more valentine projects

Do you all remember the little fortunes we made in school.? You know the ones where you pick a color and move the fortune as many times there were letters. Then you did a number and did it again until you got to the end and you lifted up the fortune for that person. Well these were made the same way. They make cute little candy holders. Just fold them and add handles. I also rounded my points to make it a little more baskety. I know that's not a word, but I couldn't help it.
I thought this was a great idea. Stampin' Up! shared it with us demos and I couldn't resist. I gave these to my club members. Each one was slightly different as I used our hostess 6x6 pack to make them. I forgot to take pics of the group though, so this is all I have left.
Isn't it cute?
My handle is the Dotted Scallop Ribbon punch.










I also made some more mini cards. Here is one of them. It uses the Filled with Love set and the heart of hearts embosslit from the big shot. I stamped the background on it and then I added a punched heart using the full heart punch. Don't you just love it when they coordinate? Then I backed it with a black heart from the embosslit - another coordinating piece. Then I added some real read grosgrain ribbon and then a little gem in the top right hand of the heart. The heart is also raised up on Dimensionals.
Pretty quick and easy card.
So I hope you enjoy more Valentine ideas.
Sorry I've been such a slacker posting. Life has been very busy lately. I'll be glad when it slows down.

more valentine club projects

This was our third mini card we did. It was on a real red base with a black mat. The whisper white we stamped the xoxo stamp with pretty in pink ink and inked the edges. Then we punched the black scallop and red circle. On another white piece of paper we used the stamp set called I heart hearts and stamped 2 hearts and then cut around them and popped them up with dimensionals. It gave the little card some added dimension. I made some more of these cards and I need to take some pictures. they are really fun to make.

This is the last item we made. It is a gatefold card that opens in the middle. It doesn't quite look like that though as the black mat goes past the middle, so it overlaps it. The left side is secured closed behind the heart mounted on the right side with a dimensional. It all slides underneath and fits just snugly. I thought it a fun way to open the card and a cool twist on that type of card. The little heart and circle in the middle of the Love word are punched pieces and the little heart is raised up on dimensionals. The little hearts at the bottom are also hearts from the heart punch from the itty bitty punch pack. To top it all off I added a little jewel to the red heart. I love how that set matches some punches. I love it when things match and are easy to use to create that little wow.
So I hope they give you some ideas for some more valentine cards. Hope you have a really great day today.

mini valentine cards

Here is one of three mini cards we made for club to fit in the little magazine box. This one is real red basic black and then our new glitter paper and the dsp that was on special earlier this month. The glittered heart is punched out with our full heart punch and the black outline is the scalloped heart of heart embosslit used with the Bigshot. I tried to make simple, reproducible cards to make it easy to make Valentines this year.
I love this new glitter paper. Its so shiny and adds such a pop to the cards and items.

This second one uses the same embosslit and also uses a stamped image from the Filled with Love stamp set. It is also punched out with the full heart punch and lifted up with Dimensionals. The sayings are also from the Filled with love set and are stamped using Basic Black ink. All these were really quick to make. They are 3 x 3 cards which fit our mini envelopes really well.
So I hope you enjoy my mini cards and they inspire you to make some fun valentines for the ones you love, because its always good to let others know that we love and care for them.

valentine mini magazine box

Valentine is fast approaching so for our club meeting this month our focus was on Valentines. We made this mini magazine file type of box. We made it with Pretty in Pink paper.
It wasn't my idea, but I can't remember where I first saw it. I had written down some notes about it last year and now I can't remember where I saw it or who originally created it or if it even said who created it. If I find out or remember I will update my post.

It is a fairly simple design. Its made out of one piece of 8 1/2 x 11 piece of paper cut down and scored and folded. We decorated these boxes fairly simple, but you can make them as elaborate as you want.
It can also be used for other holidays too. I can see Birthdays, thank you notes, Christmas, etc. Just change out colors and stamp set. This little box holds several 3x3 cards with envelopes.
I used the stamps from the Filled with Love stamp set to decorate this box. The heart matched the heart punch and the backing is the Scalloped heart of hearts embosslit. I then added some Real Red grosgrain ribbon and some Dimensionals and was done. I also added a gem to the front of the circle. Sorry I didn't get a picture of that part. You can sort of see by this picture that I stamped the circle with red, then I matted it with a pink circle and then a red one. Using our great punches of course.

So I hope you enjoy my share and are gearing up your holiday treats for the people you what to share with this holiday season. I'll post the cards next. Have a great (and warm) day.

birthday cakes card

This is a card I made using the hostess set Birthday Bakery.
It was a fun card to make. I had to decide what colors to color the various cakes. It's kind of fun deciding do I want a chocolate cake with strawberry icing or vanilla, etc. :) It can make you hungry for sure and it definitely wasn't a "day for just a sliver". :)
I used the cherry cobbler seam binding as the ribbon. I think Cherry is probably my favorite new color and I used it for a lot of items around the holidays.
Also SU doesn't have a light gray marker anymore, so I used Sahara Sand to color the platters. So I hope you enjoy my creation. Hostess sets aren't hard to get and with Sale-a-bration around the corner, it's a great time to plan a workshop or become a demonstrator. Let me know if you are interested.
Hope you have a great day.

scrapbooking your faith - July

These were July's pages. This set and roller was in the mini at the time. I really liked this Fourth of July set and hope it returns. We just stamped and punched out the stars. Some are raised up on dimensionals. The saying is one from the matching roller that I cut apart to use for various sayings. It's also up on dimensionals.

The fireworks are stamped in red and navy too. The ribbon is navy grosgrain with a small piece of real red for the knot. Just a little variance that I thought went with the pages. It's also hard to see, but there are little firecrackers stamped in Versa Mark on the bottom of the right side red. If you look really hard you can see it in the picture.

I like the saying too - God bless the USA. We are really truly blessed in this country with all the freedoms and all that we have. Sometimes we have to take time out and remember how blessed we are.

I hope you like the pages and it helps you, even at this time of year, to remember the blessings you in particular have. Everything from food, to shelter, to freedom of religion and just freedoms in general. Even freedom to speak your mind for the most part. Something not found in all areas of the world.

Hope you have a warm and safe day today.

Scrapbooking your faith - June

This month we picked some fun, Summery pages using items from the mini. I thought it would be fun to showcase some vacation, traveling or summer fun type pictures. The main colors are Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, So Saffron and Rose Red.
I really liked this set and coordinating paper and was a lot of fun to use. I hope it ends up in the main catalog as this was a great summer set. It had flowers and greenery and even a palm tree.


We also discussed rest and reiterated how rest is important to our lives. Resting helps our bodies and our spirits and can help us focus on God more. Sometimes its in the quiet times that we can really hear his voice.
So I hope you enjoy the page ideas. Don't forget to take time out from time to time to rest too. It really does your body good. :)