Valentine’s/Love

Valentine’s Countdown: Day 8

Looking for a quick and easy card for your honey…this card is super cute and uses the "P.S. I love You" stamp set from the Occassions Mini!

Valentine's is in 8 days and I've started to work on some ideas for my family and I've also made the most ADORABLE Valentines for my kids classes. Come back tomorrow to check it out!

Stamps

• P.S. I Love You 125460wood/125462cling

Paper
• Crumb Cake Card Stock 120953
• Early Espresso Card Stock 119686
• Pink Pirouette Card Stock 111351
• 2011-2013 In Color Patterns Designer Series Paper 122384

Ink
• Calypso Coral Classic Stampin’ Pad 122939
• Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Pad 119670
• VersaMark® Pad 102283
• Blushing Bride Smooch Spritz 125580
• White Stampin’ Emboss® Powder 109132

Accessories
• Calypso Coral Baker’s Twine 125573
• Calypso Coral 3/8" Ruffled Ribbon 122976
• Stampin’ Dimensionals® 104430
• Crop-A-Dile™ 108362
• 1/2" Circle Punch 119869
• Sponge Daubers 102892

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Project Time: Petal Cone Heart Pouch

One of my favourite things about any new Stampin' Up catalogue is seeing what new Big Shot products are available! The Petal Cone Die (121810) in the Occasions Mini is one of the most versatile dies around! Here the cone becomes a heart shaped pouch perfect for little love notes or treats!

Stampin' Up Supply List

Stamps: Valentine's Defined (W121941/C123057), Very Vintage Jumbo Wheel (117693)
Ink: Basic Black (101179), Rose Red (101178)
Paper: Rose Red (102544), Pretty in Pink (100459), Pink Pirouette (111351), Newsprint Designer Series Paper (121878), Red Glimmer Paper (121790)
Accessories: SNAIL (104332), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430),Neutrals Designer Series Buttons (119743), Game Spinners (121893), Linen Thread (104199), Glue Dots (103683), Sticky Strip (104294)
Tools: Big Shot Die Cutting System (113439), Petal Cone Die (121810), Full Heart Punch (119883), Spiral Punch (119872), Decorative Label Punch (120907), Jumbo Wheel Handle (103661)
Other: Pliers

Step by Step Directions

Cut a Pretty in Pink Petal Cone Die, and then a Rose Red Petal Cone Die.
Take Rose Red die cut piece and roll over top with wheel and Rose Red Ink
Attach the two cones together using flaps along the side and sticky strip.
Attach banner to heart using SNAIL.
Take 2.5 x 2.5 piece of newsprint paper and add spirals along the left hand side using punch. Scrumple up and smooth out. Attach to heart using Stampin' Dimensionals.
Using Full Heart Punch, punch out heart out of Red Glimmer Paper Attach to project using Stampin' Dimensionals. Cut spinner hand in half using pliers and attach to back of heart with Glue Dots. Add button with Linen Thread bow using Glue Dots.
Stamp definition in Basic Black on Pink Pirouette, punch out with Decorative Label Punch. Attach to project with Stampin' Dimensionals.

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Love Fancy Favour Box

One of the most popular sets in the new Occasions Mini is the cute and fun Valentine's Defined (W121941/C123057) set.

While this is a great set for Valentine's Day, it is a good set for scrapbooking, anniversary cards and more! This box features the "love you" greeting from the set which fits perfectly in the small oval punch, as well as a new must-have item, Red Glimmer Paper (121790) which is so sparkly and the glitter stays put!!!

Stampin' Up Supply List

Stamps: Valentine's Defined (W121941/C123057)
Ink: Real Red Classic (103133)
Paper: Real Red (102482), Pink Pirouette Cardstock (111351), Love Patterns Designer Series Paper (124156), Red Glimmer Paper (121790)
Accessories: SNAIL (104332), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430), Sticky Strip (104294)
Tools: Big Shot Die Cutting System (113439), Fancy Favor Box Die (115965), Tasteful Trim Die (120893), Small Oval Punch (119863), Large Oval Punch (119855), Scallop Oval Punch (119856)

Step by Step Directions

Cut out Fancy Favor Box out of Love Patterns Designer Series Paper using Big Shot. Assemble box using Sticky Strip.
Cut out handle for box using Tasteful trim die. Add handle to the box on the inside using Sticky Strip.
Stamp "love you" in Real Red on Whisper White. Punch out with small oval punch.
Punch large oval out of glimmer paper, add greeting on top with SNAIL.
Punch scallop oval out of Pink Pirouette and attach other ovals on with SNAIL.
Add to the box with Stampin' Dimensionals.

If you'd like to make cute valentine's favors like this one, you can schedule a valentine's themed class for you and your friends! Contact me today to pick a date for your "Ladies Night Out"!

