Valentines Cards & Projects – Page 11

Category: Valentines Cards & Projects

Stampin’ Up! Heart Punches to the Rescue!

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Carol Payne

Before we get started today, I want to show you what was in my living room last night:

Did you guess????

IT'S A BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In July we will greet our 4th grandson! We are so excited!!!!!

No name yet, but I'll keep you posted when one is decided!

Before we had the big reveal, Jessica brought the grandkids to my house so we could get their valentines made. Remember I showed them to you a few days ago.

I also gave them all their Valentine gifts from me yesterday. I won't be seeing them on Valentine's Day, and the gifts for Maddie Kate and Ava were valentine-themed cooking kits, so I got them wrapped and ready for them to open while they were at my house.

After I gathered everything together, I realized I had NO VALENTINE WRAPPING PAPER (GASP!) but it only took me a half a second to realize that I HAVE PUNCHES, so nothing to worry about!

Here's what I did for the girls' gifts:

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Full Heart Punch, Small Heart Punch, the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, some Tea Lace Doilies, and the Big Shot Alphabet from the Stampin' Up! catalog! Voila!

For the boys:

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Heart Framelits and the same alphabet again!

And finally, my gift for baby Swody (our name for Alisa's baby right now, a combo of "Sweed", (Alisa's nickname), and Cody:

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I was trying to be gender-neutral because when I wrapped it we didn't know he was a boy yet! A little girly-looking, but I used the blue gingham side of the pink gingham wrapping paper I used for the girls to tone it down!

That's all for today! I will leave you with one more picture from last night. When we received the news that Alisa & Cody were expecting, they gave us this onesie with the name "Swody" on it, but it was all black and white, no color. Well, "Swody" has color now!

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

Stampin’ Up! My Grandkids’ Valentines!

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Carol Payne

It's Friday! yay! I love Fridays! Even though I have the BEST job in the world to get to stamp and share with you all, I still love the extra-relaxed feeling I get just knowing it's almost the weekend!

Yesterday my oldest grandson, Cohen, turned 5! WOW! He was still just a baby when I left my day-job to pursue my dream of being a full-time Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, and here we are! This fall he will start kindergarten and I will have been a full-time demo for 5 years! Amazing!

Tonight is Cohen's Birthday Party and I am ready! I purchased his gift right after Christmas – all I still need to do is wrap it! And his card is finished too:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

But I did promise to show you the Valentines I will be helping my grandkids make this year, didn't I?

First up, the one you actually saw yesterday, only you didn't know which one it was, right? Here's Ava's Valentine "matchbook", complete with Sweettarts candy!

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Of course, in the words of my daughter, Kimberly: "no valentine is any good without candy!", so here's the inside:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Next, Cohen's Valentine, which is another matchbook but with a much more masculine theme:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

That amazing ol' Owl Builder Punch comes in SO handy! Kimberly swears EVERYONE NEEDS it!

And inside:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

And lastly, I took the Valentine Heart Box from my Hearts a Flutter Class and turned "vintage" into "modern" for Maddie Kate with the Pop-Up Posies Kit:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

The Calypso Coral pre-cut flowers in the kit made embellishing this favor a real treat! I actually enlarged this box from the original, using the next-size-larger Heart Framelit and enlarging the inside box as well by using 12 x 12 Basic Black cardstock. This baby will hold lots more Hershey's Kisses than the original!

I added a Basic Black Basics Glimmer Brad to the center of the flower for some bling and used the "just for you" stamp that is part of the Pop-Up Posies Kit for the greeting.

The Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions Folder was used to emboss the Pool Party heart, and the Fancy Fan Folder was used around the edges of the box:

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The top of the box is tied shut with some of the Pool Party FREE RIBBON you can get with a $50 order right now during Sale-a-bration!

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

One last view:

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Can you tell I'm especially pleased with this project?

That's all for today! Hope your day Stampingrox!

Products used:

More Amore Specialty Designer Series Paper	#129309
Price: $12.95
Doilies and hearts honeymoon in this happy paper. 12 sheets total: 10 sheets-2 ea. of 5 double-sided designs; 2 single-sided laser-cut sheets (1 Real Red; 1 Primrose Petals) in 1 design. 12" x 12". Acid- and lignin-free. Basic Black, Pool Party, Primrose Petals, Very Vanilla

Owl Punch

#118074

Price: $16.95

Punches
are a quick and easy way to add interest, dimension, and color to your
cards, tags, and scrapbook pages. You can glue punched shapes directly
onto your projects or layer a sheet of card stock that has been punched
over a coordinating card stock for a reverse effect. In one quick move,
our Two-Step Owl punch cuts out all of the pieces you need to build an
owl. It couldn't be easier to create a great accent or focal point: just
punch and then layer the pieces.

