Valentine's Cards: Love Notes

Only one week until Valentine's Day!

We don't actually celebrate V-Day but I do love an excuse to send cards to friends so I made up a few. 

Hearts are my favorite shape so when the Simon Says Stamp Challenge was Love Notes I couldn't resist.

Usually when I start making a card I dabble with this and that until the idea comes together. In this case, I made several related cards until I found the design I loved best. 

It all started with the quote: 

"Hearts are wild creatures, 

that’s why our ribs are cages/."

 As soon as I saw it on Pinterest I had to use it. In fact, I printed off a whole sheet of them -
 this V-Day found it's theme.

So I made this one. 

And then I tried it horizontally and with a felt heart instead of the three mixed-media punched ones.

And I tried washi tape and two hearts fussy cut from dp.

And I had a scrap of this glitter paper that I tried out too... it got a little messy when the ATG wouldn't stick and I had to ModPodge it all together. I regret attaching the front to a white card as the edges are gessoed and it looks really cool. On a darker card it would show up, this way it's lost unless you are seeing it in person. 

So I went a somewhat different direction and gave this horizontal card wings. It's very glittery and fun.

But in the end, it was a variation on the first card (aqua book paper instead of aqua dots, stitching on punched hearts) that was my favorite and if I was to make multiples this would be the one I'd choose. 

For me, it's more fun to work on a design in a way that creates lots of mail to share than to just tear things apart looking for that one best idea.

Which one's your favorite? 

Let me know and I'll pop a valentines or two in the mail for a couple of you lovely readers.