Valentine’s Day Blog Hop

Happy Saturday morning and welcome to our 2014 Valentine’s Day Blog Hop! You should have reached here from D’s blog at Designs By Dragonfly.  If you are just joining me here, please go to  RockinRenee's blog to start at the beginning so you won’t miss any of the fun.  There are so many great projects and I don't want you to miss a single one!  Today we are highlighting Valentine's Day inspired projects.  I made a “Card in a Box” for Valentine’s Day. I first saw these on Split Coast Stampers site and I couldn’t wait to try it myself.

These are so much fun to make and very easy also. You can change it up to make one for any occasion. A tutorial for making these can be found at Tina Wetter’s blog, SereneStamper.com (since I followed her tutorial, I want to give her credit for this!). It only takes one sheet of cardstock to make the foundation of the ‘box’ and then you can decorate it however you’d like. There are two small pieces of cardstock inside of the box that you use to layer your embellishments.

I used several different images from different cartridges to create my embellishments.

The Cupid is from Artiste, the hearts are from Art Philosophy and Lyrical Letters, the rolled flowers are also from Art Philosophy, and the ‘Happy Valentine’s Day’ sentiment (below on the envelope) is cut from Artiste.

In the photo above, I stamped some Tim Holtz stamps on vellum using VersaMark ink and white embossing powder then punched a couple of  butterflies with a Stampin’ Up punch. Then I dressed them up with some pearls. The Valentine tickets are also stamps by Tim Holtz. I used patterned paper by Echo Park.

 

The back panel of the box is left upright so that you can add another cardstock layer to put your greeting and sentiment on. I haven’t put that part on yet since I made this Valentine for my grandson to give to his babysitter and I want him to ‘write’ his name (I guess scribble something would be more accurate since he just turned one, lol)  or put his handprint on it. Whatever he does, I figured it would be better to adhere that part on AFTER he finishes with it!

I used my handy dandy Envelope Punch Board (I LOVE this!) to make an envelope that not only matches my card but it is also the perfect size! Here is the Valentine sentiment that I cut from the Artiste cart. It cut out beautifully at only 2.50”!

All you need to do is fold your box flat to put it in your envelope! I think this is such a neat idea and something different. I loved this card in a box idea so much that I couldn’t stop making them…

as you can see! I haven’t put the embellishments on these yet so maybe you can see the pieces of cardstock inside that you use to adhere your embellishments to. (Sorry I didn’t get a better photo of that).

Well, I hoped that you enjoyed my Valentine’s Day project and are inspired to try a Card in a Box yourself! If you have any questions please leave me a comment below (I love to receive some “blog love”!). I can’t wait for my little Charlie to give this to his babysitter!'

Sorry, I just couldn’t help myself! LOL!

Thank you for joining me today.  Your next stop on the hop is with *Violette* at Whimsical-Treasures.
And here is the entire blog list just in case you get lost on your way:
1. RockinRenee - I came, I saw, I created.
2. HappyScrapper64 - Random Thoughts of a Scrapbooker
3. gonescrappin - Col's Creative Corner
4. Hrvatica  - Croatian Crafter
5. Scootingranny - Scootingranny's World
6. MamaC - Carolyn's Creative Corner
7. Greenie8705 - Gina Beana's Crafts
8. MariaJ - Stamp, Cut, Create!
9. Di&Co - Creating Is Like Breathing
10. Dragonfly50 - Designs by Dragonfly
11. TiffysMom - Angie's Paper Passion <<---YOU ARE HERE! 12. *Violette* - Whimsical Treasures <<---GO HERE NEXT!
13. cricutaddicted - ScrappingForMoreFun
14. LoriSjogren - The Singing Shell
15. scrapalette - Around the Block with Scrapalette

I am so happy to be crafting again! Thanks for sticking with me!

Until next time, Happy Crafting,

Back in My Craft Room for a Valentine’s Blog Hop!

Hey Friends! I’m finally getting back to my crafting and I’m starting with a Valentine’s Blog Hop this Saturday, February 8th! I’m very excited to join my other Cricut Circle sisters to share our projects with you. So stop by this weekend and have fun hopping with us!

A Quick Valentine’s Gift!

Here are a couple of quick projects for those last minute Valentine's Day gifts. The first one is a simple note card:

I cut the cardstock at 3x6 to make this into a 3x3 card and added a 3x3 piece of patterned paper to the front. The scalloped border is from my 'old faithful' cart - Plantin Schoolbook! Even with all of the newer carts around this one still is a wonderful cart with so many great images. I cut out about 10 borders in cardstock at 0.5". I also used Accent Essentials to cut out the heart in glitter paper at 2.25". After inking the edges of the scallops, I adhered them to the card by staggering the borders, added a piece of ribbon with glue dots, and the heart with small pop dots. Once finished I decided that it needed one more thing so I punched out a tag shape (Jewelry Tag) and stamped a Valentine's sentiment (Teeny Tiny Wishes) on it and adhered it to the heart with a tiny red brad. Both the the punch and the stamp are made by Stampin’ Up! Then I was satisfied that it was finally finished!

