Cards, Papercrafting

Vintage Valentine Canoe Be My Valentine Card

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Going a bit old school with the Vintage Valentine stamp set from Stampin’ Up which has been retired for about 20 years, but still my favorites for Valentines Day cards. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Real Red card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • Very Vanilla card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • Cream and Red polka dot designer series paper (?)
  • Vintage Valentine stamp set (Retired Stampin’ Up)
  • Love is in the Air stamp set (Retired Stampin’ Up)
  • Wonderfully Worn background stamp (Retired Stampin’ Up)
  • Layered rectangle dies (Sizzix)
  • Heart Dies (?)
  • Real Red ink (Stampin’ Up)
  • Jet Black Staz On ink (Stampin’ Up)
  • Antique Linen Distress ink (Tim Holtz)
  • Stampin’ Blends Markers
    • Real Red Stampin’ Blends Markers – Light and Dark (Stampin’ Up)
    • Gray Granite Stampin’ Blends Markers – Light and Dark (Stampin’ Up)
    • Boho Blue Stampin’ Blends Markers – Light (Stampin’ Up)
    • Pecan Pie Stampin’ Blends Markers – Light (Stampin’ Up)
  • Crimper or Crimper Embossing Folder
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice

Create a card base with a piece of Real Red card stock by cutting to 5 ½” x 8 ½” and folding in half to 4 ¼” x 5 ½”.  Cut a second piece to 3 ¼” x 4 ¼”.  From Very Vanilla card stock cut two pieces to 3 7/8” x 5 ¼”.  The with the polka dot paper cut a piece to 3” x 4”. 

Take a spare piece of Very Vanilla and stamp the “Canoe be my Valentine” greeting and stamp in Jet Black Staz On ink.  Color the base of the canoe with the light Gray Granite Stampin’ Blends marker and the to edge of the canoe with the dark Gray Granite Stampin’ Blends marker.  Color the dress of the girl in the Real Red dark Stampin’ Blends marker and the middle heart, then color the other two hearts in the Real Red dark Stampin’ Blends marker.  Outline the water in Boho Blue light and color the hair in Pecan Pie light. 

Then use the smaller of the rectangle dies to cut out your image and the small heart die to cut out one from Very Vanilla.  Cut out the larger rectangle from Real Red card stock along with one heart out of the larger of the heart dies. 

Take one of your Very Vanilla piece you cut to 3 7/8” x 5 ¼” and with your Antique Linen ink and your Wonderfully Worn background stamp and stamp.  Then run through your crimper or emboss with the crimper embossing folder. 

Adhere your crimped piece to the front of your card base.  Then adhere your Real Red layer centered on the crimped piece and the polka dot paper to that.  Adhere your rectangles together and then adhere those to the front of the polka dot paper.  Arrange and adhere the two hearts in the lower left corner of the front of your card with them overlapping. 

For the inside adhere the other piece of Very Vanilla card stock and then stamp the “Happy Valentine’s Day” greeting in Real Red ink on the upper center.

What an adorable Valentine card for anyone you care about. 

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website. 

All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.

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Lovely Blossoms Sending Smiles Card

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Love the color combination of the Secret Sea and Petal Pink in this Lovely Blossoms designer series paper from Stampin’ Up.  It makes such lovely cards, including this one with the floral flap covering the under larger one to open like a gate fold. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Secret Sea card stock (2025-2027 In Color Stampin’ Up)
  • White card stock
  • Lovely Blossom designer series paper (January 2026 Online Exclusive Stampin’ Up)
  • Lovely Arrangements stamp set and dies (January 2026 Online Excluseive Stampin’ Up)
  • Secret Sea ink (2025-2027 In Color Stampin’ Up)
  • Cloud Cover ink (2025-2027 In Color Stampin’ Up)
  • Secret Sea Stampin’ Write marker (2025-2027 In Color Stampin’ Up)
  • Moody Palette Glossy Dots embellishments (January 2026 Online Exclusive Stampin’ Up)
  • Paper trimmer
  • Scoring board or blade for paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice

From a piece of Secret Sea card stock cut your card base to 5 ½” x 7 ¼” and score at 3” and fold the smaller side to the front.  Cut another piece to 2 ¾” x 3 ½” and score at ½” and fold that flap down.  From white card stock cut a piece for the inside to 4 1/8” x 5 3/8”, one to 2 7/8” x 5 3/8” and another to 2 5/8” x 2 7/8”.  Take the Lovely Blossoms designer series paper pack and find the Secret Sea with the triangles and also the Petal Pink with the large flowers.  From the Secret Sea piece cut to 2 ¾” x 5 ¼” and from the large floral paper cut a piece to 2 ½” x 2 ¾”. 

