PIN IT FRIDAY FAVS: Happy Heart Day and the Very Best of Pinterest Pins

I put my HOM MADE valentines into the mail this week and here are some of my favs:

Inside

Lower Border from Martha Stewart

Top Heart Die from SU: Bloomin' Heart Thinlet

Sentiment from SU: Bloomin' Love

Inside

Sentiment and Flowers:

Valentine Defined from SU

...and here are some of the very best 

Happy Heart Day pins

that inspired me:

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

Love these Vday card pins, too:

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

Original Pin HERE

...and this easy explosion inside insert

will surely make a special someone smile

for Valentine's Day or any occasion:

Original Pin HERE

PIN IT FRIDAY FAVS: For the Week Ending 8/8/2014

This card was a recent highlight of my pinning activity on Pinterest! Learn how to make this easy pop up card by watching a terrific how-to video HERE (or at the end of this post) made by FRENCHIE STAMPS.

Collapsed and ready for mailing.

Side View

This cards fits into a standard A2 envelope and doesn't require extra postage. The video shows all of the steps so you can make one, too. Here's my version for my friend, Anne, who is turning 90 next month:

SU STAMP SETS:

Create a Cupcake

Sweet Little Sentiments

NESTIES:

Labels 3

This is the paper stack from JoAnn's that I used:

MEASUREMENTS:

Base = 11" x 4 1/4" 

Score at 1, 2 3/4, 3 3/4, 5 1/2, 7 1/4, 8 1/4 and 10"

Pop Up Tag Background = 2 3/4" x 5 1/4"

Pop Up Tag Top Layer = 2 1/2" x 5"

FRENCHIE'S VIDEO

MANY THANKS

to the OH! so

TALENTED FRENCHIE!

I also made up a pdf to create a set of four instruction cards that can be cut into quarters to place over the top of this collapsed pop up card in the envelope so that the receiver knows how to open and display their card. Click HERE to print on card stock, then cut it into four 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" pieces.