It's The Valentine Holiday Hop!

Welcome to the Valentine Holiday Hop! If you are arriving from Anne Beale-Yancey's website, I'm stop number 16. You have one more hop to make after this stop! If you are just starting, I hope you enjoy the entire Holiday Hop and make your way all the way around! This group of Stampin'Up! Demonstrators has put together some wonderful Valentine projects to spark your creativity. Should you become lost along the way, you can access the entire Holiday Hop lineup here!

Now on to my projects!

Glitter and Valentine's Day go together like peanut butter and jelly and this card sparkles with it! The product focus of this card is the new Specialty Designer Series paper, Sending Love, available in the new Mini Occasions Catalog. Each sheet has one side with glitter on it! I love it! In this card you are seeing three different sides of this paper set.

The heart is from the Always stamp set. It was inked in VersaMark and Real Red ink and then embossed with Iridescent Ice Embossing powder. The sentiment is from Holiday Best, a Level 1 Hostess set. It was inked and embossed the same way as the heart.

The card is finished with an envelop lined with the Sending Love Specialty paper.

I love decorating treats and Valentine's is the perfect time to decorate sweets for your sweet! This is a project from my Wrapping 101 series. Inside it holds a small cello bag of chocolate. The outside is decorated with the Sending Love Specialty paper and punched with the Heart to Heart punch. I used a Very Vanilla Jumbo Grommet and secured the front to the back with the new Pretty in Pink Epoxy Brads. If your candy is a bit too heavy you may need to attach the cello bag to the back of the treat holder first and then secure it with the epoxy brad through the grommet.

The tag was created using the Holiday Best hostess set. It too was inked in VersaMark, Pretty in Pink ink and embossed in Iridescent Ice. The edge of the tag is punched using the new Pinking Hearts Border punch.

Our family always makes mail boxes for our Valentines each year. It has become sort of a tradition. Over the years they have been as simple as stapling 2 paper plates together and as elaborate as shoe boxes with paper towel rolls to drop candy down and cardboard flags to tell when a delivery has been made. So, I couldn't resist creating something you can do as a family. The project above is a small oatmeal container covered in card stock. The Love Bandits stamp set made its debut on these projects! The branches were created using the My Way punch with hearts punched from the Heart to Heart punch as leaves. The Big Shot Billboard die was used to create "Be Mine".

This last project is my favorite and is created by my 8 year old, Michele. We took a granola bar box and covered it with card stock and put two rectangles at the top for the roof. You can open the roof and deliver the valentines here. Michele loved the characters from Love Bandit creating her own Valentine scene with this stamp set and punched out hearts.

Well, that's it for Seasons Of Stamping. I hope you enjoyed the projects and found something to peak your interest and create! I'd love to hear your comments before you leave. And if you don't have an account like Google or Typepad, just pick "annonymous" when leaving your comment.

The Valentine Holiday Hop continues with the next stop, Jason's Stampin' Pad, aka Stampin' dad! I know he'll have some creative projects to share!

Enjoy and God Bless,

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Recipes:

Card:

Stamps: Always (#113620), Holiday Best (Hostess Set)

Ink: Real Red (#103133), VersaMark (#102283)

Paper: Very Vanilla (#101650), Pretty in Pink (#100459), Real Red (#102482) card stock, Sending Love Specialty paper (#117153)

Misc: Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder (#101930), Heat Tool (100005), Paper Snips (#103579), SNAIL (#104332), Stampin' Dimensionals (#104430)

Treat Holder:

Stamps: Holiday Best (Hostess Set)

Ink: Pretty in Pink (#101301), VersaMark (#102283)

Paper: Very Vanilla Textured card stock (#108693), Sending Love Specialty paper (#117153)

Misc: Basic Jumbo Grommets (#114348), 1/2" Circle punch (#104390), Heart to Heart punch (#113694), 1/16" Handheld Circle punch (#101227), Pretty in Pink Epoxy Brads (#117271), Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder (#101390), Heat Tool (100005)

Valentine Holders:

Stamps: Love Bandits Clear Stamps (#118577), Clear-Mount Blocks (#118491),

Ink: Chocolate Chip (#100071), Basic Black (#100082), More Mustard (#100076), Real Red (#100052) Stampin' Write Markers

Paper: Chocolate Chip (102128), Close to Cocoa (101341), Creamy Caramel (#102514), Whisper White (#100730), Sending Love Specialty paper (#117153)

Misc: Heart to Heart punch (#113694), My Way punch (110709), Paper Snips (#103579), Sticky Strip (#104294), Glue Dots (#103683), Tombow Adhesive (#110755), Big Shot (#113439), Stampin'Up! Billboard Die (#114510), Small Heart punch (117193), Pinking Hearts Boarder punch (#117649)