Claire has a theme challenge for us this week at The Paper Players! The theme is Love is in the Air. With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, this is the perfect time to create a card for the challenge! My kids are past the days of handing out Valentine’s at school, so I have minimal Valentine themed stamps in my stash. Thankfully, I do have my Close To My Heart Cricut Collections! I found the heart cluster in the Cricut Artbooking Collection and sized it down to fit my card. I cut the heart border at 2.276″ x 5.184″, just in case you want to re-create it. If you missed out on the Artbooking Collection when it was in cartridge form, you are in luck! All of the Close To My Heart Cricut Collections have been brought back in digital form. You can purchase them from my affiliate link and get instant access and no shipping charges!
I thought the grey plaid was perfect for a more masculine Valentine card. It also played in nicely with the color challenge at Color Throwdown–
And lastly, my card is based on the sketch challenge at MFT Stamps–
All supplies by Close To My Heart, except where noted:
Cricut Artbooking Collection
C1632 Say It All Stamp Set-Retired
X9007 Mix In Paper Packet-Retired
1385 White Daisy Cardstock
X5954 Pewter Cardstock
X6038 Candy Apple Cardstock
Z6509 Candy Apple Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad
Fishtail Dies-MFT
I have also entered my card in the Anything Goes Challenge at Simon Says Stamp.
Check out the other DesignTeam member creations for more inspiration:
The Paper Players Design Team
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Allisa, I just love your masculine Valentine card! The plaid is the perfect pairing and I love that heart die, too. Awesome card!
Wow, you nailed all these challenges…I just loved those CTD colors and your plaid and hearts is perfect! Such a timeless color palette as well as theme!
Allisa, this is a perfect masculine Valentine! I absolutely love the plaid panel and that cluster of red hearts is stunning! You rocked my challenge this week! THANKS YOU!
I just love the plaid…and all those hearts! Awesome card!
This is such a pretty card! I love the combination of the gray flannel and red hearts! Thank you so much for playing along with us over at the Color Throwdown.
Hey Allisa – what a fun Valentine's card! Love that die cut cluster of hearts!! 🙂
Oh, that die cut of layered hearts works so perfectly Allisa, and then grey plaid is very handsome! Fabulous masculine Valentine!
I love your choice of grey check dsp to go with your hearts Allisa! Unusual and beautiful. Vicky x
Beautiful, Allisa! The red hearts are a stunning contrast to the gray plaid. It is a perfect masculine Valentine!