Day 14: Going for the Gold

Today I am going for the gold! Papertrey Ink is celebrating 2 years in the biz and has awesome giveaways every day! Nichole announced on her blog today that Papertrey Ink will be at the CHA Craft Super show in Orlando this year! I am way excited because I only live a few hours away and this is my opportunity to go and get some hands on time with PTI product!

In celebration of this announcement, Nichole is offering a contest-the prize being a one of a kind PTI bag and a $100 gift certificate!!! Here is my entry that I whipped together this morning...


I found this bee fabric before Christmas and knew I had to get some! I sewed a simple little Valentine tote and filled it with heart shaped chocolates. I used PTI's Honey Bees and Limitless Labels for the border. The bee is stamped in PTI's Summer Sunrise; the hearts are Berry Sorbet. "Bee Mine" is stamped with Jet Black Staz-on. Red zigzag ribbon handle is from SU.

Wish me luck! I sure could use that prize for my trip to CHA in July!!!!
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Day 7: Second Grade Valentine's

Already the daily blog grind is becoming easier! Today I got to stamp with friends- and stampin is always better with friends! I knew what I wanted to work on, so it was no problem to chat and stamp at the same time!

Part of the whole point of this 30 day challenge is to use what you have on hand and today is no exception! I bought prescored packs of Wild Wasabi cardstock from SU forever ago figuring that if nothing else it would be some extra stock of that yummy color....Well today I have put it to use! These are the treats we will be giving to my second grader's class for Valentine's Day....

In addition to the prscored (how easy is that!?) card stock I also used a new DSP called Raspberry Tart. I absolutely LOVE this paper! I used one of the more chromatic designs for this card. The large heart in the middle is from a new set called Love You Much. I stamped the image in Rose red then colored the flowers Cameo Coral. The dots were colored Wild Wasabi green.

I thought it would be cool to cover the heart in Crystal Effects to give it an epoxy 3D texture. When I did this, my colors kinda ran together and the green in the dots practically disappeared. My solution was to redo the dots in Lime Green Stickles after the CE dried. I mounted the heart on a wasabi mat and adhered it using dimensionals.

The ribbon is some 1" Rose Red grossgrain that I thought was retired but realized today is luckily still available. To finish off the flap at the top, I stamped a rose red sentiment from Toucan of my Love onto a strip of cameo coral and used the scallop punch on the flap edge. I also detailed the little hearts with a white gel pen. DD got home from school and loved it....MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!

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Challenge: Day 6 For My Valentine

For today's project I just made a simple little valentine for my hubby...I prefer something a little cutesy for him. This gave me a chance to use my scraps as inspiration and I used retired In Colors for this. The Happy Valentine's Day sleeve could also be used for a mini candy bar too. I love the Zoofari set on this!

Paper: SU Purely Pomegranate, River Rock, Soft Sky, Groovy Guava, So Saffron, Whisper White
Stamps: Zoofari and Toucan of my Love
Ink: Black Staz-on, white gel pen
Other:retired elastic ribbon, silver brads, Tootsie Pop

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