Love Rocks! Valentine

I used some of the Love Letters DP I had bought at Beverly's. I combined it with Purely Pomegranate, Rose Red and textured Basic Black card stock. The Stamps are Rough Edges Alphabet, Whimsical Alphabet and Angelic.

Romantic Love Valentine Card

I went to Beverly's, our craft store near us, and bought a bunch of different craft supplies on sale. The scroll stamp is from Stampendous-"Mini Corners" and I bought it for .25 cents!! The card stock I used on this card was Bravo Burgandy, Rose Red and Old Olive. While shopping I picked up some new Valentine DP made by Little Yellow Bicycles. It is from the Love Letters collection.

The Cat's Meow Valentine Card

This Valentine card is for all the Kitty Lover's out there. As I started making the card I was thinking about what kitty's like, what they do and what they wear. Cat's like to play with yarn. I had some really cute yarn with tiny sequins sewn into it. I had a sticky letter "V" that I pushed into green mini beads that matched the card stock. I covered it in crystal effects to make sure all those little beads stayed put. It reminded me of the rug covered scratching posts. I had a mini jingle bell on very thin black wire I added to make his collar. In the picture the "V" and the card stock look like two different colors but they are the same. My camera just didn't want to cooperate with me today. My card stock colors I used are Real Red, Glossy White, Certainly Celery, Basic Black and red and white striped and green pattern papers. While in Japan I loved shopping at the Daiso (Dollar store). They always had the best accesories for making my cards. I found the little stars I used on this card in the manicure section of Daiso. They had tons of tiny fingernail decorations that were just the right size and ALWAYS the right price to add to my homemade cards. Toshiko, I couldn't help but think of you, Kyoko, you're beautiful cat and Japan :)

Quilted Angelic Valentine

Friendship is...

the sort of Love

one can imagine

between Angels

I was in a Romantic kind of mood today. I wanted to do a Valentine card that was country and romantic with soft colors. So, I started thinking of quilts, roses and light pinks and greens. My Angelic set came to mind for the main art. I had a sheet of pattern paper that looked like a plain quilt with stitches. I used it for my background and cut a lot of little one inch squares of different pattern papers and glued them on, making sure you could still see the stitches in between. I pulled colors from my papers and colored my angels to match using my reinkers and a water color brush. I covered the angels in Cryslal effects and let it dry. Then I put Diamond Stickles on their wings. The Heart hardware just happened to fit right over the square metal frame. the holes matched up perfectly. My card measures 5 1/4" x 5 1/4".

Friends Always Valentine Card

You are my Friend...Always
Valentine's Day is right around the corner! I thought I should start working on some Valentine cards. :) I was playing around with my Always stamp set, which I absolutely love, and I came up with this Design. I was able to finally use my Only Ovals. It combined well with the Always. It is hard to see in the picture but I popped up some of the flowers on the heart and on the bird. I used Diamond Stickles on both images, also. The ribbon is actually Always Artichoke color but the photo made it look different. I added brushed silver brads to the corners and a cute flower charm with silver cording in the center of the bow. No embossing this time! Just stamped images and lots of Stickles. The colors are Ruby Red, Always Artichoke, Naturals Ivory, textured Sand card stock and Basic Grey and Stampin'Up! pattern papers. The card measures 5 1/4" x 5 1/4".

Valentine Gifts!

I was up late last night till 2:42am. Yawn! making these Valentine gifts for my four children to take to school. The picture is of the gift I made for my youngest daughter's class. I made 70 total, some had the ladybug and some had the skater boy design. I was so excited when I found these Jolly Rancher "Rocks" bite size candy at our 7-day store. I loved the container. They had reduced them to 15 cents a piece! I paid $10.50 for all 70! I know In the past I have spent at least 20 dollars just on the paper valentine cards for all four kids. I saw that I had some little lady bugs laying around the craft room so I put them on top. I used the doodle this wheel, So Very stamp set and the Very Punny stamp set for the lady bug. Used a little stickles, scallop punch, 1 3/8 punch and the flower punch. In the morning Tiffany, my youngest daughter, woke up and was so excited after she saw what I had made for her class. She went and got a special bag for her Valentines. Carefully, she placed them in her bag. She showed them to everyone in the house. She carried them with her when she brushed her hair and then again when she went to brush her teeth and also when she ate her breakfast. I sent the kids with daddy for a ride to school because mommy needed some sleep! I was happy, it was finished, the gifts were on their way to be handed out to all their friends. Done! An hour later I didn't hear my husband come home and he scared me half to death! I said "What are you doing home so early?" He said "Tiffany forgot her Valentines!"

