I was so happy to have found a little time to craft and to make more cards for Operation Valentine (for children in long-term hospital stays). I realized that all the Valentines that I made with the cute little chickies (in my prior post HERE<\/a><\/span>) really only worked for girls. \u00a0So I tasked myself with making some for boys.<\/p>\n

<\/a>I know that after the kids give and receive these cards, they are likely to get thrown away, so I wanted to make them all nice (after all, what’s the point of hand made cards if they aren’t special), but I didn’t want to spend hours coloring up images for each one. \u00a0The perfect solution was using die cuts. I used\u00a0the adorable bunny die from the Diemond Dies Easter Die Set<\/a><\/span>\u00a0with various chocolate colored papers (scraps from my stash) and a hand held hole punch to cut out a shape that looked like someone had taken a bite out of the chocolate rabbits’ ears. \u00a0For the eyes of the bunny, I used the dots from the Easter egg from the same Diemond Dies Easter Die Set.<\/p>\n

For the card bases, I used pre-cut mint colored\u00a0card bases that I had picked up as a Hot Buy at Michaels (80 card bases and envelopes for only $5!). \u00a0For the card front, I\u00a0printed out the sentiment, “You’re EARresistable,” in a fun font and\u00a0used the scalloped frame from WPlus9’s Sunshine Layers die set to cut out the base.<\/p>\n

Then I picked a few sequins in chocolate brown, gold,\u00a0and irridescent aquamarine to add some interest and sparkle. Lastly I took the tiny “xo” stamp from the Paper Smooches “Chubby Chums” stamp set and used Delicata Golden Glitz gold ink to add more of a feeling of celebratory confetti to the\u00a0area with the sequins. \u00a0It may seem like nothing much, but I think those little x’s and o’s make all the difference in giving these cards a fun and finished look.<\/p>\n

The following is a quick video share of these cards:<\/p>\n