Valentine Pouches and Bookmarks

Hello friends! I have some Valentine fun for you today. These are the pouches I made for my kids' teachers.  I got the cute little bags from Michelle Phillippi.  You can buy them in her shop.  I folded them half way up and then secured them with score tape.  This gives you two pouches.  One from the fold and one in the bag.  I have seen them done where people sew them but I do not enjoy sewing.  The score tape worked great.  Next I added lots of little fun pieces from pink and red cardstock and some patterned paper (Simple Valentine)  In the bag are some giant Ghirardelli bars and some smaller candy and a bookmark.


Here are all three together.  Each one is a little different.  I get bored doing the same old thing.
 
Next the little bookmarks.  I used the bookmark die, some old ribbon, scrap paper and Simple Valentine and Tiny Treats stamps.
 
 Last we have the candy bar wrap.  I did this up for my hubby.  Its another giant Ghirardelli Chocolate bar.  I wrapped it in pp and added a stamped embellishment.
That's all I have!  Thanks for stopping in!
 

Bitty Bird Valentine

Hello blog friends! I have the Valentine I made for my hubby to show you today. Sorry its a little late for inspiration this year! I was really busy with work, lesson plans etc. but last night while I was running (jogging, actually) I got distracted and turned my head for a second. Well that was all it took. My foot came down on the edge of the asphalt, I rolled my ankle and went head first into a gully. I landed on my shoulder in a mess of gravel. So today I am nursing lots of cuts, bruises, and worst of all, a severely sprained ankle. Will go to the dr. today and let a professional look at it because its a mess. However no walking means no work. No way can I stand and teach all day. I thought about trying to sit and teach but then upon reflection decided I should give this poor foot at least one full day of rest. I have some crutches (yes I am such a klutz I own crutches) and thats how I am getting around at the moment. Well that was probably more info than you needed, eh?
So anyway, onto the card.  I started with a piece of cream cardstock.  I stamped it with the little birds and branches from Bitty Bird (PTI).  The heart is from Simple Valentine and the sentiment is from Love Birds.  The birds and leaves are colored with copic markers.  I lined the inside of the card (um cause I dropped an ink pad on it) with some blue patterned paper (PTI) and I stamped it with a simple little sentiment.
 
Thanks so much for visiting me today!

Valentine's Pockets

Hello Friends! I have a cute little Valentine Pocket for you today.
Its made with half of a kraft envelope.  You seal up the envie and the cut it in half.  Now you have a nice little pocket.  Next you take some Valentine paper, cardstock and stamps and start decorating.  I used Simple Valentine paper, Tiny Treats, Simple Valentine, and Love Birds stamps.  Just start mixing and matching until you come up with something you like.  Stuff the inside with chocolates or whatever you have laying around.

I used the same sets and paper for this pocket as well.  My daughter liked this one, my son preferred the dog.  I guess we know who is getting what for V-day now!  LOL, thanks for stopping in!

Hearts

Hey look, its not a bird! LOL! I had a friend over a few weekends ago and I was introducing her to the great art of stamping. We did a bit of Valentine's day stamping and played with a lot of stamps that had matching punches or die cuts. I ended up making this. I left the sentiment for the inside of the card. Its a pretty simple card. I used PTI backgrounds Hearts, Heart Prints, Simple Valentine, ribbon, cardstock and scalloped die.

Little Birdie in the Love Tree

Good Morning Bloggy Friends! Did you enjoy your extra day off? I normally don't work on Mondays so really it just messes me up when the kids are off and everyone else is wandering around, lol. Anyway I did get a bit of crafting done this weekend. For this card I used a kraft base. I rounded the corners. I added a sweet blush die cut (labels 14? or maybe 8? sorry I am too lazy to go look). Then I got a smaller die cut and added my birdie stamps. I used a little heart from Simple Valentine to make a heart tree. The round sentiment is also from Simple Valentine. I've got three buttons across the bottom with pearls in the center. I think that about covers it. Thanks for stopping in! Oh and if you have a minute I have a new card up over at Waltzingmouse Makers. Link in the sidebar ----->

Days Go By...

