Fun Gatefold Frame Card + Video + Vintage Printable

Roar!  Louisa still likes to roar (you might remember this valentine card) and loves to play with grandma's Louisa's old steiff lion.  When I saw this lion stamp, I thought "that is one cool lion."  

It popped up in my amazon suggestions and, of course, I had to have it.  

Since he is one cool dude, I decided he needed a cool card of some kind.  So...here we have a gatefold card with a frame.  I've got a video below on how to make this card.

Well...a cool lion also deserves some cool coloring, right?  I added a pink into the mix and that worked for me!

I adore this sweet valentine girl with her kitty and puppy!  Made a quick card with one of my favorite dies.  If you would like to create a little something with her, she's ready to download below.

I have a new light and new camcorder.  The quality is better on my video.  Still learning how to use it all!  Here's the video on making the gatefold with a frame card:

Download Valentine Girl with Kitty and Puppy HERE.


So glad you stopped by today!  Hope you make a fun gatefold frame card soon...

Vertical Divide Valentine Backgrounds + Video

More Valentine cards!  I'm calling the backgrounds on these Vertical Divide.  Meaning that two (or more) vertical sections of the background are completely different.  Fun and easy background ideas for any cards, not just Valentines.  I've got a video below.

Sugar Bowl Girl is adorable, isn't she?  Her background is about two-thirds plaid and one-third hearts.  I love this plaid stencil - I've found myself using it a lot!

Sugar Bowl Girl is all cleaned up and ready for you to download below.

Cute, cute little bears!  Seriously.  (You can see the video on how to make envelopes like the one above HERE.)  This one is a vertical divide because all the action is on the left and the right side is bare.  (I should have put bear there for a pun!)

The little bears were so much fun to color!  

This card almost didn't make the cut as a Vertical Divide.  When I first started it, the card size was wider and looked more like the right side was blank.  So I'm kind of fudging on this one.  We'll just say that the right fourth of the card is blank!

This is my first foray into Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens.  I need to practice and experiment, but it was fun to try out something new (to me).  

I found it completely necessary to make color swatches of all the pens.  Once you add water, they look totally different.  You can see the color charts I made in the video.

Here's the video:

Download Sugar Bowl Girl HERE.

As I say in the video, there are at least a million and one ways to create a vertical divide background for cards.  Thank you for letting me share my three cards with you!

Vintage Dog Valentine Printable

It seems like I make more cards with cats than dogs.  But these valentine dogs are adorable!  So...I couldn't resist making a Valentine card with them.  

When Louisa saw them, she said,"Hi, Dog!"  She says that a lot - every time she sees her dog, Percy, for sure.  

You can download the adorable dog valentine below.

I love the layers on this card.  The dogs are popped up, along with the middle of the large pink heart.  Another layer is created by popping the white heart one layer above that.  

The base layer includes that beautiful plaid and few hearts in pink and brown.  I guess you would call that brown - it's got a gray cast to it.

Just a little strip of plaid and a heart to decorate the inside.

Download Adorable Dogs HERE.

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Whether cats or dogs, adorable is what counts!  What do you think?

U R the 1 4 Me!

I've always loved figuring out sayings like "U R the 1 4 me".  When I was a kid Highlights magazine always had little puzzles like this.   Some people have car tags with numbers instead of words that are fun to figure out and annoying when you can't!  I'm not sure if this is a numeronym or not.  K9 for canine is an example of a numeronym.  Whatever this is - it's fun!

The kids on this vintage valentine remind of Louisa when she's trying to talk.  Something about the chubby cheeks and the open mouth, I guess.  I've got these cuties ready to download below, if you have someone you'd like to give it to who is the 1 4 U!

Aren't these the sweetest kids?  I just got this stamp set from Close To My Heart.  One of the sentiments is "This card is a paper hug."  Cute, huh?  Had lots of fun coloring these cuties with Copics.

You can download the Vintage Kids Valentine HERE.
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True Love	Love Die	Big Hugs Die	Ticking Stripes Digital Paper
lemon drop	sour apple cardstock	pure poppy cardstock	black twine
Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK PAD	Accent Opaque White 120lb	Aleene's Tacky Glue	tombow mono glue

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Last Minute Monkeying Around!

My daughter and I were talking yesterday.  She told me that she and Paul have been together twelve years and that their first date was on February 13th - a Friday the 13th - to be exact.  I didn't realize that it's been 12 years!  They are the true high school sweethearts.

Valentines are always a big part of my show and store.  I always try to have valentines that work for boys.  It's kind of a fine line, isn't it?  I think this one would work for just about anyone.    This is the same set up as the daisy valentine I showed earlier.  The lollipop cover on this one is a scalloped circle with the envelope.

And, of course, it needs a bag of chocolate hearts!

The real star of this project is that adorable monkey postman.  He's a cutie, alright!

Would you like to download the monkey postman valentine?  You can download him HERE.


Have a wonderful Valentine's Day!

Treat Tote Confetti Cuts	Love Notes Die	Valentine Digital Paper	Accent Opaque White 120lb
Red Solid	mini heart punch	Sno Cone Card Stock	tombow mono glue
Aleene's Tacky Glue

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