I’ve been dealing with some arthritis in both hands (apparently very common in women in their mid forties and beyond so I know I’m in good company! — LOL), so Copic coloring, watercoloring, or anything requiring fine motor skills has not been an option. But when I saw that a dear crafty friend was going through some difficult times dealing with the recent passing of her son and was asking folks to make a masculine Valentine’s Day card for him, I knew I had to figure out a way to make a special card.
I made this Valentine’s card with a few new-to-me and some old stand-by dies from my stash. The fractured heart die (which seemed appropriate for my friend right now), is my new Neat & Tangled “Heart of Gold” die. I die cut that out twice (for a little extra strength and stability) from black card stock. The gold feathers are cut from the WPlus9 “Fanciful Feathers” accompanying die set. This was previously loved (I bought it from a destash) but it was new to me, and I love it! I die cut the feathers from gold foil Godiva chocolate packaging (YAY for upcycling!). The “love” word die is from the Little Yellow Bicycle “Love Laugh Smile” die set, and again, I die cut that from the Godiva packaging. Lastly, the tiny read hearts I added to the feathers are from the Lawn Fawn “Stitched Journaling Card” die set. I had a tiny red foil card stock scrap, but it was plenty big for this trio of hearts.
The background plaid is a Graphic 45 paper from the “Good Ol’ Sport” collection, and I blended ink on the edges with Black Licorice MFT hybrid dye ink to cover up the cut white edges of the paper. I also added a handful of black sequins topped with ebony Recollections glitter glue (to cover up the center holes) for some sparkle.
The sentiment, “sending lots of,” I hand wrote on a small vellum scrap with a Momento Tuxedo Black Dual Marker (I LOVE this new marker–unexpectedly useful for embossing and fabulous for coloring the edges of fussy cut images) and used clear embossing powder to add a bit of shine and dimension. I layered this under and over the fractured heart. Together with the die cut “love,” The whole sentiment reads, “sending lots of love,” which is what the feathers rising up from the broken heart are doing.
The following is a video share of this card:
This card is being entered into the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Monday Start Afresh Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday New Something Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday New Product Challenge
Card Mania Layer It Challenge
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Anything Goes Challenge
Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge
Through the Craft Room Door Anything Goes Challenge
Crafts Galore Encore Anything Goes Challenge
Crafty Gals Corner Use Something New Challenge
MFT Sketch #314 Challenge
A wonderful creation !!! Love The dies /sentiment –
And Amazing colours here !!! Love !!!!!
Thank you so much for entering our ATG challenge at
Through The Craft Room Door this week. Looking forward to see you again next challenge.
Hugs Cicci
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Thanks so much Cicci! I really appreciate your sweet and encouraging comment!
Love the elements you brought together for this. The red, gold and black is such a great color combo.
Thank you for joining us at Crafty Gals Corner for our Use Something New challenge.
Thank you so much Rae Ann! It was a challenge for me to make a masculine Valentine, but I really wanted to create something for my friend in her difficult time
what a beautiful card and such a lovely thing to do for your friend…thank you so much for sharing with us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge…apologies for being late to the party…hugs kath xxx
Thank you so much Kath. Masculine cards are always a bit of a challenge for me, but this one just kind of came together as I thought of my dear friend.
This is a wonderful Valentine card for a man – I love the design and the elements you have used too. Great idea! Thank you so much for entering the Crafts Galore Encore (Anything Goes) Challenge this month, lots of luck and I hope we see you again soon. Hugs to you Sue Pxxx DT
Thank you so much Sue! I hope the recipient likes how I tried to honor her son with this card. Thanks for stopping by! Hugs, Kristina