May Arts Valentine's Blog Hop

Hi all, welcome to my little part of the May Arts Ribbonista Valentine's Blog Hop! You should have come from Jennifer's blog, but if not go check out the May Arts Blog to hop through all the lovely projects for today. If you leave a comment anywhere along the way you get a chance to win 4 spools of ribbon... as if you needed another reason to peruse through some awesome Valentines Day ideas :)

Anyway, my project today is a vintage-inspired Valentines Day card that is perfect for little love notes.

I tried to make this card more 3-D with a big grosgrain bow and a pop-out love note. I used some pretty handwritten note paper from my DCWV "Timeless Type" stack, and layered a paper doily on top. Before I glued it down I cut a little heart shape out of it and glued a scrap of silk ribbon underneath for some extra texture. I like that the silk is thin enough that you can still see the text through it, too.

I wanted to keep this card a bit more color neutral instead of the usual pink and red, though I definitely still wanted a pop of it. I think the silk accomplishes that without being too flashy, since the pink is more muted and vintage-y. 

I have an old typewriter stamp lying around that I used at the bottom of my card, and some letter stamps I used to spell out "love you" on a piece of paper. After curling the paper a little bit, I used my fingertips to stamp some gold "dust" on the corners to pop against the white of the doily more. Then I glued down a strip of the bottom and top of the paper to give it a sort of wave. 

And voila! A super cute card ready for your romantic message...of course, coming up with that is the hard part. 

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