Valentine Notes: Sweet Treat DIY Cards - Wida Miller

Ahhhhh...Valentine's Day - a day of love is approaching and I have a lot of {paper} love to share today. I made some versatile projects which can be as complicated or as simple as you have the time and energy for.

My first project is a set of love notes for my four children. I used four different papers to create a heart-shaped quilt pattern on a card. I used a die, but a punch would work just as well. I then adhered a sucker with a glue dot at the bottom. A little tiny tag was stamped using one of the sentiments from the Love Notes stamp set. It was then tied to the sucker (their favorite sweet treat) with twine.

I used a clip from the collection on top to hold my special message for each child. Vellum is a great choice for still appreciating the patterned paper hearts beneath. Here they are all together.

For my next project, I focused on my children's classmates. First, I made a treat pocket mainly focusing on the Love Notes stamp set. Stamps are an easy way to cost effectively mass produce a project. A little bit of stitching helps give the pocket good security and doesn't waste tape!

The pocket can hold a note, money (for family, not classmates..lol, though I'm sure they would appreciate it too!), or candy.

And you could stop there if you wanted to, but I took it a bit further and made these cards for close friends.

If you wanted to make it simplier, you could tape the layers down instead of stitching, or not distress the edges, or eliminate the smaller stapled tag. The paper and stamps are from the Love Notes collection. I enjoyed making these projects and hope that it will make Valentine's Day a little more special.

Comments

[Jocelyn Olson]

These cards are super cool! I love the vellum notes on the heart cards for Wida's kids. The pockets are a fabulous idea. LOL about the money.

[Miriam Prantner]

What wonderful projects! Love the range of difficulty/time required, something for everyone here and just such a great mixture of patterns.

[Lisa C.]

Such sweet cards for your children! I love the quilt pattern you created. The little hearts are so cute too! Such nice Valentine's for everyone.

[Niki G.]

So sweet! Love the pocket you made!

[Stephanie]

These are so sweet!!

[Lisa Petrella]

Oh my goodness, Wida!!! I am in LOVE with those sweet little notes you created for each of you children!!! Pure AWESOMENESS!!!! You are such an incredible mom!!!!

[Trinh]

Great Valentines! I love the sweet little clothes pins on the first set and how Wida used the heart pockets in 2 ways.

[donna mikasa]

LOVE-ly projects, Wida! Love them all and the vellum tags are a great idea to let the papers show through.

[Lindsey L.]

Love these, Wida! The colors are fabulous. Beautiful layering of dies and goodies.