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February Swaps

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Here are the swaps I received from my friends in our little demo group.  We all made the cute box with the scalloped flower on top, but that warrants its own post!  I just have to understand better how to put the pieces together.

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The card with the 3-D flowers was made with "Doodle This".  The flowers are cut out and then the petals are turned under and adhered to the card.  Very cute!  Also, the card closes by tucking underneath the word "Joy".  The very cute Valentine truck is stamped with "Loads of Love", a set I don't own but see the cutest things made with it.  Of course the card itself is made with the Top Note die for the Big Shot (both, a must have!) with a Jumbo eyelet in the corner.  The pink box is made from two Scalloped Envelopes made with the Big Shot.  I love in the photo below how she attached a tab to the bag of candy inside!  And the other little box was a tutorial on Splitcoaststampers recently….so cute!  You can fit 4 Hershey Nuggets or even Ghirardelli Chocolates in it and the tab of the lid fits behind the scallop on the front rather than going inside the box.  Thanks, ladies…..another fun get-together!

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Happy Valentine’s Day! XOXOXO

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This morning when I turned on my computer and the Google page came up, I saw they had turned the two O's in "Google" into an "X O" for Valentine's Day.  This inspired me to create this Valentine, which took less than five minutes!  I used the Contempo Alphabet, the Heart to Heart Punch for just the smallest heart stuck inside the "O" and the sentiment from "A Happy Heart".  The colors are Riding Hood Red and Whisper White.

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Have a Happy Valentine's Day!

Valentine Ghirardelli Candy Holder

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This is a little Valentine candy holder that I found somewhere.  I stamped the Pink Pirouette card stock with Versamark for that watermark look, but my pad was rather dry and it barely showed up.  I decided to try embossing and that's how I ended up embossing with Iridescent Ice and it gave my candy holder a very sparkly, glittery look!  I used the Love You Much hearts, and stamped them again on Whisper White and punched out with the Heart to Heart punch.  The pink taffeta ribbon is very pretty or the pink grosgrain.

Base is 2 3/4" x 9 5/8".

Score at 2 3/4and 3;   6 1/4 and 6 1/2.

 Fold up and then open back up.  Use your Word Window Punch on the bottom flap, inserting as far as you can, a little to the right and then punch again the same hole but a little to the left.  That gives you an opening big enough for the Ghirardelli Chocolate Square.  Then flip the flap up and adhere, preferably with Sticky Strip, just at the top.  Insert chocolate and tie the ribbon around to close!  Very easy, very adaptable, and very cute!

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Valentine Candy Card

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Valentine's Day is right around the corner!  Here are some very quick and easy treat holders to make.  I made six of them easily yesterday for my nieces and nephews.  I found the idea on Angie Juda's website.  This one I made for the boys using Sahara Sand card stock for the base, "A Happy Heart" stamp set, Riding Hood Red 5/8" striped grosgrain ribbon, the Heart to Heart Punch and "Holidays and Wishes" for the Valentine greeting on the front. 

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Just start with a strip of card stock 8 1/2" x 4 1/4".  Score at 3" and 6 1/4".

Use your Slit Punch to punch a slit on each side of the middle part to hold a bag of candy.

Your layer or decoration on the front can be anything you want it to be, any size.  The ribbon keeps the candy holder closed.  You could even just stamp the front of it and not put an additional layer on the front.  This could also be used as a gift card holder.  So there you go, use it for more than one season or occasion.

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And here is another version for the girls.

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What would I have done with the "Love You Much" stamp set?  I loved it from the first moment I saw it at the Stampin' Up! San Antonio Regional.

Hope you will have fun making some easy candy holders for your Valentine!

Valentine Candy Holder

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Here's an idea I have seen many other stampers make.  I love using my Big Shot, and this paper cone is made with the Scallop Circle die cut.  I used Pink Pirouette card stock and stamped with Red Riding Hood ink with the hearts from the set "Love You Much".  I gently rolled the paper into a cone shape, punched two holes and put the ribbon through.  You can also add a little glue to hold the bottom edge.  Tombow Multi Purpose Glue (in the green bottle!) works great for this.  Just hold it for a second until it adheres.  These candies are Hershey Nuggets wrapped in Candy Lane Designer Paper.  Love doing those!  Wouldn't your valentine love getting this little gift?!  You can shop for any of these Stampin' Up! products by contacting me or by going to the online store!  And don't forget about Sale-A-Bration!

Also, when you go to my Demo Website you can watch a great video about the Big Shot!  Jaron Winder, a multi-talented Stampin' Up! employee, will show you several projects using the new Big Shot dies.  Jaron isn't "just" an employee, he really is a stamper and makes fabulous projects.  He put on a fantastic demonstration at the San Antonio Regional that I was able to attend.  And the man can sing!

Here are some other Valentine items.

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Who Would Have Thought Target Mailboxes Would Be So Much Fun?!

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When this Target mailbox craze started, I would have thought we would all make our Valentine mailbox that one year and then we'd be on to something else.  But it seems like we still haven't gotten our fill of them!  They make such great gifts, for any occasion, as well as great projects in stamp camps and classes.  I found one more mailbox in my stash and wanted to decorate it for Valentine's Day.  Hope you have found your Target mailboxes!  Put some little cards or candy inside and you have yourself a great Valentine gift!

