Cricut meets Valentine's

For my last Valentine post I wanted to show you the cards I made for our Grand kids. Our oldest Granddaughter loves Ladybugs and our little Grandson loves Monkeys. So I got out my Create a critter Cricut cartridge and put together these two cards. I cut everything on the Cricut. I decorated with some glitter and embossing.

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My Hubby's Valentine Card

This was the Valentine Card I made for my Hubby. I am still practicing my coloring with the new CTMH alcohol markers. I am having a lot of fun playing with the different colors and how easily you can blend colors. I did some random stamping with the roses using the  tone on tone technique on the Saddle CS section with Saddle ink. The roses were stamped with Black pigment ink and then colored with the Olive and Sorbet 2 marker packs. I did a little masking with the sentiment and added some Cream and Mocha Pearls to  finish it off.

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Hope you had a Happy Valentine's Day

 

 

 

 

 I am sorry I didn't get all my Valentine's projects posted before Valentine's Day. I hope you will still enjoy seeing them and maybe make them for different holiday's coming up or save the idea for next year!
 The first picture shows a number of different projects. I put together this Valentine section in my home and another on the fireplace mantel.
Let's start at the top of the photo.
First there is a banner that says "LOVE". This was the banner I had made for our 25th Renewal of vows ceremony. 
Below that is a quilted square I had made with a   Valentine's Day theme. It is hung on a wooden stand with wooden hearts.
Next we get to the Treat tubes. There are a new product from CTMH. I had posted a short post showing just a couple of Treat tubes earlier. Here I have a few more all decorated differently. They were filled with a few different candies. There are so many things that you could fill these tubes with. Think about decorating them for Easter or Christmas also.
I also made up a Valentine mailbox to hold all those Valentine's you get! I cut everything with my Cricut and the Artiste cartridge and my Gypsy. The mailbox was cut at 3.25"found on page 51. I random stamped all over it with a few different heart stamps from a stamp set called Whoos Your Valentine. I cut out the sentiment on the front of the mailbox door with the Artiste cart. pg72 at 1.5".  The back was decorated with some layered hearts cut at 2" from pg 51. I used the colors Blush and Hollyhock.
Here are a few close up pictures of the large mailbox. I had sprayed  with some Pearl Paint mixed with Rubbing alcohol all over the completed mailbox for a little shimmer.

 

 

This is the mantel area of my home where you can see some more Valentine projects. I decided to try making some tiny mailboxes. I cut them at 1.5". They turned out so cute!! A little bit of a challenge gluing the parts together but worth it in the end. Added to this area is the wooden birdhouse I had posted earlier as well.

Lastly the Heart Banner was made with chipboard and B&T papers. I strung them together with a few beads in between.

 

I will have some cards for you next time.

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Valentine Treat Tubes

Treat tubes are all the rage right now. With Valentine's Day coming up this is a quick and cute way to give your special someone a little treat. I made this one with the "Whoos Your Valentine" kit that was a special last month. I didn't get my treat tub filled but I will be posting a few more so you can see how they look completely done.
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Valentine Birdhouse

Well I am finally getting back into my craft room and making projects. WHEW!!! So I decided I would start with some Valentine projects and maybe for once be ahead of the Holiday! lol  I will be posting them in separate posts.

Today I have a wooden birdhouse that I decorated it for Valentines Day. I have had a number of different styled houses I had picked up a few years back at Michael's. I know Michael's still carry wood items but not sure what style of houses they carry now but any one I am sure could be used for this project.

I painted it first with white acrylic paint. I added black ad red paint to the bottom rims.  Then I looked through some of my older CTMH papers for some Valentine looking papers. I ended up using a pack called Sweetheart. I made paper patterns for all the sides of the birdhouse and transferred them to the B&T papers. There was a hole in the front of the birdhouse but I chose to cover it up for this project. After covering up the house then I began to decorate it. Again I went through my stash of goodies and went from there. For the "Love Birds" I stamped them with Versamark ink and embossed with white embossing powder. I added a pink heart between them. I used the Cricut Art Philosophy and Artiste's cartridges. I cut the large heart, and both the label and the " Be Mine" from the Artiste cart and the key from the Art Philosophy. It was a fun little project to make. I think it will look good with my other Valentine decorations.

I will be back with some more Valentine themed projects in a few days.

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Valentine Candy Matchbook---UPDATED

Here is a little Valentine Project you can make for either your Sweetie of for the kids too. Just by changing your papers and what candy you fill it with makes it a quick project for who ever you want to give it to.

I made the Matchbook on my Gypsy. This is my first attempt at making and saving a file that I have made to share and be able to cut using the Gypsy. I am going to attempt to offer it in this post but am not sure it will let me.

http://www.box.net/files#/files/0/f/0/1/f_617684359


If you don't own a Gypsy I also made the file available in the cut format for use in the Design Studio; You can click the link below to get it.

http://www.box.net/files#/files/0/f/0/1/f_634170277

Okay I think this link will take you to my file where you can then download it. Like I mentioned it is very simple and basic but I had to start somewhere right? When you open the file it looks like there is another rectangle inside the larger one but that isn;t anything that will cut. It was part of my designing but not used in the end project.

I believe I used George. It is a rectangle that will cut at 3.25 x 6.5 with a 2" heart cut out of the front end.I used a double sided cardstock. A heavier paper works the best .  You will make a score line  from the heart end at 2 7/8 and at the other end 3/8. I used a 3x5 clear bag and cut it off  to measure 4". Fill it with the candy of your choice until it measures 2 1/4. Then fold the top down once about 1/4" and again at the 2 1/4" level of your candy and adhere. Place a strip of red line or scor tape on the inside of your rectangle where the candy is going to set. Place another one on the right side of the paper along the 3/8" score line. Fold all of your score lines. The front will adhere along that 3/8" flap. Adhere your candy bag making sure none of the bag sticks out beyond the paper. Bring the front down to meet the back side along the 3/8" flap. As you see in my pictures the back will bow out after it is all put together.

Have fun with this little Valentine Project!!

Valentine's Day

I made a few of those Lollipop covers for Valentine's Day.

 

They are a fun quick way to give a treat to the kids or anyone on your Valentine List. I put in heart shaped suckers in mine. These measurements will work for quite a few different candies I think. It is 5 1/2" x 2 1/2". Score at 2 1/2" from both ends. That leaves a 1/2 space at the top for the sucker to be placed. I placed 2 heart shaped brads one on each side to close it down around the stick. I added stickers to decorate and a ribbon around the stick. It is hard to see but I also made a tag with the persons name on it and attached it with Waxy flax around the stick as well. if you are in a pinch they are fast enough to make it a hurry.

I used Heidi Grace, Cloud 9 and misc from my stash. I will be back with a few other Valentine projects I had made.