There's a little bit of a story to this card. My husband generally opens the post and as he calls me a squirrel because I never throw anything away. He puts aside any envelopes with interesting insides that he thinks I might want to use.
Well on Thursday I made this card with the inside of an evelope which he'd saved earlier in the morning. A few days before I'd been watching Hochanda and they were selling Cascade cards so I decided to
have a go at making one.
So - here is my Valentine's card for my husband using the envelope (and yes, he did recognise it). I also used my new set of Tim Holtz dies called Scribbles and Splates . I added a little sparkle to the heart with a Sakura pen, although it doesn't show in the photo and the splat which was far too big was cut into pieces and separated to fit the card.
I used a Hero Arts set of stamps for the sentiment and the small hearts .
One of the strips of envelope wasn't quire long enough so I cut it in half for the front piece and left a small gap behind the sentiment but I think it works quite well.
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges
The Snippets Playground
Cardz 4 Guys - #106 Love and Valentine
Crafting When We Can #112
34 comments:
Really creative recycling of the inside of a letter and LOVE the use of this cake decoration stencil!! Your hubby will smile surely for your though!
Happy valentine day!
Your card is wonderful, Barb! I know he must have loved it! I like how you upcycled the envelope! This is a cool style of card - never tried this one before.
Happy Valentine's Day to you too Barb. Super looking cascade card and brilliant recycling of the envelope your Hubby saved for you. Top marks! 10/10.
Thanks for playing over at the Snippets Playground xxx
Happy Valentine's Day to you and your husband too Barb. I like your card very much.
What a wonderful way to recycle an envelope into a great card for your hubby! Happy Valentine's Day!
Brilliant card ideas Barb, love them to bits! Happy Valentine's Day to you, Angela xXx
Great idea for recycling and a fab design too - thanx for playing along at Cardz 4 Guyz.
Hugz, Jan (DT) xx
Great masculine card Barb, I bet your hubby loved it! I hope you are having a lovely weekend and Valentine! Hazel xx
My Card Attic
Yes but the bottom dollar question is did hubby like his card!! I certainly do. sounds like you have hubby pretty much trained up like I do The Doc. Hugs Mrs A.
Happy Valentine's Day Barb, and what a fabulous card, brilliantly design and upcycled in to the bargain. I bet MR. love it, hope you were spoited too, Kate x
Gorgeous card for Hubby Barb....Great design...and love the red lips....Joolsx
Oh Barb! this is brilliant, it did make me laugh too, your Hubbie deserved that didn't he! Haha. What a brilliant creation you have made though. Judy x
Barb, you are so frugal, and funny. I love that you saved the inside of the envelope. That is so something I would do, but my dear Barb, you turned it into something just beautiful.. What a lovely card for your sweetheart.. Happy Valentine's Day ♥
Well what about that for recycling! I love this idea Barb, never thought to use those fancy envelopes before. Your card turned out beautifully and I'm sure hubby loved it, especially as he was the source of the main materials :)
Lorraine
Clever recycling and a brilliant card Barb.
Happy Valentine´s Day Barb! I love, love, love this card, it´s brilliant. My favourite color combo is red and blue and I love the lips and the Tim Holtz heart. I´m sure your hubby love it and I hope both of you had a great day. Hugs Lisa
What a fabulous fun valentines card. Love those red lips xx
Brilliant card Barb, i like using the inside of envelopes when i can, you get interesting patterns sometimes... Louise x
super cool card barb - this is brilliant! Hugs rachel x
What a great idea Barb and hey how can you resist when the card saves you cash too :)
Have a wonderful Valentine's day
hugs Nikki
That is a fantastic card :)
What a great card, Barb! I'm sure your hubby loves what you did with the saved envie!
A super card - love the use of the envelope lining and cake stencil, and that die cut heart is perfect for it
Jane
Love the card Barb as I said before you are an inspiration with so many creative ideas, several on this card alone,
Beautiful card Babs, I also us the inside envelops with nice prints.
Gr, Elly
Look fabulous and what a great idea, better than some of the papers that are about these days.
Lovely card.
Kath x
aww i bet he loved that!
This is so cool! I love the card shape - I bet he loved it! xxx
Barb, great reusing and recycling. A super card, you have just reminded me that I bought those dies to make some pictures with and haven't got around to doing it. Thanks, now where did I put them. I love the hot lips too. Great cascade card.
Hugs Erika. x
All that wonderful recycling to create a lovely card for your hubby. So funny about the envelope liner. That's really nice liner, by the way!
Another clever idea Barb and yet another interesting envelope inner. I love the TH dies and the luscious lips too. I am so unadventurous when it comes to card shapes nowadays. I have made one this shape but many moons ago! I also inherited a stamp very similar to the lips you have used and seeing your card has just reminded me of its existence, so perhaps I will use it on DH's card next year, if I remember ...lol. I'm sure your husband will have loved this. x
Great card! Thank you for sharing with us at CWWC Challenge.
Just shows you must never throw anything away!. I recieved a new EF in the post the other day and immediately embossed the envelope it came in, it looks really good, blue as well. Your card looks great.
A great upcycled card...bet he loved it!
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