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Valentine Treat Tags

Posted on February 7, 2024 by Anita

Hi friends,

This is a quick Valentine Treat Tag that is perfect to tie onto a little bag of chocolate to give for Valentine’s Day. ❤️

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They only take minutes to make and will be great for your kids to give to their friends – or you can give them to your friends or anyone who needs a little smile. 🥰

I punched a 2.5 inch scalloped circle from pink card stock and embossed it with a small dot embossing folder. I stamped “Happy Valentine’s Day” with red ink and punched around it with a 1.75 inch heart punch. (The stamp I used is no longer available 😕, use your favorite Valentine stamp.)

The heart is attached to the pink scalloped circle and I added a small heart button. I used my Crop-A-Dile to punch a small hole at the top of the tag. I added a few chocolate kisses to a small treat bag and tied the bag closed, adding the tag, with red and white baker’s twine.

Sweet treats are always fun to give – and to receive! Make a few treat bags and share a little love this Valentine’s Day. ❤️

Anita

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Soft & Squishy Crochet Valentine Hearts

Posted on February 6, 2024 by Anita

Hi friends,

I had some yarn left over from a blanket I made (pattern coming soon to the blog!) that was perfect for making these Soft & Squishy Crochet Valentine Hearts. 🤍🩷

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The pattern for these chunky hearts can be found here at Okie Girl Bling ‘n’ Things. It’s an easy pattern that works up super quickly using bulky yarn. She also has tons of other fun patterns on her site. 🧶

I used Baby Bee Snugs & Kisses yarn in Cozy Rosy and White with a J/6mm crochet hook to stitch up my hearts. You’ll also need poly-fil for stuffing your hearts. My finished hearts measure about 5 by 5 inches.

These hearts are so soft & squishy! They are so fun to scatter around your home for Valentine’s Day. Or you can make a bunch and fill a basket to put on your hearth. I also think these would be so cute in a baby’s room. 🤍🩷🤍🩷

You can stitch up these hearts in any weight yarn and any color – just be sure to use the appropriate crochet hook. 😊

Anita

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Cotton Candy Flavored Sugar Lip Scrub

Posted on February 2, 2024 by Anita

Hi friends,

This is a great little gift idea for your girlfriends or daughters on Valentine’s Day. 💕 Everyone needs a little pampering! 😉

I found the recipe for Cotton Candy Flavored Sugar Lip Scrub here at Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom. It’s super easy to make with just a few ingredients.

I found my flavoring and food coloring in the cake/candy section of Hobby Lobby. The rest of the ingredients can be found at your favorite grocery store.

These cute little containers are from Amazon – you can find them here. I also found Cotton Candy flavored Chapstick on Amazon. It’s perfect to go with the lip scrub!

I printed “Cotton Candy Lip Scrub” on sticker paper, punched the labels out with a 1.5 inch scalloped circle punch, and put them on the lids of the containers. Then I filled the containers with the lip scrub.

Here’s a free PDF if you’d like to print the labels…

Cotton Candy Lip Scrub

I put the chapstick in the bottom of a small treat bag and added the container of lip scrub. I also printed out directions for using the lip scrub on pink card stock and slipped it inside. I tied the bag closed with a Valentine ribbon.

Here’s a free PDF of the directions…

How To Use Lip Scrub

This is a fun little gift that’s inexpensive, but will show some love this Valentine’s Day. 💕💕💕

Anita

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Sent With Love (Handmade Card)

Posted on January 31, 2024 by Anita

Hi friends,

I pulled out one of my older stamp sets from Unity Stamp Company to make this fun Sent With Love Valentine card. ❤️ The set is called Do Not Bend and includes the envelope stamp along with 3 sentiment stamps.

I used a heart stencil to create the background on white card stock. This particular stencil is no longer available, but this one or this one would work great. I used a Blender Brush from Taylored Expressions to apply red ink, layered the piece to red card stock, and attached it to a white card.

I stamped the envelope with red ink on white card stock and layered it to red card stock. I stamped the sentiment with red ink on white card stock and die cut it with the Scallops & Banners Nesting Dies from Unity Stamp Company then layered it to a red banner die cut from the same die set.

The envelope and the banner are attached to the card using foam tape. To finish the card I added 2 heart buttons – one to the banner and one to the envelope.

