Get Ready For Valentine's Day With Romantic G45 Craft Ideas!

Hello G45ers,

Love is in the air as the fabulous Valentine's Day holiday draws near! Don't let that cold winter weather fool you. Today's Graphic 45 is filled with so many superb Valentines Day craft ideas, it's sure to warm your heart! We want to welcome you all to our ultra-romantic blog today! Even though Valentine's Day isn't until next week, it's never too early to start planning for this special day! No matter what your relationship status is, Valentine's Day is a celebration of love in all its forms! It gives us a fun excuse to get creative with fun papercrafts, eat chocolate and perhaps buy some beautiful flowers. It's pretty fabulous! As many of you know, we are big fans of romance here at Graphic 45! Today you will see a dazzling Place in Time altered gift box by Alberto Juarez, a splendid Secret Garden card by Sharon Ngoo and an elegant French Country card by Tara Orr. These projects display a wide spectrum of ideas, from ultra romantic to just plain sweet! There's something for everyone on today's Graphic 45 blog!

First up is this gorgeous altered Small Matchbook Box by Alberto Juarez. He used the February Cut-Aparts page from our Place in Time collection to create this awe-inspiring box that's just perfect for a little Valentine's Day gift! You can put all kinds of little treasures or candies in this box. Give your Valentine's Day gifts a personal touch with a beautiful altered gift box like this! It is fun, easy and absolutely lovely!

Supplies:
Place in time february cut apparts
Place in time stickers
Small matchbook box
May Art ribbon

Next we have a superbly elegant card by Sharon Ngoo featuring our new Secret Garden collection. This is actually a thank you card but it is also perfect for the loving sentiment of Valentine's Day. The soft pastel colors and captivating natural designs of Secret Garden make it the perfect collection for Valentine's Day papercrafts! The heartfelt sentiments and sublime beauty of this card make it the perfect gift for your Valentine! You can have so much fun layering the papers, creating pretty borders, adding fussy cut elements and sweet embellishments! Here is what Sharon had to say about it.

"The Secret Garden collection is full of beautiful flowers so it makes for a lovely sweet thank you card.  I was inspired by the many beautiful rectangular panels on the pattern paper and decided to make a 3-panel fold card showcasing all the beautiful designs in the paper." -Sharon Ngoo

Supplies:

Papers from Secret Garden Collection:

1.  May Flowers

2.  April Showers

3.  Coming Up Roses

4.  Meadow Lark

5.  Pretty Primrose

6.  Leafy Treetops

7.  Springtime

Embellishments:

1.  Ornate Metal Keys

2.  Place in Time Stickers Alphabet

Others:

1.  Cardstock - DCWV

2.  Ribbon - May Arts

3.  Alphabet stickers - October Afternoon

Next up is this hypnotically beautiful French Country card by Tara Orr. We love this card for so many reasons. It has a gorgeous, masculine look that is just perfect that special someone in your life. Tara blended the fabulous patterns of French Country to give this card wonderful regal look. The marvelous contrast of black and cream colors is truly outstanding. Plus the Graphic 45 Ornate Metal Key at the center is a perfect way of saying, "You hold the key to my heart." With Graphic 45 papers you have so many unique options for creating the perfect Valentine for someone you love! 

Supplies:

Metal Brads

Metal Key

Patterned Paper: Motage, Bon Appetit, A La Carte, Grandeur, French Country

We will have more incredible Valentine's Day craft ideas to share with you all in the days to come! So definitely come back and see us for more wonderful inspiration! We want to thank Alberto Juarez, Sharon Ngoo and Tara Orr for their amazing work today! We also want to thank you all for stopping by our blog today. We hope to see you all again tomorrow for more dazzling crafts and fun!

Your Pals in Paper,

Team Graphic 45

Comments

[Sue B.]

Thanks for all the great Valintine ideas.

[Amy Kluchesky]

I love the french country card. Just beautiful and the colors are amazing. I can't wait for that collection to get here.

[Connie L. Riley]

I loved all the Valentine ideas. Alberto's colorful use of "A Place in Time" for the small match box is just too cute for words! The thank you card from Sharon is definitely spectacular. I love the three panel design--quite the showcase for "Secret Garden." Tara's Valentine card using the black and cream from "French Country" provided a truly vintage look that is very nice. Thanks for getting me in the mood to make my Valentine Tea invitations! This site is always great for inspiration when I need it!

[Valerie]

Wow! Amazing, as always. Your team, and products, are perfection!

[Dorothy]

Everything is so wonderful and inspirational!

[Ritva S.]

Just stunning ideas - thank you!

[Yvonne Boucher]

love all three projects, especially the Matchbook Box, the colors are so vibrant.

[Renee VanEpps]

Very beautiful projects!!!!

[Sara Nell Langland]

Beautiful inspiration today!

[karen]

Fab projects but love Tara's masculine card!

[Linda from Lockbourne]

Thanks for putting me in the Valentine's Day mood with the matchbook box. I think I'll have to make a couple of these.

[Sharon Young]

Wonderful inspiration for the day of love!

[Solveig M]

Love today's projects!

[Emily Keaton]

Your designers have created such beautiful projects!

[Chris Dring]

Wonderful projects today!

[Barbara Diane]

Hello!

I am always in such awe of the talent and skill of the artists who share their great projects! I wish that I could take lessons to learn how to layer and accessorize as they do! I love it all! Thank you for sharing! Wishing you a lovely day!

Hugs,

Barbara Diane

[anne schilling]

Love them all! My Valentines Cards are made, but I MAY HAVE to go make some more!

[Mjfischercla]

Again Stunning Projects. My head is spinning. Thank you for having this wonder blog!!

[kath White]

Beautiful V day cards!! G45 has the loveliest papers to create with.

[Brenda Stiltner]

The cards today are beautiful!!

[Jeniff]

Love all the projects.

[Shanda Harrington]

I love the light colors. It make the Wisconsin winter melt away. :-)

[Pam Ellis]

Everything is so gorgeous! Such amazing talent!

[Rita P.]

Gorgeous! Each project is "to the moon."

[Elizabeth Russell]

What beautiful projects! So much inspiration! TFS

[Diana Pyeatt]

All these projects are stunning. Thank you for the inspiration.

[JessicaK]

Elegant to sweet - awesome Valentine's Day cards!

[Pauline]

Beautiful

[Jennifer Scull]

my goodness, these are gorgeous! love the matchbox especially.

[Gitte]

Beautiful project.

[Kim H]

they are just beautiful such talented designers and to be able to work with the most beautiful papers

[Candy]

Brilliantly beautiful! Thank you.

[Paula]

*sigh* such beautiful creations. I get dizzy with all of them tumbling through my head :)

[Wendy Wakefield]

Every day, a treat for the eyes!!! Thank you G45. Your products are the most bestest!

[Sleigh]

All gorgeous... and luv Tara's card!

[Emily H]

Sharon's card is pretty much the most beautiful card I have every seen!

[Kathy Jo]

How can the G45-ers present such amazing projects every day?!

[Boni Grabusky]

I am so thrilled with the matchbox it is so useful and beautiful ...thats the best Valentine idea yet thanks

[shari (cricutrookie)]

I would love to receive any of these Valentines projects. Beautiful!

[Tracey L.]

Gorgeous projects..thank you!