Shabby Chic Valentine Letterbox

I was browsing in a local Antique store and found this beat up letter box.  It's probably not "antique".  Some of the stuff in our local Antique stores look like stuff people picked up at Garage Sales and put in their booth.  But I don't like to go to Garage Sales, so I was more than happy to pay $10 for this.  I love the little ornamental pieces on it.  So I decided to embellish it for Valentine's Day.  Crafty Secrets has the most wonderful Vintage images at wonderful prices.  HERE.  There are "Booklets", "Cuts", and "Cotton Scraps".

HERE is a list of all their "Love" products.  I used some of these images to embellish my box. 

I hope you were inspired to get busy crafting and not just cards, but something you can sit out in your home and share!  Your home is your canvas!

Have a great week!

You can view all of my VALENTINE projects HERE.

Impression Obsession Challenge Time

Quick post with a card I designed for last weeks Impression Obsession Challenge, for those of you who are tired of looking at Christmas Cards, teehee.  This is my first Copic project!  I'm trying to figure them out.

Stamps : Background - "How do I Love Thee",  "Bashful Cherub", and Sentiment - "Tucked Inside"

Tools : Frame - Spellbinders, Cuttlebug embossing folder

Other : stick pin - Prima, glitter on the wings - Prisma Glitter by Stampendous

You can view all of my VALENTINE projects HERE.

Altered Wooden Mail boxes

Wow I haven't posted on this blog in forever!! That's becuase I've been so busy posting on my TAC blog. If you want to check out some of those projects : paperliciousdesigns.blogspot.com.

So I wanted to take a minute to upload an old project that I don't think I have ever uploaded anywhere. I came up with this idea to start a family tradition where for the month of Feb, on and off, we leave each other little goodies or words of encouragement. We KNOW our family loves us and supports us all year round, but sometimes it's nice to get those little love notes. It's nice to see that someone takes a minute out of their day to remember us. So for the month of Feb. I set out these little love mail boxes so that we can do that. Some of the "characters" my family will be seeing, Hello Kitty, Mickey Mouse, and Kung Fu Panda. I will leave some more serious love notes and of course some candy as well.

You can view all of my Altered Projects HERE

Valentine Treat Box

Valentine Candy Box

I got this adorable candy box in the wedding section at Walmart. So this mini gift was so easy to put together. I used 2 stamps from my "Forever" set to create the tag. I stamped the frame twice. Once in Brilliance Rocket Red and once in VersaFine Onyx Black. I embossed both with Tsukinek Clear Embossing Powder. I trimmed the florishes off the edge of the red frame and then glued on top of the black version so that the black flourishes now extend out. I stamped "Be Mine" sentiment in the center and embossed as well. I glued this onto the box and then added my cupid die. So easy!

Supplies List

Stamp Set : Forever

Ink : Brilliance Rocket Red, VersaFine Onyx Black

Other : Tsukinek Clear Embossing Powder

Candy box - Walmart, Ribbon - unknown, Cupid Die - Quickutz

You can view all of my VALENTINE projects HERE.

Valentine Coaster Gift Box

This one is pretty easy to put together.  You need 5 coasters.  Run red and black cardstock through the Cuttlebug.   Adhere coasters to the back of the panels and then trim around edges.  Create a hole punch guide to use so that all of your holes are equal on each coaster and then punch holes.  Connect at each corner by lacing ribbon,  using a criss cross pattern on the front.  This creates 2 horizontal lines lines on the inside.  This is important becuase you will set the 5th coaster inside the box, resting on the bottom line of ribbon in each corner.  See corner below.  This gives the bottom some support. 

 Use Aleene's Tacky glue to adhere to the ribbon corners and then along the bottom around the edges, adhering it to the sides.

Now just use your stamps to embellish the front!

This one is pretty easy to create.  I used dies to create my own little felt birds, and the polka dot heart.  I used a heart punch for bird wings.  The background is a TAC stamp.  I hand typed the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by!

You can view all of my VALENTINE projects HERE.