It was so fun to pull out some old stamps that I haven’t used in a long time to create a new card. Challenge yourself to take a look at your stamp collection and use something you haven’t used in a while. 🙂 ❤️

Anita

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Valentine Fireplace Mantel

Posted on January 30, 2024 by Anita

Hi friends,

Do you decorate for Valentine’s Day? ❤️ I love to add touches of red, pink, and white to my house to brighten up those gray, cold days of winter. And this year we had some really cold days here in Alabama! 🥶 A couple of weeks ago we had so much ice and such cold temps that we all stayed home for the week if we could. That doesn’t happen here very often, thank goodness! I know some of you have much, much worse winters than we do – but we are just not prepared for that here. 🌨️🥶

This is my fireplace mantel all decked out for Valentine’s Day. ❤️ I’ve added a couple of photos below with a closer look at some of my Valentine creations from over the years. I’ve added links to the blog posts where you can find all the details.

The Valentine Candles are here and the DIY Farmhouse Candlesticks they are sitting on are in this post. The info for the fun Valentine Wood Hearts is here. The cute Farmhouse Valentine Canvas is in this post.

My Love Wood Sign was made using a scrap piece of wood – you can find the details here. The “XO” are large papier mâché letters and details are in this post. The Rustic Wood Heart is something I repurposed and all the details are here.

Looking for more Valentine’s Day decorating and crafting ideas? Just type”Valentine” in the search box on the right above for a lot more inspiration. ❤️

Anita

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Quackers the Crochet Duck

Posted on January 26, 2024 by Anita

Hi friends,

Quackers the Crochet Duck is the most adorable squishy friend created by Sarah from Repeat Crafter Me. He’s made from Bernat Blanket Brights Yarn so he works up quickly and is so soft! 🐥

You can find the link to the free pattern here.

I used Bernat Blanket Brights Yarn in School Bus Yellow and Carrot Orange with a K/6.5mm crochet hook to stitch up Quackers. I also used a little black worsted weight yarn to crochet circles for the eyes. I sewed them onto my duck instead of using safety eyes since I was gifting this to a little one and I wanted to be extra safe.

Quackers is about 15 inches tall by 11 inches wide and my photos of him are in my old toddler size rocking chair so you can see that he’s a good size. 🙂

I made him for a little one’s first Christmas, but he was also a big hit with his not quite 2 year old brother. Quackers is irresistible! 😉🐥

If you haven’t checked out Repeat Crafter Me, you need to! She has the best patterns! 🧶

Anita

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Snowy Greetings (Handmade Card)

Posted on January 24, 2024 by Anita

Hi friends,

This sweet little guy is peeking in to send Snowy Greetings. ❄️❄️ He’s part of the Cozy Greetings stamp set from Unity Stamp Company. The set includes another snowman and a couple of sentiments – perfect for all your winter cards. The sentiments I used are from the Change Can Be Beautiful stamp set and the snowflake background is the Blanket of Snow Background stamp, both from Unity.

I stamped the snowman with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink on white card stock, colored him with Copic markers and trimmed around the image. These are my favorite scissors for detail cutting around images.

To make the snowflake background, I stamped the Blanket of Snow Background with Versamark ink on white card stock and embossed it with white embossing powder. Then using a Blender Brush from Taylored Expressions, I applied light blue ink over the entire embossed piece. After that, I used a paper towel to rub off any ink that stuck to the embossed snowflakes. The background piece is layered to blue card stock and then attached to a white card.

The sentiment is stamped with blue ink on white card stock, die cut with the Scalloped & Stitched Sentiment Nesting Dies from Unity, and attached to the card. The snowman is attached to the card with foam tape.

As you can see below, I changed the sentiment on the card to also make a fun birthday card. You can change the sentiment to the “stay cozy” sentiment in the stamp set, thinking of you, hello, or just about any other greeting stamp you have in your stash.❄️❄️

I hope you’ll try the technique I used to make the snowflake background. It will work with almost any background stamp and is a fun way to add a little shine and texture to your cards.❄️❄️

Anita

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Valentine Gumball Machine Canister

Posted on January 23, 2024 by Anita

Hi friends,

These cute Gumball Canisters were available at Hobby Lobby in several colors a while back and I picked up a few to decorate for different holidays. You can find my Christmas Gumball Machine here and my Halloween Gumball Canister here. They are so fun to play with and you can decorate them any way you want! 😊

I still had a red one in my craft stash and thought it would be perfect to decorate for Valentine’s Day! ❤️ I pulled out some unfinished wood heart cutouts along with some 1-inch red and white pom poms I had in my craft room to fill the canister. You should be able to find them at Hobby Lobby.

