Fun with Lawn Fawn for Valentine's Day!

Hey hey hey friends! How's your week been? I've had a super busy and fun week! Lots going on here this week - more than usual. Life is getting back to normal after the first of the year and all my activities are starting again... We already have camellias blooming in the front yard and life is good. Last January was really awful and full of such stress. I am very grateful that this January is starting off much better. I hope you're doing great today. I have some fun cards to share with you my friends!!

I am frantically trying to make all the Valentine things!! That's mostly what I'll be sharing the next couple of weeks. On Saturday I busted out my bin of Lawn Fawn goodness and made two cards! So that's what's what for today! Hearts and pink and red and gingham and all that good stuff! XO

My first card features one of my favorite suite of dies from Lawn Fawn - The Build a House series! There are several add-ons and I combined almost all of them to create a Valentine Cottage! (CLICK HERE or HERE to see two other projects I made with these dies). Wouldn't you just like to cozy up by the fire with some coffee in this sweet house?! I would! My finished card is an A2 card base layered with pink stripes and a scalloped rectangle layer. It was so much fun to mix and match all the elements into my own custom house!

Here's a side view of my cottage. The door is open so you can come over and visit! Lots of dimension and little bitty pieces on this one. I love it!!

I made my own stripey awning by die cutting that piece from white and red and then snipping out the red parts. It is soooo sweet! I put on a little bluebird there - he's ready for spring already!! Pink shutters and a pink door....

That teeny tiny flag kills me!!! ACK. SO adorable. I put a little heart on it too!! Love is in the air! The Be Mine is one of the small dies that comes in the Stitched Heart Envelope set. I put it onto a vellum scallop circle and added a pink heart.

I added Copic Marker accents on most of the pieces and also did some white paint splatters on different pieces....and don't forget the white gel pen!!

Next up is a cheery cherry card! My finished card is an A2 card base covered in black and white gingham from my stash! I layered a white panel with a scalloped insert as my focal point for those big juicy cherries! The cherries are die cut and then ink blended with distress inks to make a bit more shadow.

The sentiment is clean and simple - I Love You! Die cut from black cardstock for more impact on the bottom of my card and to match the gingham.

I used the double cherry die cut and layered it twice so it would be a bit thicker. I die cut the leaves from two different shades of green. I used small sponge daubers and mini distress inks to add red and green shading to the pieces. Then I went in with my white gel pen and added small accents.

For the circle, I die cut my scalloped layer from the white cardstock. I die cut the hearts layer from pink cardstock and layered the two together with white behind. Really a pretty and subtle background that I love!!

I couldn't resist sprinkling on a few red hearts too!

I meant to pop the top layer of white with foam tape over the pink, but I forgot and glued it down! Oh well! Maybe I gotta stop with the foam tape! Ha!