Saturday, January 16, 2010

Valentine's treats for my girls

I just felt like making something just because.  No DT assignment, no magazine call, etc, just for fun.  I made two of these, one for each of my kids as a valentine surprise.  I know they will love it!  Now if I can just keep from eating the jelly beans until Valentine's Day - I mean really it is a month away!  I reused a PTI stamp package and the vials are from Impress Rubber Stamps, so this fits Dawn's Inspire Me Challenge.

Pattern Paper and Stamp: PTI
Cardstock, Ink and Ribbon: CTMH
Punch: SU!

Another project, just for fun.  I wasn't going to do this Tuesday Trigger as I hardly ever use purple, but not to be outdone by a challenge I decided to try it! LOL

For my card I used some Papertrey Stamps and pattern paper. The cardstock is from CTMH.  For the 'dots' I just punched out some circles and glued them on.  Wanted to try a french knot but I didn't have the right color of thread. This is another entry for the No Time to Stamp challenge.
 


22 comments:

Dora said...

Love that gift you made, but ofcourse I love pink. The card is beautiful love those colors together so natural!
Have a nice weekend!

~amy~ said...

Love the giftie..I know what you mean about doingcreating something 'just because'...love your trigger card! I'm not a purple gal either but there are 2 challenges out there now with purple that I can think of!

Bananastamper said...

Both are great projects Laurel! Thanks for visiting - it's you and Danderella that got me onto the challenges! I'm really having some fun with it! Thanks,
Shanna :)
p.s. happy Weekend!

Brenda said...

Cute Valentine's gifts. It's nice to see you just do something for the fun of it!

Jeanne said...

You are smart to do something just for fun! It's easy to get caught up in assignments and lose the love of just creating. Your giftie is sure to be a big hit!

I like that challenge picture and you picked up those colors wonderfully in your card!

Leslie said...

love the vials of jelly beans. Wish I could find some vials like that around here. I could do something like this for the "Office Chicks" as they want to be called.
Love the card, the soft colors are beautiful

Beth Jacobs said...

beautiful. where did you get the tubes?

Kathi Carlson said...

Your treat ensembles are so cute and the card is gorgeous. "Just for fun" projects are the best.

Have a fun weekend, Laurel!

Sharli Schaitberger said...

Your treats inspired me to order the vials - they're so adorable!! And this card is just YUMMY! I love the colors and the little random dots of plum are very interesting - just perfect.

Unknown said...

Beautiful work. Your girls will love the gift!

Tami said...

Gorgeous Card...great trigger tuesday!!

Karla Kroese said...

Beautiful card, and darling valentine's project! Your girls will love them! Creating just because is so important to keep the love of this hobby alive.

Lisa said...

This is beautiful... great job on the challenge!

Sparkplug17 said...

Such lovely projects! I love jelly beans! And I rarely use purple too, but your card is lovely!

farmhouse-story said...

cute valentine project, laurel!--(dawn at stamp away with me, just put up a challenge--"to re-use something that would be thrown away")--your project fits that!

Carla said...

Cute valentines gift for your girls!! I'm sure they'll love it!

Sarah said...

I LOVE your TT...what a great idea to use that SS!!! I have been saving my PTI boxes too..they were way to useful to through away!!!...beautiful valentines idea!

Unknown said...

Oh, the girls will love the sweet treat. You know I'm going more green, so it is great that you are reusing! Yay!
Love the purple card. It is fabby with the kraft!
Blessings,
Kim xXx

Dawn said...

What a fabulous idea!! I'm kicking myself in the butt for throwing those away...so unlike me. (hubby must have been on me to clean up my "craft area") ;o) Thanks for playing along.

laterg8r said...

that is the sweetest valentines gift :D

Cindy Lee said...

Aww...you are so sweet to make gifts for your girls! It's pretty!
And I love you card!! It's beautiful!

Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Editor said...

Hey Laurel! What a pretty approach to this week's Tuesday Trigger in the Moxie Fab World! Thanks for playing along! :)

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