A little Valentine drawing for my daughter… Made some changes and added lots of hearts: on her coat, on her shoestrings, on her hat,and stuffed in her pockets for her friends at the party. She’s also got a big Valentine for her best friend…behind her back. 🙂 Drew over the lines with […]
Hand Made Gift Ideas
Baby Food Jar Valentine’s
I have so many baby food jars around here! I decided to re-use them for Valentine’s Day. After running them through the ‘sanitize” cycle of the dishwasher, they can be filled to the brim with tiny treats. I wrapped strips of cardstock around the entire jar, topped them with color-coordinating flowers, and […]
Cupid’s Quiver
I cut a quiver pattern from grungepaper and covered it with decorative rose paper. Next, I made a shoulder strap using some old lace and fixed it in place with jewel brads. Then I added some stamped images, (Tim Holz/Close To My Heart), prismaglitter, and a vintage button. For the arrows: cherry-flavored heart […]
A Dress for Little Miss Fairfax
I have to tell you about a birthday surprise I’m planning for my daughter! First, a little background: My younger daughter loves Jane Austen movies. She never tires of watching them with me and is always swooning over the gowns. This is unusual because she does not like to wear dresses […]
Valentine’s Cards With Hand Drawn Birds
Valentine with Stenciling Accents
Cupcake Valentine Cards
In my last post I showed some creative ways to use a “non-Valentine” stamp for Valentine’s cards. Here’s another example. As you can see, this cupcake stamp from Stampin’ Up! was intended as an easy, fill-in-the-blank card stamp for young children. My favorite thing to do with this stamp is to use the image as […]
Valentine’s Day Stamping
It’s true! Even stamps that have nothing to do with Valentine’s can usually be altered in some way to be used on a Valentine card. Here’s an example… This little girl gathering shells at the beach (#50031 “Collecting Shells” by Stamps Happen, Inc.) doesn’t look like a Valentine’s stamp but you […]
Valentine’s Day Tags
This tag came on an ornament I received. I always notice the tags on retail items since I love to collect all different sorts of shapes to use as templates. I loved the shape of this tag and I’ve never seen a paper punch this shape, so I tucked it away in my […]