More Valentine Fun!

I am a huge fan of Pinterest.  I get so many great ideas there!  I am so addicted that I can not go more than a few days without perusing everything to get more ideas!

I found this cute Valentine Chalkboard printable there.  The gals at Just Plain Cute were kind enough to post this free printable.  I printed it out in 8X10 size and put into a recycled frame my mom gave me.  The cute pennant banner was made with Stampin' Up paper, pennant punch, small heart punch and bakers twine.  I added vintage faceted buttons on the top and bottom of the frame to finish it off.  I later found metal easels at Hobby Lobby at 1/2 off!
Did I tell you that I love Hobby Lobby too!  :)

Thanks for stopping by!
Be inspired to create!
Tina

Recycled Jars for Valentines Day

Not sure what was going on, but I was having a problem downloading photos for the blog.  I was so bummed because I have been making so many cute Valentines!
Well finally looks like the problem is solved. Yea!!!
Here are some empty honey jars I have been saving to re use. 
With my Stampin' Up tools including retired Christmas fabric I put these cuties together.
Fill them with candy and there you have a cute little Valentines gift!

I know that I am not a consistent blogger, but I will be catching up with all the photos I can download again! :)

I hope you have had a great week and that you have some fun plans for Super Bowl Sunday!
Have a great weekend!
And as always if you would like more details about this project please leave me a comment and a way to get in contact with you.

Be inspired to create!
Tina

Valentine cuties!

 

Hi there and Happy New Year!!

I haven't blogged in a while, but I have been busy crafting!!!

Made lots of goodies for Christmas and started Valentines about a week ago.

Just having a problem getting my photos to upload!

I was finally able to get this one to upload!  I have many more to share!!!

 

Ghirardelli chocolates fit perfectly into these little scallop envelopes.

The fancy favor box in the back will hold a cellophane bag filled with any treat you like!

 

I do hope you had a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year!

I wish you peace happiness prosperity and good health this year and always!

 

Hope to be back soon once I figure out the photo upload issue.

 

Be inspired to create!

Tina

A lot of Valentine Craftiness going on

Been busy creating lots of little inexpensive Valentine's to sell and share.
Here is my table set up and ready to go. Looks nice and bright!

All of the items are made using tools from Stampin' Up and a few items from Joannes.

These are the lollipop envelopes. julialuvs2stamp.blogspot.com had us make these at her workshop. The lollipops came from the .99 cent store. I did not have the envelope die cut, so Julia was kind enough to cut those for me! Add a cute little stamp, heart and red and white bakers twine (on of my new favorite items from Stampin' up) and there you have a very cute little Valentine gift!

Here we have some recycled lovelies. I have collected jars from family and friends to copy a cute little shabby chic candle idea I found at pinterest.com. The doilies came from the baking section at Joannes. The jars that had nice lids ended up with candy in them. The open jars have either red shreds or cinnamon candies and a battery operated tea light in them. I really like these! And again, wrapped it all up with that darling red and white bakers twine from Stampin' Up.

I also made several sour cream containers filled with conversation hearts!!! These are so easy all you need is paper, two sided tape and whatever embellishments you like! I cut 4' X 6" pieces of scrapbook to put these easy treats together!

There are also hearts made with the petal cone die from Stampin' Up and small and regular sized Valentines Day Cards. Wish me luck!

Have a great weekend!

Tina

Little Heart Boxes

Hard to believe that we are well into the New Year and Valentines Day will be here in a couple of weeks! Really, where does the time go?????????????

Here is one of the Valentines projects I have been working on. These cute little boxes are filled with Hershey Kisses and Hugs. Perfect for gift giving!

The little boxes came from Beau-Coup a great site for wedding favors! With some paper from Joannes and some tools from Stampin' Up, this was a quick and easy little project. The Stampin' Up heart punch and heart embossing template are my favorite tools right now!

Hope you had a great week!

