Love Is in the Air — Friends & Coworkers
Can you feel it? Love Is in the Air! Our January Release is filled with ways to show your love, so this week we're sharing some inspiring ideas for crafting thoughtful Valentines for your favorite people. Join us through Sunday for projects with lots of heart ❤️.
Love Is in the Air — Friends & Coworkers
We spend a lot of time with our coworkers — want to show your friends and colleagues that you love and appreciate them? Today Stephanie has a fun duo that does just that.
Welcome to day two of Love Is in the Air. Today we're focusing on friends and coworkers, and staying with yesterday's idea, I decided to create a Valentine-themed card to coordinate with a gift that can be used throughout the year.
One of my favorite things to give friends is a hand-stitched bookmark. I love to read and it makes me so happy to create something they can use in their own books that reminds them of our friendship every time they open the pages. I also think they're a great gift for co-workers because they are pretty useful (even if they don't read a lot) and it's a great gift for Valentine's Day since it's pretty universal and not too lovey-dovey. ;)
I die cut the Cross-Stitch Bookmark from white card stock and used one of our downloadable patterns to color in the cactus design with Copic markers. I used coordinating thread and stitched the design onto the bookmark. I always like to back them with white card stock and then I add a coordinating card stock color behind and cut it with my trimmer so it's slightly larger before finishing the bookmark with a colored tassel that matches the design.
I used the new Let's Stick Together stamp set to create a coordinating card — this one being specifically for a friend. Since you probably wouldn't tell a coworker that you loved them, you can swap out the love part for a more generic sentiment like hello.
Now we have a card perfect for Valentine's Day to coordinate with our gift that works for any time of the year!
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69 comments
Let’s Stick Together is such a cute set!!
I’m in love with the bookmark die set. As the head of a book reading family, this is perfect.
What a wonderful project. The bookmark is stunning!
The cross stiched cactus is so cute!!!! I also love the card that goes with it. I made a very intricate bookmark a year ago that was supposed to be a gift. It took SO LONG to make that I decided to keep it. It took about a month…..:) Anyway, the little stamped cactuses are precious. I like how you shaded them. They look very sweet.
Love those irresistible cactus.
Love those adorable little cacti. Yay for Valentines Day.
Love that creative use of the cacti buddies within the letters! So cute!
Adorable… love to read especially during these gray months. The snow is looking pretty muddy around my house, so having a good book on hand helps.
Totally, absolutely awesome. I hope Stephanie does a video on this. It is amazing!!
Sweet but not mushy! Great for coworkers and friends.
Adorable!
AWWH love he prickly card and bookmark!
Oh Stephanie, these projects you made speak to my heart! I love making cross stitch bookmarks for family and friends as well! It’s so fun to spread the love of reading! And I absolutely love the Let’s Stick Together cactus set! It’s one of my favorite! Wonderful inspiration!
What super fun ideas for gifting – LOVE the bookmark:)
The cactus are wonderful
What fun projects. Love the little cactus! Cheers.
Those little cactus are to adorable. I love to cross stitch, haven’t done it much lately but brings back memories. I need to try this. Love the little tag!
Love the card and the stitched bookmark! Fun cactus designs!
What a great gift! Love this stamp set!
Love the bookmark. Sure wish there were new patterns for it. I’ve made most of them several times.
These cacti are so cute and the bookmark is fabulous!
I love the cacti set – and the bookmark is a cute addition! You inspire me!
What a great combo!
Very cute card and bookmark.
Adorable card! Love the stitched tag!