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Here's what I used:

Bella Rose Designer Paper (love it!)

Love You Much Stamp set

Best Wishes and More Stamp set (heart on the front)

White Gel Pen

Ribbon:  5/8" Riding Hood Red Striped Grosgrain, Pretty in Pink Taffeta, Whisper White 1/4" Grosgrain

Eyelet Border Punch, Trio Flower Punch, Heart to Heart Punch, Circle punches, Scallop Punch

Naturally Serif Alphabet Decorative Strip for the Big Shot ("Be Mine")

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Everything is available online at www.karenfontinelle.stampinup.net.  Click on the "Shop Now" button to go to the online catalog.  Don't forget to add your Sale-A-Bration products for every $50.

 

Have fun making a Valentine or gift for someone you care about!

 

 

A Monday Valentine

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If you haven't done it yet, it is really time to get out that paper, scissors and glue and start making valentines!  Valentine's Day is Saturday, Feb. 14th.  Who do you know would love a handmade card from you?  Think back to your childhood and how much fun it was to make valentines from construction paper and doilies!  Stampin' Up! provides much better materials than those, but the idea is the same. 

I was looking through some old magazines of cards and saw something that gave me this idea.  I also wanted to use the new Stampin' Up! cardstock "Taste of Textiles" on page 156 of the catalog.  These papers are quite different and this white one is absolutely beautiful!  The picture does not do it justice.  It would look beautiful on a wedding card.  The other papers are Vellum with Not Quite Navy Polka Dots, Black Linen Texture, Bronze Metallic, Printed Kraft and Close to Cocoa Pin Stripe.  Be sure to check them out!  They are made in Italy!

To see the paper in the online catalog, just click on the link above, click the Shop Now button and then click on Paper in the left column and Specialty Paper.

I used the Heart to Heart Punch on pages 184-5 of the catalog to punch just the smallest punch.  The greeting is from "Holidays and Wishes".

Feb. 7th…..Send a Card to a Friend Day!

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Yes, today is "Send a Card to a Friend Day!"  Here's a card I made last night trying out my new Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set.  The greeting happens to be a retired hostess set from the last catalog, but it suited the purpose since it had the word "friend" in it.

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I love these colors together:  Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, and Whisper White.  I stamped the big flower in the lower right-hand corner, then stamped it again on scrap paper to make a mask.  I cut out the flower on the scrap paper and placed it over the stamped flower on my card.  Then I was able to ink up my stamp again and stamp the flower off to the left, as well as a different flower above.  I used my Aqua Painter to lightly watercolor the flowers with the Baja Breeze inkpad.  The greeting is stamped in Chocolate Chip.  The ribbon is the 1" Double-Stitched Grosgrain on page 178 of the new catalog.

So now, are you going to send a card to a friend today?

Valentine Stamp Camp

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These are the projects we made at my Valentine Stamp Camp last weekend!

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If you missed this one, I hope you can make the next one!

Love, love, love making these nugget tins!  They are SO easy and SO cute when you get finished, no matter how you decorate your tin.  Just take a strip of Designer Series Paper approximately 1" x 3" and wrap around a Hershey's Nugget.  You can use Sticky Strip.  I used a dab of SNAIL to hold the paper on the top of the nugget, then used the Tombow Multi Purpose Adhesive (in the green bottle) to hold the ends of the paper (just a small dab).  The scallop on the belly band is stamped with the Love You Much stamp set.  You could also just tie a pretty ribbon around and attach a tag or even use a rub on on the clear top.  So cute!

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This is the same card I made for swapping at the SU San Antonio Regional with the stamp set "A Happy Heart".  I used the Spiral Punch and the Bella Rose DSP.

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This Valentine I copied from one made by Wendy Janson.

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Here are some pillow boxes made with the Big Shot and Pillow Box die.  The one we made at the stamp camp I punched out with the Heart to Heart Punch, then adhered a piece of transparency inside the pillow box.  We stamped more hearts with the Love You Much stamp set, punched out with the Heart to Heart Punch and then decorated the pillow box.  These were fun to make.  I love my Big Shot!

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And if you think I am crazy, or that your eyes are playing tricks with you, yes, that IS a Christmas card you see!  This is in keeping with my challenge to myself to start on Christmas EARLY!!  We used the Snow Swirled stamp set to make this card and put the tiniest bit of Dazzling Diamond Glitter on the snowflakes on the tree.  The Christmas card design was one I found by Caroline LeBel and just loved.  So simple yet so elegant.  I used Real Red on that card as I was afraid I was running out of the Riding Hood Red Ribbon and wanted to use the Real Red Grosgrain. 

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This month if you place an online order through my website www.karenfontinelle.stampinup.net you will receive a FREE Spring-Summer 2009 Idea Book & Catalog.  Also, keep in mind that Stampin' Up!'s famous "Sale-a-Bration" promotion has begun!  With every $50 purchase (before shipping and tax) you may choose one Sale-A-Bration item FREE in the Sale-A-Bration Mini Catalog.  There are four stamp sets, one set of ribbon, and one set of Designer Series Paper to choose from!  Contact me anytime if you have questions or would like to place an order or schedule a workshop to earn your free Hostess Benefits!