Mason Jar Valentine

It's so refreshing to be making something sweet

to give those you love!

This cute card was made with our new plastic

Mason Jar shaker domes.  Super cute

and easy to use in your cardmaking.

They have adhesive already on them on the

front and the back.  And by using the hand held

mason jar punch it makes it easy to punch 

the jar out. 

Stampin Up! Mason Jar Shaker Domes 

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Stampin Up Mason Jar punch

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Wooden Mini Conversation Hearts

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To make this card, decide what your background paper

is going to be.  I chose a pink cardstock and ran it through

a heart embossing folder to make the heart background.

Punch out your jar from the cardstock and a piece for the back side

of the jar that you will attached it to and also stamp a saying on. 

I chose to put mini conversation hearts in my jar, but 

you could use beads confetti etc. 

Set whatever you are going to put in the jar on

top of the cardstock before you add the plastic

dome over the top of it to enclosed it. 

I added a small buffalo plaid bow to the jar

to finish it off.

So sweet!

Beary Comforting Valentines

Welcome back for some more of the Paper Pumpkin

Beary comforting alternative ideas.

See the little envelopes above?

They are in the kit for the gingerbread houses, but

I decided that they would be of great use

for a Valentine treat holder. 

Using the envelopes and the bear in the stamp set,

I stamped the bear directly onto the envelope

in Espresso ink.

Taking an exacto knife I cute away one of the hands 

of the bear so that I could attach the heart so that it looks 

like he's holding it.

The heart can be punched out of a heart punch of using the heart framelits and the big shot. 

I stamped "love ya" which also comes in the set and covered

the heart in dazzling diamonds to complete it. 

I used pink chalk to give his cheeks some color

and filled the envelope with the conversation hearts.

Take a hand held hole punch to punch the

holes in the top to close off the envelope

and add the twine. 

All done!

So cute to gift to any age!

Come on, who doesn't want to be your

Valentine!

You could also fill them with chocolate

hearts or M & M's, any type of treat. 

Valentine Bombs

I am sharing these AH-MAZING! bath bombs today,

This is a company I found on Instagram called

"Life around 2angels"

I purchased the 12 pack of bombs with all different 

scents in them.  The whole box was $26!

You will love them!

So I thought it would be fun for Valentine's day

to wrap them up for friends....

Here goes.....

Starting with the bombs, some black tissue paper

silver twine and gold washi tape we are going to wrap 

these bombs up!

Starting with the bomb, set it on top of the tissue and

twist it closed at the top.

Cut your silver twine about 3"and starting at the top

of the bomb where you twisted it, using the washi

tape start to tape and twist the washi tape around the twine

to create the "fuse" at the top of the bomb. 

Twist it a few time to create the stem and fuse.

I cut out a pink tag and stamped

Happy Valentine's day on it and hand

wrote "you're the bomb"

and added the gold heart sticker.

Here's a close up of the "fuse" so you can

see a bit better how I twisted it.

Didn't it turn out cute?

Ya'll are the bomb!

Beary Comforting

This little bear is the cutest isn't he?

I haven't put this set down yet as I thought

it would be cute to create an easy

Valentine card or anniversary card

with it. 

I made one card on crumb cake cardstock with

a white bear and one on white cardstock with a 

brown bear.  Start with your card base and stamp the

bear all around the card.

Then separately stamp your bear on either the white or

brown cardstock and cut out.  Using dimenionals to pop

up the bear on the card.

Before you attach your bear to the front of the card,

take an exacto knife to cut around the bears arm's

to slide the red heart into his hands. 

You can stamp any saying in the heart, mine

says "love ya"

He's cute either way!

More Beary Comforting

So are you tired of seeing more of this cute little bear?

Here's another example of an easy card to make

using this set from the Paper Pumpkin kit

Bear Comforting.

All these pieces come in the set.

I used a sponge dauber to create a shaded

background behind the bear with just a hint

of Shaded Spruce ink.

In embossed the saying on black cardstock

with white embossing powder.  

Be sure and check back as I will be posting one 

more card using this set, it will be a 

Valentine's card.

Enjoy the weekend!!

Beary Comforting

This cute little bear is from the Beary Comforting

stamp set.  It came in the Paper Pumpkin kit this past month.

I stamped the bear on crumb cake cardstock and added

some pink chalk to his cheeks and used the crumb cake marker

to outline the bear.  The heart is real red cardstock punched from 

a hand held punch and tucked in his arms.

To create the little box, I used a 1 3/4' square punch and punched it out then cut a square around it, using dimensionals on the back

pop it up and attach to the card. 

To shade the heart I used the crumb cake

to just shade the edges.

Below is the actual stamp set from the Beary Comforting set.

Shop Items

So thankful for all of YOU!

All the support of my little shop and your interest in my towels and mini coffee cups.  I cannot thank you all enough for you support and love of my little fun creative spot.

2340 West Newton has brought me so much joy and fun in just being able to do something I love, being able to create and share.

With it being a new year,  it'a always good to take

a look at where you are decide if you want to add to

take away, refine, reflect.  All those good words,

and in doing so, I am wondering what you might

like to see me add to the shop.

Maybe kits? where you can purchase them and make some

of the things I show you yourself?

I am curious!

Drop me a comment below, I would love to hear from you!

I want to know what you would like to come visit me for.

Just sharing a few of the photos of my towels.

I will be spending some time this month hopefully

taking new photos and updating some looks.

I seriously LOVE the new year, it's like a fresh clean

slate, a start over. 

I don't every set new years resolutions, but if you have been with me 

on here for sometime, you know that I encourage myself and you to set of a goal of trying three new things every year.  It can be ANYTHING!

Maybe a different genre of books, trying some new and positive that you add to your life, a new hobby or even trying a balloon ride!

The skys the limits friends and it's your call!

Happy New Year to you!

Much love to you all!