{"id":6474,"date":"2024-03-01T13:41:28","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T20:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stampalosopher.com\/?p=6474"},"modified":"2024-03-01T13:43:49","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T20:43:49","slug":"valentine-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stampalosopher.com\/?p=6474","title":{"rendered":"Valentine Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have one more valentine entry before we start thinking about Easter cards!\u00a0 This time I am using a Kokorosa Custom cutting die called a ‘Big Love Heart Background Die.\u00a0 \u00a0I am calling it a heart collage die!\u00a0 I purchased a similar collage die a while back and I cut it apart to die cut the pieces.\u00a0 See that card HERE.<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0This time I left all the die pieces connected and just ran it through that way.\u00a0 It worked much better and I had main pieces for two cards.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> If you look closely, you can see that the left one has the dotted designer series paper (DSP) on the outside border with the real red on the inside which frames the pieces.\u00a0 The card on the right has the real red on the outside with the dotted designer series paper on the inside.<\/p>\n

To keep the card from being too busy, I used only three different DSP designs.\u00a0 I could run the diagonal paper all at once but I selectively added the three hearts and the three ‘love’ letters.\u00a0 The DSP is from……<\/p>\n

\"\"Let me guess…… Teaspoon of Fun?!<\/a><\/p>\n

Right O’!\u00a0 And made by Pixie Dust Designs.<\/p>\n

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It is a 6 X 6 Pad with 24 double sided sheets in 12 designs.\u00a0 I wish it said what card weight it is because it is much thicker than my other DSP sheets.\u00a0 It made the mini mailbox project shown below much easier since I didn’t need to add layers for sturdiness.\u00a0 Can you pick out which sheets I used on the cards?\u00a0 Here they are again:<\/p>\n

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For the inside of the valentines, I used the Lovely Words Thinlits Dies from Stampin’ Up! The die cuts out the circle leaving the word ‘hugs’.<\/p>\n

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I used the ‘Embrace Each Moment’ Stampin’ Up! set for the greetings on both cards.\u00a0 The Stampin’ Up! ‘Lakeside Framelits Die cut out the ‘wishing you joy & blessings’ and I stamped the holding hands in grey, stamping off and then stamping on white so it was very light and I could stamp the ‘you will always be my forever’ in red on top of the grey.\u00a0 I cut out the three circles with the Layering Circles Dies rather than try to write over the DSP.<\/p>\n

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For my other valentine project, I made a mini mailbox!\u00a0 They are all over pinterest and I wanted to try my hand at creating one.\u00a0 I wrote down directions for three different ones and then took ideas from each and made my own design with a few extras- I called it ‘Paul’s Mailbox’!<\/p>\n

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It holds two Hershey Nuggets.\u00a0 I didn’t glue the nuggets to the little box so you could eat your chocolates and not ruin the little box.\u00a0 The two sided DSP was great for having a fun inside and for creating a flag by centering a heart from the pink background side to punch with the Mini Banner Punch.\u00a0 The other side then matches the box.\u00a0 You do need to be careful because the DSP is so thick.\u00a0 I am used to breaking the fibers to get a curve with the bone folder but that ruined the paper, so just carefully fold your base with your fingers if you have stiff DSP.<\/p>\n

\"\"You need to get that mini banner punch and stamp set out of the Bake Sale since you continue to use it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

How true – and several others that I really should keep since I do use them.\u00a0 I just hoped to make room by selling all the wooden ones but it would be better to make room by taking them off the blocks and putting them in CD cases.<\/p>\n

Recipe<\/h3>\n