Valentine Mailbox

I was having problems with Blogger yesterday uploading pix, so I never got this posted.  Yesterday my daughter and I worked on getting her mailbox done for her Valentine Party at school.  We bought the mailbox from Michael's for $3.99 then altered it the way she wanted.  I thought it turned out pretty cute!  I'll post again later from what I make today!
Used the Big Shot to cut out her name.  Used the small heart punch and full heart punch along with some V-Day stamp sets to add extra embellishing.  She loves how it turned out!

                                                          front

                                                     other side




Later gater~

J

Pencil Pouch

Here's a pencil pouch I made this morning.  Not thrilled with it so I kept on tweaking different things, and finally I gave up.  I guess it's ok-but not really what I was going for.  These would be cute to give out at your kids' V-day parties at school.  Or any other holiday party as far as that goes.  Here the instructions: (hopefully yours will be cuter than mine!)

Cut a piece of Cardstock at 7-3/4x4-5/8.  (Or you could use patterned paper if you don't have v-day themed stamps.) Stamp as desired.  Turn cardstock vertical, score at 2-1/8 and 4-1/4.

  
Then apply sticky strip along the bottom on the inside (non-stamped side) and up the skinny scored side on the outside (stamped side).  I really hope I'm making sense here!  Stick it together, punch part of a circle on the top edge for the pencils to go in.  Then stamp or embellish as desired. 

I'd love you to see your version if you create one!

STAMP SETS:  I (heart) Hearts, Filled with Love, Valentine Defined
CARDSTOCK: Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Real Red
INK: Real Red, Pretty in Pink, Early Espresso
WOW FACTORS: Small heart punch, large heart punch, circle punch

Can you feel the Love?

This is a card that's gonna be pretty tough to actually give away!  (I'll just give it to my husband-that way I can get it back!)  It's using my new favorite stamp set from Stampin' Up.  It's called Valentine Defined and is from the new Occasions Mini catalog.  This versitile stamp set could be used for so much more than Valentine's Day.  Think anniversarys, birthdays, thinking of you.  Hope you like it!  Give me a virtual high five if you do!
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STAMP SETS: "Valentine Defined", (Sentiment at bottom is from "Filled with Love")
CARDSTOCK: Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler,Very Vanilla
INK: Early Espresso Marker,Cherry Cobbler Ink Pad
WOW FACTORS: Small heart punch, Jewelry Tag Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals