I recently had a request to design a male Valentine’s Card for a group of ladies. I struggled with this at first, my husband and I do usually exchange cards on Valentine’s Day but we don’t place much significance on it. I also don’t have many stamp sets which have hearts or “happy valentine’s” greetings on them, so I had to come up with something using what I currently do have. I hope you like the end result. I also made a small matching box. We made a similar box at last year’s Stampin’ Up! training night here in Canberra, but I altered it slightly and made it from one piece of cardstock instead of two. Much easier for my class of beginner stampers and box makers. And it is just the right size for a couple of chocolates or a small gift.
Stamp Sets: Hello Again (Summer Mini Catalogue), Best Yet (Level 1 Hostess Set), Boho Backgrounds.
Cardstock: Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze, Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip Patterns DSP.
Inks: Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze.
Accessories: Heart Punch, Word Window Punch, Paper Snips, Markers, Sticky Strip.
Artwork copyright Chris Parker-Barnes
Images copyright 1990-2010 Stampin’ Up!
Enjoy your day.
Chris
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I LOVE it. I think think the brown and blue color combo is very masculine looking. Nice clean and simple layout – what more could you ask for in a giy card? Wonderful job on the challenge. So happy you could join in the fun with us this week at Our Creative Corner!
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