Category Archives: Valentine

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".

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!

A Love You Much Scrapbook Page

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It didn’t take too much work to figure this one out, I just copied the page from the Love You Much Bundle flyer, except that I used Bella Rose Designer Paper instead of the Candy Lane (would hate to use too much of the new paper, you know!).  I used a 6×6 piece of Riding Hood Red In Color cardstock and stamped the hearts from Love You Much on the background in Riding Hood Red Ink.  I also could have used Versamark for the same subtle effect.  Then I adhered two strips of the Bella Rose paper to the bottom third.  You can do whatever size strips you like, mine were about 1 3/4  x 6 and 1×6 with the bottom one overlapping the top one about 1/4″.  You wouldn’t have to overlap since the ribbon goes across the two pieces anyway.  I used my white gel pen to free-hand some dots across the top of the paper border.  Then it was a chance to use one of my metal-edge tags for a change.  This is the largest one. (If you don’t have the metal-edge tags, you can get the same effect with gray or silver cardstock for the bottom layer and your stamped layer on top).  I stamped on a scrap piece of Whisper White paper rather than the tag itself, just in case of a mistake!  The new large circle punch….1 3/4″…. fits that tag perfectly.  In order to get that little red heart above the birds, I kind of stamped the top part of the stamp with Riding Hood Red and the rest in black, punched that out with the big circle punch and adhered it to the tag, right over the white part that is already there!  Then I stamped the birds again with Stazon black….now either you can do this on Whisper White and color in your birds whatever color you wish, stamp them on colored cardstock, or stamp them on Designer Paper….then cut out carefully (without the legs!) and adhere them to the tag, right over the stamped birds with Dimensionals.  I also used Dimensionals to adhere the tag to the scrapbook page.

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Now if 6×6 isn’t your size, either enlarge the page to start with, or make this 6×6 piece and add it to your larger page.

If you ever thought you wanted to be a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator but weren’t “creative” enough, this shows you that you can copy, copy, copy!  Stampin’ Up! is even getting better and better at providing ideas for us demos and even to you customers, so don’t let creativity stop you!  Read all about becoming a Demonstrator here.  You can even sign up online now, just contact me for my special password!  You’ll have your Demo number in moments!

I Love “Love You Much”!

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I first saw this set on display at the San Antonio Regional and I loved it.  Now I am finally getting some time to stamp some things with it.  Here are little 3×3 notecards I made.  Such an easy and fun set.  Of course if you order the "bundle" (click here) you get the stamp set "Love You Much", the Heart to Heart punch and the Candy Lane Designer Paper, all for 20% off retail price during January. (See THIS post)  The paper had been so popular it was backordered for awhile but I think it is going to be available this coming week.  If you ever try to order online and have difficulty, contact me because if something is backordered, the online ordering will not take the order.  I would still be able to put it in for you on the regular system.

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A Valentine Mailbox

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Whenever I see these mailboxes, I think about the excitement they caused a couple years ago when they appeared in the Target dollar spots!  As soon as they were found and stampers began altering them and posting pictures online, other stampers just went wild all over the country for these little mailboxes!  Target probably wondered what in the world was going on as their dollar spots were stalked, phone calls made to the stores checking on inventory and deliveries, and shopping carts filled up with how ever many mailboxes could be found!  It was Target Mailbox-Mania…..and I'm not sure it is over yet!  Apparently this year's mailboxes are starting to show up in Target dollar spots and are silver!  However, I still have plenty of white and red ones in my closet so I don't need silver ones (unless, of course, someone posts something with a silver one that is so darn cute I can't resist!).  They ARE nice for gifts…..you can stamp notecards to put inside or fill with candy or a little gift.  Actually, years ago my friend Chris sent me a red Christmas mailbox, personalized, that I always put out on my table with the lid open and candy canes laying inside.

Here is my most recent Valentine mailbox using the oh-so-cute Love You Much stamp set!

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I used the Bella Rose Designer Paper on this mailbox.

Do You Just Love Valentine’s Day?

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You won't want to miss Stampin' Up!'s Love You Much Bundle (Item 115405)! You get the Love You Much stamp set, new Candy Lane Designer Series Paper and the new Heart to Heart Punch, all for $41.48.  This special Bundle price is good now through Jan. 31, 2009 and is 20% off the retail price of the items individually.

Description  Retail Value 

Love You Much stamp set 

 $25.95 

Candy Lane Designer Series paper 

   $9.95 

Heart to Heart punch

 $15.95 

Bundle Retail Value 

 $51.85
   

Love You Much Bundle
(20% off retail value; item 115405) 

  $41.48

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My San Antonio Regional Swap Cards

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Here are my swaps I took to the Stampin' Up! San Antonio Regional held yesterday and today.

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This one I stamped with a set in the Holiday Mini called "A Happy Heart".  I also used the Spiral Punch on the side of the tic-tac-toe.  The little heart in the middle square is popped up with a dimensional and so is the big heart.  The designer paper is the fabulous Bella Rose.

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And this one is the famous "Mr. Twigster" in the Holiday Mini.  I guess you either love him or hate him since lots of people say snowmen don't have legs.  But he was quite popular as a swap yesterday and I enjoyed making the card!  I used the snowflakes from "Merry and Bright" and stamped with white Craft ink.  The greeting comes from "Season of Joy".  I added a little Dazzling Diamonds Glitter for the snow at the feet of Mr. Twigster after coloring just a little bit of blue ink with my Aqua Painter.

You can click on the photos to make them larger.