Valentine Coupon Book
Don’t tell my husband but he’s getting a special Valentine this year. We were looking through some old papers a few weeks ago and came across coupon books that we had given each other on our fifth anniversary, when we had two little ones and money was tight. I decided to revisit the idea and give him one this coming Valentine’s Day. Of course, in the early days, all these cool supplies and tools were not available to create with. Technology is a wonderful thing. I’m happy to share this project with the FaveCrafts viewers! Click here to see the Blog Hop
You will need:
Wired ribbon
Cream cardstock
Mat board scrap
Fleece scrap
Spray adhesive
Faux velvet
Foam strips
Strong double-sided tape
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Run 6″ x 13″ cream mat board through the Big Shot using the Notebook Pocket ScoreBoards die.
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Center Textured Impressions folder at the bottom of the cut out box and run through Big Shot again. Repeat on back side.
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Using spray adhesive, adhere red faux velvet to a 5″ x 5″ scrap of mat board. Position Primitive Heart die on scrap and die cut with Big Shot.
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Cut a scrap of teal mat board to 2 1/4″ x 3 3/4″. Round corners if desired.
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Die-cut a small flower from fleece using the Box w/Scallop Flap & Flowers or other small flower die you happen to have. Punch a hole in heart where desired and poke a brad through the flower and secure to the heart.
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Use foam tape to raise heart and position on top of scrap teal rectangle.
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Mark and punch holes for three heart brads on side of box. Insert.
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Assemble the box and use double-sided tape or brads to hold together. Wrap ribbon around top of box and tie a bow. Adhere heart piece to box.
- On the computer, lay out a 3″ x 5″ coupon book cover and pages, inserting desired coupon offers available. Print and trim to size. Round corners.
- Punch hole at top of booklet and insert brad or ribbon to keep book together. This also makes it easy to remove a page when a coupon is redeemed.
- Slip coupon book in Notebook Pocket box. Present to your lucky recipient and be ready to pay up! Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone!
Triple Play Blog Hop: Week 4- Thanksgiving Table Decor
On behalf of Karen, Brenda and myself, I want to wish you all a blessed holiday. Designers, we are so thankful for the chance to get to know you and appreciate all of your hard work and wonderful projects. To our viewers, your comments and feedback have been so positive thoughout this hop- thanks for supporting what we do! Happy Thanksgiving!
Hope you have a little time to relax after the turkey and pie and enjoy these fabulous projects that our guest designers have cooked up for you! It’s the Triple Play Blog Hop Thanksgiving Edition 🙂 The featured die this week is the ScoreBoard Pro die: Frame & Frame Back w/Stand by Eileen Hull.
There are so many ways to go with this die. The frames nest inside each other so there are LOTS of them! You can layer them or use separately, making this die a great value. Each of the designers received a set of pieces to construct a frame. The decoration was completely up to them. Take a spin through the blogs to see amazingly clever ideas for using this versatile frame die.
I decided to do a Thanksgiving project. Unfortunately, this holiday seems to get lost sometimes, but it’s one of my favorites. I decided to add a burst of teal to the traditional autumn colors. Not only teal, but teal GLITTER! Yummy…
You will need:
Sizzix eclips
Seasonal eclips cartridge
Big Shot Pro die cut machine
Frame & Frame Back w/Stand by Eileen Hull Pro die
autumn colored papers
glitter cardstock
wired ribbon
rickrack
foamboard
double stick tape
glue dots
spray adhesive
gold Stickles
buttons and embellishments
NOTE: If you would like to cover the matboard piece with paper, coat the back of the paper with spray adhesive and place on matboard, then run through die cut machine. The pressure of the machine will ensure that the paper will stick well to the matboard and cut all pieces exactly the same size.
Instructions for “Give Thanks”:
- Use eclips machine to cut “Give Thanks” sentiment from brown.
- Adhere patterned paper to matboard and then die cut for the back support piece. Cut frame and flowers from aqua glitter chipboard. Add 1/2″ strips of scrap foamboard under the scalloped frame as spacers to give the project dimension.
- Make a ribbon rose by gathering both ends of one side of wire. Wind the ribbon in a spiral around the middle piece, speading it more open as you go. Secure the last section with a glue dot or glue gun under the rose.
- Add other embellishments and papers as desired.
- Secure easel stand to back of frame with strong double sided tape.
