Crafty Mama: Valentine's Day Edition

I'm not one to get overly excited about holidays. With the exception of Christmas, I'm not into decorating for all holidays yet. Mainly because my house is so cluttered and messy as it is and I just don't have the room. In a perfect world I would decorate and have lots of DIY projects and crafts and goodies. But let's face it, the mountain in my hall (i.e, our laundry) is a bit higher on my list of things to do. 

None the less, last week, I got the urge to craft. Which was perfect since my Crafty Mommies Valentine Card was due. As was my Christmas card that I never did in December. Yea, I know...it's February. Oops.

So I pulled out my scrapbook bin and got to work. I had an idea of what I wanted and decided to just go with it. If it worked, it worked. If not, then so be it. I just needed an hour or so of nothing but crafting.

But of course, not without a little interrupting from this little one:

What a cutie.

Anyways the end result?

The Valentine Day Cards were simple. I originally planned for them to be a cute black and white damask, instead of the zebra, BUT...you see that cutie up there? Yea, she decided to spill her Pi-ta (Princess) water ALL over it. No bueno for cards. So, I hit up my local Tall Mouse (which is currently liquidating it's store) and found this zebra print and was sold.

I cut the paper into 3 x 5 index style cards I think. Or was it 4 x 6? I don't really remember. I'm not the hugest fan of flat, one-sided cards but I figured it would work and ended up being something that I thought looked perfect. Then I sized the red cardstock to fit perfectly inside the zebra cardstock, so that you could see the print. It's probably about 1/2 in on all 4 sides. The embellishment was tricky. I couldn't decide between a set of three jewels in a row, three hearts in a row, or a combination of jewels and hearts. 

So finally I decided simplicity would work best here. And went with a simple Martha Stewart glitter heart sticker in silver. It came out perfect.

And (although not Valentine's Day appropriate) the Christmas card I was catching up on? Super easy as well!

I found some super cute holiday cards on sale the day after Christmas for a couple dollars and nabbed them up with the purpose to cut up and repurpose. I originally intended to use red or blue cardstock, but it just didn't blend the way I envisioned it. So, I went with white. Again, I cut out a simple 4x6 (I think?) index style card and then cut up my holiday cards. The three trees are from the front of the card and the penguin adorned the back of the original card. I put it together and voila! EASY!

Took me less than an hour and a half, so super easy! Cost me less than $10 for both sets, so super cheap! And overall, super cute! Win for all!

PS - And apologies about all the watermarks! Been having some shady visitors up in here. And I don't want photos of my baby or crafts, being claimed by anyone else!