Click on the ‘Valentine Button’ that I made and view all my past posts and projects with the ‘Valentine’ theme.

You probably don’t know it but my middle name is Valentine and my favorite aunt has always given me heart shaped gifts (and jewelry).  I still do LOVE hearts.  And I really DO like Valentine’s Day.

This was a Valentine that we made at my last Stamp a Stack (and it was one of the Occasions class cards).  It really is a postcard with a smaller card on top, but it squeaked by as a card.

Materials Used:

A Happy Heart set (#111758)
5 ½ x 4 ¼ Basic Black Cardstock
5 ¼ x 4 Real Red Cardstock
5 ½ x 2 ¾ inch Basic Black cardstock
Two 2 ½ x 2 ½ Whisper White cardstock
Two 5 ½ x 4 ¼ pcs. White cardstock
This is for embossing and punching hearts
strip of White cardstock (for stamping red)
Real Red Ink pad, StazOn Black pad
Full Heart Punch (#113693)

Heart to Heart Punch (#113694)
Small Heart Punch (#117193)
½ inch circle punch
Finial Press textured impressions pad
Sizzix Big Shot die cutting machine, Multipurpose Tray, Two standard cutting pads

This is a very quick valentine idea… and just in time!  My 9 year old has to make a valentine for all (or none) of her classmates.  I think this is a good idea in theory (that way everyone gets them) but she has 20+ classmates and wants to make them herself.

The red cardstock is cut 2 3/4 x 8 1/2 (you get 4 per sheet of 8 1/2 x 11) and scored at 1", 4", 4 1/2" & 7 1/2".  The mouse from Stampin’ Up!’s "Have a Heart" set was punched with the 1 3/8 inch. circle and then matted on black cardstock that was punched with my favorite new scalloped circle punch (as was the "window"). 

After making this one (it was one of my "Stamp a Stack of Stuff" projects this month), I realized that you can fit a greeting under the window… and stamped "for someone with a big heart" from the same stamp set BEFORE punching the window.  Black gingham ribbon ties it up after punching with the double rectangle punch.  The chocolate heart is held on with a ‘Pop Up Glue Dot’ (Stampin’ Up!) which REALLY holds a solid piece of chocolate on.  

Well, it’s Ash Wednesday and this chocoholic will give up chocolate for Lent.  Lucky you guys aren’t living with me, LOL… as I go through the shakes in a few days.

I stamped the Elephant and flowers and then stamped the elephant again on our Designer Series paper "Flowers for You" (the pink on pink florals)… don’t you just love pink elepants (don’t you see them all the time too?)!  I placed the ‘pink floral’ elephant image over the original stamped image and ‘waa laa’ he is immediately super cool!

Closed, this is only 3 1/2 inches square and you can get three of these from one piece of cardstock.  This is one of three valentine ideas that we made at my Stamp a Stack of Stuff this past week.  You can purchase step by step, measurements and photos of this (and all of the six projects I featured here).

I sell my class outlines with measurements and directions due to demand for more and more information about the samples I post.  However, I am more about the free dissemination of stamping ideas–so I will share more information about this here for those of you who will ‘get it’ as I tell it…

The pink background is 6 1/2 inches by 3 1/2 inches, scored at 2 1/2, 3, 3 1/2.  The smaller panel is actually the front and you use the slit punch on the back panel and tuck the front panel in to hold it closed. I attached a knotted bow to the slit, but below shows it with a punched flower and brad that also can hide the slit side well.

A trick to punching the side openings–fold the paper in half by the ‘middle’ score and punch with the horizontal slot punch (see photos below for help):

This last photo (left) shows a flower adhered to the slit punched tab that aids in keeping it closed… and yes, you have to glue to ‘Smarties’ in or they will slip out!

"Heard you’ve been bad, so here’s the scoop…  All you get is Cupid Poop!  Happy Valentine’s Day"  DOWNLOAD PDF.  This is part of our January special "Valentine Bundle" (read more about the Special HERE).

Yes, I know that it is a pretty obnoxious saying, but my kids loved it… and a word of warning about the pink candy corn (I got it at Walmart): it smells like chemicals and tastes even worse… but it matches our Pretty in Pink and Real Red as well as the added bonus that my kids won’t eat it before I can finish making these to give out, LOL!

I put my sticker on the back (shameless advertising, I know) because it is a great ice breaker as well as example of what you can do with rubber stamps.  Okay, so what’s your opinion?

I make these up every third year… that way most of my customers think it’s new!  I have a list that had the meaning of survival kit contents (ex. rubber band "to remind you to stay flexible", Sweet Tarts "for the good and the bad times", etc.  I have it in PageMaker which most people don’t have. 

I will update this blog with a PDF when I get a minute (that’s pretty funny actually–getting a minute).  I have a minute now at 4:30 am… hmm… Think I need to pay the bills first!