■ Includes an owl body, detailed eyes (not just one circle size but three so you can create dimension), and a small heart
■ New, sleeker body style
■ Larger surface area offers precise cutting and leverage
■ Locks to store

Pop-Up Posies Designer Kit	#131395
Price: $12.95
Everything for bright, flowery tags—just add attitude. * 9 embossed paper tags (ea. 2-3/4" x 3-1/2"). * 9 fabric covered brads: 6 Very Vanilla (3/8"); 3 Summer Starfruit (5/8"). * Precut paper flower pieces layer into 9 flowers; 6 layers of one style in 2 colors and 3 layers of one style in 1 color * 9 pieces of thick Vanilla Baker's Twine (ea. 8") * Just for You wood-mount stamp (1 stamp: exclusive to this kit) * Adhesive and ink not included

Stampin’ Up! My Grandkids’ Valentines!

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Carol Payne

Tonight is Cohen's Birthday Party and I am ready! I purchased his gift right after Christmas – all I still need to do is wrap it! And his card is finished too:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

But I did promise to show you the Valentines I will be helping my grandkids make this year, didn't I?

First up, the one you actually saw yesterday, only you didn't know which one it was, right? Here's Ava's Valentine "matchbook", complete with Sweettarts candy!

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Of course, in the words of my daughter, Kimberly: "no valentine is any good without candy!", so here's the inside:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Next, Cohen's Valentine, which is another matchbook but with a much more masculine theme:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

That amazing ol' Owl Builder Punch comes in SO handy! Kimberly swears EVERYONE NEEDS it!

And inside:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

And lastly, I took the Valentine Heart Box from my Hearts a Flutter Class and turned "vintage" into "modern" for Maddie Kate with the Pop-Up Posies Kit:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

I added a Basic Black Basics Glimmer Brad to the center of the flower for some bling and used the "just for you" stamp that is part of the Pop-Up Posies Kit for the greeting.

The Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions Folder was used to emboss the Pool Party heart, and the Fancy Fan Folder was used around the edges of the box:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

The top of the box is tied shut with some of the Pool Party FREE RIBBON you can get with a $50 order right now during Sale-a-bration!

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

One last view:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Can you tell I'm especially pleased with this project?

That's all for today! Hope your day Stampingrox!

Products used:

More Amore Specialty Designer Series Paper	#129309
Price: $12.95
Doilies and hearts honeymoon in this happy paper. 12 sheets total: 10 sheets-2 ea. of 5 double-sided designs; 2 single-sided laser-cut sheets (1 Real Red; 1 Primrose Petals) in 1 design. 12" x 12". Acid- and lignin-free. Basic Black, Pool Party, Primrose Petals, Very Vanilla

Owl Punch

#118074

Price: $16.95

Pop-Up Posies Designer Kit	#131395
Price: $12.95
Everything for bright, flowery tags—just add attitude. * 9 embossed paper tags (ea. 2-3/4" x 3-1/2"). * 9 fabric covered brads: 6 Very Vanilla (3/8"); 3 Summer Starfruit (5/8"). * Precut paper flower pieces layer into 9 flowers; 6 layers of one style in 2 colors and 3 layers of one style in 1 color * 9 pieces of thick Vanilla Baker's Twine (ea. 8") * Just for You wood-mount stamp (1 stamp: exclusive to this kit) * Adhesive and ink not included

Stampin’ Up! Hearts a Flutter Class Projects!

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Carol Payne

Here's the projects for my "Hearts a Flutter" Valentine Class today and Saturday!

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First project, "That's the Ticket" Giftcard-Candyholder I showed you recently:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

A "Hershey's Heart" Box inspired by Brenda Quintana:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

The "Hershey's Kiss Heart", also inspired by Brenda Quintana:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

"Hearts a Flutter" Candy Matchbook:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

And, last-but-not least, a Valentine card inspired by Penny Thomas:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

That's it for today! I'm finishing my prep for todays' two sessions of "Hearts a Flutter" this morning, then relaxing with my stampers this afternoon and evening!

