Valentine Mailboxes and Heart Matchbooks

Hi Everyone!

I have another fun Valentine's project you can create for Valentine's Day. I just adore these mini mailboxes by LifeStyle Crafts. They also create a cute Heart Matchbook that fits perfectly into the mailbox. I had such a blast making these that I just had to create a few kits. Be sure to stop by my Keep On Scrappin Kits Page here on my blog so you can create three of these adorable mailboxes too.

Valentine's Day Favors

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Happy New Year! Although Christmas just passed, I've been in the Valentine's Day spirit already. There's just so much to create and I'm really loving all the PINK. Here's a few favors I created with the new Balsa Boxes I purchased at my local Michaels. I'm really loving the new shapes and so fun to alter. I also created with two of my favorite Tim Holtz dies. You can make so many fun projects with the Movers and Shapers In the Bag and Pocket Envelope die. Have fun creating!

Birthday Explosion Box

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My nephew Dominic is turning 4 this year and I wanted to make a fun project for him. I wanted a mini album,cake, box and something to hold his giftcard. This project was perfect and incorporated all the things I wanted to create. The papers I used is from the Basic Grey Shine On collection and the cake box is Sizzix ScoreBoards XL Cake Box die.

I made the outside of the box simple by adding a jumbo monogram letter from the coordinating die cut pack and tied some white seam biding around the lid.

I wanted Dominic to have a cake and also thought it would be fun place to add a giftcard inside. I added a few embellishments on the top pages and kept it really simple therefore my cousin can just add his photos on top. There's three layers of design paper in the explosion box which is perfect for my cousin to add photos of his first 3 years.

On top of the cake I layered a canvas die cut from the collection and created a rosette using the Tim Holtz Alterations Paper Rosettes Die. I tied some bakers twine in yellow and white and place a I Am Roses flower on top. I stamped Happy Birthday on the design paper and created a banner. I then die cut the number four from my new Tim Holtz Word Play Alphabet die with chipboard. I colored the chipboard using the Faber Castell Design Memory Crafts Color Gelatos in Pistachio and added some glitter on top.

Cupcake Stand and Mini

I LOVE cupcakes! My daughter Natalie always love to bake cupcakes and I of course love to eat them. heehee I always love to give my girls their own special cupcake/cake along with their birthday cake on their birthday. It just makes them feel extra special to have one just for them. The Quic Kutz Cupcake Stand was just perfect for me to place their cupcake on. Then I thought, what would they do with the stand after they eat the cupcake? I decided to create a cupcake mini using the Jenni Bowlin Round Tart Tin that I received as a gift from RuthAnn and created a tiny mini book with the Sizzix Circle #2 die and K & Company's Watercolor Bouquet Collection. I adhered an I Am Roses R50 flower on top of the circle mini and placed it in the tart tin. I loved how the flower looks like whip cream and the mini is hidden underneath. Now my girls have pictures of their special day and a cupcake that will last them forever.

Christmas Dress Cookie Favor

I just love when my girls where their Christmas dresses. I wanted to make a favor of a Christmas Dress with their favorite cookie. I used the K & and Company Yuletide Collection, StampinUp! Cello Bags and red sheer ribbon from Michaels. You can use this favor for many occasions. This would be fun for Easter, Birthday Tea Party and so much more. This was so fun to make.

Happy Thanksgiving and Rosette Flowers with Edge Punch

I wanted to wish all my friends and family a wonderful Thanksgiving Day! I'm so very blessed to have each and everyone of you in my life. Thank you so much for making each day a joyful one. Below are some paper Rosette flowers I created using my edge punches. I wanted to give the Rosette flower a little extra touch to it. You can add coordinating embellishments in the center or create your own with chipboard, die cuts or flowers. The measurements are 1 1/2" x 12" strips scored at every 1/2". Have fun creating these. They're fun to add you any of your projects.

K and Company Yuletide Collection

MS Family Edge Punch

MS Woodland Branch Edge Punch

MS Frosty Village Edge Punch

Tim Holtz Lost and Found Collection with Fiskars Upper Crest Edge Punch

Ravenhead Manor Paper Pumpkins

I'm in charge of creating a craft project for Ashley's class to make during their Fall Party next week and I'm so excited. I LOVE being involved with my girls school. I thought it would be perfect for them to make paper pumpkins. Of course they will make some with orange and black construction paper. I then thought I can make some with my Ravenhead Manor Collection for myself as decoration for my scrap room and Halloween. I had purchased the coordinating embellishments and incorporated them onto my pumpkin. I wanted the top embellishment to match the paper and loved how it turned out. I used 3 different sizes of papers. The larger pumpkin is using 4 1" x 12" strips of design paper. The medium size pumpkin is using 4 3/4" x 8" design paper. The smaller pumpkin is using 4 1/2" x 6" design paper. I first marked the center of each strip in the middle and then adhered the strip on top of one another(see photo above)with my glue gun. This is a great project to make with your kids and a fantastic way to use your extras after making your minis.

Cake Party Favors

I'm really enjoying my new XL Sizzix Pie Box die. You can create really fun party favors. Party favors are another one of my favorites next to mini albums and journaling. We're celebrating my nephew's birthday this weekend by the pool and thought the Webster's Pages Seaside Retreat collection was perfect. I didn't just want to make favors with this die, so I had to make a cake center piece too. I will be filling the favors with chocolate. "You can't have a cake without chocolate filling". heehee You can create almost anything theme with this die. I had such a blast creating these.

Diary Party Favor

Our kids are never too young to have party favors. I thought this would make a cute party favor for our teenage girls. I purchased the Sizzix Telephone Diary Originals Die(Retired) from Ebay(Seller: sizzix_outlet). The actual size measures 3 x 2 1/4". Its such an adorable die.

Wedding Favors

I was given the honor to make the wedding favors for my brothers wedding this Saturday. The boxes were from Martha Stewart which made it pretty easy. My mom had assembled all the boxes together. I stamped the top lid using Stampin Up! Lexicon of Leaves stamp set. The creme box I stamped the image with SU! Chocolate Chip Classic Ink and for the brown box I embossed the lid using the same stamp with clear embossing powder. I then stamped the same image on acetate and embossed with Peeled Paint distressing powder and then hand cut the leaf and edged it with StazOn Timber Brown Ink. There were 142 favors total. I'm very excited how the favors turned out. It was fun to make and I can't wait til the wedding.