And the blog remains unupdated! So sorry! The only excuse I have is that I have been busy... with everything except for crafting. Job has been taking up a lot of time. Kids activities have too. Meetings, practices, etc. the list is endless. But today I have a cute little Valentine box you might like. It uses up those left over PTI boxes as well.

This is not an original idea, I got it from watching Stamp TV. It was taught by GinaK. If you google Stamp TV clear boxes it is one of the first hits. The boxes that Gina K uses are smaller than the PTI stamp boxes that I used so you can not use her dimensions if you are using PTI boxes. To make the lid and the bottom I used two pieces of hibiscus cardstock that were 8.5 x 4.5 inches. On the short side I scored in at 1 1/8 on each side. On the long side I scored in at just a hair under 1 1/4 inches. I say a hair under because you need the lid especially to be a little loose. Decorate before folding... its so much easier! Tie it all together with some pretty ribbon and add an embellie. All done! BTW, this holds a ton of candy! The first box is filled with hershey kisses (a full bag), the second is filled with Dove hearts (another full bag). So if you want to be a little cheaper maybe add some pretty shredded paper in the bottom.

Inside Out

Today's card was inspired by a post on the Moxie Fab blog a few days ago. It was about making the inside of the card as important as the outside of the card. While I was reading it I sketched out this card. Later that day I went to my craft table and tried my hand at making it. Its close to what I wanted but I am not totally happy with the cloud area. The letter stamps are from K and Co. I believe. They are really old. The other stamps are from PTI's Tiny treats and Simple Valentine. The pp is from Ek success, everything else is PTI.


Have a great weekend! I am off to Vegas with my Bff!

What Have We Got Today?

Its another Valentine, surprise, surprise! I guess I have really gotten my money out of these sets! Today's card I dreamed up while washing dishes the other night. As soon as I was done I ran over to my craft table and got started. Its one of those cards that is so much more awesome then the picture shows. I colored all the hearts with my spica markers and they are so sparkly! The photo doesn't really capture that. There has also been no sun here in California for quite a few days so my natural light source has not been the best.
The front of the card is stamped in palette noir ink on PTI white. I used background basics: hearts. The love you is from Simple Valentine. All hearts are colored with spica markers.

The inside uses stamps from simple valentine and heartfelt greetings (? something like that anyway), both from PTI. The inside heart is also colored with spica markers.

Three Hearts

I have another Valentine for you today. I don't know how many I have made but it is so many more than normal! Its so funny, I made the base for this card about 2 weeks before I finished it off. The base was made by stamping the two long stamps from Simple Valentine. Next I punched some hearts from Simple Valentine PP and from white card. I stamped the white card with a stamp from SV. I glittered the PP with crystal stickles. I tied some pure poppy grosgrain along the bottom. Hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by.

Doggone Cute

Hi there! I hope your not sick of pink and Valentine's day yet! Its so funny because normally I am so not a Valentine's card maker! Everyone I know will be getting one this year! LOL! Today's card uses both PTI Simple Valentine and Tiny Treats. The border was stamped in fresh snow using SV. The white was also stamped using SV in Hibiscus. Tiny treats was stamped in Hibiscus on white. The little dog was colored with my copics. Hibiscus grosgrain was used for the bow. This card feels very girly to me. I have been working on my blog hop project. At first I thought I would be out of town, taking a girls trip to Vegas this weekend but I will be back in time, yay! I have a couple more Valentines for you this week, as well. Thanks for stopping by!

Valentine Notebook

I was looking at my Christmas notebooks and decided I needed a Valentine one. So I made this one up using Hibiscus cardstock and Simple Valentine paper from PTI. I used stamps from Tiny Treats, Simple Valentine, and Take Note. A little grosgrain pure poppy ribbon and buttons finish it off. Thanks for stopping by!

Simple Valentine Love

I stepped away from the Tiny Treats long enough to make this card using Simple Valentine. My favorite part of this set are the long stamps, especially the circle and heart chain. I love it! One the base I used fresh snow and hibiscus ink to build my pattern. The hearts are not a long stamp, the white hearts are one stamp and the open pink heart is another stamp. I punched two hearts out of simple valentine paper and then backed them with pure poppy and hibiscus card. I outlined the card in stickles and added some little buttons in pure poppy and hibiscus. I embossed love you on the front of each heart. Thanks for stopping by!