Happy Valentine's Day . . . in advance! If you're looking for a last-minute card, tag or piece of art work to make for your special someone, look no further than Art 'n Soul. Carolyn would be more than happy to help you put the elements together tomorrow (Saturday, February 14!).

I quickly made this card tonight for someone special; she has done quite a bit lately and deserves a little 'surprise'. I used one of the heart stamps from Magenta, the A2 embossed raised card panel, colored pencils (the background design inside the heart is colored with a very light blue), and the C01 Cool Gray Copic Marker (the white space outside the heart stamp design). The sentiment stamp is from RubberMoon. The card panel is adhered to a piece of blue mirricard card stock, and then to the base card made from the Conqueror 118 lb. card stock in Diamond White.

by Debbie Gaetz

Magenta:  Flourishing Heart & Butterfly (40.345.N)

RubberMoon:  Lots of Happy (kp2904e)

After the stamped heart was colored, the

panel was trimmed to size and then cut into 3

horizontal strips. The middle strip was adhered with

foam mounting tape to add a little dimension. The

stamped panel was then bordered with a silver border strip from

a Magenta peel-off I had in my stash.

As you can see, the card can be used for Valentine's Day or any other occasion with the right sentiment stamp.


I'll have more for you tomorrow. It's been a long day, one which I would never give back, but my crazy head is letting me know it's time to give it a rest. Tomorrow, please enjoy all of the warm fuzzies to and from all of the special people in your world.


Please give these chubby puppies some admiration . . .

Chow Chow puppies

Chow Chow puppy

Poodle puppy

Georgian Avcharka puppy
(I've read this breed is one of the most loyal you'll meet.)

Alaskan Malamute puppy

Tibetan Matiff puppy

Teacup Pomerian puppy

Golden Doodle puppy

Newfoundland puppy