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“You Are Loved” - Unity Stamps



 Good Morning! 


I just finished up this adorable raccoon to send to Cards to Hospitalized Kids. 

This is a great way if you enjoy making cards, you can send them out to brighten someone’s day!  You can learn how you can help here: (Cards For Hospitlized Kids Link)

 It’s part of two challenges:  ( Word Art Wednesday  #734  - Anything Goes), and ( Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge (Something new).  

Sometimes as I gather ideas for cards, I veer off in other directions.  This was the case making this card.  As I was percolating on ideas, I came across an older sketch from Freshly Made Sketches, and I had the light bulb moment of the stamps and papers to make a card.  (I had a few heart printed thank you sheets from Unity, plus a few of my own scraps)  

Here’s the sketch:

Details:

I had the negative scrap piece with the heart shaped hole from a card I made yesterday, and decided it would make a cute window for this little critter to pop out of.  

This raccoon is part of Unity’s Stamp Set called Windowsill Woodlands, which includes the chick, bunny, and the raccoon.  (Shop Here)

I used a square nesting die to cut around the open heart.  I then stamped the raccoon in Smoky Slate (SU) ink, and added extra details with fine tipped markers, and glued to the back of the window.  The strips were 1 inch and 1/2 inch in width.  

I remembered I was gifted the “You Are Loved” die - at Christmas! (Thanks, Mom! 💓)  This is also a Unity Die, but they might be out of stock at the moment.  This was cut from red foil cardstock.  (Shop Here)


A darker shade of pink was cut approximately 3 x 4 to frame the heart window.  In lieu of a button, red foil hearts were added to embellish.  

Thanks for stopping by! - Valerie Kaye 

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  1. Barb FinnicalJanuary 12, 2026 at 9:53 AM

    Valerie, this is such an adorable card! I totally want that die set now. So perfect for Valentine’s Day. I will have to look into that. But what I really love about your card is how you cut a heart and put the image on the heart. I’m so inspired by this. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Word art Wednesday. We always appreciate you!

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