Tina

Sweet Valentines!

Thanks to my craft sister Julia, I have my Valentine craft mojo going!!
She sent me a picture of Hershey nuggets dressed up in scrapbooking paper and put into pretzel stick bags.

Items needed for this project:
6 Hershey nuggets per bag
Pretzel bags (found at Joannes or Michaels in the cake decorating section)
2 to 3 colors/patterns scrapbookking paper
adhesive
paper cutter
paper scorer
stapler
embellishments

1. cut 6 strips 1" X 3" of paper to wrap the nuggets with. Wrap paper around nuggets and glue or tape closed.
2. cut 1 piece of paper 2 3/8" X 6" and score at 1/2" on both long sides so you end up with a long sleeve that folds up on the sides. This holds 6 nuggets.
3. cut 1 piece of paper 2 1/2" X 4" and score at 2" on the long side, fold in half.
4. place 6 wrapped nuggets on the sleeve and slide this into the pretzel bag, fold the top of the bag over
5. staple the 2 1/2" X 4" paper over the top of the bag
6. embellish however your little heart desires

This is what you end up with! Very cute, very sweet :) This project can be used for any occasion or holiday. Easy and cute, my two favorite things!!!!
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Here is my "batch" of $1.00 Target stuffed animals. All packaged up with Hershey bars or

mini pizza boxes filled with Reese peanut butter hearts! I am sure the recipients of these cuties will be pleased! (6" X 5 1/2" pieces of paper wrap perfectly around a Hershey bar)

A little Love! I'm back, anyone out there??

Hi there and Happy New Year! If you are reading this, thanks for coming back. I am so sorry for not sharing over Christmas. I figured it is too late to show you pics of what I made for Christmas, but I did craft A LOT! I even had an order of 30 favors for a Christmas dinner!! Woohoo! That is huge for a little ole' crafter like myself :)

Now on to love! My parents are celebrating their 50th anniversary on March 4Th.
They will celebrating aboard the Paradise Carnival Cruise ship with 53 friends and family!
These are the party favors. Sorry the picture isn't clear enough to show the embossing on the white paper, then a thinner strip of paper with the word "love" all over it! Topped off with a black ribbon and a hanging tag that reads: Stan & Emily- 50Th Anniversary-March 4Th 2011.
These were then wrapped up in a clear cellophane bag and tied with a ribbon. I am really happy with them!
Now I need to make a matching guest autograph book, so all the guests can write them a little note to remember and treasure this very special occasion! Thanks Julia for telling me about these cute little critters at Target in the $1.00 bin!
I am showing you 2 ways you can complete them.
1. The pink bear is holding a Hershey bar wrapped in 6" X 5 1/2" piece of scrapbooking paper, tied with a ribbon. A hanging heart tag is added. Then finish it off by putting it inside a clear cellophane bag and tying it up with a ribbon! And there you have an adorable inexpensive and cute Valentines day gift! Cellophane bags are available at most craft stores and dress up anything!
The giraffe is holding a small handmade box filled with candy. He too will end up all dressed up in a cellophane bag!

Making some Valentines samples

Trying a few more crafts to add to the list of things to make for Valentines day.
This is a cute little box! I saw one with a link to the tutorial over at Julia's.
It was pretty easy. I like this because the box is bigger than the ones I have previously made, and I don't have to cut the die cut down. I use the full cut.
The directions show dividers for 4 spaces in the box. I only divided into 2 for my sample.
Here we have a couple of ideas with Ghirardelli squares (the small ones). I made 3 X 3 cards, decorated with scrapbook paper and punched a small hole for a ribbon tie. The ribbon tie holds the chocolate in pretty well, I didn't use adhesive for the chocolate on this one. I used 1 top note die cut folded in half, and I did use 2 sided tape to hold the chocolate in that one. And I tied a ribbon around it. It needs some embellishing, but remember these were only test runs tonight.

These things can only get better!