I bought a bag of these candy pops for Valentine's Day and had almost forgotten them. Here is something easy and fun to make for Valentine's or any time really.  Just choose your colors for your occasion.  I used the Flower Folds Die #115970 to cut my flower layers with my Big Shot.  You can use whichever flower sizes you want (I did not use the largest one) and whatever paper you want.  I used Real Red and Pink Pirouette card stock, and a piece of the Love Patterns Pack #124156 designer paper special  going on now until Feb. 14th.  I used some SNAIL adhesive to tack the flower layers together before poking a hole in the center for the candy pop stick.  I even cut off some of the paper wrapper at the bottom so the pop would fit closer to the flower.  Then I wrapped some Old Olive card stock around the stem and punched out some leaves with the beautiful Two-Step Bird Extra-Large Punch #117191.  You could attach a greeting to the stem also.

Here's a view from the top.

If you are still looking for Valentine ideas, I hope this will be useful for you!  Check back each day this week for more Valentine ideas!

The new Petal Cone Die #121810 in the new Occasions Mini Catalog is really a fun new thing to own!  I almost passed on it at first, but then I started to see the cute projects other demonstrators were making with it, and now I'm very glad I own it!  The possibilities are endless!  It can be used for any occasion, just vary the colors and embellishments.  Here are some of the Petal Cones we made at my recent stamp camp!

 I applied strips of the Love Impressions Specialty Designer Series Paper #121780 to the sides and stamped some hearts with VersaMark #102283 on the sides of the cone from the set Love You Much #113756 in the Stampin' Up! 2010-11 Idea Book & Catalog.

Here's one my customer made in pink with a different pattern of the same paper.  So soft and pretty!

And here's one someone else made in blue for her little son, stamped with Early Espresso ink and stamps from Valentine Defined and Love You Much, with a red Glitter Paper heart on the top flap!

With Sale-A-Bration going on, now is a good time to purchase those Big Shot dies (and maybe the Big Shot!) so that you can also earn "free stuff"!  Check out the Sale-A-Bration Mini Catalog HERE.

I've often told you, as demonstrators, one of our favorite things is our monthly Stampin' Success Magazine we receive from Stampin' Up! Every issue has business tips for us and many new projects including ones easy enough to demonstrate at workshops.  If you've ever considered being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator but thought you wouldn't know what to do, this one resource alone would be enough to teach you, inspire you and give you plenty of ideas!

The Valentine Pouch shown in the January 2011 issue of Stampin' Success caught my eye and was fun and easy to make.  I changed the colors from green in the sample to Real Red.  Surprisingly, the pouch is actually made from a Medium Crumb Cake Envelope #107297.  Just seal the envelope on the back, then use the Scallop Edge Border Punch #119882 to punch one side of the envelope, which will become the top of your pouch.

Just stamp with the set "Valentine Defined" from the new Occasions Mini Catalog, apply a strip of designer series paper, and tie a ribbon around.

I'm sure you can see how easy it would be to switch things up a bit…..if you don't have the Crumb Cake envelope, use one you do have.  Don't want to use an envelope?  Use Crumb Cake card stock and make a card base instead of a pouch.  Have some Mini Lunch Sacks leftover from the Holiday Mini? Use those!

Now you can figure out what to put inside….some wrapped candy bars or other little treats, some notecards to match, a pull out tag or card…..the possibilities are endless!  After Valentine's Day, make the same thing but change the colors and change the greeting and make it for a birthday or Easter or new baby or anything!  Simple and cute idea! Let me know if you make one!

The Eat Chocolate stamp set in the Occasions Mini is really a fun one…..at least if you are a chocolate lover like me or if you know a chocolate lover!  You can make some kind of chocolate holder or gift box and use any of these sayings in the set perfectly! Wouldn't these be cute for Valentine's Day or really any time?!

I even copied myself to make these!  I came across this post from 2009 with the same little chocolate holder.

Here are the directions in case you don't go back to that post:

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!

These are very easy to make and so fun choosing one of the Eat Chocolate sayings to use!

Here are a couple others ones I made also:

If you need this stamp set, "Eat Chocolate" and any other stamping supplies, just visit my Online Store.  With a $50 purchase, you can choose a FREE product from the Sale-A-Bration brochure!