Tomorrow I will share with you my grandkids' valentines (you've actually already seen one of the three, can you guess which one?)

Until tomorrow, have a "Stampingrox! day!

Stampin’ Up! Hearts a Flutter Class Projects!

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Carol Payne

Here's the projects for my "Hearts a Flutter" Valentine Class today and Saturday!

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

First project, "That's the Ticket" Giftcard-Candyholder I showed you recently:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

A "Hershey's Heart" Box inspired by Brenda Quintana:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

The "Hershey's Kiss Heart", also inspired by Brenda Quintana:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

"Hearts a Flutter" Candy Matchbook:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

And, last-but-not least, a Valentine card inspired by Penny Thomas:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

That's it for today! I'm finishing my prep for todays' two sessions of "Hearts a Flutter" this morning, then relaxing with my stampers this afternoon and evening!

Tomorrow I will share with you my grandkids' valentines (you've actually already seen one of the three, can you guess which one?)

Until tomorrow, have a "Stampingrox! day!

Stampin’ Up! Heart Box for “Hearts a Flutter” Class!

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Carol Payne

Happy Wednesday to you! I put a sneak peek of this project on my Facebook page yesterday, it's a cute little "Hershey's Heart Box" that we will be making at my "Hearts a Flutter" Mystery Hostess Class tomorrow. There's still room in either session, 1 p.m. or 6:30 p.m., so contact me to attend!

I found the directions for this box on Brenda Quintana's blog. She is the creator of some really awesome 3-D projects, including the "Kissmas Tree" we made back in December!

You will receive your own copy of the directions to make this box, along with directions for all three of the additional projects at the class tomorrow.

This box is ingenius but astonishingly easy!

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Here's' a top view:

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This box will hold 6-8 Hershey's kisses very nicely!

That't it for today. I will be working on another version of this box for my grand-daughter, Maddie Kate's, Valentines. We will actually work together to make them, along with her sister, Ava, and her brother, Cohen, making their Valentine's too sometime this weekend. I will be showing you their Valentine's in the next few days!

Until tomorrow, have a "Stampingrox!" day!

Products used:

Hearts Collection Framelits Dies

#125599

Price: $26.95

The
innovative, thin, wafer-like design of these dies lets you see where
you’re placing the design before you cut! Layer dies inside each other
to cut frames for stamp images. Cut single hearts for accents or
layering. Use with single sheets of card stock or Designer Series Paper.
Hearts Collection coordinates with Take it to Heart Stamp Set. Largest
heart is approximately 5-1/4" wide. Collection includes 6 dies in a
sturdy envelope for easy storage in our Big Shot Die Storage.

Hearts A Flutter Bundle Clear-Mount Bundle

#131097

Price: $36.95 Also availble in a Wood-Mount Bundle

Hearts a Flutter Stamp Set + Hearts a Flutter Framelits Dies = 15% savings.

Adorning Accents Textured Impressions Embossing Folders	#125601
Price: $8.95
Add deeply embossed impressions to the edges of your cards with these newly sized folders! Add extra dimension by cutting the side of your card first with the Adorning Accents Edgelits, then emboss using these folders. Largest embossed design is approximately 5-1/2" x 1" long. Set of 3 folders.

Tea Lace Paper Doilies	#129399
Price: $2.95
Delicate and dainty. Stamp ‘em, color ‘em with ink, or use ‘em as accents. 32 doilies: ea. 4" diam. White.

Stampin’ Up! Heart Box for “Hearts a Flutter” Class!

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Carol Payne

I found the directions for this box on Brenda Quintana's blog. She is the creator of some really awesome 3-D projects, including the "Kissmas Tree" we made back in December!

You will receive your own copy of the directions to make this box, along with directions for all three of the additional projects at the class tomorrow.

This box is ingenius but astonishingly easy!

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

Here's' a top view:

©Stampin'Up!™1990-2013

This box will hold 6-8 Hershey's kisses very nicely!

Until tomorrow, have a "Stampingrox!" day!

Products used:

Hearts Collection Framelits Dies

#125599

Price: $26.95

Hearts A Flutter Bundle Clear-Mount Bundle

#131097

Price: $36.95 Also availble in a Wood-Mount Bundle

Hearts a Flutter Stamp Set + Hearts a Flutter Framelits Dies = 15% savings.

