Blog Hop: Valentines Day

 

Happy Saturday, and welcome to the Team Stamp It Valentines Day Blog Hop.  

Welcome to everyone who just came from Lori Mueller's blog, Stampin' Dreams. 

For the blog hop I decided to make Valentines Day gift boxes and tags for my kids, Avery & Logan.  

I used the new Hey, Valentine stamp set from the new Occasions catalog and Sea Street stamp set from the annual catalog.  I thought the images worked well together.

I colored both images with my blendabilities. 

On the fishes, I wanted a softer colors so I colored on to an acrylic block then used the color lifter to pick the color up from the acrylic block and apply it to the images.  This can give you a much broader range of shades with your blendabilities.

You can't really tell from the photo, but I covered the glasses, and the heart with Crystal Effects.  I let it dry overnight.

I colored the pirate tag directly with the blendabilities, so the colors are more bold and intense.  I used the Gold Dazzel Marker on the gold coins in the treasure chest. 

I made the boxes from the new 12 x 12 Kraft card stock.  It's nice and thick and will hold up well for 3D items. I used the Gift Box Punch Board to make the boxes. The Pirate "boy" box is 4 x 4 x 4 and the Fishes "girl" box is 3.25 x 3.25 x 2.5. They kinda fall open like a bowl. You can fill your box with candy, a small toy, a gift card, or whatever you can think of.  If you used loose candy, it wouldn't fall out when it's opened.

I made a belly band for each box from 1 1/4 inch of cards stock and punched it with the new confetti hearts punch.  I placed Gold Foil behind the Night of Navy band, and Silver Foil behind the Melon Mambo one.

I placed a pearl over each bubble.  Not what I would do if I was making a large number of tags, but for one special tag it's just so cute!

The top of the pirate tag was cut from a Labels Collection Die, and the tag hole is from the chalk talk die set.  Just place your paper through only half of the paper to achieve this look!

I used the alphabet rotary stamp set for the names.  I finished both off with a small strip of foil punched with the hearts boarder punch and some sequin trim – Gold and the new Bermuda Bay!

I hope you enjoyed your stay here at Crafty Stampin' for the blog hop, now you can contiune on to Kathi Rotti's blog, Kathie Loves Stamping.

Happy Stampin'