- Cover the 4″ piece that the flowers are punched from with patterned paper (see directions above). Normally, this piece is just thrown away. But if you cover it with paper you can make a coaster! Or a set of them…
- Add gold Stickles dots around the border of the coaster.
- If desired, add a smaller piece of cork to the bottom of the matboard.
- With a piece of 16 gauge colored wire, twist into a spiral and start wrapping around the stem of the glass. Add glitter flower and continue twisting wire. Make another spiral at the end.
Placecard:
- Cut postage stamp frame from patterned paper covered matboard and smaller square from mat scraps. Cut an easel back piece, trimming down top to accommodate smaller size.
- Cover front of mat scrap with brown paper and center as desired inside frame. Write name on placecard.
- Add flower, leaves and mini rickrack to embellish.
Valentine’s Day
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! It’s snowing like crazy here and I had the urge to make something pretty and spring-ish. I came across this sweet little bundle of flowers in a drawer the other day.
The flowers were given to me by my daughter for Mother’s Day several years ago, along with a box of Godiva chocolates and a funny card. She was a senior in high school and we were going though a rough patch as she got ready to head off to college. When I see the flowers now, it makes me grateful for my three daughters. I love watching them pursuing their dreams and goals and am so proud of them.
To make this cheery wall hanging, I started with the ScoreBoard Notebook Pocket die, the Big Shot and 6″ x 13″ piece of matboard. I ran the die and matboard through the die cut machine (Big Shot). I folded the box up and used strong double sided tape to hold it together along the back tabs. The cool shimmery pink finish is a metallic adhesive sheet by JEJE Produkts which is cut to the width of the box. The pattern on the top was punched out using a Martha Stewart border punch. I peeled the adhesive backing off and lined it up evenly on the front and pressed it down and around to the back of the box. After arranging the flowers, I looped the pretty ribbon through the brad holes in the back to use as a handle and wrapped and tied the ends around to the front.
Check the Sizzix blog for another project using my fun ScoreBoard dies. Hope your Valentine’s Day is LOVEly!
Deck the halls…
It usually takes till about now for me to get in the holiday spirit. Today my friends Tina and Lorine and I went up to a historical wheat plantation in Leesburg where they featured wedding dresses of women who had lived there. It was beautiful weather and a great day to be there. Then we went on to lunch. We decided to go somewhere together instead of giving gifts this year. I am so blessed to have several circles of great friends and I don’t tell them enough how much I love them.
But now, back to a depressing topic… I am cleaning the basement/studio and wonder why in the world I let it get like this. I’m on a roll right now though… just in time for CHA coming up when another disaster will be created!
A couple of things… I appeared on Inspired at Home: Spotlight on Creativity Dec. 7. The show archives are up if you want to see the show.
The Sizzix blog was supposed to go live today but due to a tech problem it was delayed… hopefully tomorrow it will go up.
Last thing. I was going through some stuff and found this little angel I had gotten at a thrift store somewhere. Is it my imagination or does she look faintly annoyed? Something about the way she’s clutching that harp reminds me of my mom’s expression in the rearview mirror as she is driving my sisters and I to piano lessons as we were goofing around and being obnoxious in the back seat and generally getting on her nerves… good times…
Tomorrow night is Book Club so I will be baking today for the cookie exchange and family members that will soon be arriving. Christmas is coming!
18 Days till Christmas!
It’s winter! And we have the snow to prove it… I returned to Virginia on Saturday morning from 3 days in Kansas to a beautiful white wonderland. I am happy to report that my son is back from Iraq and he and his family are doing well! Thanks for all of your comments- I relayed them and he was touched at your concern and gratitude. Trinity is sporting the latest in ballerina attire.
Some fun events are coming up! First is another appearance on Tiffany Windsor’s Facebook LIVE: Spotlight on Creativity Monday, Dec. 7 at 10 AM with last minute holiday gift wrap ideas using my new Sizzix ScoreBoard dies. Instructions will be posted in the upcoming week for the projects featured on the show. I also have some exciting news to share so hope you can tune in.
This coming Wednesday is Blog Hop #5 and the featured die is the Business Card box (which also holds a gift card- how handy is that!). Hope you can join me at 11 AM on Dec. 9 to see the latest creations of the talented ScoreBoard designers.
Now that the craft shows are over and I am almost caught up on my orders, I finally have some creative time! Please check back here often for holiday decorating ideas, recycled projects and quick handmade gifts.