Category: Valentines

Hang on to Your Love

Bordering on Romance, Cards, Holidays, I (heart) Hearts, Mini Catalogs, Occasions Mini, p.s. I Love You, Stamp Sets, Valentines
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I saw a really cute card done by Lori at Linking Aloud and cased it using SU products.  It’s sweet and simple – and uses lots of stamp sets (which I’m famous for and need to stop doing!) 

Lori had hearts hanging on a wash line – I used the new Bordering on Romance set to create a wash line and masked off the sides.  The line around it is drawn by hand.

Supplies
Stamp Sets – I (heart) Hearts, Bordering on Romance, p.s. I Love You
card stock – Whisper White, Basic Black, Crumb Cake
Ink – Real Red
Stampin Write Marker – Basic Black

I ran down to Savannah Georgia to get my son settled back in to school this week – fast and furious but we did it!  So today I am trying to pull lots of things together in my stamp room.  My Christmas tree is still up but I’m guessing it won’t harm anyone if it’s up until this weekend   Enjoy!  Hugs, Fran

More Regional Projects

Best Friends Forever, Big Shot, Big Shot Petite Pocket, Delightful Dozen, Holidays, Mini Album, Scrapbooking, Special Projects, Stamp Sets, Valentines
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This is a project from the Louisville Regionals – and it probably seems a bit early.  Made with the Petite Pocket die, the little book holds notes (or gift cards!) They used the stamp set You Are Loved from the Holiday Mini – I used Delightful Dozens and Best Friends Forever. 




Each pocket is cut slight smaller than the next.  They are attached together with the ribbon.  My goal for this weekend is to remake this in a Christmas theme – and keep this one for Valentine Day.  Hope you’re having a great start to the weekend!  Hugs, Fran

Valentine Treats

Special Projects, Valentines
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We had a very snowy weekend around here.  Of course, 3-4″ is a major snow storm for us!  I did get some Valentines stamped and ready to have on hand for some of the special people who make my life easier – the bank teller, the grocery man, and others that I want to have a little something to give on Valentines Day.  I wanted to make Samantha some Valentines to take to school (she’ll turn 16 this week!) but she politely declined my kind offer!  Sheesh! 



The pattern was shared by Kimberly Morris and I stamped it up using With All My Heart from the Occasions Mini and the I (Love) Love wheel.

 

Stamp sets – With All My Heart, I (Love) Love jumbo wheel
card stock – Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Whisper White
Ink – Real Red, Pretty in Pink, Pretty in Pink jumbo cartridge
ect – Word Window and corner rounder punches, Real Red 5/8″ grosgrain

Enjoy!  Hugs, Fran


Valentine Bear

Big Shot, Valentines
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How fun is this?  We all know it’s true!



This share is for Kat!  Here’s a build a bear going out on the town for Valentines.

 
The cummerbund is from BAB Christmas die (the Santa suit) and the spats for the shoes are the gym shoes in white (next time cover the holes!) and the girls’ shoes in black.  The heart and the rose are from the new Valentine die.  He’s attached to a Fancy Favor box in the Jackpot DSP.  Enjoy!  Hugs, Fran

Look Here Valentine

Big Shot, Cards, Valentines
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I love using the Look Here Big Shot die to create little scenes inside my cards.  These are the Valentines for my nieces and nephew.  My nieces will get the ones using I (Heart) Hearts – which is the set for the Haitian Disaster Relief.
 

Stamp sets – I (Heart) Hearts, Wonderful Favorites, Happy Heart Day
card stock – Real Red, Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla, Sending Love Specialty paper
ink – Real Red, Pretty in Pink, Basic Black
ect – Trio Heart punch, Full Heart punch, Look Here Big Shot die, Real Red brads, Pinking Border punch

My nephew will get this one using Love Bandit.


Stamp Sets – Love Bandit, Wonderful Favorites
card stock – Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Sending Love Specialty paper
ink – Basic Black, Real Red, Chocolate Chip
ect – Trio Heart punch, Modern Label and Word Window punches, small heart punch

The outsides of the card are non-eventful! (Really, all they want are the gift cards – we all know that!)  I did use Owl Together now on my nephew’s card for lack of any other inspiration.






Enjoy!  Hugs, Fran


Valentine Flowers

Special Projects, Valentines
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Here’s a fun project to dress up your Valentine table. 



These are made with the new Raspberry Tart DSP (front two) and a retired Real Red DSP (back one.)  Cut a strip of DSP 2″ x 12 and use your scallop edge punch to punch the long edge.  Score between each scallop and accordion fold.  Overlap the short edges to made a circle and collapse it into a flower – use a pop up glue dot in the center to hold it in place.  Stamp 2 hearts from A Happy Heart and adhere one on each side of your flower.  Insert a bamboo skewer (found at the grocery store) pointed end towards the center.  I used Crystal Effects to attach it. 



Put a small piece of Styrofoam into the little bucket – or any small container – and push the skewer into the Styrofoam.  Add some Crystal Effects to anchor it down.  Tie some organdy ribbon around the skewer (wish I had the new white organdy to show you – it looks soooo pretty in the catalog!) 

I didn’t have any “shred” to finish the bucket so I cut a 2″ circle, made a hole in the center with my anywhere hole punch and slit the circle to the center.  Shred would look better but this was a quick cover!  Enjoy!  Hugs, Fran

Limited Supply Challenge

Cards, Challenges, Valentines
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TodayLimited Supply Challenge on Splitcoast is to make a Valentine that you could easily replicate 30 times (think children’s Valentine party.)  The color limitations are pink, red. white kraft or black.  I chose to use If the Halo Fits and the sentiment from Happy Heart Day and make a Valentine that is super easy – because you let the recipient do the coloring!



The base is the Scallop Circle Big Shot die in Riding Hood Red.  I stamped the image in Basic Black and cut it out with my Coluzzle.  It looks sort of fuzzy around the edges – hummm, guess I need to change the blade!  After I determined where I wanted the crayons to go, I used my Anywhere Hole Punch from the Crafters Tool Kit to punch a hole above and below the crayons and tied them with the beautiful Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon.  So easy to make – and make, and make!  Fortunately I don’t have to do that anymore!  Enjoy!  Hugs, Fran

A week late!

Cards, Valentines
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I hope everyone has had a wonderful Christmas!  It’s hard to believe that the New Year is just around the corner. I’m having a rough time getting back into the swing of things!

The Sketch Challenge on Splitcoast LAST WEEK was this cute design.  (You can see it here)  This version uses Pretty in Pink as the base (8.5 x 11) and a piece of the Rose Red print paper on the background (4 x 5 1/4).  I stamped some Whisper White with my very neglected Greetings Galore stamp set and punched out the images using my 1 1/4 circle punch.  I colored the hearts with Stampin’ Write Markers in Pretty in Pink and Rose Red and layered the circles on 1 3/8 Rose Red circles.

The strip across the top is 2 x 5 1/4 Pretty in Pink with the opposite side of the Rose Red paper cut to 1 3/4 x 5.  The background circles are punched with 1 3/8 circle in Pretty in Pink.  The circles with the stamping are raised on dimensionals.  The sentiment is from Holidays and Wishes and is stamped on a piece of Whisper White, trimmed, and slid under the strip on top.  Enjoy!  Hugs, Fran