Valentine Cards!

Supplies:
Stamp sets- Haute Couture, Mini Messages (Heart), Simple Circles(small circle)
Embossing powder- Clear, Glassy Glaze
Ribbon- Black and white polka-dot ribbon, organza Black and white polk-dot ribbon, Hot pink ribbon
Ink- Basic Black, Pixie Pink, Real Red, Versa Mark
Paper- Real red, Whisper white, Pixie pink, Basic Black, Glossy white
Glitter- Diamond stickles
Hardware- Pewter Brads
Punch- Scallop, 1 3/4" circle,

Working Hard!

Kumie, doing a great job!

Eiko

Kayoko

Hiroko

Megumi and Hideko

ABC Class! Valentine Photo Wallet

Today we had our ABC Class. We made a "Photo Wallet" for Valentine's Day. There were a lot of details in this little booklet so it took some time to get it all done. With mine, I had printed out black and white photos of our four children and placed them in the center pages. Since there were only three center pages I put the girls together.
The stamp sets that were used for this project are: Mon Ami, It's a Girl Thing, Warm Words, Sweet Thing, Festive Four, I like your Style, So many Sayings, Time Well Spent and a Michael's Kiss stamp. Real Red, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, and Pretty in Pink card stock. Retired Stampin' Up! pattern paper. Real Red, Bashful Blue, Whisper White stamp pads. Sponge Daubers, Pewter hardware, Rhinestone Brads, Glassy Glaze, Silver EP, Ribbon, Dimensionals, Stapler, heart nail charms, corner rounder, Prima petals, flower punch.


Directions:
Paper Cutter
Scissors
Corner Rounder
Stamps
Ribbon
Ink
Sticky Strip™ adhesive
Bone Folder
One 4 ¼” X 12” piece of card stock for Wallet (Real Red) Scored at 3 1/4",
6 1/2", 10 1/8" and 10 3/8" and corners rounded.
Three 3” X 8” pieces of card stock for the Photo/Journal Covers Scored at 4" (Bashful Blue & Pretty in Pink) and corners rounded.
Three 3 3/4" X 2 3/4 " Real Red Journaling Inserts, corners rounded
Two 3 3/4" X 2 3/4" Pretty in pink Photo Layer, corner rounded
One 3 3/4" X 2 3/4" Pattern Paper Photo Layer, corners rounded
dimensions of smaller pieces below

Page one: Stamp your 3 3/4" X 2 3/4" Real Red piece with heart stamp from the I like your style stamp set in Whisper White ink. Stamp your 2 X2 1/2" Pretty in Pink piece with the same heart stamp in Whisper White also. Rub edges of your Whisper White 2 1/4" X 1 3/4" piece in Real Red ink. Sponge around edges with Bashful Blue. Stamp "Kiss" in Real Red and sprinkle Glassy Glaze over kiss. I embossed Kiss three times with the glaze. On Scrap piece of Whisper White stamp affection stamp from Mon Ami in Real Red. Cut heart out and rub edges in real red. Stamp "So many sayings" stamp in Real Red. Cut out the "Be mine hugs and kisses" part and glue to the back of pewter hardware. Layer and tape all of your finished pieces as shown. Cut your ribbon and fold tuck under the left side of the hardware lay hardware on the Piece and use your punch and punch your holes for the brads. Put your brads in and tape the finished piece to the wallet. Add your affection heart with dimensionals and your are done with page one!


Page Two:


Stamp your 2 3/4" X 3 3/4" Pretty in Pink piece with the "X" and "O" from the small alphabet set in Whisper White. Wrap Real Red ribbon around the piece and tape on the back. Adhere your Real Red 2 1/2" X 2 1/2" piece to the pretty in Pink. With your 2 3/8" X 2 3/8" Whisper White, Stamp Cherish stamp from the Warm Words set in Real Red. Adhere. Adhere a 2 1/4" X 1 3/4" Black and White photo to your Whisper White. Use a pop dot to affix your bow and add a bubble word. Adhere finished Photo piece to the wallet and your done with page 2!

