A "different" Valentine card

Came across some really cute X and O silver confetti. First thing to pop into my head was a shaker card. I have been wanting to you my SU Sweet Treat cups and Sweet Centers set but didn't have any inspiration... till now.

Wanted the card to be less feminine and less PINK so I pulled out the chocolate chip paper and some suede printed paper from the Patterns Pack III. I used pretty in pink paper to stamp the image with pixie pink ink and cut out the image. Cut the heart using CM ccs template in suede. Put it all together and voila! Oh and added the adorable little puffy heart stickers. TOO CUTE!
Overall I like the card but don't love it.
Would love to hear opinions and suggestions. And please feel free to upload your own version of a valentine using these colors. Would love to see what you can come up with. Thanks for stopping by. Donielle

Card for Hudson's friend's birthday.

I decided to go through my SU card stock and find a color or two I have not used. I came across the lavender first and then the plum. OK now what do I do??!!!??!
After longer deliberation and deciding for a little girl ... why not a scallop edge. Therefore the new SU border punch was added to the pile. And while I was at it... added retired set Fairy Nice.
I am on a role. NOT!
Well after many back and fourths ... this is the end result.
I used lavender lace, perfect plum, green galore paper and colored with SU colored pencils and blended. Embossed the lavender with the Swiss Dots embossing folder. I add the green and white ribbon and the crystal flowers (1 green and 2 purple).
Finally I was happy with the end result. And thankfully so was my DS.