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I am Sarah, a stay at home mom of two wonderful, little boys. In my life before kids I was a fifth grade teacher. I now work with first year teachers, which I love. Creating is one of the ways I stay sane. I become very cranky if I have not stamped or scrapped in a while. Join me on this creative journey.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Simple Happy Heart Day


Finally a card. I apologize for the photo, I had to take it on the floor in my bedroom because my workspace is a total mess. I saw a similar card to this on Splitcoast but she (and I am sorry I didn't write down her name) used a frog. Anyway, I wanted an easy kid friendly Valentine. I have some beginner stampers coming to the Open House and I wanted to show them how simple can be super cute. I started with a Whisper White card. I used my 1 3/8 square punch to punch the square. I adhered a square to a piece of Real Red and then cut a border around it, I then punched out the inside so I could have just the red to surround the window. I stamped using the heart from Happy Heart Day in Real Red. I stamped the elephant and colored him with my watercolor pencils and then cut him out. I even colored his backside. :) I used my razor to cut out his arm so I could hang him out the window. I adhered him to the inside of the card. I then stamped the sentiment to the inside and used my new three heart punch to make the hearts on the inside. So what do think, easy or what? I will be back tomorrow with a cute Valentine box. Enjoy and thanks for stopping by.

10 comments:

Karen said...

Really cute card Sarah! Great job!

karen

{Sarah Coyle} said...

oh how fun! what a great card...i do love that elephant!

Life Full of Sunflowers said...

This is a really cute card Sarah - love it.

Brandi Wiggins-Côté said...

This is adorable Sarah!

rkmoore said...

I totally love this little elephant peeking out! Can I turn it into a birthday card for Emma? She LOVES elephants! Its SO darn cute!

Julia said...

Cute cute card! Love how the elephant is "hanging" out the window.

Leigh said...

Aawww cute little elephant.

Brenda said...

What a fun card! I love the elephant hanging out the window. TFS!

Anonymous said...

I just have to say this is a super-duper awesome card. I just love it!!! The elephant in the window is just too cute. Thanks for writing out how you did it. The tip for how to make the red framing is super helpful. TFS!

Anonymous said...

very cute! I love the elephant