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    Jan 29, 2015

    Blog Design Team: True Blue Valentine

    Happy Thursday, crafty friends! Today, Blog Team Designer Julia Stainton shows us how to tone down the ‘girlie’ for a Valentine’s project that uses non-traditional blue! Check things out below…

    Julia’s Notes: I love all the pinks and reds of Valentine’s Day, but as a mom with many
    boys, my sons tend to get a little overwhelmed by all that pink! My
    solution was to create a card and garland that was still sweet and fun
    but toned down on the ‘girlie’ side of things with some cool blue.

    Julia’s Notes: To
    create this design, I embossed 2/3 of the main panel cut from Salt
    Water Taffy cardstock.

    Julia’s Notes: Many of the Taylored Expressions sequin sets can
    be used for more than one holiday and I’ve pulled out the clear, silver
    and pink sequins from the Gingerbread Lane bottle and used them as
    accents for this valentine design. The Lots of Dots Embossing Folder is
    perfect for adding in sequins onto some of the embossed dots. (Hint: Glossy
    Accents makes the perfect adhesive for this.)

    Julia’s Notes: I’ve also created a
    fun coordinating garland to this set for some sweet holiday decor
    accents. The garland is created from Salt Water Taffy; I punched 1.5″
    circles. Die-cut hearts, words and arrows were cut from silver foil
    paper and Strawberry Milkshake cardstock using the February Script and
    Cupid’s Arrows
    dies.  After adhering the die-cut accents, I stitched the
    garland together with my sewing machine. I like to leave about 5
    stitches between each circle to allow a little space. Make sure you
    leave a long thread tail on each end of the garland for hanging!

    Thanks so much, Julia for sharing your true blue Valentine ideas! Be sure to check out Julia’s blog, Belle Papier to see more of her lovely projects. Tune in tomorrow for pretty felt project from Lea Lawson!

    *cupid’s arrows dies
    Embossing Folder – Lots of Dots
    *pockets & pages – february script
    Premium Cardstock – Strawberry Milkshake
    Premium Cardstock – Salt Water Taffy
    *mini glossy accents
    TE Sequins – Gingerbread Lane
    *tombow mono-multi liquid glue
    *scrapbook adhesives – 3d foam squares regular
    EK Tools 1.5″ Circle Punch
    *metal adapter shim

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    Tags: Birthday, Blog Team


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