Sweet-heart Strawberries with Wanda

Hi there my creative and crafty friends! It’s Wanda here on The Greetery Blog today to share a fun project with you. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas! In January, it’s always nice to finish up the holidays, start a new year, and get excited about making Valentine’s! A nice change of colors and themes, and so many hearts. One of my very favorite Valentine treats is Chocolate Covered Strawberries, and that’s just what inspired my card for today! 

My finished card is A2 sized, and made from kraft cardstock. I layered deep pink and cream cardstocks to serve as my base for the strawberries. My card features lots of pretty stamps and die sets, including the Botanicuts Strawberries Dies combined with the Dippers Dies, the gorgeous Falling Hearts Background, and more. I kept a traditional Valentine color palette of cream, red, pink and brown. 

I started by die cutting the Falling Hearts Background from cream cardstock. I layered it over another sheet of cream cardstock for a tonal pattern. I splattered on some brown metallic paint and set that aside to dry. Next, I die cut out the strawberries, leaves, chocolate, and frosting pieces. I used small sponge daubers and Distress Inks to ink all the pieces and then glued them together using liquid glue. I added pretty glitter to the strawberries also. 

I used the Curio Confections Dies set to make the little papers for the strawberries. I layered kraft and vellum pieces to mimic how they might look on a dessert table. (Okay now I’m hungry!) I die cut out the Sweet word dies using red cardstock and vellum to be my main sentiment. My secondary sentiment is from the Sweet Tooth Stamps set and stamped in brown onto a cream banner from Sentiment Suite Basics. 

I used foam tape to attach the strawberries to the card in a grid. I added a few pretty red hearts and then put the sentiments on last. Such a fun way to kick off sweetheart season! 

That’s it for my card for today! Wishing you a happy Winter and Happy New Year! I hope you have a wonderful and creative day and I look forward to sharing with you again soon. In the meantime, happy crafting! XO Wanda

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SUPPLIES:

Sweet Tooth Stamps
Sweet Word Die
Botanicuts Strawberry Dies
Strawberry Dippers Dies
Sentiment Suite Basics Dies
Curio Confections Dies
Falling Hearts Background Die

Vellum Cardstock
Colored Cardstock
Rock Candy Glitter
Green Enamel Dots
Distress Inks and Sponge Daubers
Liquid Glue and Tape Runner