant!
ReplyDeleteSorry, forgot to say thanks for sharing your card with us at Double Trouble!
ReplyDeleteIt is a pleasure to see this card in the cardz4galz challenge of using one heart or more. Considering it is a stitched design it is still perfect for a masculine card and I'm sure your hubby will love it. We hope to see more of your creations soon. Johanna DT
ReplyDeleteThat stitching in blue and white, works perfectly for a masculine valentine...well done!! Thanks for playing along with our “valentine for a guy” challenge over at Cardz 4 Guyz!! -Deb Horst, DT #C4G315
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card.
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining us at CRAFT Challenge Blog challenge. Good luck Ginny DT for
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Lovely and very striking heart card.. bet hubby will treasure that. I like your Thank you cards too and the beautiful 'Pooh' verse strikes a chord. xx
ReplyDeleteGorgeous anniversary and Valentine card ! Colours matches for my team too!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing at Allsorts;-))m
The valentine for your hubby looks great Liz and the stitching has a sort of striped effect and the heart shaped easel to coordinate in shades of blue is perfectly masculine, also the two thank you cards in blue and yellow using the MB die are so pretty with the punched edge and the sweet little butterflies and using the blue butterflies and the letters from the 'you' on the first work well used on the second. Hope you enjoyed the match and your team came out the winners, and you got your pasty or chips, but maybe being Valentine's day you may have been treated to both...lol. x
ReplyDeleteLove this heart easel card - the stitching is beautiful! Thanks for sharing with us at Double Trouble :)
ReplyDeleteYour stitched easel heart card for hubby is fabulous Liz! I love how you kept it simple and in the colors of your football team. Sounds like a perfect romantic evening to me! Love the reading for when missing someone, it sure hits home for me and others in the widow and widower journey. Love your thank you cards, they are cheerful and fun! Hugs, Brenda
ReplyDeleteLovely Valentines card. Pretty design. Thank you for joining us at Crafty Gals Corner this month. Hope to see you back here again soon. Judy DT
ReplyDeleteWow! What a gorgeous easel card.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for entering our challenge this week at CRAFT Challenge looking forward to see you again next challenge.
Hugs Sheryl CRAFT DT xx
Cross-stitching! WOW! Fabulous! The colors are wonderful and I love that you used a heart shaped card. Very impressive! Thanks so much for joining us at Cardz 4 Guyz! I hope to see you in the gallery again soon. Sue, DT
ReplyDeleteAnother very pretty cross stitched card, and like how you brought in the masculine for your Valentine. Thanks for again sharing with us at Double Trouble.
ReplyDeleteLiz, all your cards are beautiful, but the stitching is over the top gorgeous. Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful cards with us over at CRAFT Challenge!
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