Adorning Accents Textured Impressions Embossing Folders	#125601
Price: $8.95
Add deeply embossed impressions to the edges of your cards with these newly sized folders! Add extra dimension by cutting the side of your card first with the Adorning Accents Edgelits, then emboss using these folders. Largest embossed design is approximately 5-1/2" x 1" long. Set of 3 folders.

Tea Lace Paper Doilies	#129399
Price: $2.95
Delicate and dainty. Stamp ‘em, color ‘em with ink, or use ‘em as accents. 32 doilies: ea. 4" diam. White.

Stampin’ Up! Sale-a-bration has begun! How will you Sale-a-brate?

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Carol Payne

This posting is late today, I know, but it is still on time since it is still Sunday!

Before I show you my creation for today, how about a little picture of me and my sister?

Last Sunday afternoon my hubby & I traveled north about 2 1/2 hours to the city of my birth, Decatur, Illinois to attend a retirement party for my sister, Connie. Connie worked as a Respiratory Therapist for many years (over 30!). Her husband retired a couple of years ago, and now she has joined those ranks too!

Some say Connie looks like our dad and I look like our mom. I just know she was my favorite person growing up and is right up there on my favorites list now! I love you, sis!

Now on to today's card:

This card's focal point is actually what would usually be considered the discard piece from yesterday's card. Remember the "quilted heart" from the center? This is the pieceit was cut out of, mounted on Chocolate Chip, then a heart from Hearts A Flutter stamped in Calypso Coral and a tiny little motif from the Sale-a-bration set, Madison Avenue, stamped in Pool Party. The "LOVE YOU" is from Itty Bitty Banners cut out with the Bitty Banners Framelits.

I have a confession to make: the base of this card was begun waaaaaay back in October of 2011! I was prepping swaps for the Louisville Regional that year and I ran out of time before I was able to complete them, so into storage they went, and were promptly forgotten! Leadership 2012, then Convention 2012 came and went, and these bases, Houndstooth-embossed Pool Party on Chocolate Chip, continued to languish, destined to oblivion once Pool Party retired in May of 2013. But lucky for them, while I was preparing the room where they were stored for Christmas family guests, they were unearthed (YOU don't have anything like that wasting away in YOUR craft or spare bedroom, do YOU?!)

So a discarded-but-now-repurposed focal point meets almost-forgotten card base. What do you think? I liked it once I completed it and it turns out I got lots of nice compliments on it when I swapped it in Orlando.

Thats all for today. It's a gloomy, cold, rainy & almost icy day here, but until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

Products used:

Hearts A Flutter Bundle Clear	#131097
Price: $36.95 Also available in Wood-mount
Hearts a Flutter Stamp Set + Hearts a Flutter Framelits Dies = 15% savings.

Itty Bitty Banners Clear-Mount Stamp Set

#126257

Price: $11.95 Also available in Wood-Mount

Banners
are trendy and hip and make perfect accents for all of your projects.
Use this multi-occasion, six-piece stamp set with our Bitty Banners
Framelits Dies for perfect coordination.

Set Quantity: 6

Bitty Banners Framelits Die	#129267
Price: $14.95
3 dies (largest: 2-1/4" x 1/2"). Coordinates with Itty Bitty Banners Stamp Set and Blue Ribbon Stamp Set. Use with Big Shot, Standard Cutting Pads, and Multipurpose Platform.

Stampin’ Up! Sale-a-bration has begun! How will you Sale-a-brate?

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Carol Payne

This posting is late today, I know, but it is still on time since it is still Sunday!

Before I show you my creation for today, how about a little picture of me and my sister?

Some say Connie looks like our dad and I look like our mom. I just know she was my favorite person growing up and is right up there on my favorites list now! I love you, sis!

Now on to today's card:

Thats all for today. It's a gloomy, cold, rainy & almost icy day here, but until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

Products used:

Hearts A Flutter Bundle Clear	#131097
Price: $36.95 Also available in Wood-mount
Hearts a Flutter Stamp Set + Hearts a Flutter Framelits Dies = 15% savings.

Itty Bitty Banners Clear-Mount Stamp Set

#126257

Price: $11.95 Also available in Wood-Mount

Banners
are trendy and hip and make perfect accents for all of your projects.
Use this multi-occasion, six-piece stamp set with our Bitty Banners
Framelits Dies for perfect coordination.

