Easy Valentine Projects
Valentine’s Lunchbox Notes-Love Notes
I made these little love notes that will go with some treats for my husband’s lunchbox during the month of February. I used to make these little notes when my kids were younger with some special treats that will give them clues on what they’ll get for Valentine’s Day.
Valentine’s Box Card-Mama Elephant Love Quotes
The materials and measurements for the box card and other supplies are indicated in the description box of my YouTube video.
DT Season Celebration~True Love Brentwood Owl
I am so excited to start the new season with my fellow DT members for Jessica Lynn Original Stamps. In this blog hop, we are showcasing this new FREE digital stamp that is available for download until the end of this month. To celebrate this season, Jessica will also be giving away random prizes at the end of this weekend (Sunday, January 24th at 8:00 p.m. Central Standard Time), including $10 gift certificate, free stamps and other prizes.
If you would like to participate, please download this free digital stamp http://www.jessicalynnoriginal.com/instant-download-jessicalynnoriginal-coms-true-love-brentwood-owl-digital-rubber-stamp/ and leave a link of your project on Jessica’s Blog: http://jessicalynnoriginalstamps.blogspot.com. Winners will be announced there.
Here are a couple of cards that I have created featuring this cute stamp set.
I hope you will be able to join us and have an amazing weekend!
Valentine’s Treat ~ Lawn Fawn Science of Love
It is that time of the year again when we’re all thinking about making cards and special treats for our loved ones for Valentine’s Day. I used to make a ton of Valentine’s projects when my kids were little to help them bring the treats to class but I also made some very special treats just for them ~ and my husband.
When my kids were still young, I decorate the house on February 1st but on the eve before Valentine’s Day, I really go all out! I wait until my kids are past asleep, and then I decorate the dining room with all sorts of stuff. I really love seeing the reaction on my children’s faces when they come down for breakfast and see all the little treats I laid out for them. Of course I do the same for my husband and include little treats in his lunch box.
Here’s a project that I used to make with my kids to bring to school. I really love Lawn Fawn and the sentiment is perfect for these little test tubes. If you have younger kids, please get them the plastic version so no one gets hurt on Valentine’s Day.
I hope you like this project. I will be posting more Valentine’s crafts in the next few days/weeks.
Have an amazing day!
Brentwood Owl Valentine’s Card
I want to start the New Year by creating a cute and lovable Valentine’s card using www.jessicalynnoriginal.com’s Brentwood Owl. This is a digital stamp that is available for download at Jessica’s online store. What is versatile about digi-stamp is the fact that you can print out a couple of images and adjust the size for your paper-crafting project.
I colored Brentwood using my Copic markers. I wanted to use my warm grays because the whole design I had in mind will be pastel colors. I think it worked out really well.
Materials Used:
8 ½ x 5 ½ card stock in soft gray
5 ½ x 4 ¼ Designer Series Paper (for the scallop)
White card stock – used for the Fence
Mint Green card stock – used for the grassy hill
Beige and pink card stock – used for the flowers
Pink glitter card stock – used for XOXO script
Lawn Fawn – XOXO Scripty Die
Mama Elephant All Prettied Up Die set
My Favorite Things Fence Die
My Favorite Things – Grassy Trio
Lala Land Love to Garden Die Set
3M Scotch Foam Adhesive
Tombow mono-multi liquid adhesive
Stampin Up – Glue Dots
I die-cut the fence and the grassy hills border using dies from My Favorite Things. I think both of these dies will be a staple for my card-making projects. The fence die leaves an impression on the die-cut and looks a little bit more realistic. I also love my newly acquired Mama Elephant, All Prettied Up die-set. I have used them quite a bit and it’s becoming my favorite die. I wanted Brentwood to look like he is popping out of the box – special delivery style!
I hope you all had a great Christmas holiday and New Year celebration as much as I did and I look forward to a great, bright, happy, healthy new 2016!
Lawnscaping Challenge Sparkle and Shine Sponsored by Ellen Hutson
There is something about Lawn Fawn stamps that just makes me happy. It’s whimsical, fun and brings out the inner child in me. I found Lawn Fawn stamps two years ago, but it was only the recent 6 months that I started getting obsessed with it. I watch Lawn Fawn’s YouTube videos constantly, especially when I don’t feel crafty. I somehow get my mojo back just watching people create with Lawn Fawn stamps.
