It's time for Friday's Fast and Fabulous project! If you have kids, then you are already aware the Valentines Day is one of the top rated holidays! Honestly it's one of my favorites too. I just think it's tres cool to celebrate and reconnect with friends and family by wishing them a Happy Valentine's Day. However, today's project is all about the kids!
The last few years I've noticed a trend to include treats with Valentine cards. This year, I wanted to include the treat as part of the card, so this is what I came up with. Now I have to do about 50 Valentines, so you can be sure they will be fast. I also like to be a little creative, so each one is a little different, although there is no denying that this is going to be a mass production.
To make these little babies, I primarily used the "So Many Scallops" stamp set. This set becomes available as a Sale-a-Bration set on February 1st. If you want to make these darling Valentine cards, get your order to me now, so it will go in on February 1st. I also used "Happy Heart Day" which is part of the Valentine Bundle available until January 31st. Although the bundle has an expiry, Happy Heart Day will still be available through to July.
In addition to your stamps and ink, you will also need the 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" circle punches, glue dots, scotch tape, suckers (the thin kind work best), and a 2 way glue pen. These cards are all 3"x3", and you can get 8 out of 12"x12" sheet of paper. I'm using Pink Passion in the tutorial.
Start, by decorating your card. You can add designer paper, or a coordinating colour...whatever works for you.
Next, ink one of the "So Many Scallops" stamps and stamp it on a neutral colour, and punch it out with the Scallop Circle punch.
Turn the scalloped circle over and apply glue only to the scallops. I really like the 2 way glue pen for this, as dry adhesive or tabs simply cannot do this type of detailed work.
Now you want to adhere it to your card, but nearer to the bottom, a little lower than dead centre, or you will not be able to position your circle punch.
For the next step, you could simple decorate the opposite side of the white circle you just punched. I chose a smaller circle because I like the frame the space between it and the card gives. Either way, you want to decorate your circle. I elected to stamp the dotted circle stamp from Think Happy Thoughts, and add a sticker. I purchased these from Walmart, and they are so cute! And only $1.23 for 32 dimensional stickers...love it!
Next, you will need to tape your sucker to the back side of the front of the card, positioning it so that the candy part is in the window. Then you will adhere the circle to the front of the sucker, and Voila! Fast and Fabulous Valentines! Here are some close ups of some of mine.
For the boys, I figured that they would not like hearts and flowers, so I went with "Wanted", which is really the only masculine set I have, so this is what I came up with.
Oh, and the cool thing about these is that you don't need envelopes! Although they do fit in a regular sized envelope.
I am off to my Mom's this weekend, so after I post my Limited Supply Challenge card you probably won't hear from me, although you can be sure I'll be stamping. I hope you have an awesome weekend, and find time for yourself to stamp!
