Valentine Cards - Basic Grey

Hello Blog Friends!  The second Valentine project for today.  These cards are a Basic Grey cardmaking kit from my LSS which makes 12 cards.  They are not layered enough for my liking, but still turned out okay with a little extra embellishing from my stash!  Items added were the red dotted sheer ribbons on the XOXO card and lace on the tag front card, kraft paper for the card insides and penwork on some of the edges. 

The words seen on the card fronts are rub-ons included in the kit.  The card with the I Love You tag, below, had a change of orientation from side-fold to top fold.  The Amour card has a strip of pleated paper in the center of the panel, red with white doily lace print.  The pleated strip was a monster, as I, Miss Perfect, HAD to have it pleated perfectly and centered on the card!

Would I do this again?  Probably not, but I did have a fun time making these during a visit/craft session in January with my beautiful daughter!  Again, thanks for checking in today and Happy Valentine's Day!

Valentine Projects-Pinecone Press

Hello  and Happy Monday, bloggers!  Glad you could stop by today!  The projects I am sharing today came from a Pinecone Press papercrafting kit.  My  LSS, Scrapbook Dreams handed it over and said, "Make some things for us to display in the store!"







First up, a gift card holder, pretty simple. The scallop heart is a Marvy Uchida  punch - 2" and the little red cherubs are from a cassette punch set - are they not adorable!?

     Inside, the pocket is trimmed with one of the edges of the papers - they all have a cute little design on them & that means I didn't have to throw anything away!

   

 All the papers and ribbon seen in the projects were included in the kit.  All I added were the punched items (from kit papers) buttons with scrapping floss on the box lid (below) pop dots and Ranger Distress Ink in Festive Berries!  Those Ranger seasonal inks are becoming quite versatile!




Next up, is this adorable exploding box!  This was so much fun to make, and really easy, too! The two inside layers of the box are tag pockets.  If I counted correctly, this little gem will hold almost 30, yes 30(!) photos!  There was still paper to make a few more cards, but time was running out to get them displayed at the store for Valentine's
Day! 


Another Valentine project coming soon!  Thanks for peeking in today!

Inside Box Lid

Two Layers of pockets with tags for photos

Gift Card Set

Hello Bloggers!  Sharing a gift project with you today.  The card set (sorry, only pic I have) fit perfectly into the box (after a whole lot of experimentation!) cut from Tags, Bags, Boxes & More cart from Cricut on Quick Quotes papers Ode to Joy line.  The flowers were punched and dry embossed from coordinating papers.  After this project was completed, I had secretly wished I had made all the cards to match the packaging.  That is a project for another day!

The two cards on the left were made from Karen Foster papers and matching stickers from my LSS, Scrapbook Dreams.  The gold card has Heidi Grace papers and HUGE bling on the Paper Studio flowers(!).  It has stamped sentiments from Paper Wishes on it.  The purple card has a white base, embossed with a Big Shot embossing plate, then tapped Purple Passion Chalking ink from Quick Quotes over it.  The mat layers were cut from Spellbinders Nest-abilities dies.  The layers were cut from lavender card stock and a very tiny blue and lavender check pattern, then cut apart and placed as shown.  The flower started out white and was also colored with the purple ink, embellished with a butterfly brad and, of course, some purple satin ribbon!  Enjoy and thanks for peeking in today!