Holiday Products with a Valentine Twist with Kelly + Save the Date!

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Happy Friday! Kelly is continuing her holiday-turned-Valentine projects today, but before we get to that, some fun news! Things have been busy, busy behind the scenes, getting everything ready for all of the fun things coming your way this year. We’re kicking off 2026 with a new release filled with pretty, lovey-dovey goodness!

I hope you’ll join us next week as we reveal and showcase our first new release of 2026. Our new Amour Market hits the shop one week from today…Friday, January 23 at 10am EST!

Now let’s hear from Kelly and check out the gorgeous project she has for us today…

Hi there! Kelly here and I’m back again today sharing a card made with some Christmas scraps turned Valentine! I had these left from a card I created for Christmas and thought I may as well use them and share the process with you. I promise I won’t make a habit of sharing “leftover scrap” cards when I’m here! Ha ha! I was pleased at how nicely the leftovers worked to create a Valentine’s Day card AND, I know many of you might not be ready to put away these amazing products, because I know I’m not. That’s the beautiful thing about these last few releases; yes, they have Christmas imagery and sentiments, but not EVERYTHING is Christmas! These are wonderful and beautiful basics that could (and should…wink!) be at our fingertips all year long!

The two scraps I had leftover are the snowflake star portion and the outer red portion. If you read my
post on Christmas, I mentioned that I used to use embossing folders with velvet paper quite a bit back
when embossing folders first came out. I LOVED the result, but velvet paper was hard to find and it was
expensive. Fast forward to now; velvet paper is EASY to find and isn’t expensive. The kind I found is from
Amazon and has an adhesive backing so it can be added to jewelry boxes. I found it is best to adhere it
to cardstock first and then die cut and emboss.

The star was cut using the Shortbread Shapes: Snowflake Die from White Birch Veneer cardstock and
that’s how it was left after Christmas. For this card, I simply added the embossing using the Shortbread
Shapes: Snowflake Embossing Folder and then used a sponge dauber to add just a touch of brown oxide
ink over the raised edges. The velvet frame was also cut using the Shortbread Shapes: Snowflake Die and then the center was removed using the Capsule Basics Die. I used the Rosemal Reflections Embossing Folder to add the detail.

So, with these two scraps, could I actually make something other than Christmas? Yes, yes I can and yes I did! Cue the Nordic Hearts, Rosemal Reflections Details Die (another one that works year-round), and
the Shelved Stamp Set along with a few other details! I cut the background for the card from Pure Poppy
and then glued the velvet frame over the top. I inserted the gold detail that was cut using the Capsule
Filigree Borders Die using liquid glue. I added the embossed star over the top using foam squares and
then added the heart. It is cut from the same velvet paper with white cardstock for the border. I layered
it over the star using additional foam squares.

I die cut the flower from white cardstock using the Rosemal Reflections Detail Die and then colored
everything with dye ink and blender brushes. I used liquid glue to assemble the cluster, adding adhesive
pearls to a few of the flowers. I added it to the center of the heart using additional foam squares. The
sentiment is heat embossed in gold onto Pure Poppy cardstock and then added under the heart.

In my Christmas post, I mentioned I was leery of using glitter on the velvet cardstock, but decided to do
some experimenting for today. I cut the bow using the Regency Bow No. 2 Die from pink velvet
cardstock. I decided to add some glitter to it and see how it behaved before attaching it to the card. I
used a 2-way glue pen and added Rock Candy glitter and it worked well! Because of the fine fibers of the
velvet, I DID need to tap it more than regular cardstock to remove any excess. I do think it wouldn’t
work as well on the red velvet or dark colors, but for the pink it worked well. I tucked a few of my
leftover floral clusters (made with the Winter Medley die) around the bow along with some greenery. I attached it to the shaped base and called it done! I was hesitant to create yet another “shaped” card and worried it was too much of the same thing, but then I thought to myself: You have created rectangle cards for most of your life and NEVER worried that people thought you kept doing the “same thing”! ha ha! So, here’s the green light to create as many shaped cards as your heart desires! Not that you needed my permission (ha ha), but I clearly needed to give myself permission.

Phew! That concludes my projects, and if you made it this far, congratulations! Thanks for joining me this week, and I hope you have fun using your new products all year long!

~Kelly