February Blog Hop

Hi again, and Welcome to February, and this month’s Blog Hop! The theme for this month is, of course, Valentine’s Day (and as a secondary theme, Sale-a-Bration because new items will become available on February 16th!!). Sometimes it’s not the biggest hearts filled with candy, or the reddest ones, that make the biggest impressions, but sometimes it’s the card that goes along with the gift. Here is a simple card that will stand out among others. While the peacock struts his/her stuff, the feathers sort of fall into a Valentine’s Day heart, and surround a smaller triple play of pearl embellished hearts. The greeting on this card says it all: I Just Love You! I don’t think it could be said any simpler. The triple fold of the card allows a gift card to hide inside, or maybe some other special little something (wink wink).

Even though it took a few tries to get the feathers to look like a heart, the end result turned out rather cute. This card used the Occasions sets Beautiful Peacock and Petal Palette, as well as Touch of Textures from the All Occasions catalog. For inks, if you look closely you will find Tempting Turquoise, Bermuda Bay, Pacific Point, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Rose Red, VersaMark, Pink Pirouette, and Basic Black. Embellishments were just the Basic Pearls and 1/8″ Real Red Solid Ribbon all on Whisper White, Pink Pirouette and Real Red Card stock. My favorite adhesives (Fast Fuse, Mini Glue Dots, Fine Tip Glue) were used to keep it all together.

Another project I created for Valentine’s Day, since I talk about Paper Pumpkin kits on my FB page all the time, was created from a past kit. I want to show how versatile these kits really are, and just because there are instructions that come with the kit doesn’t mean they have to be used. One of the easiest ways to earn a Sale-a-Bration stamp set or project kit this month is to preorder Paper Pumpkin kits, either with a 3, 6, or 12 month subscription. I absolutely LOVE these kits as they have EVERYTHING you need to create beautiful, simple, and quick projects…and you KNOW I LOVE simple!! With this card, I used the die-cut hearts from the January 2016 Paper Pumpkin kit to make the pop-up heart in the center of the card. The die-cut banners on the front of the card, the sequin ribbon, the ink, stamps, and the pieces of striped card stock are from the kit as well. The only things I added were the rhinestones, Whisper White scraps and the Pink Pirouette card stock.

As you can see, this wasn’t what the kit was originally was designed for. I will be re-doing more Paper Pumpkin kits as well, and planning more classes (both by mail and face-to-face) so stop by to see what’s brewing in the crafting room next!

If you would like to purchase any of the items in either project (Occasions/Sale-a-Bration sets or Paper Pumpkin subscriptions) click on the “Shop with Me” button on the right (or the top under Menu) and it will take you to my Stampin’ UP! store. Thanks for stopping by.

To see what’s hop-pening on the next blog and to get more Valentine’s Day ideas, click the Next button below to head over to Di’s blog. If you get lost along the way, just hit your back button to follow the links for the individual blogs I’ve posted below.

Di         http://www.stampingwithdi.com

Barb    http://www.beelinestamping.com

Kathya http://www.stampwithkathya.com

Connie http://www.texasschoolmarm.com

Mary   http://www.doggandponyshow.blogspot.com

Trisha  https://www.creativelystamping.blog   (you are here)