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This card features a new must-have stamp set, You're a Gem (W122268/C122270) that is packed full of great sayings. The key is also a new offering – Trinket Keys (121892) which come in a package of four different keys. Don't you love how these two items go together so perfectly for a great valentine's or anniversary card?

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Stampin' Up Supply List

Stamps: You're a Gem (W122268/C122270)
Ink: Cherry Cobbler (119669)
Paper: Cherry Cobbler (119685), Very Vanilla (101650), Basic Black (121045)
Accessories: Basic Black Striped Grosgrain Ribbon (115615), Trinket Keys (121892) Linen Thread (104199), Mini Glue Dots (106683), SNAIL (104332), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)
Tools: Big Shot Die Cutting System (113439), Vintage Wall Paper Embossing Folder (120175), Scalloped Heart of Heart Sizzlit (117332), Full Heart Punch (119883)

Step by Step Directions

Cut Basic Black to 5.5 x 8.5 and fold in half.
Cut Very Vanilla to 5.25 x 4 and run through Big Shot with Vintage Wallpaper Folder.
Stamp greeting in Cherry Cobbler on a scrap of Very Vanilla, punch out with Full Heart Punch and set aside.
Run piece of Cherry Cobbler through Big Shot using Heart Embosslit. Attach punched heart to Big Shot one using SNAIL.
Tuck left edge of ribbon under and attach using SNAIL. Carefully attach ribbon to embossed panel using glue dots to about the half way point.
Take a piece of linen thread and tie a bow, and include the key.
Affix the rest of the ribbon using glue dots, trim edge on an angle and leave it so it over hangs.
Attach embossed panel to card base using SNAIL.
Attach heart to finished card using Stampin' Dimensionals

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Happy Valentine’s Day: Quotes for you!

If the inside of your card is blank and you haven’t signed it yet. Here are some great quotes you might be able to use!

(From scrapbooking.com )
Valentine’s Day Journaling Quotes:

Within you I lose myself…
Without you I find myself
Wanting to be lost again. – Author Unknown

Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye. – H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Where there is love there is life. – Mahatma Gandhi

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was
not my lips you kissed, but my soul. – Judy Garland

Whatever our souls are made of, yours and mine are the same. – Emily Bronte

How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.- Unknown

The heart has its reasons that reason knows nothing of. – Blaise Pascal

His Hello, was the end of her endings.
Her laugh, was their first step down the aisle.
His hand, would be hers to hold forever.
Her forever, was as simple as his smile.
He said, She was what was missing.
She said instantly she knew.
She was a question to be answered…
and his answer was I Do – Author Unknown

Just because somebody doesn’t love you the way you want them to, doesn’t mean they don’t love you with all they have. – Author Unknown

A bell is no bell ’til you ring it,
A song is no song ’til you sing it,
And love in your heart
Wasn’t put there to stay -
Love isn’t love
‘Til you give it away. – Oscar Hammerstein

As sweet and musical
As bright Apollo’s lute, strung with his hair;
And when Love speaks, the voice of all the gods
Makes heaven drowsy with the harmony. – William Shakespeare

And now these three remain:
Faith, Hope and Love,
but the greatest of these is Love. – 1 Corinthians 13:13

Love bears all things,
Believes all things,
Hopes all things,
Endures all things.
Love never fails. – 1 Corinthians 13:7,8

I love you
Not only for what you are
But for what I am
When I am with you. – Roy Croft

My Heart has found its home in you
And once nestled in your arms
Nothing else would do
My heart wants only you.
My eyes have found their resting place
And once my arms found your embrace
My eyes just could not leave your face
My eyes see only you.
My ears have found the sound they love
Your voice is like music from above
My ears love to hear the sound of your voice so dear.
My ears hear only you.
My soulmate you are and always shall be
For my heart is full of love you see
I will love you faithfully and true,
For my heart has found its home in you. – Thena Smith

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place. – Zora Neale Hurston

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. – William Shakespeare

We loved with a love that was more than love. – Edgar Allan Poe

A kiss, when all is said, what is it?
A rosy dot placed on the "i" in loving;
‘Tis a secret told to the mouth instead of to the ear. – Edmond Rostand

Hope you have a Valentine’s Day filled with love and relaxation!!!

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Sweet Stuff

Today’s share is YUMMY!!!! OK…so I might have sampled some of these before completing these projects..but, can you blame me??? Who can make Valentine’s treats without some taste testing. I mean…we wouldn’t want to give the kids something that doesn’t taste good. hee, hee. I haven’t decided which to make for my kids classes.

Any opinions?

Project 1:
I found the lollipop sticks at Bulk Barn and punched a 1/4" circle through the white cardstock, stuck the stick right through the Hershey Kiss. Be careful not to push too hard into the kiss as it will break it apart. Or press REALLY hard and then you have to eat those…right?!