Sweet Valentine's Inspiration

Emily Midgett

Hi there! Emily Midgett here with you today sharing some "sweet" Valentine's Day inspiration! I get lots of inspiration from different baking and cake decorating accounts on Instagram, and I thought the beautifully detailed hearts in the new All My Love Decorative Hearts stamp set from this most recent My Monthly Hero release reminded me of those gorgeous sugar cookies that you see on Instagram! Let's get started with the details. 

I began by heat embossing three of the hearts onto some kraft card stock using White Puff embossing powder to add lots of dimension. I fussy cut them out, not worrying about whether they were perfectly even, because sometimes even the best bakers can get blobby cookie cutouts! 

After I'd finished my hearts, I used some blending brushes to add some Red Royal ink in the bottom corner of some beautiful red card stock (coming soon to the Hero Arts store! ;) ) I then dropped some of the White Liquid Watercolor onto a piece of laminated paper, picked it up with my wet paintbrush, and then flicked the white paint at the blended colored card stock to create some artistic splatters. I also die cut one of my favorite Stamp & Cuts: Love Stamp & Cut three times from white card stock and adhered them together to create a dimensional die cut.  

I adhered the cookies using liquid and dimensional adhesive, then added the sentiment using liquid adhesive. 

Well, that's all for me today! I hope this project jumpstarted your Valentine's Day creativity! Thanks for stopping by, and have a marvelous day! Don't forget to come back tomorrow for Day 1 of the February My Monthly Hero sneak peeks! :)


  • Vicki Groe

    Love the sugar cookies! Such a “sweet” way of using the hearts on a card.

  • Rosanna H

    Great job fussy cutting. I can’t wait to see the rest of the kit.

  • Sonja

    I really love this card the color chosen for the hearts look amazing with red.

  • Annette Gordon

    This card is amazing! I love how the embossing powder is so thick and stands out so much. It really does look like lace cookies. WOW! WOW! WOW!

  • Charlie McDowell

    I am going to have to get some white puffy embossing powder! This is a great Valentine card.

18 Responses

Vicki Groe

Vicki Groe

Feb 04, 2019

Love the sugar cookies! Such a “sweet” way of using the hearts on a card.

Rosanna H

Rosanna H

Feb 03, 2019

Great job fussy cutting. I can’t wait to see the rest of the kit.

Sonja

Sonja

Feb 03, 2019

I really love this card the color chosen for the hearts look amazing with red.

Annette Gordon

Annette Gordon

Feb 03, 2019

This card is amazing! I love how the embossing powder is so thick and stands out so much. It really does look like lace cookies. WOW! WOW! WOW!

Charlie McDowell

Charlie McDowell

Feb 02, 2019

I am going to have to get some white puffy embossing powder! This is a great Valentine card.

Jackie A

Jackie A

Feb 02, 2019

This is just really cute.

Vickie Hawkins

Vickie Hawkins

Feb 02, 2019

Love the hearts!

Jean Goodrich

Jean Goodrich

Feb 02, 2019

Very nice card!

Angie Jennings

Angie Jennings

Feb 01, 2019

Love love hearts!
Great card and white puff paint makes my heart swell!

BLUE STANLEY

BLUE STANLEY

Feb 01, 2019

Nice way to add a touch more love to a Valentine card. Very cool.

Theresa Franks

Theresa Franks

Feb 01, 2019

Very nice 👌 design. Love the colors, the embossing. The whole card pleases the eye.

Dorothea Prouty

Dorothea Prouty

Feb 01, 2019

So simple and pretty! These too will be used for so many cards – Love these!

Henriétte

Henriétte

Feb 01, 2019

Awesome Emily, those hearts are great! Thank you so much for sharing and have a nice weekend.

Teresa Doyle

Teresa Doyle

Feb 01, 2019

Love this Emily, the embossed designs on the ‘cookies’ are so elegant and paired with that red, its gorgeous.

Barbara-Jean

Barbara-Jean

Jan 31, 2019

Beautiful card! The hearts do look like cookies! Yummy!

Gail Anderson

Gail Anderson

Jan 31, 2019

Great idea! They really do look like decorated cookies!

Karthikha Uday

Karthikha Uday

Jan 31, 2019

Fantastic card!! I love the bright red with the Kraft and white!

Cindy C.

Cindy C.

Jan 31, 2019

Gorgeous!! Especially the embossed hearts!!