I am entering this card for the Lawnscaping Challenge called Sparkle and Shine. The card below is one of my all-time favorite stamps – the Critters Ever After! As a child, I was very sickly and most of the time I was stuck indoors looking at my sisters and other kids play in the yard. I wasn’t allowed to go out so I always pretended I was a princess stuck in a castle. A little cliché but true! So when I saw the stamp set, I was immediately hooked! They didn’t have the coordinating dies then so I bought the stamps first and when the dies came out, of course I had to get them too. Who likes fuzzy-cutting?! Definitely not me!
It took me a couple of hours to create the card below. I’ve put on some music and just let my imagination run wild. I wanted it to look girly, whimsical and glittery. This is the reason why I used a lot of glitter paper on this card, vellum and stickles. In my memory as a child, this is how the dragon looked like ~ cute, friendly, glittery and purple! I used my Wink of Stella clear glitter pen on the dragon but unfortunately, my camera and the lighting didn’t catch the glitz and shine.
The unicorn and the frog prince are also one of my favorites, so I decided to do a pop-up card to show them off. I didn’t want them left out!
I hope you guys like this card and please let me know what you think. Happy crafting!
Please check out this link to join the fun ~ http://www.lawnscaping.blogspot.com
True Love Rubber Stamp Set Launch Blog Hop
Today’s card features this versatile stamp set called True Love. This stamp set is perfect for a Just-Because card, Wedding, Valentine’s Day or Anniversary. This stamp set is great alone, or used with the other cute Brentwood Owl stamps or just about any other stamps you can pair it with. The possibilities are endless!
If you came here from Jeanette’s blog, then you’re in the right place.
I used the digital version of this True Love stamp set. I didn’t receive my stamps in time before this blog hop, because I live overseas (at least 10 months out of the year!). I am a novice when it comes to digital stamps so I couldn’t get the size right! I had to call my friend in Canada to help me figure it out. Her advice was to just use what I have printed so far and make it work. Such a great advice! I decided to just use my imagination and have fun. I really did! In fact, I had so much fun I got carried away!
Supply List:
True Love Stamp Set (I used the Banner image and resized it so I can fit Ruby inside)
Ruby and a Martini Stamp Set (I cut-out the martini glass)
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Copic Markers to color the banner, Ruby and the ladybug
Sahara Sand Card Stock
Sahara Sand Stamp Pad
Wood Stamp for the background
Grass Die
Flower Punches
Bow Punch
Stylus to give the flowers some dimension
Glossy Accents to make Ruby’s eyes pop
Rhinestones and Pearl
Adhesive (also used foam adhesive to pop Ruby up)
This first card below is super detailed. I used my punches and other dies to create a scene for Ruby, the Owl. I stamped my sahara sand card base with the woodgrain stamp using sahara sand ink for a tone-on-tone look. I stamped Ruby using my Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored her using my Copics. I also used glossy accents to make her eyes pop. The photo didn’t do justice on how beautiful the colors really are. I then colored the banner image also using my Copics, but the ink smudged a little on the pink flower images. It must have been because of my inkjet printer or because I didn’t have any Copic-friendly card stock. This was challenging! To fix this problem, I decided to add punched flowers to create more dimension. I think it turned out so beautiful!
The second card is very simple, but creates a huge impact in my opinion. I just love the sentiments that Jessica has included in this stamp set. I wanted to highlight it in a way that it stands out! Sometimes less is more!
Supply list:
True Love Stamp Set
Smoky Slate Card Stock
Brick Wall Textured Impression Embossing Folder
Window Die
Planter Die with Flowers
Picket Fence Die
“Love” Die
Leaf Flourish Die
Diamond Stickles
Adhesive
I gathered all of my card stock and cut the pieces using the dies to create my scene for the sentiment. Once I had everything laid out, I dry-embossed my card base using the Brick wall TIEF. I positioned the sentiment on the die-cut window piece and purposely covered the word “love” in the beginning of the sentiment, so I can use the LOVE die-cut piece that I highlighted with Diamond Stickles to make it pop.
I adhered the picket fence, and then proceeded to adhere the window, followed by the planter and the flowers. I thought it needed some sort of greenery so I decided to die-cut the leaf flourish and adhered it to the card. What do guys think? Do you like the first or the second card?
PRIZES!!!!!! Leave a comment on each blog on the hop and be eligible to win a $10 gift certificate to Jessicalynnoriginal.com!
The hop continues with Vickie’s blog (http://stuffbyvickie.blogspot.com/2015/06/jessicalynnoriginalcom-new-release-blog.html).
Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the hop!
If you get lost along the way, click here to see a complete list of blogs in the hop:
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Simple Valentine Wreath
I decided to repurpose an old grapevine wreath. I gave it some major TLC by cleaning it first and spray-painting it white to make it look new again.
Maria Russell Designs 