Better Together Valentine Inspiration
Hi readers! Happy Saturday to you! I hope your weekend is starting out wonderfully! I’m so pleased to welcome guest designer Yoonsun Hur to our blog today! She brought some of our newest Simon Says Stamp exclusives from the “Better Together” collection to life in a really beautiful and unique way! Be sure to check all of these beauties out!
Valentine’s Day is a wonderful occasion to remember your loved ones with flowers and cards.
When I saw the pear image from the Simon Says Stamp Quite The Pear set, I instantly fell in love with it and I chose non-traditional colors to make a valentine card. YES! NO PINK here lol!
My masculine valentine card today, I made watercolor card. For the background, I stamped in VersaMark ink on the watercolor paper panel and heat embossed using Clear embossing powder. I then applied 4 different colored Distress inks – Mustard Seed, Mowed Lawn, Peacock Feathers, and Evergreen Bough– from the top using a wide brush and then painted the detail of pear images using detailer waterbrush. For the main image at the bottom right side of the card, I stamped the pear using VersaFine Pigment Ink Onyx Black and heat embossed it in clear. I then colored it with Distress inks and applied Zig Wink of Stella Clear for finishing touches.
SUPPLIES:
Wow! Quite the Pear Stamp Set is truly awesome. There are pears, a paper plane, a gumball machine, a cute cat, and even well-matched sentiments in it. For my card, I wanted to make it in a unique way. Hint? There is something secret hidden inside the square windows!
For the background, I made the white panel using Stitches Rectangles Die and cut 2 small square windows onto the rectangle panel using Stitches Squares Die. I then stamped the pear & heart images randomly using Fog Gray dye ink and then stamped the sentiment in black at the bottom side. For the images inside the windows, I stamped cat & gumball machine in black pigment ink and then colored them with water-based distress inks & watercolor pencils.
That’s not all! You can pull the ribbon and the card turns into lots of great sentiments on the inside. Too cool?! I had a lot of fun creating this design!
SUPPLIES:
To create this card, I was inspired by the story –not the picture- of the oldest (but best) movie ‘You’ve Got Mail’. As you know, Kelly (Meg Ryan) and Joe Fox (Tom Hanks) meet online and begin anonymous Internet romance. So, I decided to call my monsters ‘Joe Fox’ and ‘Kelly’. Hahaha :D
Supplies:
My second valentine card with Monster Hugs is a fun shaker card. Shaker card is very trendy and widely loved technique.
To create this card, I stamped all sentiments included in this set on the white panel using VersaFine Pigment Smokey Grey for making my own background. I then cut a circle window out using Stitches Circles Die and applied strong adhesive to the back of the panel and then placed acetate over the panel. I affixed the mounting tapes with no gaps to avoid my shaker card “filling” might escape through. For the main images in front of the window, I color monsters with Copic markers and cut balloons out of the glitter papers using Celebration Time Die for more fun on this card.
These are so fun!
what a cute batch of inspiration!!
What fun and adorable cards!
I especially love the 3rd one-
“U Be Mine?” Cute!!!
These cards are fabulous!
Such fun, adorable and pretty cards! Very inspiring!
These cards are so awesome! Love the shaker card.
A sensational batch of cards. Thank you for the inspiration.
OMG OMG OMG!! These are ALL AMAZING!! I LOVE the FUN Designs and Inspiration!! THANKS for sharing and have a Fabulous Weekend!! =)
these cards are super cute and very modern, too!
Really love the monster stamp set. They’re so fun and quirky!
Adorable cards, so fun.
Wow, this selection of cards is really over the top. A lot of work went into those cards and they. Are beautiful
wow… each card is absolute masterpiece!!
Wow these cards are all awesome I love Yoonsun’s style she is amazing.
wow! All of these cards are amazing. A lot of work has been put into making each of these cards. Thanks for sharing with us!
These are all so
cute and fun! Love
them all!,
Carla from Utah
Such creative and fun cards … the little monsters are just adorable! Anita :)
So fun. Love those monsters.
Those little monsters are soooo cute!
Cute cards…just love the little monsters!
Amazing cards. I especially love the watercoloured ‘pear’ one.
the more I see the pear used the more I think I need it.
Utterly fabulous!
All of these cards are so great. I am torn which one I like best: non-traditional Valentines colors, cool hidden panels, old movie reference and shaker card…
… I can’t decide. They’re all amazing!
Wow great cards and great talent out there!
Thank you
I love shaker cards!
Gah! Those little monsters are so fun!! :)
Great cards! Lovely watercoloring and such clever ideas! Thanks for sharing.
Super cute cards!! I love the colors, texture and layering.
All these Valentine cards today are all so cute. sweet and loving. Anyone would be lucky to receive one of these cards.
Love all of these! Pinned them right away!
Love the pear cards…..gorgeous colors
Such fun cards – definitely pinned for inspiration.
Cuteness overload! Love every one of them!
So much creativity & cuteness!
delightful Valentine ideas!
Such fun cards! Loving those pears!
omg these are amazing!!!
Wow, great fun and Inspirational creations!
Your blog is always so inspirational–your contributors are some of the most talented people out there.
Great cards – I love the pear pun! I follow the blog by email.
Amazing cards, thank you for the inspiration…
Lovely cards, the watercolor coloring looks great.
Those cards are adorable! i like the first one best… I love a good non-traditional valentines day card!
Wow, these are all fabulous! I especially love Yoonsun’s colouring on her pear card :)
Awesome! Yoonsun’s cards are just fun and the Monster Hugs stamp set is my favorite from this release. I cant wait to get my hands on it!!!
Anja =)
Wow, such fun and beatiful cards!
Oh my goodness! I LOVE each of these fabulous creations! The colors are fantastic!
Thanks, Yoonsun, for these fun cards! The new stamps are absolutely adorable and I love the cute cards that you have put together!
super inspirational, but my favorite was the first card!