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Sneak Peek: Cupid Friends + Love Sentiments

Hello Pretty Pink Posh Friends! I was recently visiting my mother and she gave me her wonderful collection of Valentine ephemera. I love vintage cupids and this little Cupid Friends stamp set reminds me of the vintage ones. Today I’ll be showing you two new stamp sets to make Valentines – both the Cupid Friends and the Love Sentiments set that releases on January 10th.

I have two cards to share with you today. The first card is a shaker card that uses Cupid Friends and Fly a Kite stamps and dies. I started with the largest Window Frames die to create my card base and shaker window.

I stamped the sentiment on the inside of the opening with red embossing powder. I then used some of the new heart confetti, Iridescent Heart Confetti Mix and Red Mini Heart Confetti, inside the shaker window.

Next, I stamped the two clouds from Fly a Kite and the two cupids from Cupid Friends with light colored ink for a no-line look. I colored them in with Copic markers, added shading with colored pencils, added fine black lines around them to outline, and then die-cut them out with the matching Cupid Friends Dies and Fly A Kite Dies.  I layered the cupids over the clouds on the top and bottom of the card.

To finish the card, I glued some of the same heart sequins over the background and on the clouds.

My next card uses the new Storybook 6 die for the background. I am so in love with all of the Storybook dies as they create the perfect windows for stamped images or shakers AND I always use the inside pieces for my sentiments on cards.

I die-cut the Storybook 6 die from the center of a pink card base. I die-cut a second one from white cardstock to use for the inside pieces.  I then used the new Love Sentiments stamp set for the stamped hearts and the sentiment. I embossed them with pink embossing powder on the two rectangular inside pieces of the die.

I attached a piece of white cardstock underneath the front of the card and then glued the four pieces to the white cardstock. I then embossed the little hearts in the Cupid Friends stamp set over the pink cardstock.

I stamped the two cupids with black ink and colored them in with Copic Markers and shaded with colored pencils. One of my Christmas gifts was a new set of Prismacolors, so I wanted to try them out and they work well over Copics! I finished the card with some of the new sequin mix called Spring Blooms.

Ever since I was a child I have loved making homemade Valentines and these two sets are so perfect for my cards. Thanks so much for visiting today and I hope you are enjoying your new year!

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  2. These cards really remind me also of the Valentine’s cards my grandma had saved in her memories box from when here & my grandad were alive. They are so pretty in the pale shades & your cupids look so sweet, innocent & adorable. Your second card is my favourite of the two, I think it’s the background that swings it, it’s so stunning in the two colours. But I would be so super proud if I made either of these to this standard. This is a resolution for this year, practice practice practice.

  3. Oh Suzy, your Valentine cards are just perfect, they are amazing.
    I love vintage Valentine’s and was lucky enough a few years ago to get a set that SU came out with. It is totally like I remember them looking like when I was little.

  6. LOVE THEM. I used to make my own Valentines, too. There was a big sort of kit available (sort of like a coloring book, but thinner and bigger). Everything was printed (really cute Valentines–this was the late 60s), and I would just cut out the Valentines, little decorations for the envelopes, and the envelopes and put them together. I think that someone should make those again…

  7. Both cards are so adorable! I don’t have too much for Valentine stamps, so this would be a really cute addition to my stash!

  9. These cards are so cute – you are so talented. I am new to card making and have a question re the paper weight you use. The packages of cardstock sold at Michaels have a 5lb weight. It seems light to what your cards appear to be. What paper weight would you advise.? I am new to this blog and am so happy I found it. Thank you.

  11. Oh, these cards are just adorable! Vintage Valentine and Halloween images are among my favs, and your little Cupids really capture those! I have to sit down and look at all the window frame and storybook dies. I really like those for simplifying my design process. Great job on both cards!

  17. Your colouring is second to none! Love the adorable images on these cards. Thanks for the inspiration.

  19. I think I need the whole release that’s coming out January as everything you have shown I want including these adorable cupids!

  20. These two cards are just so…. so…. I can’t even find a proper word to describe how lovely they are !!

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