Next is a Tag Treat Holder:

Again, I used Plantin Schoolbook. This image is on page 71 (shift/Italic). It's one of those images that I often don't pay attention to and skip over but it makes a cute little treat holder by scoring it in the middle and folding in half. It was cut at 8" with the Fit to Length feature turned on with my Expression and scored at 3.75" and again at 4.5". I added two little hearts cut with the shift/Tall Ball feature (found on the same page) at 2.5", adhered them on to the tag, and tied it together with some twine. This would be great to give to someone with a piece of chocolate inside (think Ghirardelli chocolate squares! Yum!)

I think I will put both of these little gifts into this gift bag that was made with Plantin Schoolbook (see, I told you it was still a great cart!):

This was cut with the Fit to Page feature turned on. After putting it together with Scor-Tape, I adhered some ribbon and my flower on it. I cut three flowers out at 3” each, the leaves were cut out at 2”. After the flower was cut, I inked all the petals and rolled them towards the back with a paintbrush to give them some dimension. For the brad, I took a plain silver one and applied VersaMark ink to it and then a pink shade of ColorBox ink. I then dipped it into some Iridescent Ice embossing powder by Stampin’ Up! and used my heat gun to melt it on the brad. Instant color change! You can use this little trick to alter any metal brad to suit your needs. Now you don’t have to have every color of brad in your stash! (Or DO you?!?!)

  (Click on the photos to enlarge any of the images)

I also just want to say “Thank You” to Carolyn and Gena from The Crafty Scrapper in Waxahachie for inviting me to teach at the shop this past weekend. I had such a wonderful time and I can not wait to go back to teach (and shop) again! My students were the GREATEST and I now have 5 more crafty friends! Thanks to all of you for signing up! If you live in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area (or coming to visit) and have never been to The Crafty Scrapper then get there as fast as you can! They have a wonderful and knowledgeable staff, great classes, and the shop carries everything that you need for scrapping & crafting.  It is THE place to go here in North Texas!

Today is also my day as Guest Designer over at Cricut FANatics! Please stop by to leave a comment and to see what the other designers have created!

So whatever you give (and receive) this Thursday, I hope that all of you have a sweet and happy Valentine's Day! Thanks for visiting and until next time, Happy Crafting!

Teddy Bear Valentine’s Cards

Here are two Valentine Bears that I made with the Teddy Bear Parade cartridge. I used Cricut Craft Room to weld two Bear images together to create them into Valentine’s Day cards. I’ll show you how easy this is to do.

My bears are 5”. I took two images of the bear base into CCR and then flipped the left image so that the two images will match up perfectly when closed. I then moved them just close enough to have the ears and hands touch. While the image is highlighted, a box will appear that says WELD and DON”T WELD. Make sure that you check the WELD button. The images will automatically be welded when cut. Here is the screen shot of what it should look like:

Next, I finished cutting all of the other layers out. I used two different kinds of brown cardstock for each bear, both by Core’dinations – Burnt Sugar (on the right) and Brownie. I also used Core’dinations in Black Soot and in red, white, and lavender glitter cardstock.

I can never just leave a project alone after it’s made! I’ve got to ink, distress, and add more “stuff”. For these bears I inked them first with Distress Inks, added Glossy Accents to parts of the bows and arrows, and then I added a little red heart to their bodies with red Stickles.

It’s really easy to make shaped cards from many of the Cricut images in CCR! I hope this has helped and inspire you to try to make some also. 

I also have some good news! I will be teaching Cricut classes at The Crafty Scrapper in Waxahachie starting this weekend. This is a great scrapbook shop with so much to offer! So if you are in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area please check it out!

Thanks and until next time, Happy Crafting!

Bra & Panty Card by Guest Designer Monique

Today I asked my friend Monique of Mix-on The Memories to share one of her beautiful projects with us. Please enjoy reading her post and please go to her blog and leave her some love (comments!). Thank you!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I have been asked to be a guest Blogger for a friend of mine, Angela. We met at a training section with Provo Craft in Chicago. It was one of the highlights of my Crafting career.

I was going to have the card that I did for my first Blog Hop on Friday, but since I had an extra day I decided to make some Bra & Panty Cards that I love to make with the extra paper from the card that I made for the Blog Hop.

Skin tone: Recollection from Michael's
Bra & Pantie: Red Roses from Colobok
Ribbon: Red from ACMoore
Rose Bud: Joann's

1. Use skin colored card stock of your choice to cut out Bra & Panty Card base.

2. Use patterned DP or colored card to cut out panties or bikini top (by using the template you have the bonus option of making a bikini top card too)

3. I can get both the top and bottom cards out of the one piece of skin colored card.

Here is the template:

I just love making these cards and can not get enough of them.

I hope you will enjoy making them as much as I do.

Thanks for looking!

Thanks, Monique, for the wonderful card and your very kind words!

Until Next time, Happy Crafting,

Valentine Love by My First Guest Designer…Michelle

Happy Valentine’s Day! I hope that today you find love, happiness, and …. Chocolate! Today a good friend of mine, Michelle, is posting here as my very first Guest Designer! I know that you will love her and her designs as much as I do. Please stop by her blog Michelle's Paper Affair and leave her some love! Thanks Michelle!

