Renlymat's World: Valentines

Showing posts with label Valentines. Show all posts

Thursday, January 11, 2024

Giant Valentine's Rosettes from Art Impressions

Hello everyone!

I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Every year, I'm in charge of decorating my elementary school. It's a huge undertaking but it's fun.
I discovered some paper bag snowflakes that I fell in love with. I tweaked the design a bit to make them a little more "Valentinsy." lol...

I apologize for the dark photos. It's January in upstate NY and the sun RARELY comes out.
These were far too big for my light box so I did my best.

Here's a step-by-step photo tutorial for how I made these.

You need 8 paper bags. Any size, any color.
Lay the first bag down with the flap underneath.

Place glue in an upside down T pattern and glue the second bag on top, pressing to secure.
Repeat until you have 4 bags glued together.

Once I had 4 bags glued together, I used 5721 – Nested Heart Dies to trace the heart pattern on.

I did this on both sides.

I used a larger heart from the set on top to create a finial.

Next, I cut along the lines I had drawn. Then I glued the last 4 bags on in the same fashion, flap side down and cut those out following along the shapes I had already cut.

I did the same thing on my larger white bags but used a scalloped pattern on the top.

I cut more hearts out of 5812 – Christmas S2 Paper Pack and 5741 – Valentines Paper Pack and created centerpieces for the rosettes as well as adding some little hearts to the white rosette.

I don't usually get too into Valentine's Day but for some reason, this year I can't seem to get enough. Last week I shared a garland that I made for my fireplace mantle. You can find that here.
Check back later today for week two of our Clean Slate (anything goes) challenge.

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

NUTS about YOU! from Art Impressions

Hello Ai fans!

Valentine's Day is just about a month away.

Have you made cards for all of your sweethearts?

I made these cards for my "kids" using the 4885 – Nuts About You Valentine set.

You can see all of the Art Impressions Valentine stamps here.

My children are 21 and 23 but I still love to make cards for them.
The heart I stamped the verse on is from 5359 – Bunny Pop-Ups.

The adorable little envelope is from 5318 – MB Envelope Dies.

Sunday, January 23, 2022

Love is in the Air from Art Impressions

Hello Ai fans!

Love is in the air!

Today I have two Valentines for you.

I used the sweet 4753 – In the Air Set.
This set has 3 main skunk images, 3 verses and two cute accessory stamps.
It's SO CUTE!!

I wanted to add a little interest to the heart so I used a fine point marker and a gold paint pen to add some details to the outline.

I used one of the many verses and the balloon from another of the skunk images on the inside.

On my second card I used the 5064 – Circle Double Stitched Dies.
Who doesn't love skunks?? (unless of course you have a dog! lol! been there...smelled that!)

This is such an adorable set!

On the inside I also used the 5063 – Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies.

Thursday, February 9, 2017

It's the SPRING MINI TryFold Lauch at Art Impressions!!

Hello Ai fans!

Every time there's a new release over at Art Impressions it's a big deal! They have the best stamps around!!

Today they're releasing some new Mini TryFolds for Spring.

For my card I use the new Sweet Wishes set.

As you all know, the TryFolds are meant to be a 3 paneled card revealing something new with each turn of the page. This set has the pretty rose wreath that lets you glimpse the mailbox on the next layer.