Page Three:


Rub the edges of your 2 3/4" X 3 3/4" Pattern Paper with a sponge dipped in Real Red. Stamp Sweet! on the bottom left corner of your 3 3/8" X 2 3/8" Real Red piece from the stamp set Mini messages. Adhere your 1 7/8" X 2 1/4" photo to the right side of your Real Red Piece.The top heart is done by using glossy paper. I dropped Bashful Blue drops of ink on the glossy paper and placed a clear sheet of acrylic over the ink. Pull the plastic sheet off and let it dry. Stamp the Mon Ami stamp in versa mark and stamp on your dry finished glossy paper. Emboss with Silver EP.Cut out. Stamp the affection heart in silver ink and stamp image onto Bashful Blue card stock. Cut out. Rub edges into bashful Blue ink. Adhere the affection heart then use dimensionals to add glossy heart. Punch lower right corner with 1/16" punch and add Rhinestone brad. Adhere finished photo piece to Wallet and your done with page 3!


Page Four:

Stamp your 3 1/4" X 2 1/4" Whisper White with the It's a girl Thing stamp in Real Red. Rub edges in the Real Red ink. Adhere your 3 1/2" X 2 1/2" pattern paper to the stamped Whisper White piece. Place a Prima flower that has been colored with a real red marker and dried in the middle of the piece. With a flower punch, punch out a flower in Whisper White. Place on top of the Prima. Using a 1/16" punch, punch a hole through the papers and flowers. Add your Rhinestone brad. Adhere finished piece to the photo wallet and your done with page 4!


Page Five:

Stamp your 2 3/4" X 3 3/4" Real Red piece with "Time well spent" heart from that stamp set in Whisper White ink. Stamp your 2 1/4" X 2 1/2" Pretty in Pink piece with the heart stamp from I like your Style stamp set in Real Red ink. Wrap your ribbon around the piece and tape in the back. On a scrap piece of Whisper White stamp the valentine envelope from Festive Four stamp set in Real Red ink. Cut out. Stamp the Amour heart from Mon Ami stamp set in Real Red ink on a scrap piece of Whisper White. Cut out. Stamp the heart from Time Well Spent on Bashful Blue card stock and then stamp Love you from Sweet thing stamp set in the inside of the heart in Real Red. Cut out. The flower on the heart I used glassy glaze and stickles diamond glitter. The envelope I colored the hearts with Real Red, Bashful Blue and Pretty in Pink with Stampin write markers and added stickles to the red heart. Tape the pieces together as shown and add a bow. Your done with page 5!

Page Six:

Adhere your 2 3/4" X 3 3/4" Pretty in Pink card stock to your 2 1/2" X 3 3/8"pattern paper piece and tape your 2 1/4" X 3" Real Red on top. Adhere a 1 7/8" X 2 3/4" Photo and stamp Adorable on top of photo in Real Red ink. use the 1/16" punch and punch a hole in the upper right corner and add a brad tag. I stamped Love in Real Red and cut it out from the "so many sayings" stamp set. Adhere to tag brad and you are done with page 6!

The belt dimensions are:
One- 1 & 1/8” X 8 ½” strip of card stock for the Belt layer (Real Red)
One- 1 & 5/8” X 8 ½” strip of card stock for the Belt (Bashful Blue)

2 1/4" X 2 1/2" Bashful Blue card stock

2" X 2 1/4" Real Red card stock

Mon Ami "L" stamp, stamped in Real Red ink on Whisper White.Cut out. Versa mark the entire top of stamped image and add glassy glaze. I did this 3 times. Tape squares together. Use Sticky tape to attach heart to belt and belt pieces together. Staple ribbon pieces to right side of heart and your done!

Valentine Cards!

Wow! All the things we've learned today! We made a country style card and a spring looking card, both were valentines.

The flower card was made with Rose Red, Pale Plum and Wild Wasabi. The patterened paper was by Basic Grey collection "Perhaps." We used a little diamond Stickles on our flower. Stampin' Up! Wild Wasabi ribbon, Pewter hardware, large and small oval punches, Rhinestone brads with backs cut off. "True love" comes from the stamp set Sweet Thing.

We were able to touch on a hand full of techniques. Here is what they were:

1. Split Negative Technique (Flower card)

2. Paper piercing (Hen Card)

3. masking (Both)

4. Reverse Stamping (Hen Card)

5. Sponging (Both)

They did wonderful work!