Not everyone got their posts into the first Valentine’s Day Lifestyles channel round-up – so here’s the complete one Happy reading!

In celebration of the upcoming holiday, the b5media Lifestyles Channel participated in their own little carnival, hearts and flowers, hugs and kisses…
Because of nasty weather and the horrible flu bug going around and the recent server outage, some of the channel wasn’t able to participate. But when it comes to something like Valentine’s Day, the most recognized day of love, I just couldn’t pass up the opportunity to have everyone join in.
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I showed what you can do with a simple running stitch earlier, but you can also use french knots to make the Valentine’s day cards as well:

It’s definitely more time consuming, but I like the look of the little decorative knots around each layer of felt.

These are one of my favorite Valentine’s day projects (it’s actually one of the classes I teach)  These cards are made from different colors of felt & embroidered with simple running stitches.  Pinking shears add a nice detail to the edges – but don’t worry if you don’t have a pair!  I use pre-folded blank cards (my local craft store carries them in bulk packs)

I also glued on a few little heart-shaped buttons as well

Have fun & play with different layouts!  Felt is great for projects like this because it’s easy to embroider and won’t fray.