Happy Valentines Day! U & Me 3D Valentine - Trimcraft Design Team

Hello, I'm back!!  I had a little break from blogging recently but I'm back to share my projects with you on a regular basis.  As it's Valentines Day it's appropriate to start with this 3D standing Valentine I made for the Trimcraft Design Team.   I thought the fab papers in the First Editition Wanderlust paper pad would be ideal for a Valentine’s project, especially the pretty heart pattern and lovely pinky –red tones.  For fun I made a 3D standing ‘&’ and decorated it using 2 of the new First Edition die sets.  I have to say the Alphabet Tiles are going to get lots of use, they are easy to use and add a nice effect for sentiments.

How to:

I used my Cricut Explore to cut the 3D ‘&’ shape using the double sided pinky-red design paper from the 12x12 Wanderlust pad.  The 2 inserts on the loops of the letter show the other side of the paper.

I inked the edges using a red ink to define them and also it ‘colours in’ any white cut paper edges that may show. 

The front layer is cut from the heart patterned paper and I have inked in both red and black inks to define this piece.  I’ve also edged it in Crystal glitter glue for a sparkly effect.

The top layer of the letter tiles is cut from a pale wood pattern paper which is from another First Edition paper pad (Sweet Nothings I think) and the letter dies then cut into each square tile.  The backing are cut from black paper in the Wanderlust Pad which is the back of the Heart double sided paper.

Cupid has been cut twice and layered up, once from the foil pattern paper and once from black paper, this adds strength and also by offsetting the black slightly it gives a slight shadow effect.

I used different papers in the pad to layer up the small envelopes, lips, etc and chose a large flower from the bold floral paper to feature in the heart shaped balloon.

To finish, I cut the swirly ‘Love’ sentiment from black card and layered it twice to give it strength.  I used crystal glitter glue to cover the whole word before attaching to the bottom of the ‘&’ shape when it was dry.

Products Used:

First Edition Wanderlust 12x12 Paper Pad – FEPAD164

First Edition Wanderlust  6x6 Paper Pad – FEPAD166

First Edition Alphabet Tiles Die Set – FEDIE238

First Edition Love Themed Die Set – FEDIE239

Dovecraft A4 Black Card –

Dovecraft Glitter Glue – Crystal

Dovecraft Adhesive heart Pearl – Pink

Cricut Explore

Red Ink, Black Ink

Adhesives: D/S Tape, Clear Drying Glue, 3D Foam Squares

I am entering this project in the I Heart You Challenge over at That's Crafty! Challenge Blog, link here: http://thatscraftychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2018/02/i-heart-you-challenge.html