CSS Group Project-- Vday Tags

Hey friends!!!  I have such a fun project to share with you today.  The Clear & Simple Stamps Design Team and I are sharing our Valentine's Day tag creating.  I have to say, this was so much fun!  I ended up making 5 tags to put on some treat bags for Valentine's Day.

I started by getting out my Tags 1 dies.  I cut 5 large tags out from A Blanc Check card stock, and 5 small tags from Dare to Be a Diva Red card stock.  I stamped the tag outline from Trendy Tags in black.  Next, I put together the letter to spell "bee mine" from Alpha Clear.  "Bee" is stamped in black and filled in with a red sharpie marker, "Mine" was stamped using red ink and left as an outline.

The whimsical swirls come from Taglines: Critters, and so does the bee.  I stamped the bee image on the red tag first and then stamped on a piece of white card stock.  I colored the bee with a yellow copic marker (Y35). When I cut out the bee, I didn't cut out the antenna, and then glued it in place on the tag, over top of the stamped image, that way it uses the antenna from the first image.   I took the tiny heart from Taglines: Critters and stamped it in red right over top of the dot in the "i" in "mine".

I stacked the two tags and tied them to the bag of treats using red, shiny curling ribbon.

You won't want to miss the wide variety of tags the Design Team has created:

• Lori Tecler
• Audrey Tokach
• Elena Roussakis
• Tracy Schultz
• Laura Bassen
• Clear & Simple Stamps

Have a great day!

{Bee Mine Tags}

Stamps: Alpha Clear, Taglines: Critters, Trendy Tags (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: A Blanc Check, Dare to Be a Diva Red (CSS)

Ink: Perfect Little Black Dress, Dare to Be a Diva Red (CSS)

Dies: Tags 1 (CSS) 

Accessories: Curling Ribbon, Red Sharpie

Copics: Y35 

 

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Valentine's Day Classroom Craft

Halle had her Valentine's Day party at school on Friday and I was chosen to bring a craft for all the kids to make.  I will admit that I'm pretty crafty but kids crafts are really not my thing.  I was thinking of doing something really cool with the Silhouette, but there are 27 kids in her class and that would take a lot of time for the machine to cut everything and switching out all those papers.

I ended up with the idea of making wrappers for Hershey Bars.  All I need was 27 Hershey Bars, 27 wrappers, and a bunch of paper scraps.  I took the paper scraps and used those to punch out large and small hearts.  I also threw in some chipboard pieces and die cuts that I've had lying around for a while.  I think I went a little overboard here.  I still had half a bag left after all 27 students decorated their candy bars.

Here's the supplies that I took to school.  The kids used their glue sticks and markers to decorate the bars.  We ended up taping the red paper around the bars since the glue sticks didn't work very well.

Overall I think it went really well.  I was afraid that the boys would think all the hearts were too girly, but they really didn't seem to care.  The had fun showing off their creation.  I created a collage below of some of them.

I hope you all have a wonderful Valentine's Day!

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OCC Challenge - Guy Valentine

Hi! The challenge this week at Our Creative Corner is to make a masculine Valentine's Day card. When I think of masculine cards, I think of simplicity. My card base is glossy red cardstock. I used the same paper for the heart (popped up on foam dimensionals). I knew this stamp from Imaginisce would be perfect for a guy card.
The gray panel is a piece of Elan Metallics cardstock in Graphite. I think it looks like metal, which is definitely masculine.

Check out Our Creative Corner for a lot more ideas on making masculine Valentine's Day cards.

Have a great day!!!

{I Love You}

Stamps: I love you (Imaginisce)
Card Stock: Glossy Red (Bindakote), Graphite (Elan Metallics) , White, Black
Ink: Basic Black
Accessories: Black Stitched Ribbon (Offray), Clear Rhinestone (Michaels), Corner Rounder Punch (EK Success)

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Paper Maniac Thursday - Masculine Valentine

It's Paper Maniac day on my blog! This week the design team and I are focusing on masculine Valentine cards. Generally a masculine card uses earthy tones and no frills like bows and flowers. For my card, I used a sheet of Jillibean Soup paper called Olive Oil that has a bunch of labels like the voucher on I cut out. To me, stripes are definitely masculine.
My sentiment is computer generated. You definitely do not want to see my handwriting! It's hard to see in the photo, but I added some red rhinestones to the left and right of the word "voucher".

To see some more masculine valentine cards, check this week's posts on the Paper Maniac Blog.

I hope you have a great day!!!

{Valentine Voucher}

Card Stock: Kraft (Papertrey Ink)
Patterned Paper: Olive Oil, Thin Zucchini (Jillibean Soup)
Accessories: Red Grosgrain Ribbon (Offray), Red Rhinestones (Michaels), Foam Dimensionals

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Tried & True...

