Feb 12, 2013 | Big Shot, Spring Catalog 2013, Valentine's Day |
For Heart #12 I have a cute fabric heart pouch. All sewed up for Valentine’s day and filled with kisses. This was a swap from Leadership created by Patty Shipley.
I received just this little pouch which is made from the More Amore Designer Fabric from Stampin’ Up! – use the Heart Framelits to cut the fabric and a piece of heavy weight plastic and then put kisses in the center and sew around to close it up. On the list of supplies there are a few more items listed – a stamp set, designer paper, twine and cardstock – perhaps there was supposed to be a tag on here too – I’m sure that was cute too.
Speaking of sewing I am on the hunt for a new sewing machine so I can make crafty little things like this. If anyone has a suggestion let me know.
Tonight I’ll be going to the Ronald McDonald house to make Valentine’s with the guests that are there. It happens to be my challenge card for Create with Connie & Mary – so you’ll see it on Thursday – it is a very Simple Valentine card. Plus tomorrow I’ll share my Valentine Scrapbook layout – and I think that should complete the 14 hearts projects.
Thanks for visiting!
Feb 11, 2013 | Bingo, My Digital Studio, Valentine's Day |
Valentine Bingo – for Heart #11. This is actually an old project I made a couple of years ago. I thought I would share it again – it seems to being getting a lot of hits on my blog – it looks like someone has it linked under free valentine idea site.
I used My Digital Studio to create a Valentine’s Day Bingo game. I made a Bingo card for each of the boys and an extra one that I cut apart with all the pieces.
For the markers I punched hearts from Real Red card stock using the Small Heart punch.
In My Digital Studio I created an 8-1/2″ x 11″ photo album with one page that had four Bingo Cards on it. The Bingo card is a digital download. Then I went through all the stamp sets, embellishments and digital kits and selected different elements that were Valentine related to put in the squares. I resized any that were too big so they would fit in the square and used colors that were pinks, reds, and browns. I even used buttons and brads in some of the squares.
To make it easy I took an image, sized and colored it the way I wanted it and then copied it and positioned it in a different square on each of the Bingo Cards. I used the 4th card as the one I would cut the pieces apart for me to call while we played.
When I was done I just printed it out on my printer and cut the cards apart. This is what the My Digital Studio page looks like that I printed:
I love the Bingo card – both the My Digital Studio one and the actual stamp – it is fun to create Bingo cards to go with any theme that you need them too.
I hope you enjoy this Valentine themed Bingo game! I may have to make some for Easter this year. Have fun!
Feb 10, 2013 | Big Shot, Spring Catalog 2013, Valentine's Day |
Now that is an unusual description but I couldn’t think of what else to say – it’s a Valentine made from a Toilet Paper cardboard tube. Who would have thought to use that to make a candy holder – not me. That’s because this is another swap from the Stampin’ Up! Leadership conference – but I can’t tell you who created it there is no name on it – either it wasn’t there at all or I lost it somewhere between Orlando and here – sorry about that.
So the base of this project is the card board center of the toilet paper roll – it’s squished at one end and glued shut. Then covered with Designer Paper and decorated. Inside is the candy and it is stuck in between a strip of card stock so you can just pull it out by the tails sticking out the top.
So here is a look at all the products used many are from the Stampin’ Up! Spring catalog –
- More Amore Specialty Designer paper (spring catalog)
- Hearts a Flutter stamp set and framelits (spring catalog) and Big Shot
- Full Heart punch
- Large Rhinestone Jewels (spring catalog)
- Real Red card stock & Scallop Edge Border punch
- Pool Party Seam Binding ribbon
- Basic Gray, Pool Party, Very Vanilla card stock
- Ciao, Baby! stamp set (spring catalog) & Petite Curly Label Punch (Sale-A-Bration)
- Real Red ink
- Cardboard core from toilet paper roll
A great way to reuse something you already have in your home.
Feb 9, 2013 | Big Shot, Spring Catalog 2013, Valentine's Day |
More heart ideas for you – this is #9 – This is a cute Valentine pouch idea that I received as a swap at the Stampin’ Up! Leadership conference. This swap was created by Lori Ruello.
It has a coffee drink mix in it but you could but other long skinny things in this pouch. It uses the Petite Pocket Die which is one that I really love to use. Here is a list of the products Lisa used on this project.
- Big Shot & Petite Pocket Die
- Delicate Designs Embossing Folder
- Crumb Cake card stock
- Whisper White craft ink
- Linen Thread
- Tea Lace Paper Doilie (from Spring Catalog)
- Vanilla Flower Trim (from Spring Catalog)
- Full Heart punch – Real Red card stock
- Hearts a Flutter Framelit & Real Red Core’dinations card stock (from Spring Catalog)
- Hearts a Flutter Framelit & More Amore Specialty Designer Series paper (from Spring Catalog)
- Basic Pearls
I think that’s basically everything – I love all the decorations on it.
Enjoy your weekend!
Feb 8, 2013 | My Digital Studio, Tags, Valentine's Day |
Really this is a super quick Valentine idea using one of the My Digital Studio downloads. I received this as a swap at Leadership from Laura Milligan. And if my boys were still young enough to need Valentine’s for school this would be perfect!
Here is a quick look at this cute idea from Laura –
- Get the My Digital Studio digital download called Officially Awesome Valentines Designer Template (#133009)
- Print the Owl Valentine (or choose a different or use the elements to design your own) on Whisper White card stock – cut to the size you want
- Attach to a piece of Razzpberry Ripple card stock – cut to create a flag
- Put a pencil in a 1×8 cello bag and seal shut
- attach the tag to the top of the bag with a piece of Gumball Green ribbon
- and you are done
- well you may want to sign your name on the back (or your child needs to do that)
I hope all these hearts are bringing you some Valentine inspiration. With Kyle away at college, Tyler having to TA a class on Thursday nights and Ryan having band practice on Thursdays – it doesn’t look like I’ll have all my boys together for Valentine’s day this year. So we are making alternate plans and having our “family Valentine dinner” on Sunday night after. Greg and I are going to sneak away for Friday/Saturday. And I guess the 14th may just be a quiet night – we shall see. More heart ideas are coming your way including a 2-page 12×12 scrapbook layout that you are going to love!