A Little Valentine Love…

Today's post will be for a guest designing spot for my friend Angela's blog ----> http://angiespaperpassion.blogspot.com/ . I met Angela in Chicago where we were both attending the Provo Craft demonstration classes for Cricut. I had so much fun meeting a lot of new people who had the same thing in common......Scrapbooking.

The picture here is of my oldest son Michael and his girlfriend Paige. She is so sweet and adorable, and I am happy to say she has captured Michael's heart.......Young Love ♥

Michael always puts great thought when looking for that something special to give to his sweetheart. This time I offered to send him something I wanted to do for them with a picture that I think is so cute of them.

I used a shadow that I picked up at my local craft store I found this awesome twig with flowers and a bird that I was able to bend so that it curved around the photo. None of my projects are ever complete without adding ribbon, and a little bling to it.

I hope I was able to make their Valentine day a little special today.

Thanks for stopping by........Michelle

Craftin’ Sistahs Blog Hop

Welcome to the Craftin' Sistahs first ever blog hop! We are a group of Facebook friends who share the same passion for papercraftin'. The hop starts with the Mix On The Memories blog and ends with A Scrap Above. Along the way you'll stop by 8 other great blogs for a total of 10! You will find creations of all kinds along the hop. Be sure to start at the first blog and follow your way all the way through...several of the divas are offering blog candy! You never know where you might find some so be careful not to miss any of the blogs. While you're there, leave some blog love! Creative people love feedback on their work! We hope you enjoy this first Craftin' Sistahs blog hop!

If you got here from Yolanda at http://yolandasscrapnstampspot.blogspot.com then Welcome! If not, you’ll want to start at the beginning of the Blog Hop at Mix on the Memories.

I made a Valentine’s Day Treat Can for todays Blog Hop! When you give one of these treats people will wonder how in the world did you get the treat inside of the can! Here’s how:
You’ll need one of these can openers that cuts off the entire lid of the can so there are no sharp edges (I got mine at Target). The can itself used to be a little easier to find when most snacks came in metal containers (not plastic) but you can still find some around. This one was a small can of sliced peaches. I have also found some at the dollar store.

 

First you need to cut off the BOTTOM of the can – NOT the top!


After cleaning out the can, I wrapped a piece of cardstock around the outside. Then using my Gypsy, I welded three of the heart lace images from the Paper Lace cartridge (page 30) together. They were each 2.70 inches tall and when welded they were 8.25 inches wide. Be very careful when cutting and lifting the image off the mat. (Sorry I didn’t get a better photo of the cut image !) I then filled the can (from the bottom) with candy. Mine is filled with Tootsie Pops – my favorite choice of candy at the moment – but it can be filled with a variety of goodies.

Once the can is filled, you’ll need to glue the bottom lid back on with a very strong liquid glue. I used super glue on mine. Just squeeze out a thin line of glue around the edge of the lid and replace it.

Now put a heavy object like a book (or two) on top of the can to hold the lid down and give it a good seal. Leave it over night to dry. (You can see the image from the Paper Lace cartridge a bit in this photo!)

After it completely dried, I added several different fibers to the pull ring (is that the name of it?) on the top of the can.

Then I cut the ‘I love You’ image and the Base Shadow from Paper Lace on page 60 at 2.50 inches tall. After adhering them together, I sprayed it with Glimmer Mist in Tattered Rose. I adhered this to the can with pop dots and added a small paper rose. And of course I had to bling it out a bit!

I wanted to add a little gift bag to put my can in so I took a store bought red bag and added “Happy Valentine’s Day” that I cut from the Celebrate with Flourish cartridge at 2 inches tall. I just love how it came out! I added the same paper rose to the bag as well.

Together, I think this would be an awesome gift for someone special for Valentine's Day! But these gift cans can be decorated for a number of special occasions – birthdays, baby showers, or just because! I hope that you enjoyed this and will try to make some treat cans for yourself!

Now, I have some blog candy to give away! Just leave a comment and follow me to be entered to win. I’ll pick a winner on Valentine’s Day!

Now on to the next blog in the Craftin’ Sistahs Blog Hop - Christel at Scrappin' Sista (see below)!


Monique: Mix On The Memories -- Mix on the Memories
Sumaiyah: Stampin' Dymonz Creative Space - http://www.StampinDymonz.com
Normea: M M DeZigns - http://mmdezigns.blogspot.com
Tammy: From Me 2 U Papercrafting - http://fromme2upapercrafting.blogspot.com
Renee: My {Life}, My {Blog} - http://www.reneehagler.typepad.com/
Yolanda: Yolanda's Scrap-N-Stamp Spot - http://yolandasscrapnstampspot.blogspot.com
Angie: Angie's Paper Passion - http://angiespaperpassion.blogspot.com <You are here!
Christel: Scrappin' Sista - http://onescrappinsista.blogspot.com
CraftyNetta – http://craftcreationsbynetta.blogspot.com
Bonnie: A Scrap Above -- http://ascrapabove.blogspot.com
Until next time, Happy Crafting,