Hi! I'm back today with yet another Valentine card using paper from Little Yellow Bicycle. It's really been my "go-to" paper lately. I hope you aren't getting sick of it yet. I may need an intervention! I used the card sketch from SCS for this card.
My supply list is pretty short. No stamping either. I'm not usually a sticker person, but I love how these go so well with the papers.

Thanks so much for visiting today!!!

{Tried & True}

Card Stock: SS White, Pure Poppy (Papertrey Ink)
Patterned Paper: Sweet Love Tablet (Little Yellow Bicycle)
Ink: Real Red (SU)
Accessories: Stampin' Sponge (SU)

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Forever Valentine...

Hello! I had a girls craft night over the weekend and got caught up on a bunch of cards. We had so much fun crafting, eating, gossiping, and playing with a Cricut. So fun!!! Anyway, I made this card which uses a lot of stickers, which is completely out of the norm for me. The stickers come from the Sweet Love Decorative Edge Tablet by Little Yellow Bicycle.
Here's a close-up so you can see the silver pearls I added to the patterned paper.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope your week is off to a great start!!!

{Forever Valentine}

Card Stock: Pure Poppy (Papertrey Ink)
Patterned Paper: Sweet Love Tablet (Little Yellow Bicycle)
Accessories: Stickers from Sweet Love Tablet (Little Yellow Bicycle), Corner Rounder Punch, Silver Pearls (Michaels)

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Love...

Hello! I hope you all had a great weekend! Ours was super busy, but filled with friends and family, so it was great. I decided to make another Valentine's Day card. This one is pretty simple since it uses three punches (square, heart, and blossom). I used up some scraps too. This card is a 4.25" square.

Here's a close-up to show the fun dimension this card has. I used an edge distresser on the circle panel and then inked the edges as well. Nothing says love like RED!

Thanks for taking the time to stop by today!

{Love}

Stamps: Text Style, Mixed Messages (Papertrey Ink)
Card Stock: SS White (Papertrey Ink)
Patterned Paper: Patterns Pack (SU)
Ink: Real Red (SU), Fresh Snow (Papertrey Ink)
Accessories: Coluzzle, Edge Distresser (Heidi Swapp), Foam Dimensionals, Rhinestones (Michaels), Heart Punch (Paper Shapers), Square Punch (SU), Blossom Punch (EK Success)

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Kiss Me Card...

Hello and Happy Friday!!! Paper Maniac is sponsoring a sketch at Delightful Sketches this week and I decided to grab some of my new goodies and play along. I am truly smitten with this card. It was so much fun to make and I love how it turned out. I've really struggled with my cards this week, so this was a welcome change when everything just came together.

I wanted the circle panel to be special since the sketch called for an image (I am such a rule breaker), so I jazzed it up with a bunch of red rhinestones and silver pearls. The patterned papers I used are from Little Yellow Bicycle's Sweet Love tablet. The tablet includes a sheet of stickers (I used the "kiss me" one), 12 decorative edge patterned papers, and 10 coordinating patterned papers. So fun and perfect for Valentine's Day!

I used a piece of Elan Metallic cardstock in Graphite as my card base. I think it works well with the silver pearls. It just occurred to me that I didn't stamp anything for this card. Hmm. That doesn't happen very often.

I hope you have time today to play along with this Delightful Sketch. Paper Maniac is giving away a $40 gift certificate to one lucky player.

Have a wonderful weekend!

{Kiss Me}

Card Stock: Metallic Graphite (Elin), Pure Poppy (Papertrey Ink)
Patterned Paper: Sweet Love Tablet (Little Yellow Bicycle)
Accessories: Silver Pearls (Michaels), Red Rhinestones (Kaiser Craft), Foam Dimensionals, Coluzzle, Sheer White Ribbon (Offray), Coluzzle, Edge Distresser (Heidi Swapp)

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My Paisley Valentine

Between dropping the kids off at preschool and loads of laundry, I managed to stamp two cards before 10am! I was all set to make a Valentine's Day card and thought that it would be just as easy to make two. The inspiration for my card came from this card by Sharon Johnson. I used what I had, but didn't have any ribbon that would coordinate with the striped paper. I took twill tape and colored it green with a fat Crayola marker. I also used a new adhesive product. It's called Tombow Mono Aqua. I don't know if I used too much or what, but my paper is all wavy. You thankfully can't see it in the picture though. It's actually so bad that I may not even send these cards. They were going to Halle & Colin's grandparents.

Stamps: Paisley BG, Warm Words (both SU!)

Ink: Pixie Pink, Basic Black (both SU!)

Paper: White, Pixie Pink (SU!), Paradise Punch (Doodlebug Designs), Pastel Prints (mat stacks)

Accessories: Twill Tape (SU!), light blue ribbon (Offray)

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