Valentine Kitty card

Here is the Valentine card I made for my husband. I saw a similar card on Splitcoaststampers and I knew I had to make him this card. We had a cat many years ago and his name was Barney. He was 2 when we adopted him but unfortunately Barney suffered from seizures and when he was 3 he passed away from a seizure. I miss our Barney very much so I kinda made this card as tribute to him.

Here is a picture of Barney, he was such a handsome guy and left this world far to early but I know he is at Rainbow road with his sisters Lily and Kitty who passed away 2 years ago today.

This is the inside of the card and I used Stampin Ups "Love you Much" stamp set and heart punch for the hearts. I wasn't going to have the hearts across the page but I had some ink on my hand and got a couple tiny smudges to I hid them with the hearts, I think it turned out ok for a mishap, don't you think?

I want to wish everyone a very Happy Valentine's day tomorrow and thank you for stopping by :0)

Love & Affection Box

I bought this set of beautiful graphics last year from Nitwits and I have just now got around to making something with them. So I made this very unique shaped box and I love how it turned out. I cut out the heart and bow and used dimensionals to give it a 3D effect both on the front and the back of the box.

Now that I finally have used this set I need to use it more because there are so many pretty papers and elements to this set that the ideas for what you can use them for are endless.

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Graphics from Nitwits Collections

Ladybug, Ladybug!

I love the colors red & black together and those colors always remind me of ladybugs, so that is what I used to make this card. I used a Martha Stewart edge border bunch for the floral edges and you know me I had to add some glittery Stickles to the ladybugs wings also.

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Graphics from Digi Web Studio

You've got Mail and a Donkey

Ok I have had these cute little mailboxes from the Dollar Spot at Target for a couple weeks now, and I put off making one because I thought it would difficult and couldn't think of how I wanted to decorate it. Well I finally made one and here is my first attempt at one and I think it came out pretty good. I used Bella Rose Designer paper from Stampin Up to cover my mailbox. I really love this paper and the colors and knew my first mailbox was gonna be using this paper. I kind of kept it simple and I'm already thinking of what I want to do for the next one but that will have to wait till I get my new Designer paper I ordered from Stampin Up :0)

I love this image of this pretty girly Donkey, so I knew I had to make a card with her. It was kind of nice to make a card using colors other than red and pink. You all know I love pink but sometimes you just have to venture out and try new colors, so that is what I did. The colors are a rich plum and sage color that matches the colors in the graphic. I used my Swirls embossing folder in my Cuttlebug for the background. Yep you guessed it I added just a hint of glitter to the bow on her head and on her tail.

Graphic from Digi Web Studio

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My Stamp pad Holder

Since I have started collecting Stampin Up and other Ink pads I was finding it hard to find a way to store them and also be able to grab which ones I wanted quickly. Well I remembered awhile back I had saved directions to make your own stamp pad holder using foamboard.

So my husband with some help from myself, we made one and have to say it came out better than I had expected. Foamboard isnt the easiest stuff to cut and while its not perfect it looks nice and does a great job holding my ever-growing ink pad collection.

If you want to try making one yourself check out Rebel Inker's Blog for a PDF download of directions and pictures.

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More Valentine Projects

Well I have been very busy this last week making some more cute Valentine's Day things.

I have almost used up all my pink (gasp) and red cardstock, so I guess I need to re-stock after Valentine's Day huh? LOL!

I received my Stampin Up "Love you Much" bundle and I'm having a blast creating with it, you gotta love all the pretty hearts and the Candylane papers are very nice as well.

This first project is a triangle box that holds 5 Hershey Kisses and I found the directions for it here. I stamped the large heart with Versamark ink then I used Embossing powder from Stampendous called "Red Dragon" its red & gold mixed and very sparkly. The border is paper from the Love you Much set and I also used Martha Stewarts floral border punch.

I think these would make a great little treat for anyone on your Valentine gift giving list, don't you think? :0)

Next is a Spring card I made using paper and stamps from the "Love you Much" SU bundle also. This was hard to photograph as the colors are really light and delicate. The scallop and hearts are all raised with dimensionals and have glitter on them but you cant really see that in the photo. I had some self-sticking pearls so I added those to the corners and in person this card is very pretty and delicate looking. You can find directions for making this fun card at Dawn's Stampin Studio.

I just love this next card as the graphic I chose to use is so cute and whimsical! I used my Cuttlebug and the Swiss Dots embossing folder for the background and Stampin Ups photo corner punch for the corners. The graphic is raised with dimensionals and I also added glitter to the bears wings, who doesn't love glitter! LOL.....

Graphics ©Tina Ledbetter

This last project is my favorite if I had to choose. It's pink, has cute kitties and cinnamon candies some of most favorite things :0)

I love making these matchbook candy treats and thought it would be nice to put them into a cute box to give as a gift. So I searched all my templates to find a box that would work but couldn't find one. Then I remembered this website where you can create your own box the size you want, all you have to do is enter the dimensions you need.

My box I put in 3" for the Width, 2.5" for the Height and 2" as the Thickness. I saved it to my computer and I made a template. I then cut it out and marked where to score on the template so then I was able to make the box using my Score-Pal.

This box holds 7 matchbook candies and I used individual wrapped cinnamon candies, Purrfect for this Valentine's Day gift!

Graphics ©Laurie Furnell

Well I hope you all have enjoyed looking at my projects and I hopefully will add some more before Valentine's Day as long as I have some pink and red cardstock around to make more fun things with, LOL!

Thanks for visiting the Crafty Pink Palace :0)