Tea-bag Fold Valentine!

Project design ©Sharon M. Reinhart 2014

Almost Valentines Day, are you ready! This elegant Valentine incorporates tea-bag folding, layering, and the use of Washi tape and a decorative die. The tea-bag folded rosette is created with text weight black linen paper beginning with the basic circle fold and then folding the top layer back on each folded circle. The musical banners and strip are created simply with washi tape. To create the little banners simply fold the washi tape adhesive side together and trim one end in a banner or flag shape with scissors or a square or hexagon punch. The hexagon punch will have a slightly shallower v notch. The number 14 is actually from a sheet of Christmas paper intended to be for an advent calendar.
I thought this valentine would work equally as well for a guy or girl and this particular one may be given to my sweetie! Hope you like it and are inspired to create. If you want to learn more about tea-bag folding, the different folds and progressions please check out my Fabulous Paper Folds online class or DVD by clicking on the photos at the right.
Creatively Yours,
Sharon

Mini Valentine's!

Project design ©Sharon M. Reinhart 2014

I love making mini Valentine's! They are the perfect little greeting to tuck into pockets, suitcases, lunch or gift bags, briefcases and many other items. These ones are just 2.5 inches square. To create these little darlings just grab some of your double-sided paper scraps. The little hearts were created with that beautiful plastic backed velveteen ribbon that was out at Christmas and then I purchased it when it was 80 percent off (thinking ahead). It die-cuts quite nicely and used in the Stampin' Up embosslits heart die it even came out embossed! The flower is a handmade embellishment using air dry clay and the scallop border shown on the card at the left is simply the top rounded portion cut off some of the straight edge die-cut hearts. The die templates for the larger straight and scallop edge hearts are from Spellbinders. This paper is from Bo Bunny's Double Dots collection - very versatile! Now if mini is not what you had in mind, simply re-create these designs in a larger A2 card scale. As you can see love is in the air around here. Remember for a larger view just click on the photo. Hope your are inspired to create!

Creatively Yours,

Sharon