Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

My card stash is looking a little frail these days, so I need to get going and make some more.  I think that this card could be more than just a Valentine, so I'm going to keep it out, just in case!

Have a great day and eat lots of chocolate!

Supplies:

Stamps:  My Favorite Things-Heart You

Ink:  Memento, Versafine

Paper:  Graphic 45, MME, Recollections

Misc:  Copics, doily die, paper punch, diamond glaze

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Happy Valentine's Day!

Sending you lots of love today on Valentine's Day!  Hope you are having a sweet romantic day where all of your dreams come true!

Supplies:

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink-Tag It's #1 and Heart-2-Heart #11

Paper:  The Paper Company, American Crafts

Ink:  Papertrey Ink

Misc:  paper punches, pop up dots, half pearls, Papertrey Ink Heart Border Die, Diamond Glaze

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One More Day To Valentine's Day!

It's almost Valentine's Day!  I felt like I needed to make a card with some chocolate tucked inside.  So, using my Cricut, Nestabilities, and a few paper punches, I got to work on this sweet girl.  The sentiment was made using Papertrey Ink Modern Upper Case Alphabet.  I cut each letter out four times, adhered them together, and then finished them up with a layer of Diamond Glaze on the top.

Supplies:

Paper:  MME, Bazzill, The Paper Company

Misc:  Cricut Create a Friend Cartridge, Papertrey Ink Modern Upper Case Alphabet dies, Nestabilties, Paper punches, pop up dots, small candy bar.

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Two Days Till Valentine's Day!

I must have taken this card apart 100 times, tried a 100 different ideas, and finally I just said that's it, it's done....

Supplies:

Stamps:  My Favorite Things Pure Innocence-Love You With All of My Heart

Ink:  Memento, Versafine

Paper:  Echo Park, Wasau,  Bazill, Recollections, American Crafts

Misc:  Copics, Paper Punches, Cheery Lynn Designs French Pastry Doily, Papertrey Ink Beautiful Blooms #2 Dies and Heart Border Die, Papertrey Ink SAF 1940's Flower & Leaf die, pop up dots, buttons, half pearls

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Three Days To Valentine's Day!

Another Valentine, whoo hoo!  You should see this one in person, I'm very pleased with the way it came out.  I used my Cricut to cut the letters out and the hearts are paper punched.  Lots of layers and lots of pop up dots give this card a lot of dimension.  

Supplies:

Paper:  My Mind's Eye, Bazzill, Recollections

Misc:  Button, crochet cotton, paper punches, Alphalicious Cricut Cartridge, pop up dots

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Four Days to Valentine's Day - Part 2

I love making these crochet hearts.  They are so quick and easy to make.  All I did to make this card was to cut a heart out of the paper with a Nestabilities Heart Die and then stamp the sentiment on the bottom.  Then I layered it onto the card base and stamped the stem/leaf combination.  To finish it off, I just glued the hearts on and viola!

Supplies:

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink-Flower Fusion #1 and Hero Arts CL498

Ink:  Papertrey Ink

Paper:  Recollections

Misc:  Crochet Hearts

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Five Days To Valentine's Day!

I am really trying to keep my blog updated, it's/was my New Year's Resolution.  While I didn't do very well last month, I'm determined to "get it done"!  I have a stack of Valentine's Day cards that I made, so everyday this week, I will be posting one.

I used some of my favorite goodies to make this card.  The flowers are cut out using my Cricut and I dusted off my Martha Stewart Butterfly punch and punched out some tiny vellum butterflies. Out of my Papertrey Ink supplies, I used my heart border, Heart-2-Heart #11 stamp set, and the Fillable Frames #5 stamp set/die combination.  I made a few flags out of some washi tape that I had been saving for a rainy day.

Supplies:

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink-Fillable Frames #5 and Heart-2-Heart #11

Ink:  Papertrey Ink, Heidi Swapp

Paper:  American Crafts, Bo Bunny, Recollections, Bazzill

Misc:  paper punches, half rhinestones, pop up dots, Cricut Sweet Treats Cartridge, buttons, tooth picks, washi tape, Nestabilities

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Be Mine

Happy Super Bowl Sunday!!  I am so excited, right now I am waiting for my sister.  It's our Annual Craft-A-Palooza Super Bowl Bash!  It's just the two of us, as we can get a little loud, eat until we are nauseous, and craft all day.  We also use language that our Mom doesn't appreciate and to quote her, "I didn't raise you two girls to be so nasty".  We won't mention that our Grandma could swear us all under the table, I guess it skipped a generation!  Again, we won't mention that "you girls" are 50 and 46!  Our last game we watched together, we played a drinking game with Diet Coke, and needless to say we missed part of the last quarter because we had to go to the bathroom, a lot!  We sure know how to party!

I've been down with a sinus infection that turned into bronchitis, yuck!  I've squeezed a few cards in between coughing  and blowing my nose.

Supplies:

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink-Blooming Bits and Friendship Jar Spring Fillers

Ink:  Versafine, Papertrey Ink

Paper:  Recollections, a scrap of some paper that I don't remember!

Misc:  Crochet thread, mini clothes pin, pop up dots, paper punch

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Love You To The Core!

This is the perfect Valentine for your favorite teacher.  I think everyone knows that my favorite teacher is my sister/best friend in the whole world!

It's a pretty simple card.  It's hard to see, but the apple is actually stamped/cut out and put on the inside of the card so it shows though the circle that I cut out on the front?!  Does that make any sense at all?!  One of my favorite die sets to use, as of late, is the Dainty Bow Die-Namics from My Favorite Things.  I got it last year as a gift from my sister, and it's totally awesome.  Lately, I never seem to have the right color of ribbon on hand (I'm trying really hard not to buy new/more stuff) and if I do, I can never get my bows to look right.   This way, I have bows that match the card stock perfectly and they look great.

Supplies:

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink-Fruit Fusion Apple Stamp Set

Ink:  Papertrey Ink, Versafine

Paper:  Bazzill, American Crafts, The Paper Source

Misc:  My Favorite Things Dainty Bow Die Namics, Nestabilities

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Ding Dong Valentines

I love Valentines Day, I think because I love candy!  Not only do I love candy, but I love chocolate, and that is a totally different food group.

Here is a cute, quick, inexpensive, and unique treat for all of your favorite Valentines.  The sentiment is computer generated.  Then, I stamped the "frame" from the Papertrey Ink Tag Its #1.  I punched that sucker out, backed it with a scallop Nestabilitities, and a few paper punched hearts added a finishing touch.

I bought the Ding Dongs at Target, and so far I've eaten four of them!  Oh well, I will have to buy another box before Valentine's Day.  I'ts a sacrifice I am willing to make to keep the economy going!!

Supplies:

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink:  Tag Its #1

Ink:  Papertrey Ink

Paper:  Recollections, Bazzill, American Crafts

Misc:  Ding Dongs, paper punches, pop up dots, Nestabilities,

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Handmade With Love Gable Boxes

I feel absolutely lousy today.  A bad cold/flu is going around work, and it looks like it's my turn to get it.  So, I'm hoping that sharing some Valentine cheer will help me feel better!

I made some gable boxes (during Christmas!) and I finally got around to decorate them last weekend.  The boxes, big roses, and the leaves were all cut with my Cricut.    I wanted to give my boxes a little "heft", so they could hold a heavier treat inside.  So, I actually cut 2 of each piece and adhered them together.  Then, I used two Papertrey Ink Stamp Sets,  Heart-2-Heart #11 and Fillable Frames #5 for my sentiment.  A few paper punch flowers and butterflies, some tiny clothes pins, baker's twine and most important, some pop up dots and my boxes are ready to be filled with something sweet!

Supplies:

Sta;mps:  Papertrey Ink-Fillable Frames #5, Heart 2 Heart #11

Ink:  Papertrey Ink

Paper:  American Crafts, Recollections

Misc:  paper punches, baker's twine, half pearls, mini clothespins, Nestabilities, pop up dots, buttons, George & Basic Shapes and Tags, Bags, Boxes & More 2 Cricut Cartridges

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A Sweet Valentine Story

Remember the old Life Savers Sweet Story Book?  I used to love them, we always brought them for the Christmas gift exchanges in elementary school.

Over the years, they have changed a bit.  I bought one after Christmas, while they were on sale.  It was a little disappointing, when I opened it up, they now only have candy on one side of the book.  

I thought I could "trick" it up a little with a little Beth-A-Palooza flair.  Since Christmas is over, I decided to make my sweet story book for Valentines Day.

Using my Scor-Pal, I made my "book".  I used the original packaging as the template.  The image is Pure Innocence I Luv You With All My Heart.  I colored her with Copics and paper

pierced her dress and the big heart Valentine that she is holding.  Diamond Glaze was added to the heart to give it a little bit of texture.

This is the inside of my sweet story.  The sentiment is from the same PI set.

Supplies:

Stamps:  My Favorite Things-Pure Innocence I Luv You With All My Heart

Ink:  Memento, Versafine

Paper:  Neenah, American Crafts, Bazzill

Misc:  Copics, Diamond Glaze, paper punches,  pop up dots, My Favorite Things Scallop Oval Die-Namics Die, Life Savers Sweet Story Book, Scor-pal, ribbon

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Valentine's Day Button Tag Bags

Happy Valentine's Day!  I hope your day is filled with love and chocolate.  My day is filled with work, this being one of the two busiest days in the restaurant industry, but I saved myself some Cherry Cordial M & M's for when I get home tonight!

I've been doing quite a bit of sewing lately, and I just love making little bags.  It's a great way to use of little scraps of fabric and most of the time, they make up really fast.

Last month, the Senior Design Team at Papertrey Ink revisited Button Boutique.  This is one of my favorite PTI stamp sets.  I absolutely loved this one at Lilybean Paperie and decided to incorporate it with my new little bags.

I made two styles of bags.  The first one is simple drawstring muslin bag.  I like to stuff it with a lot of stuff and I wanted it to stand up on it's own, so I boxed the bottom corners.

The bags are 6 1/2 inches x 51/4 inches.  

Next up are these little tote bags, I call them my Tiny Totes.

These little guys measure 6 inches x 5 inches.  The bottoms of these bags also are boxed so that they stand up freely.

Supplies:

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink-Button Boutique and Friendship Jar Spring Fillers

Paper:  Bazzill, American Crafts, Echo Park

Ink:  Memento

Misc:  Muslin bags, Tiny Totes, lace, buttons, baker's twine, mini spools, stick pins, glitter, paper punches, ribbon, sewing machine, Diamond Glaze, Papertrey Ink Dies-Button Boutique and Button Up #2 Die

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I Dig You

This is one of those things that didn't photograph well, I apologize, but they are way cuter in real life.  I saw these cute little shovels in Target and they were only 28 cents each, bonus bargain!!  They were a perfect match to the American Crafts Valentine paper pad that they had in the scrapbook aisle, another bonus for me!

So, I made these little tags and packaged up some candy for a special Valentine treat.

Supplies:

Paper:  American Crafts, Bazzill, Recollections

Misc:  Shovel, baker's twine, paper punch, button, cellophane bag, candy, Nestabilities, Sizzix Yarn Sizzlits Alphabet

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Teddy Bear Valentines

Hello!!!  How is everyone doing?  Where I have been and what have I been doing?!  I'm not quite sure, they say time flies when you are having fun...or not!!

As usual, I'm doing projects at the last minute.  Here are some paper punch Valentines that I made.

I used a variety of paper punches and my Cricut to make this little cutie.  Everything is better with a little chocolate, so I added this Nestle Crunch Heart to the center.

I needed a fun way to package him, so I used a glassine bag that I "tricked" up.  While I am a little behind on the trends, here is my first attempt at a confetti bag.  I just punched a million little hearts and added some fluffy glitter that I bought who knows when!  The doily heart was made using the Lifestyles/Quickutz 4x4 Die.

Here are my "naked" bears just waiting for their chocolate hearts!

Supplies:

Ink:  Memento

Paper:  Bazzill, American Crafts, Recollections

Misc:  Paper punches, pop up dots, Cricut George & Basic Shapes Cartridge, white gel pen, black Sharpie pen, glassine bag, Quickutz/Lifestyles Heart Doily Die, button, baker's twine, fluffy glitter, plastic bag, chocolate heart

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Sweetie Tilda Valentine

 

Well, I'm back to work full time at both of my jobs, boo hoo!  After the pain subsided from my surgery, I enjoyed being at home, crafting and watching tv!  Needless to say, I'm still finishing the Valentines that I started!  So, here is a Tilda easel card.  I'll put it away in my stash for next year.

 

Supplies:

Stamps:  Magnolia-Sweetie Tilda, Studio G-Sentiment

Ink:  Memento, Versafine

Paper:  American Crafts, Bazzill

Misc:  Heart doily, paper punches, pearls, Copics, pop up dots, Papertrey Ink Heart Border Die

 

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Heart Doily Treat Sacks

 

Here are some super quick heart doily treat sacks that I made.  All I did, was stitch around the doily with my sewing machine.  I left an opening about 3 inches long, stuffed them full of M&M's and then stitch the opening closed.  A quick simple tag tied on finished the project.

 

 

I originally wanted to fill them with the cinnamon red hearts, but I couldn't find them anywhere!  I went to Target, Walmart, Walgreens, CVS, Publix, and Party City and no one had them.  But, the plain M&M's did the trick just fine.

 

Supplies:

Stamps:  Stampin Up-Sentiment

Ink:  Memento

Paper:  American Crafts, Bazzill

Misc:  Heart doilies, ribbon, Martha Stewart doily tags, paper punches, glitter, pop up dots

 

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Happy "Heart" Day

 

 

Good Morning!   Just a quick post before I have to get ready for work.  Valentine's Day is just 3 days away, and yes, I'm still working on my cards and treats!

 

Supplies:

Stamps:  Studio G-Sentiment

Paper:  American Crafts, Colorbok, Bazzill

Ink:  Versafine

Misc:  Paper punches, ribbon, button, pom pom trim, baker's twine, My Favorite Things Scallop Border Die-Namics

 

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Love Is In The Air

 

I wish this picture came out better.  I took the pictures, and then gave the cards away, so I couldn't re-take them.  They are just simple Valentine cards that I made using some of  my crocheted hearts.

 

Supplies:

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink-Heart 2 Heart #11

Ink:  Versafine

Paper:  Bazzill, unknown cloud paper

Misc:  Baker's twine, mini clothespins, crocheted hearts

 

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Whoo Hoo, More Valentines!

 

Happy Superbowl Sunday!  I am spending the day at my sister's house.  It's our 2nd Annual Superbowl Sunday Craftapalooza!  We are crafting all day while watching movies then the game tonight.    We always have a good time together.

 

Here are two more Valentine's I made.  I really like this paper pad from American Crafts.  It's called "With Love".  I've been using it a lot!  I got it at Target.

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink-Friendship Jar Spring Fillers

Ink:  Memento

Paper:  Bazzill, American Crafts

Misc:  Doily, baker's twine, Nestabilities, button

 

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