Set Quantity: 6

Bitty Banners Framelits Die	#129267
Price: $14.95
3 dies (largest: 2-1/4" x 1/2"). Coordinates with Itty Bitty Banners Stamp Set and Blue Ribbon Stamp Set. Use with Big Shot, Standard Cutting Pads, and Multipurpose Platform.

Stampin’ Up! That’s the Ticket Giftcardholder and a Resolution.

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Carol Payne

Whoa. I just stopped and checked my blog and found out I haven't posted since New Year's Eve! How could that happen? I'm SO SORRY!

It's not that I haven't been stamping. I've been stamping, and sharing at workshops, alot. It's not that I didn't get well from my sickiness around New Years, I'm doing great. It's not that I didn't travel to Orlando for the Stampin' Up! Leadership Conference, had a great time, learned TONS and brought back beautiful inspiration and ideas!

It seems like I go along posting pretty regularly for awhile, and then one day I miss a day of posting. That seems to derail my blogging "voice" and it's hard to get back to it.

I don't usually make New Year's resolutions and while it's a little late for that, my resolution for 2013 is to blog EVERY DAY. Think I can make it? We'll see. Now that I've shared my resolution, I am now accountable to YOU.

I have made a few changes this month. I've started a new organization system to try to keep myself on track better. It's helping, I think. "Blogging Daily" needs to be added to that list.

A rather significant but also delightful change is that I've started keeping my 5 1/2 month-old grandson, Liam, 2-3 days a week. At his house. At least most of the time. So I have to think more deliberately about my "To Do" list and take stuff with me. Sometimes I take the right stuff, sometimes I don't. But the upside is that Liam is an adorable, bright, snuggly little sweetheart that I am absolutely in love with and am enjoying every minute in his presence! How do girls with little ones juggle being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator too? Guess I'm getting a tiny taste of that.

So changes. Change is usually good, sometimes painful, but often for the better. Here's my first creative share for 2013:

A fun mix of current and new products on this one! I used the Occasions set, "That's the Ticket" that I actually received last September during my Founder's Circle tour of the Stampin' Up! stamp manufacturing plant in Kanab, Utah. The "happy VALENTINE'S DAY" was stamped in Versamark ink and then embossed with Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Emboss Powder and my Heat Tool. It was then punched out with the Ticket Duo Builder Punch. I added a tiny knot of 1/8" Very Vanilla Taffeta ribbon, a Vintage Trinket pin, and a Very Vanilla Flower Trim flower with Glue Dots. The heart was cut with a Hearts Framelit and dry embossed with the Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions Folder and the Big Shot.

Here's the inside:

I CASED the construction design for this project from this swap I received at Leadership from Judy Garza:

Isn't it gorgeous? Judy used the Occasions set, "Just Married" with Pool Party colors and Silver Glimmer Paper! (btw, you can get a free package of Silver Glimmer paper just for hosting a $150 party from now through March 22!)

Judy's design would be perfect for a giftcard for the happy couple!

I do love it when I can take a design and stretch it for another occasion!

That's all for today. I apologize for my wordiness, but I hope I've made up for it by showing you two projects instead of just one!

Now to get busy finishing my prep for my "Best of Birthdays" class tomorrow afternoon (still have a couple of seats left!) and my "Yes Mam!" Downline Meeting tomorrow night!

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

That's The Ticket Clear-Mount Stamp Set

#128075

Price: $16.95 also available in Wood-Mount

Tickets,
tickets–get your tickets! This eight-piece assortment will be your top
choice for fanciful embellishments all year long! Coordinates with the
Ticket Duo Punch and the Occasions Paper-Piercing Pack.

Set Quantity: 8

Ticket Duo Punch	#126883
Price: $15.95

5/8" Flower Trim	126869
Price: $6.95
Say yes to girly—it’s so you. Vintage dimensional flowers on strips of tulle. Approx. 5/8" wide. 2 yds. Vanilla.

Just Married Clear-Mount Stamp Set

#129210

Price: $14.95 Also available in Wood-Mount

Create
fresh and fun wedding-themed tags and cards with this beautifully
designed stamp set. His and her shoes, toasting glasses — and even a
classic getaway car — set this wedding stamp set apart from all the
rest!

Set Quantity: 5