It was great to actually play with some of my scrapbooking supplies recently to make my hubby's Valentine's Day card! With all of our getting ready for baby, I haven't had time to craft in forever.
I used the scalloped heart and Cupid from the Sweethearts Cricut cartridge (gotta love mycutsearch.com for finding the perfect images for me on cartridges I already have). The background is Core'dinations paper - embossed with the Cuttlebug conversation hearts 5x7 folder (part of the Love is in the Air set) and then sanded. The hearts border punch is from Recollections. The stamp is from My Pink Stamper's Happiest Moments set. I was going to add bling, but decided not to since it was a "manly" Valentine's day card! Ok, so it's not very manly, but he liked it! (Especially since I signed it from the baby too!) :)
I bought the Sweethearts cartridge lately (when Michael's had their crazy $9.99 cartridge sale I was able to get Joann's to price match AND use my teacher's discount)! I absolutely loved this little monkey and knew it would be so cute on a card for my hubby for Valentine's Day! The vine, leaf, and sentiment are also on the Sweethearts cartridge. I used the Gypsy to resize the leaf to fit in the space on my card. I haven't decided if I'll stamp a sentiment or write my own. I'm thinking the inside has to have bananas though!
I used the Love Language Cuttlebug embossing folder/die set. I love how it looks like Swiss Dots but with hearts! I ran an ink pad over gently to make the hearts pop. I also used Stardust Stickles on the heart and Uniball Signo and Sakura Gelly Roll gel pens for detailing. I decided last minute that I needed to trace over the lines the Cricut cuts - it looked odd to me without it.
