Valentine's Day Cards

First off, I'm thinking about my deceased father-in-law today (Feb. 9th) as it would have been his 92nd birthday. Wow, it's hard to imagine. He left us 18 years ago in May and was such a wonderful, kind man. You were too good for this world dad - we miss you!

Also, soon it will be Valentines Day. I am not a mushy, romantic type of person by any means but I did manage to make a couple of cards. One for my mother and one for my husband - both of whom get upset if they don't get a card. They don't care about a present but they just want a card. Me? I'm the opposite - haha - bring on the presents!!!

Anyways here is one I made for my mother. (hope she doesn't see this)



I used a cool technique for the 'heart' tree. It's called the dryer sheet technique.
I stamped the tree image onto CS using SU writers then ran a gluestick over it. I then rubbed an old dryer sheet over top and trimmed it. Then I sprinkled a bit of glitter on top and it automatically sticks to the dryer sheets! Cool,eh? I learnt this at a monthly card club I go to - the 'Geek Club' as my daughter refers to it.
I added ribbon and a rhinestone then stamped a flamingo image onto a heart matted onto CS.

Here's a closeup of the glitter and dryer sheet.



The next one is more of a manly one for my manly husband.
I used a SU stamp 'you mean the world 2 me' on grid paper then inked the edges and mounted on CS.I then used an old 'Collage Press' paper from my stash with a world map on it, which lucky for me happened to be red! I used TH distressed 'tea dye' ink to make it look old. I also used TH grungeboard hearts which I inked and distressed even though it doesn't look like it in the photo. It still needed something but I wanted to keep it simple and not too mushy so I just added a simple red ribbon and bow.



We'll be leaving for Toronto the morning after Valentines so we'll be going out for dinner that night. That will be our Valentine 'date' so to speak - if there is such a thing after 31 years - lol.
Maybe I'll make a special dinner that day - or maybe a CHOCOLATE dessert!! Ah-hah - any excuse for chocolate!!

Have a good one folks!