Take your card base and the small piece of scored Secret Sea and put adhesive on the ½” strip of the small piece and adhere that to the front of the back panel centered from top to bottom so that it will fold over the front piece.  Adhere the 2 5/8” x 2 7/8” piece of white to the front of the small flap and then the large floral piece to the front of that.  Now adhere the 2 7/8” x 5 3/8” piece of white to the large front flap of your card and then the Secret Sea triangle paper to that. 

With a scrap piece of white card stock and the large flower from the Lovely Arrangement stamp set, ink your stamp with Cloud Cover ink and then take the Secret Sea Stampin’ Write marker and color the center of the flower.  Now huff (blow hot air) on your stamp to remoisten the ink and stamp onto your white card stock.  Use the die to cut the flower out.  The stamp the three leave stamp in Secret Sea ink on white card stock and cut it out with the die.  Stamp the Sending Smiles on some white card stock and use the oval die to cut out your greeting.  Adhere the oval greeting in the lower left corner of your Secret Sea triangle paper.  Adhere the leaves to the back of your large flower and then adhere your flower to the lower left corner of the front floral flap. 

For the inside adhere to large white piece you cut.  Stamp in Secret Sea ink the “always here for you” greeting to the upper left side of you white inside, making sure it is not going to show when the flaps are closed.  Close your card flaps and add three of the Secret Sea embellishments from the Moody Palette Glossy Dots to the white that is showing from the inside panel. 

What a pretty card to let someone who is struggling know you are there for them. 

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website. 

All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.

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Peaceful Garden Bi-Fold Sympathy Card

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This Peaceful Garden designer series paper from Stampin’ Up is just so stunning and this hydrangea paper is my favorite.  I used it to make this lovely sympathy card with the paper and the Peace On Earth stamps and dies. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Secret Sea card stock (2025-2027 In Color Stampin’ Up)
  • Cloud Cover card stock (2025-2027 In Color Stampin’ Up)
  • White card stock
  • Peaceful Garden designer series paper (September 2025 Online Exclusive Stampin’ Up)
  • Peace on Earth stamp set and dies (Stampin’ Up)
  • Secret Sea ink (2025-2027 In Color Stampin’ Up)
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice

From a piece of Secret Sea card stock cut your card base to 4 ¼” x 8 ¼” and score at 5 ½” and fold.  Cut the second piece to 3” x 8” and fold in half.  From your white card stock cut an inside piece to 2 ¾” x 3 ¾”.  Grab your Peaceful Garden designer series paper and find the hydrangea piece and also the cloud cover piece.  From the hydrangea paper cut a piece to 4” x 5 ¼” and another to 2 ½” x 4”.  From the cloud cover paper cut a piece to 2 ¾” x 3 ¾”.

With your 4 ¼” x 8 ¼” folded to 5 ½” piece, adhere to eh 4” x 5 ¼” hydrangea piece to the back panel and the 2 ½” x 4” piece to the shorter front panel.  Now take the other Secret Sea piece that measures 3” x 4” folded and put adhesive on the back and adhere the back flap to the center of the back panel of the card base, the top flap will then go over the short front flap. 

Adhere the piece of cloud cover paper to the front of the flap.  From a scrap piece of Secret Sea cut one of the large labels with the larger die in the Peace on Earth dies and use the smaller die to cut a label from some scrap white.  From Cloud Cover card stock and the leafy die, cut two. 

With the “Sending” and “Heartfelt Prayers” greeting stamps from the Peace on Earth stamp set stamp as one greeting on the small white label in Secret Sea ink, stamping slightly to the right so you have room for your leaf pieces.  Adhere the white label to the Secret Sea label and adhere your two leaf pieces overlapping to the left side of your label.  Adhere to the front of your cloud cover paper on the smaller flap. 

On your white piece of card stock stamp the “With Deepest Sympathy” greetings in Secret Sea ink and adhere to piece to the inside of your smaller flap.

This is just a beautiful sympathy card that will hopefully warm a little piece of someone’s heart in a time of need.

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website. 

All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.

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