DIY: Love Expressions & Doily Cards

On the heels of last week's Doily and Hearts Cards, and inspired by last year's cards, comes another simple Valentine's Day card DIY. With the use of some letterpress love cards, these cards say "I love you" in different ways.


Ingredients for this DIY include heart and circle doilies, love cards (you can make your own or buy some from Paper Source), glue, and card stock.

Place the doilies and love cards as you please. Other details like glitter or washi tape can be additional embellishments, too.




I heart this one!






Something fun ;)





I can't wait to send some love this Valentine's Day.

Will you be sending out Valentine's cards this month?

DIY: Doily and Heart Cards

Doilies and hearts are my favorite. I like to incorporate them in my packaging, notes, envelopes, and cards designs. They're just so sweet and versatile! For Valentine's day I wanted to do an easy DIY that used doilies and hearts in sweet colors. A little glue and voila: Doily and Heart Cards.


Ingredients include doilies with centers cut out, embellished hearts of different sizes, glue, card stock.

Affix the doily to the center of the card and add hearts as you see fit.


I like the asymmetrical look with hearts on one side.




Different colors and embellishments on the hearts add good textures and depths.









And there you have it. Simple and lovely!

I will have another Valentine's Day card DIY next week. Happy Friday.

Christmas Cards 2011

The Christmas season is one of my favorites. The cheer, the joy, the giving, the tradition, and the love always makes my heart full. One tradition I use to spread cheer, joy, and love is sending out handmade Christmas cards. It's something personal and a way to share a piece of my heart with friends and family.

Each card is topped with holiday words like "miracle" "hope" and "grace" and accented with doilies and holiday themed decal. Here are a few of the ones I'm sending out this year.




Wonder.






One of my favorites. Open heart and joy.




What is a holiday with out laughter?


My dad with the holiday cards. He's pointing a celebrate :)

Do you send out Christmas cards?

Hope you are all having a great week!

Doilies and Presents

As a fan of greeting cards and stationery in general, I like to think receiving a card with a present is like receiving an extra gift. Whatever the card may be, it makes me happy to know that a loved one took the time out to choose something special and write a little bit for the occasion. And since cards are like presents, why not put presents on the cards?

A little doily topped with colorful circle and Martha Stewart Presents Sticker, all in bright colors are a little something to brighten your day :)



Polka dots are so fun!!





Hot pink, light blue, green, and minty green are some of my favorite colors for summer and show up in these cards. Hooray for bright colors and for summer!

DIY Doily Cards for Mother's Day

For her Mother's Day gift, my mom wants me to donate to a charity under her name. The charity will send her a "Thank-You" note, but I also want to give her something special to keep so I put together a few fancy cards for her, MIL, and some of my aunts.

I have recently become obsessed with the delicacy and intricacy of doilies. The details are fun and feminine, while the vintage look can easily be updated through colors and patterns. I drew inspiration from Homespun with Heart, real invitations on Oh So Beautiful Paper, and heart on my sleeve's invitations , used gold and white doilies from Michael's, included leftover paper/decal that I always save, and went with bright colors. Below are a few of my favorite cards:


A blue card anchors the big gold doily, little white doily, glittery pink and lavender circles, and a daisy on top :)


I love the detail of this card when looking at it up close. So much is going on, but to me it works.


Purple envelope, gold doily, pink glitter circle.


The Blue completed set.


This lavender card gives a light, neutral background to the gold doily, glittery pink and light pink circles, and a daisy. I wanted to put two of each on the card, so I made them spill off the edges for a less striking look.


Blue envelope, gold doily, and pink glitter circle with similar spill off the edges look.


The Lavender completed set.


Hot pink was the theme for this card. Started with a hot pink base followed by a gold doily, glittery pink and lavender circles, and a daisy.


I really like to layer things. To me, this card is ultra feminine :)


The Hot Pink completed set.


Little white doilies, light pink patterned circles, and daisies provide a light, almost airiness to the hot pink card.


I attached the same white style doily and light pink patterned paper to the envelope to complete the look.


Larger glittery pink circles were placed over this white doily-ish pattern to sort of look like a flower. I also put a pink patterned circle cut out over the glittery pink to give it more texture. And a daisy to tie the whole thing together.


The envelope had doilies folded over on both sides.


Back of envelope.


And the completed set.

I continue to be fascinated with doily patterns, textures, and colors. Hopefully there will be more to come :)