WPlus9 | Big & Bold Sentiments for Any Occasion

Did I mention how much I love stamps I can use all year round? In case I haven’t yet – I do! I have two projects to share today both using same alphabet set – Whimsy Alpha and same card design but are made for two different occasions – a Valentine’s Day and New Year.

Valentine’s Day or Love Note Card:

WPlus9 | Big & Bold Sentiments for Any Occasion

Happy New Year Card:

 WPlus9 | Big & Bold Sentiments for Any Occasion

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CARDMAKING SKETCH

I love to use sketches as a starting point for my cards. I often sketch out ideas in a notepad and later follow them to create my cards. I made a sketch for the cards I’m sharing today and I’m hoping you’ll find it useful. Pin it, save it, share it, use it!

Sketches for Cards - Card Sketch #2 by Yana Smakula

CARDS DETAILS

I went with very simple design in mind – bold three-line sentiment (up to 5 letters in each line) and three flower clusters. I picked out color combinations for each project and first stamped and die cut letters.

WPlus9 | Big & Bold Sentiments for Any Occasion

After arranging my letters on a light gray cardstock panel cut to 4 x 5 1/4″ (and foam mounting them in place) I also stamped and die cut flowers and leaves. For my New Year card I used Be Merry Florals set and for the Valentine’s Day card I used Fresh Cut Flowers.

WPlus9 | Big & Bold Sentiments for Any Occasion

I arranger flowers and leaves into 3 groupings and adhered onto my panels using foam and regular adhesive. I added white gel pen dot details both to the flowers and background panels and foam mounted latter onto A2 top folding card bases made out of white cardstock.

WPlus9 | Big & Bold Sentiments for Any Occasion

I want to die cut and stamp a bunch of those Whimsy Alpha letters in various colors of ink just so that I have them for a variety of sentiments as I create.

WPlus9 | Big & Bold Sentiments for Any Occasion

I think these would also work great for some fun fridge magnets – I can see myself spelling out little love messages for my hubby on the fridge (or him spelling something out for me).

SUPPLIES

I’m listing the products I used below. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!

WPlus9 Whimsy Alpha Stamps
WPlus9 Whimsy Alpha Stamps
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WPlus9 Whimsy Alpha Dies
WPlus9 Whimsy Alpha Dies
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Wplus9 Be Merry Florals Clear Stamps
Wplus9 Be Merry Florals Clear Stamps
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Wplus9 Be Merry Florals Designer Dies
Wplus9 Be Merry Florals Designer Dies
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Wplus9 Be Merry Florals Clear Stamp and Die Combo
Wplus9 Be Merry Florals Clear Stamp and Die Combo
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Wplus9 Fresh Cut Flowers Stamps
Wplus9 Fresh Cut Flowers Stamps
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Wplus9 Fresh Cut Flowers Dies
Wplus9 Fresh Cut Flowers Dies
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WPlus9 Dove Grey Cardstock
WPlus9 Dove Grey Cardstock
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WPlus9 Wild Mango Dye Ink Pad
WPlus9 Wild Mango Dye Ink Pad
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WPlus9 Hayride Dye Ink
WPlus9 Hayride Dye Ink
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WPlus9 Last Leaf Dye Ink
WPlus9 Last Leaf Dye Ink
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WPlus9 Appletini Pure Color Dye Ink
WPlus9 Appletini Pure Color Dye Ink
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WPlus9 Little Piggy Dye Ink
WPlus9 Little Piggy Dye Ink
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WPlus9 Miami Spice Dye Ink
WPlus9 Miami Spice Dye Ink
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WPlus9 Gala Red Dye Ink
WPlus9 Gala Red Dye Ink
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WPlus9 Cranberry Crush Dye Ink
WPlus9 Cranberry Crush Dye Ink
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WPlus9 Fairy Dust Dye Ink
WPlus9 Fairy Dust Dye Ink
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WPlus9 Silver Lining Dye Ink
WPlus9 Silver Lining Dye Ink
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Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die Cutting Machine
Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die Cutting Machine
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Neenah 80 Solar White Paper Pack 250 Sheets
Neenah 80 Solar White Paper Pack 250 Sheets
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Uni-ball Pen Signo Gel White Two Pack
Uni-ball Pen Signo Gel White Two Pack
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Best Creation Big Squares 3D Foam Tape Adhesive
Best Creation Big Squares 3D Foam Tape Adhesive
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6 Comments

    1. These cards are so lovely!! I’m so sold on this alphabet set. It’s amazing!
      Love how you used the same design for two very different occasions. Thank you for providing the sketch!

    1. Your love of stamping comes through in so many ways. Thanks for sharing inspiration with us! …and Happy New Year to you, too!

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