Love You

 

I am obsessed with Mason Jars. I don't know what it is, but I just love them! I love the old kind, with rusty tops. I have a collection of them I keep in my kitchen on top the cupboards.

My obsession carries over into stamps with jars. Oh yes! I probably have every stamp and punch that that resembles a Mason Jar. Is there a Mason Jars Anonymous? Lol.

The cute little jar in my Valentine today is Best Buds from Paper Smooches. I was so mad at myself for not buying the coordinating dies. I made a bunch of these and was sitting on the couch cutting it out carefully. It took so long that my husband even questioned me as to what I was doing! I CASED this card from the Paper Smooches blog post here. Mines a little different, but wanted to give credit where it's due for the design of it.

I really like how the water in the jar turned out. I debated using a colored pencil or marker. I went for the marker. If I would have stamped it on watercolor paper, I could have tried watercolors. Now that might have turned out even better! Maybe next time. Do you have any ideas for coloring in water? I'd love to hear them. Just e-mail me HERE or leave me a comment at the end of this post.

Happy stamping!

Supplies:

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Not Pictured: Stampin Up Real Red card stock, Stampin Up Markers - Real Red, Regal Rose, Wild Wasabi, Bashful Blue, Stampin Up Crazy about You stamp set, Pebbles Inc Patterned Paper, Recollections Heart Tags.

Sending Love

I really love to make little altered treat containers with matching cards for Valentines Day. My mother is going to be the recipient of the little ensemble pictured above. The little band aid container is filled with Dove Chocolate hearts . . . her favorite!

My package of Stampin Up Sending Love Specialty paper is disappearing fast! Between scrapbook pages, treat containers, and Valentine cards, I may need to order another package before long. It's just one of those paper packs where you will truly love each and every design.

If you are looking for that perfect sentiment like the "love you much" on my card, take a peek at the Stampin Up set Well Scripted. You get birthday, Easter, love, Mothers Day, Fathers Day, and congratulations all in one set. The script looks very classy, don't you think?

All the Stampin' Up! supplies used on the tin and card can be found at the bottom of this post. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to e-mail me!

TGIF in a big way! I'm having a dinner party Saturday evening and Sunday I get to take Brandon to one of his classmates birthday party. Very fun!

Enjoy your weekend and happy stamping!

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Valentine Tin & Card (all supplies from Stampin' Up!):

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Well Scripted

Ink: Real Red

Designer Series Paper: Sending Love Specialty

Card Stock: Real Red, Very Vanilla, Pretty in Pink

Ribbon: Real Red Grosgrain, Pretty in Pink Satin

Punches: Scallop Trim Border Punch, 5 Petal Flower, Scallop Circle, 1 3/8 Circle, Word Window, Modern Label

Valentine Mailboxes

Happy February! We made it through January!

February is the month of love and I made my two Valentines their own mailboxes. My hubby & son will get little treats and notes from me throughout the month in their mailboxes. When the flag is up, they need to check it. They were very excited to be presented with these this morning!

The cute little silver mailboxes are $1 find from Target. I covered them in some gorgeous patterned paper from BoBunny. All is takes is a 4x12 piece to cover it all the way around.

I used Maya Road chipboard letters for their initials on the front and also covered them in the BoBunny paper. I made a little flag cover with the paper and used my SU! hearts punch, from the Love You Much Bundle, to punch out a small heart and stamp a message on it. I tied ribbons on the flag post, although I'm sure they boys don't care about ribbons. I think it adds a nice touch! :)

*Don't forget the Stampin' Up! Sale-A-Bration starts today! For every $50 you spend you get to pick out something free from the Sale-A-Bration brochure!

Have fun watching the Super Bowl tonight! Go Steelers!!!!