I love how all this pink just pops out with the black card base.
The Eiffel tower always makes me think of romance so was perfect for this card and the cute felt bee was just too cute to not add to this card.
These are some of the dollar store and discount store supplies that I used on this and other valentine/love themed cards I recently made. Felt and snack picks from a dollar store, heart paper doilies and polka dotted tape from Target.
Another love themed card in black, white and pink.
I think of all the rolled felt flowers I made these with the scalloped edges were my favorite and look the most like actual flowers.
I love the pink accents on this card that was mostly black, white and grey.
I love the flag made from paper tape and a wooden snack pick.
I love this little I go Cuckoo for you mini valentine and made it the center of this card.
I kept adding and adding to this card, patterned papers, stickers, ribbon and a washi tape flag.
I thought the card was finished but added the XOXO ticket sticker at the last minute and it really added the finishing touch.
I was happy to find that the pink in the paper matched the rolled felt flowers and some stripped ribbon I had in my stash. One good thing having a large stash means I usually can find matching items. ;) Yep, a good reason to have a good stash!
I had to make a few cards for a card swap and decided to go with a love theme cards that could be used for Valentine's day, wedding or anniversary or just to say I love you to someone special.
I started with a black card base as I wanted to have a dark base so the color in the patterned paper and felt flowers would really stand and help the cards from looking too much like traditional Valentines. I used my newest embossing folder, a honeycomb one that I’ve been eyeing for a while.
The heart doily was a great find in the dollar spot section at Target. I cut and rolled up the felt flowers from a pack of felt I picked up at a local dollar store. I made over a dozen flowers and still have 10 sheets left in other colors.
A few days ago in one of my favorite stores I found a pack of 50 mini Valentine erasers and knew immediately that I wanted to frame them somehow so I quickly picked up a couple packs of them. I ended up framing them in a couple mini frames that I picked up last year and used on my love frames last year.
This was a super quick and easy craft. I used foam dots to attach the erasers to the frame.
The frames will be easy to change out for another holiday season.
Once again the Target Dollar Spot is a great place to get inexpensive seasonal items.
Grab a frame or two and some mini erasers and make your own seasonal decorations.
Tonight I found a card kit on clearance that I had my eye on long before Christmas but since Christmas is over I thought I would use the kit as a base for some Valentine cards.
I found this kit to make 8 cards at Target for less than $3. Yes, the tag says $3.98 but they were only $2.38. 
I had this pack of felt puffy stickers that I picked up for less than a dollar not too long ago.
After attaching the paper layers on I added some Smooch and Shimmer spritz to add shine an shimmer to the cards then added a few accents on each card.
Here are the cards:
As you can see I was quickly able to make a set of six cards.
I don’t think anyone would guess that these cards started with a leftover holiday card kit.
Have you found any holiday items that you are using for Valentine or everyday decorations or crafts?
I haven’t really had time to craft much but I did snap a few pictures of valentine decor I have around our apartment. Most of the items are from last year but a few are new and most were made for $3 or less.
A chipboard album I covered and made into an accordion display.
Quick and simple game pieces wishing hugs and kisses - XO XO. I forget the name of the game that these came from, it has only X, O or blank on the dice.
Decorated tags attached to more accordion folded cardstock.
Scrabble tiles with a valentine sentiment.
Yes I still have up our gingerbread houses. I went all out and made a Cookie Crisp wall as well as a cereal tile roof, Carmel Fiber One I believe.
Another gingerbread house, a bit simpler than the loaded one above.
I love these little trees I bought last fall, they make cute seasonal trees.
I have a trio of these frames from the dollar spot of Target last year. The layered hearts were from the dollar spot as well. I love seeing what kind of inexpensive seasonal items they have, you can find some great items to craft with for a dollar.
I’ve changed out the insert in this frame for just about every season. I download this love verse from The Girl Creative. Please check out her blog here if you want to download this for yourself.
I’ve kept this message on my chalkboard for a couple months, the sentiment still speaks to me.
More game tiles. You can see a bit of the large jar I have of various game pieces.
I still love the stamped balls I made last year although this year they are not a jar of balls of last year!
I couldn’t resist snapping a picture of the pink to red part of my ribbon jars. I had hoped I would have used more of this ribbon by now but I’m still glad I organized some of my ribbon and fibers in jars that make a pretty display.
And what appears to be my most popular valentine item, mini ornate frames. I noticed that they were pinned over 100 times! I have a feeling that I should have had stock in Michaels over these…. :)
And to not have all the signs be valentine related, a Be Kind message that I think is a good motto.
I hope you enjoyed a little peak to the signs of valentine items in our apartment.
June
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Since it’s been a few days I thought I’d share the last of the cards I made from the Love Me Do paper kit I’ve been showing you cards from.
I used a bunch of rub-ons to accent a few of the cards.
I think the photo corners were the last of the embellishments from the paper kit that I used.
I loved the swirly design on one of the sheets so cut it out for an accent which I highlighted with decorative stick pins.
I’ve had the pins for a while and finally used them all up on these cards.
I kept a few of the card fairly simple letting the pattern paper shine.
In a ‘use what you have’ moment I used some ribbon trim I got in a grab bag of goodies from one of my sisters for an accent on this card. I can only imagine it was meant for a little girls dress so something similar but made it’s way to my card.
I can’t believe that I was able to make 30 full size cards and 21 mini cards from a $3 paper pack. Since I have a pretty good stock of cardstock I was able to find various colors of solid papers to go with the colors in the pattern papers.
Next time you find a good deal on a paper kit made for scrapbooking think outside the scrapbook and make cards. I’m sure you have items in your stash that you can use with them like I did.
If you want to see the other cards I made from this kit be sure to check them out day 1, day 2, day 3, day 4, day 5, day 6 or the mini cards here and here.
June
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