I forgot to take a picture, but I painted the wood hearts with red, pink, and white acrylic paints – 2 coats on each side. I painted 3 large hearts and 15 small hearts. After the hearts were dry, it was time to fill up my gumball canister. I crumpled up a couple sheets of tissue paper and added them to the canister to fill up the bottom. Then I simply added the hearts along with the pom poms to the canister. To finish it off, I tied 4 different Valentine themed ribbons in a knot around the canister. Super easy! ❤️

The Valentine Gumball Machine Canister adds a touch of whimsy and fun to your Valentine decor. I’m not sure if you can still find this type of canister, but I did see some smaller ones at Hobby Lobby in the seasonal section that had a little heart for the knob on the lid. They were so cute! You can make the same type of decoration just by using small hearts and smaller pom poms with the smaller canisters.

If you’re interested in the Crochet Heart Dishcloth in the photos above, you can find all the info in this post including a link to the free pattern. Somehow, when I made this a few years ago, my white border ended up being ruffly – not sure what I did but I like it. 🙂

Have fun crafting! ❤️

Anita

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Merry Little Christmas – January 2024 Christmas Card

Posted on January 19, 2024 by Anita

Hi friends,

It’s time to start making a few Christmas cards each month to be ready when the season comes to send them out. 🙂 This will be my 3rd year of doing this and it’s made such a difference! I hope you’ll join me this year in building up your Christmas card stash. 🎄

If I’m being honest, I wasn’t feeling much Christmas inspiration this month so January’s card is clean and simple. 🙂

I used the Ornamental Greetings stamp set from Unity Stamp Company to create a simple ornament for the front of my card. The set includes 4 different stamps for making ornaments. My set also included 2 circle dies and the ornament topper die – but I’m not sure they are still available. 🤔

I stamped the sentiment with red ink on white card stock and die cut it with a 2.5 inch circle die and layered it to a 3 inch circle die cut from red card stock. (This is a great set of circle dies.) I die cut the ornament topper from silver mirrored card stock and attached it to the top of the circle. Then I tied on a piece of red and white bakers twine for the hanger. You can also punch a hole in place of the ornament topper and turn it into a tag instead.

I embossed a piece of green card stock with a berry branch embossing folder and attached it to a white card. This embossing folder is discontinued, but any “Christmas-y” folder will work great – I think this one would be pretty. Then I attached the ornament to the card with foam tape.

Sometimes just getting into your craft room can get your creative juices flowing. I like the way this card turned out! It’s a simple and quick card with a heartfelt Christmas wish. And it can be made with any simple Christmas sentiment or image stamp that fits into a circle. 🙂

Looking forward to making more Christmas cards in 2024! 🎄

Anita

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Sending Warm Valentine Wishes (Handmade Card)

Posted on January 17, 2024 by Anita

Hi friends,

This sweet snowman with his little heart patch and heart balloon is perfect for Sending Warm Valentine Wishes. ❤️ He’s from the Unity Stamp Company stamp set called Love to My Heart and that cute tiny penguin just adds to his charm. 😊

I stamped the snowman with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink on white card stock and colored him with Copic markers. I used the Scallops & Arches Nesting Dies from Unity Stamp Company to die cut around the image. The sentiment is from the Snow What Fun stamp set also from Unity. I stamped it with red ink on white card stock, punched it with a scalloped circle punch, and layered it to a scalloped circle punched from pink card stock.

To make the card, I embossed a piece of red card stock with a heart embossing folder and attached it to a white card. My embossing folder is discontinued, but this one would be cute. I attached the snowman image with foam tape and then attached the sentiment piece with foam tape onto the snowman piece. To finish the card, I added Diamond Glaze to the balloon for a little shine.

This is a little different twist on a Valentine card, but I love how it turned out! Take a look at your stamp collection and see what you have that you can turn into a Valentine card. ❤️❤️❤️

Anita