Crocheting Hearts for Valentine’s Day

Free Crochet Heart Patterns by Amy Solovay

Free Crochet Heart Patterns by Amy Solovay

I’m working on organizing my pages of Valentine’s Day crafts here at KnittingCrochetCrafts.com. When I started the page, it was mostly just a list of crochet heart patterns. It has now grown way beyond that, but heart patterns are still one of the most popular mainstays on the list. Pictured above are a few options from the list, but there are bunches of others.

Happy Valentine’s Day, and happy crafting!



XOXOXOXO,

Amy Solovay

Floral Birthday Cards for Spring

Floral Birthday Cards Featuring Ink Blending and Bouquet Stamps by Hero Arts

Floral Birthday Cards Featuring Ink Blending and Bouquet Stamps by Hero Arts


I am looking forward to the first day of spring, which will arrive on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. In case you’re hoping to get a jump start on your spring crafting, I offer these spring card making ideas with floral motifs. I’ve initially styled all three of these designs as birthday cards, but you can easily change out the card sentiments if you’d like to make your own versions of them as Valentine’s Day cards, anniversary cards, wedding cards, or any other types of cards.


One thing these cards all have in common: I used the same floral bouquet stamp to stamp the focal images I used to create each of these cards. This bouquet design is from a stamp set called “Togetherness” by Hero Arts.


I LOVE these stamps! I think this stamp set offers you an outstanding value in exchange for the money you spend on it; it includes the gorgeous floral bouquet image plus a bunch of useful, versatile sentiments that work well for creating a variety of greeting cards. There’s a birthday greeting (pictured on the uppermost card) and multiple others. I’ve been getting a massive amount of use from this set; I’m really pleased with it.


In addition to the birthday cards pictured above, I also created an all-occasion greeting card using this stamp set. You can click here to check that out, if you’re interested.


If you want step-by-step instructions for how to make the birthday cards pictured above, you can find them at the following links:

If you are new to ink blending, and you want to find more information about how to do it, you’re invited to check out my article on ink blending techniques.

Thanks so much for dropping by! I hope you’re having a lovely and creative day today.

Posted By: Amy Solovay

Slimline Thank You Card Making Idea Featuring Floral and Botanical Motifs

Slimline Floral Thank You Card + Vintage Crocheted and Embroidered Linen

Slimline Floral Thank You Card + Vintage Crocheted and Embroidered Linen


I created this handmade thank-you card awhile back when the lovely people over at Pinkfresh Studio hosted a card making challenge to celebrate World Card Making Day. The card you see pictured above was my challenge entry.


At the time I originally made the card, I didn’t take a very good picture of it because I was in a hurry to beat the challenge deadline. I made a mental note to take a better picture of the card later. Then I promptly forgot all about it.


Fast forward to now. I’ve been unpacking boxes because I recently moved. A few days ago, I came across the vintage embroidered linen you see pictured in the background of the photo above, and it occurred to me that the vintage linens in my collection would make lovely photo backgrounds for all my craft projects. So I am working on updating and improving bunches of my old photos to look prettier.


What do you think? You can see the “before” photo below and the “after” photo above.

Supplies for Crafting This Slimline Thank You Card

The supplies used for making this slimline thank you card are all by Pinkfresh Studio:

Handmade Thank You Card Featuring Floral and Botanical Motifs -- This Card Is Made Using Craft Supplies by Pinkfresh Studio

Handmade Thank You Card Featuring Floral and Botanical Motifs — This Card Is Made Using Craft Supplies by Pinkfresh Studio

Thanks so much for checking out my project. I appreciate your interest.

More Card Making Ideas:


Posted By: Amy Solovay

This page was last updated on 2-9-2024.

February Garden Journal Pages for the Happy Planner or Other Discbound Planners

February Garden Journal Pages for Discbound Planners Such As Happy Planner, Tul and Arc

February Garden Journal Pages for Discbound Planners Such As Happy Planner, Tul and Arc


Happy February, Crafty Friends!


In most of the United States, it’s cold and wintry outside. Even if you’re an avid gardener, gardening might be the last thing on your mind. However, this month is a fantastic time to start planning this coming year’s garden — and making a garden journal to track your gardening successes and failures. If you haven’t already started a garden journal, now is the ideal time to do it.


When I am actively gardening, I habitually make garden journal pages to keep a record of what I did well (so I can repeat those successes) and about what went wrong (so I can tweak my approach the following year and hopefully fix whatever went wrong). I also like to keep a record of what I planted where, so that I can be sure to rotate crops effectively the next year. My garden journal also incorporates to-do lists that keep me on track on what needs to be done in the future.


If garden journaling is of interest to you, I invite you to check out more of my garden journal pages and read more about my process for making them.


If you maintain a garden journal, I’d love to know more about what you record in it and how it has helped you achieve your gardening goals. What do your garden journal pages look like? The floor is open for comments, so please feel free to ask questions or share insights in the comments area below.


Thanks so much for visiting! I truly appreciate your presence here.

More February Craft Ideas


February Planner Layout Made Using Graphic 45 Patterend Papers from the Time to Flourish Collection

February Planner Layout Made Using Graphic 45 Patterend Papers from the Time to Flourish Collection

Posted By: Amy Solovay

February Crafts: Fun Ideas for Valentine’s Day Crafts and Other Crafts to Make This Month

February Garden Journal Pages for Discbound Planners Such As Happy Planner, Tul and Arc

February Garden Journal Pages for Discbound Planners Such As Happy Planner, Tul and Arc

Happy February, crafty friends!


Are interested in finding creative, unique, engaging and useful craft ideas for the month of February? There are SO MANY possible things you could be making — and I couldn’t even begin to list them all here in this short blog post. However, I’ll offer an overview of the pages that my typical readers tend to visit most frequently in the month of February. These suggestions are the most relevant February craft ideas I’m currently aware of. If you have other suggestions to add to this list, I invite you to post a comment at the end letting me and the other readers here know about them.

February Holiday Crafts

Valentine’s Day Crafting in the Month of February

Valentine's Day Crafts -- You're invited to check out these free crochet patterns for heart and flower motifs.

Need Valentine’s Day Craft Ideas? You’re invited to check out these free crochet patterns for heart and flower motifs.


Valentine’s Day is one of the more prominent February holidays on the Gregorian calendar. Many people celebrate this day by making Valentine’s Day crafts. It’s popular to exchange Valentine’s Day cards with your friends and loved ones; it’s also a day when couples take time out to spend a day, or at least an evening, together celebrating their romance.


Slimline Valentine's Day or All-Occasion Card Making Idea Featuring Paper Flowers; the Flower Stamps Are Made by Gina K Designs

Slimline Valentine’s Day or All-Occasion Card Making Idea Featuring Paper Flowers; the Flower Stamps Are Made by Gina K Designs

If you like to make fun Valentine gifts to give to your significant other or your friends / family, February is a fantastic time to work on these projects. You can tap here to find our ideas for Valentine Cards to Make, or tap here to find our main directory of Valentine’s Day craft ideas.


You can click or tap here to view our main directory of card making ideas.


If you want more info on how to make the floral slimline card pictured above, go HERE.

February Planner Crafts and DIY Calendars

If you maintain a physical planner, junk journal, scrapbook, or art journal, you might want to decorate your February calendar pages, journal pages or scrapbooking layouts with seasonal stamped images or embellishments. I invite you to check out the following pages for ideas:

Winter Craft Ideas

We’ve put together a list of winter crafts that are seasonally appropriate for February crafting in many regions of the Western hemisphere.


We hope these ideas are useful to you as you start on your February crafting. Thanks so much for your interest!


Posted By: Amy Solovay


This page was last updated on 2-11-2024.