How You Bean Valentine’s Day Cards

Hello!

Today I’m sharing some super simple cards that I’ve made for Valentine’s Day!

My love for Lawn Fawn stamps and dies is no secret – I just adore the designs, how clear they stamp and how versatile the sets are (it’s always fun to mix and match!).

For these two cards I have used the “How You Bean” stamp and matching shaker die set.

You can get them directly from Lawn Fawn here: https://www.lawnfawn.com
As an Aussie, I try to shop local where I can, and have found https://www.scrapdragon.com.au to be a fantastic stockist for Lawn Fawn products in Australia.

This card used a few other dies from Lawn Fawn (Everyday Sentiment Banners and Reverse Stitch Scalloped Circles – both super versatile and quickly becoming favourites in my stash!).

Both of these cards were super easy to put together and really didn’t need a lot of materials. If you’re interested in seeing the few steps it took to put them together, I’ve included some photos below.

I’ve noticed that I keep going back to this simple layout for cards! I think they look super neat and not too over the top with too many elements (which is something I’m often guilty of). Here are the first cards I made with this layout: https://www.whirledofpapercraft.com/2019/12/14/christmas-cards/

My husband got me some new Copics for Christmas – I’d been eyeing off this set for a while. This brings my total number of Copics to 12! I mostly stick to my very basic alcohol markers, but these are such a treat to work with!

I used 3 layers of craft foam for the shaker to ensure there was enough room for everything to move around.

For the items and shaker elements in this jar, I use the adorable How You Bean Conversation Heart add-on stamp set. This is my FAVOURITE of all the add-ons for this stamp set!

This particular craft foam had sticky backing, so I only needed a small amount of glue for the top when sticking down the acetate.

Once the acetate was glued, it was just a matter of sticking the top, stamped image of the jar on as the final layer.

I kept the background simple for this one, sticking to the pastel colour scheme. The hearts are quite subtle with this design as I used the same ink to stamp solid hearts as I did for blending my background. These oxide inks are just amazing to work with!

The final result! This card is my favourite of the two! I just LOVE the way the colours came together.

Which card is your favourite of the two?

Do you have any plans to make Valentine’s crafts? I have a whole list with about 9 more crafts I would love to do, but I think this baby has different ideas and might not give me quite that much time!

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