Valentines for the grands...

 I made several of these Valentines for my grandsons. Almost all of them have dogs as pets, so I thought they'd appreciate them.

I have a die that cuts four little dogs all in a row. In order to make this card, I had to cut the dogs apart and place them separately in the aperture on the front.

I put a foam square behind each dog's head to pop them up just a bit and add some dimension.

I added some Nuvo Drops for the eyes and some tiny enamel hearts above their heads.

The front panels on these cards were also popped up with foam tape, as was the sentiment.

The sentiment on the front and the inside sentiment were created with my computer.

I get regular emails from a site called Creative Fabrica. A while ago, they offered a free Valentine gnome SVG bundle which I can cut with my Silhouette. I took advantage of the offer to use five of the six gnome SVGs on some Valentines for my granddaughters. Each one was a little different, but all of them had hearts on them somewhere.

I added a bit of shading to the different pieces to give them some dimension. The sentiment was computer-generated and popped up on foam strips.

I thought they were all so cute, and I loved the way they turned out.

This is a very blurry picture, but if you canb stand to look at it, you'll see that each gnome was attached to the card front with an action wobbler. Just a little flick would get it jiggling back and forth.

I stamped "Happy Valentine's Day" on the inside of each card and added a little embellishment like the strip of hearts you see in the picture at right.

These were all so much fun to make, and I think my grandchildren will like them.

I used any leftover puppy and gnome images on Valentines for the thrift store. 

I'm happy that all my Valentines have been mailed; some have even been received already. Now I can move on to St. Patrick's Day and Easter.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl