Hubby's Valentine's gift

I'm a little slow in sharing with you the card and small treat bag that I put together for my husband's valentine's day gift. Typically, I do something small and then make a nice dinner unless we have plans to go out to eat.

The card uses a stamp from the Occassions Mini Catalog, Like-O-Meter, #117667, $8.95. The phrases are just way to cute. And, the treat bag uses the Glassine bags (also from the Occassions Mini Catalog, #117228, $6.50 for 25) that I ran through the Sizzix Big-Shot using the Stampin' Up! Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Folder, #117335, $7.95. To finish the bag, I put a strip of double-sided designer series paper (Sending Love Specialty, #117153, $11.95), and yes, it's from the same mini catalog! Finally, I tied a piece of the new 5/8" Real Red satin ribbon and added a stamped heart and message (Love You Much & Teeny Tiny Wishes). The bag was filled with Hershey Hugs first!

Simple Valentine

Here's a simple valentine card that I made using a technique I learned at the SU! Phoenix Regional Seminar I attended last month.

It's a simple monochromatic color scheme using Real Red and Whisper White as the neutral. The background is run through the Big Shot using the SU! Perfect Polka Dots textured impressions folder. The new "technique" was making the lace on the bottom of the card front.

I had seen using paper strips that were punched along the edge with the Eyelet Border punch and then "scrunched" to resemble lace before. However, at the regional seminar, we were shown a simpler way to do it.....use the crimper after punching to make the lace come together easier! The stamp is from the "Love You Much" stamp set (#113756, $25.95), and the saying is from the "Teeny Tiny Wishes" (#115370, $36.95).

Simple enough to crank out a bunch in no time at all!

Heart Treat Cups

When Stampin' Up! announced the heart shaped treat cups, I knew I wanted some. But, I didn't purchase the coordinating stamp set that goes with them. Well, what then to do with these treat cups? This is what I came up with. I wanted to put the treat cup on the top of the card and not punch the hole to put it between 2 layers. In order to cover-up the edge of the treat cup, I made some "lace trim".

Here's how:

Take a 12" x 3/4" piece of designer series paper. Punch along one edge using a border edge punch (I used the new Pinking Hearts Border punch), then run it through the crimper. The crimping gives the "lace" the ability to more easily go around the curves of the heart. Then, I used Mini Glue dots to adhere the "lace" around the outside edge of the treat cup. Voila!

The inside of the treat cup has punched hearts inside, but you could just as easily add candy or any other small gift.

Valentine's Day Box

After what seems like forever, I had some stamping inspiration this evening. I borrowed the scallop envelop die that goes into my BigShot and had fun making this cute little candy box. I've seen other people make boxes, so this isn't exactly new, just new to me!


Here is the picture. I was surprised at how easy and quick it went together. I used Kraft card stock for the box. You need 4 scallop envelops to make the box. Fold the scallop flaps down, and the bottom flap up. Cut off on side flap for each envelop. Then, using Sticky Strip, line up the cut edge to one side flap and adhere. Continue this around until all sides are joined. Fold in the bottom flaps and adhere them shut with more Sticky Strip.

I found it helped to put 3" square of Kraft card stock in the bottom for stability. Then it was just decorating. I used a 1-1/2" strip of Candy Lane double-sided paper and 5/8" Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon and a few punches from the Heart to Heart punch.

More Valentines

I wanted to share another quick valentine made using the Love You Much bundle. The Pink Pirouette card measures 4-1/4"x4-1/2" (finshed size). The background was stamped using the 3-hearts in the stamp set and Pink Pirouette Classic ink. It's not easy to see in this picture thoguh. A Close to Cocoa strip that has been dry embossed using the Dots classy brass template. The heart was stamped onto Very Vanilla card stock using Riding Hood Red Classic ink and colored in using a blender pen and Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Close to Cocoa, and Old Olive Classic inks, then cut out and adhered using Stampin' Dimensionals. The lower strip of card stock is Old Olive, and the "Happy Valentines Day" stamp from Holidays & Wishes stamp set was stamped using Close to Cocoa Classic ink.

Valentine Pillow Box

Here is a little pillow box filled with Hershey Kisses that would be a perfect gift for either kid's classrooms or just to give to friends.


It's made using the Big Shot and the Pillow Box die and acetate sheets. Really quick and easy to make a bunch up in no time at all! To finish it all off, I stamped the 3-hearts image from the Love You Much bundle with White Staz-On ink onto the acetate after it was die-cut. The scallop was made using the Hugs & Kisses stamp and Jet Black Staz-On ink, then watercolored using the Riding Hood Red and Pink Pirouette Classic ink pads and blender pens and punched out with the scallop circle punch. A 1-1/4"x5" strip of paper from Candy Lane DSP (also in the bundle) was adhered around the middle. A 12" piece of Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon was tied in the opposite direction on top of this and the scallop piece was adhered using Mini Glue Dots. We made these at stamp club this month.

Another "Love You Much" card

Here is another card I made using the Love You Much bundle special going on:


The base of the card is Close to Cocoa card stock cut at 6-1/4"x5-1/8" to make a 3-1/8"x5-1/8" card. The vertical and horizontal pieces of Designer Series paper is Candy Lane DSP from the bundle special. The hugs & kisses stamp is stamped onto a piece of Very Vanilla card stock in Basic Brown ink and watercolored using Riding Hood Red and a blender pen. It's hard to see in the picture, but the heart was cut-out of a second stamped piece and given dimension by using a Stampin' Dimensional underneath. The whole thing was cut-out, 1/8" holes punched from around the scallops and mounted onto a Riding Hood Red scallop punched using the Scallop Circle punch. The final touch was punching once using the Spiral punch on the top of the opening edge.

Hope this inspires you to get busy creating some valentine's!

Love You Much

Now that the Christmas holiday is past, school is back in session and things are returning to "normal" I'm back creating new projects to share with you. This card is made using the Love You Much bundle that Stampin' Up! has on special through this month (see earlier post for details).


The card base is Regal Rose card stock cut to 5-3/4"x6-1/2" folded in half to make a 5-3/4"x3-1/4" card. The "Love you much" stamp is stamped in Jet-Black Staz-on ink onto Whisper White card stock, then colored in using Pink Pirouette and Certainly Celery stamp pads and blender pens. The edges were distressed with the cutter kit. The Hearts are from the 3-heart punch (available with the bundle) and finished off with a pink fire circle rhinestone. The grass is a 1/2" strip of Certainly Celery card stock snipped at the top edge to create grass. Finally, a strip of Candy Lane DSP (also from the bundle) was punched with the scallop edge punch and adhered to the right opening edge, and a piece of Whisper White taffeta ribbon was tied to finish it all off!