This month I was just so excited to use some of the new items from the Occasions Mini catalog and SAB catalog, that I just couldn’t stop making projects for stamp club! And I just couldn’t decide which Valentine’s project to do, so we did both! Here’s the first one:
I was totally inspired by Hilary’s projects on this one! This is a Ghirardelli chocolate holder, as you can see from the inside. SO easy to make. Just cut your card stock to 3 1/2″ x 9 3/4″, and score each end at 3 1/4″. Cut off the last section enough to where your chocolate will fit (eyeball it from here – it’s ok!). Use sticky strip to secure the side and bottom. Edited to add: We used the Tombo Multi Purpose glue instead of sticky strip and it works great! I LOVE the new clear mount stamp for this project because I could see exactly where to stamp the line of love hearts at the bottom!
For the front I used paper from the Christmas Jingle Simply Scrappin’ kit, as it’s Very Vanilla & Real Red. No one will ever know the other side has snowflakes on it! Don’t forget about all the papers you have in your stash. Make the cute border with your free SAB border punch, and add some of my favorite ribbon. For the tag, I cut a piece of Very Vanilla and used the tag punch to transform it into a…you guessed it…TAG! I used a cream colored button from my stash and tied it with the hemp twine (boy do I go through a lot of this stuff!). Oh! back up a bit…stamp the sentiment in Chocolate Chip ink, then lightly sponge Creamy Caramel over the entire tag and sides. Finish distressing it with the color spritzer tool and a Chocolate Chip marker. Ok, now stamp the awesome, and sometimes manly, woodgrain heart with Chocolate Chip CRAFT ink and emboss with clear embossing powder. Cut out. Yes, I said, “cut out”. It’s just one little heart, ok?
Don’t forget – from now until February 28th, Stampin’ Up! is donating $2 from the sale of each set of I {heart} hearts to the American Red Cross Haiti Relief and Development Fund. What a great cause!
Next we have this card. I think this stamp set, also from the Occasions Mini, is too cute. And it’s just the one stamp so it’s a good value! I wanted the card to be on the manlier side, so went with appropriate colors, and no bows. The card is a weird size – I think because it’s the size of the piece of Elegant Eggplant I had already sitting around and went with it. It’s 3 1/2″ x 6 1/4″. My stamp club girls made their card slightly smaller – at 3 1/2″ x 5 1/2″. It turned out just as cute! I just love that little heart embosslit, also from the mini!
And last, but not least is the project I was most excited about. True story: When I got the Occasions Mini catalog way back in… I don’t know…November, I think, I wanted that bird chipboard book so badly ’cause I thought I’d get 8 cute birds to use on cards. WRONG! When I got the item, I was so disappointed that it was huge! There’s no way you could put one of those birds on a card. I was going to send it back and exchange it. But the same week I received our monthly magazine from Stampin’ Up! (my fave!) and saw this project in it…and fell in love! I made mine for my daughter to hang on her door. She will get to hang it there now that stamp club is over, lol!
It was soooo easy to make! Trace your bird onto card stock and cut out, stamp Medallion stamp in VersaMark ink, then stamp whatever you like along the bottom. TIP: Trace the bottom of the bird onto a piece of scrap paper, then stamp your name on that first, so you can decide if you like the placement of the letters, before committing to your final project. Apply some felt flower pieces using sticky strip, tie a piece of satin ribbon and you are done! I can see stamping “baby”, “sweet baby”, “baby sleeping”, etc. on one. Or the name of your child’s teacher…wouldn’t that be a great gift for her to hang on her door?! P.S. You really have to squint to see the Medallion stamp in this photo. Clicking it larger will help, but trust me, it’s there. It just didn’t photograph well.
Whew! That’s a lot for one post, isn’t it? Take it all in, girls…I do this for you! Hee! Thanks to all of you for stopping by, and thanks for your sweet comments, too!!
{Valentine Ghirardelli holder ingredients}
Stamps: I {heart} hearts, Holiday Best (Hostess Level 1)
Paper: Kraft, Very Vanilla & Chocolate Chip card stock, Christmas Jingle Simply Scrappin’ kit
Ink: Chocolate Chip classic & craft, Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip marker
Accessories: Scallop Trim border punch, 5/8″ Real Red polka dot ribbon, hemp twine, clear embossing powder, stamping sponge, button from stash, color spritzer tool
{Like-o-meter ingredients}
Stamps: Like-o-meter (gosh, the name of this cracks me up!)
Paper: Elegant Eggplant, Bashful Blue & Whisper White card stock, Sweet Pea DSP
Ink: Chocolate Chip & Old Olive ink, Elegant Eggplant marker
Accessories: Scalloped Heart of Hearts embosslit & Big Shot by Sizzix, spiral punch, blender pen, 1 1/4″ Old Olive striped grosgrain ribbon, staple, Button Latte, linen thread, stampin’ dimentionals, glue dot, distressing tool
{chipboard bird ingredients}
Stamps: Medallion, Just Perfect alphabet
Paper: Bashful Blue card stock
Ink: Chocolate Chip, VersaMark
Accessories: On Board Bird Book, Sweet Pea Stitched Felt, sticky strip, white satin ribbon, sanding block
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Here’s a card I made for a friend’s birthday to share with you. I just love the new Sweet Pea paper pack – it’s loaded with adorable images/colors for cardmaking and scrapping. (DSP is short for Designer Series Paper. I think we demonstrators use that term a lot!). Here I let the paper steal the show – aren’t those flowers so cute? It was quick by adding a rub-on for the sentiment. 
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