Colorful Valentine Card + Tag

Hello crafty friends, Marine here, I’m happy to be back on the blog with a new set of card and shaker tag showcasing several items from the Valentine release: Fringe Heart, Double Heart Shaker, Love Script and Scattered Heart Frame stencil. And once again, I was inspired by the super cute Hugs & Kisses confetti mix to pick my inks and colored cardstock.

I started off by creating the card and cut a large Eyelet Rectangle panel out of Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock. I colored the whole panel with spun sugar oxide ink, and then created an extra fun pattern using the Scattered Heart Frame stencil along with oxide inks that coordinate with the Hugs & Kisses confetti mix: picked raspberry, salty ocean, tumbled glass, shaded lilac and wilted violet. I splattered water all over the panel and dried it using a paper towel, mixed some copic opaque white ink with water and used a slim brush to add white splatters on the panel, and did the same with liquid stardust for a touch of shine.

Next I cut the four Fringe Heart pieces out of different colored cardstock, and added a pattern to each element using the Mini Polka Dots stencil and matching distress inks. And just like the background, I added white splatters to each of those four pieces. Once these were dry, I assembled the heart using 1mm foam squares between each layer, and I attached the complete heart right in the middle of my Eyelet Rectangle panel using liquid glue.

I cut the Love Script out of holographic cardstock, and attached it right on the fringes using liquid glue. I also stamped and embossed “Always & Forever” from Sentiment Strips: Valentine in silver on white cardstock, trimmed it into a slim banner using a Sentiment Strips die, and attached it below “Love” using foam squares. I stuck my Eyelet Rectangle panel to a pink striped 5,5 x 4,25 inches panel using 1mm foam squares, and finally to a white card base using liquid glue.

To make the shaker tag, I followed those steps:

1. Cut a Double Heart Shaker purple frame using the main die and whole heart die from the set
2. Cut a Double Heart Shaker panel out of acetate, and attached it at the back of the purple frame using liquid glue
3. Still at the back of the frame, added foam strips all around the whole heart, and at the back of the cropped heart as well
4. Poured a bunch of Hugs & Kisses confetti inside the whole heart frame
5. Cut another Double Heart Shaker panel out of acetate, and stuck it to the foam strips to close the shaker tag
6. Cut another purple frame, and attached it at the back of the tag to finish it nicely

I stamped and embossed “Valentine Greetings” from Valentine Greetings in silver on white cardstock, cut it using the coordinating die, and attached it right on the acetate heart using 1mm foam squares. I cut a cropped heart out of pink cardstock using a Double Heart Shaker die, added a pattern using the Mini Polka Dots stencil along with a matching distress ink, splattered white ink on it, and once it was dry I attached it to the front of my shaker tag using 1mm foam squares.

I cut a light blue handle using a Build A Stocking die, and attached that handle on the left edge of the cropped heart, created an additional small heart tag using Stitched Hearts and a tiny heart from Baby Mug Additions, and I tied this extra heart tag to my Double Heart Shaker using purple twine and beads from my stash.

And that’s it! Another cute and fun set of card and shaker tag! Thanks so much for stopping by, see you next time.