Valentine Hand Santizer

I saved this for my last Valentine project that I am sharing because I just love it! It is a hand sanitizer. I got the pattern and instructions for the box from one of my favorite blogs, Scrap and Stamp with Frenchie and she even tells you how to easily make multiple boxes. I used the basic pattern for the box and came up with my own design for an owl. There are so many different owl ideas out there and I really can't give just one credit because I just kind of took what I had seen from memory and made my owl like I envisioned it.

I stayed with my Valentine color theme of Pool Party, Real Red, and Blushing Bride. Can you tell which punches I used? If I remember right it was the 3/4 inch circle, 1 inch circle, scallop border, full heart, the new triangle punch in the Occasions mini, and the retired trio hearts punch. I think that is it.

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Happy Valentine's Day!

Shelly

Valentine Mouse Treat Holder

I am sticking with my color theme of Real Red and Blushing Bride for my Valentine projects. I saw this treat holder on Scrap and Stamp with Frenchie using the new scalloped tag topper and thought it was adorable. I did change it up slightly... I made mine big enough to hold three of the Ghirardelli squares instead of one and I think maybe I used Smoky Slate and she used Going Gray... but I could be wrong about the color. The length for mine was 8 inches and it was a perfect size for three squares. If you haven't tried either of the tag toppers you really should. They make creating a tag as easy as punch (lol- get it!).

I didn't want the chocolate falling out so I tied Pool Party ribbon around them and then used a glue dot to hold them in place. I had to work in my third color somehow so this was perfect.

See you later:)

Shelly

February 2014 Calendar

I have been busy working on my 2014 calendar. I never got January done because I didn't come across the idea until the end of January. I follow quite a few blogs and one of them is Mary Fish's Stampin' Pretty. She featured Linda White one week and her project was unbelievable! It was a series of 5 x 3.5 calendars and they were designed to sit in a CD holder flipped open backwards. I knew right away that I had to do some of them. You can see Linda's guest post here.

I have done through May as of today and some I did exactly like hers, other I changed the colors up, and some I just did my own thing. February is one that I did my own thing... maybe you recognize the design from my Valentine nugget box I posted last week. I basically took the same design and colors and used it for my calendar. I am making 5 sets of these... one for my, my mother-in-law, and one of my aunts (really my husband's aunt but I still claim her as mine too). My girls decided they wanted one of their own too so I am 'prepping' each month for them and then they are assembling it themselves.

I am looking forward to sharing the rest with you as I get them done and ready to post.

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Be sure to check back this week as I have a few more Valentine projects to share.

Shelly

Valentine Card

WOW!! Three posts this week... I have been busy in my craft room! Today I am sharing the Valentine card I made for my girls' teachers. I stayed with the same color theme as my Valentine treat box from Monday of Pool Party, Real Red, and Blushing Bride.

I did dig into my stash of Valentine themed stamp sets; I {Heart} Hearts, Filled with Love, P.S. I Love You, and Teeny Tiny Wishes... the most versatile and MUST have stamp set ever. The angel and small hearts were embossed using Pool Party Embossing Powder.

I did use a sketch challenge from Mojo Monday but it is a few weeks old.

Valentine Treat Box

I made this treat box for my daughter's teachers. I love how it turned out and it is perfect to use for Paper Players Theme Challenge this week. Anne Marie's theme was to create a Valentine card or 3-D item. The idea for the box is from Stamp & Scrap with Frenchie. She has a great video linked to help you make one of your own. I did a snowman themed one a few years ago and decided I wanted to do another this year. The box holds 10 Hershey Nuggets.

My colors are Pool Party, Real Red, and Blushing Bride. I used some DSP to add a layer to the top of the box and to cover the nuggets. My stamp sets were It's a Wrap Holidays, P.S. I Love You, and A Round Array. I think the first two are retired and it really is okay to mix new and old... it isn't like we don't all have stamps we already own and I don't want to feel like I can't use them... so I do! If you don't have It's a Wrap set you could easily cover those two nuggests with Whisper White cardstock and punch a heart from the Owl Builder punch to add on top. If you don't have P.S. I Love You how about stamping the Woodgrain Background stamp set on some Whisper White cardstock and then punch out a Full Heart.

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