And have I ever mentioned that pretty much all my crafting talant came from my mom?  Here’s proof:

How cute is this card?  Get it?  I’m “toad”ly into you!  And how about that cute extra long curly tongue on the frog?

Have a great weekend and a Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!

P.S.  Here’s a sneak peek of the project for Tutorial Tuesday next week:

Download the Sherbet one here and Download the Jewel one here.

But wait!  Before you print them out try this:

It’s called a Color Check!  Print this out first on your printer, then you can see how the colors will come out on your own printer, before you print the full sheet of cards!  I know that it can be annoying to download and print something, only to have it come out different colors than you wanted it to because of differences in printers and computer monitors.  Now you won’t waste paper or ink!  Download the Color Check here.

Don’t want to use them for a card?  Try cutting out just the front of the card and putting it on a gift, or printing at a smaller scale for use as a tag or label for Valentine’s Day Dinner!

Today’s project is super quick. Just print the PDF on cardstock (download here), cut down the middle, embellish as needed, and you’ve got two Valentine’s Day cards. I love how simple they are, and I love how the text plays with the positive and negative space. Try tying a ribbon around, or adding a few rhinestones. Next week I’ve got a quick home decor project and a mini floral arrangement lesson for you!

And if you’re wondering why the project is so super quick today, it’s because I’m working on some new items for the store, like more stamp sets and a new sewing pattern! I am SO excited! They’re looking great! I can’t wait to share them with you soon!

Happy Crafting!

Just download the PDF by clicking here. It includes one complete box and four sentiment hearts for the front. They say:
SWAK
Love, me
Happy Valentine’s Day
XOXOX

The PDF will look like this:

All you’ll need is:
1 sheet of cardstock per box
12″-15″ of coordinating ribbon
foam tape

Just cut around the edge of the box, fold the bottom and top on the slightly curved line, fold the tab and use double sided tape to close the box. Tie a ribbon around the box, and use foam tape to adhere your sentiment onto the front! You’re done! They’ll fit a few candies, or a cookie! Yum!

Happy Crafting!

All the papers and labels needed for this project can be downloaded. In addition to the label PDF here and the case cover PDF here you’ll need 1 bag of Hershey’s Treasures and 1 DVD tin, some double sided tape, and glitter if you want a little sparkle.

I used the Diamond Stickles. This color is awesome because it takes on the color of whatever you put it on, essentially getting many different colors from one bottle. You’ll see in the close-ups below!


Yep, that’s all the same Stickles color! I love how it’s red, and light pink!

So here’s what you do:
Print out the labels onto sheets of Avery label #18160 or #8160. (It’s the standard size 1″ x 2 5/8″ white mailing labels. I like printing them out on regular paper first and then stacking a blank label sheet and the printout on top of each other; hold them to the light to make sure they’ll print correctly and are lined up. If they are, go ahead and print onto the sticky labels.)
Cut out the background paper and adhere with double sided tape onto the storage tin. Cut out the sentiment you’d like to use. There are three included that say:
You’re Sweet
Happy Valentine’s Day
I Love You
(I used the two extra I didn’t use on the tin to make a card. They fit great on the front of a standard sized card!)

Next, I used the Stickles to embellish a few of the labels and the hearts on the sentiment. After they’ve dried, just use some foam tape to adhere the sentiment to the front of the tin.

Wrap all the nuggets in the labels, place in your tin, and you’re done.

If you’d like the tins I’ve got with the rounded corners, you can buy them from my store.
Don’t forget to use the coupon code “VAL09″ at checkout to get 20% off your entire purchase!

If you like the font that I used in the I Love You sentiment with the hearts cut out, you can download it here. I made it with a free font making website called Your Fonts.

Once again, leave me a comment if you make the project! I’d love to see how yours turn out! If you want a different color scheme let me know and I’ll see what I can do!

Edited: Also, I’ve had a few emails about the printout not lining up with the labels. Make sure that when you print, it’s not scaling to print, or fitting to page. Usually printers will default to this setting. If you uncheck the box that says that, it will print at the exact size, which will allow it to line up correctly.
That should be all it takes to get you going on your project!

Happy Valentine’s Crafting!

Ready to get started?

Wrap the yarn around the balls. I was worried that getting it started wrapping would be challenging, but the yarn kind of held onto the styrofoam texture and I didn’t need any additional adhesive to keep it on. Now randomly wrap the yarn all around the ball until you can’t see the styrafoam anymore. When you’re done wrapping, trim the yarn and put a small dot of tacky glue on the end. I used the straight pin to hold it in place while it was drying. (I had intended to remove the pins when the glue was dry, but the heads were really tiny, so I just left them stuck inside. You can’t see them.) You’ll have a pile of these when you’re done. I did half of each bag a different color.
If you let one get away, they apparently make great cat toys! I had to reclaim one of my pink ones!
Now, layout how you’d like them to look like when you’re finished.

Then cut a 4 1/2′ length of wire. String the yarn balls onto the wire and shape it into the heart shape.
When you get the ends back together, just wrap the wires around each other.
(Close up of wires.) Then trim.
Tie the coordinating ribbon onto the top of the heart, directly onto the wire. Hang you’re finished wreath!
How easy was that? Wrapping the balls is what took the longest, but I did it while I was watching a movie. Once you get the hang of it you can pretty much do it without looking. Shaping the wreath took no time at all! Let me know if you made one, I’d love to see it!
Happy Crafting!