Saturday, January 25, 2020

Countdown to Valentine's Day Swap

I signed up for a Countdown to Valentine's Day swap in one of my groups. We had to put together 14 gift bags of stuff to open as we count down to Valentine's Day. At least half had to be handmade.
Here's what I sent:
 Close-up's:
 I've had these in my stash for years, they're from Hobby Lobby.
 A few Valentine's colored paperclips.
 Another item I've had in my stash for years, I have no idea where they came from.
 I got this a few year's ago, it's really cute, but I know I'll never use it.
 Some foam heart stickers, got these in a swap.
 Some chipboard stickers, picked these up at Target a few years ago.
 Random stickers, some are felt and some are cardboard, fairly certain they're from JoAnn's.
The handmade stuff:
 I made this a few years ago, it's a gift card holder.
 altered paper clips.
 Altered mini composition book, I also found this tiny pen among my stash that fit perfectly with it.
 A lace heart. I made sure this was day number 14.
 Die cuts
 Embellishments, I'm not very good at making embellishments, but like the Christmas Advent calendar, I had a hard time thinking up things to make (even though I just did that one), so I thought I'd try some embellishments. I think they turned out kinda cute. My favorite being the frame at the bottom.
 Tags, also not great at making these, but I like how these turned out.
And how the bags looked in the end. I had a bunch of these smallish gift bags from my Lollipop subscription box (I seem to never throw anything away), so I went with a gray/pink theme. I was a couple short of the gray bags, so there's a couple gold ones in there. I closed them with a drop of hot glue and then held them closed with washi. I ended up wrapping it all the way around the bag and adding another strip on the front with a couple stickers to number them. I have no idea what order anything is except the lace heart, I made sure that was the last thing to open and just grabbed and numbered the rest.

Thursday, January 23, 2020

Flip book

I like challenging myself to do different kinds of flipbooks, but I think my favorite is the smaller size that I make from 4x6 Project Life cards.
 I went with a pink and mint color scheme, mostly because that's what color the cards were. I held them together a mint ticket washi and a pink washi. I added the purple butterfly to the front.
First flip:
 This one I added the banner pieces to the right side, with one holding some washi samples of the washi I used.
The bottom page I added the banner piece on the right and some planner stickers on the left.
Second flip:
The middle I added the circle piece. The bottom I added the flowers and the Just for You piece.
I love how flat and simple this one turned out to be. I mostly just let the project life cards be the focus.

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Pocket Letters

I love making pocket letters, so any time a pocket letter tag comes up on my groups, I have to sign up.
This one was made with a sticker pack I bought at the Dollar Tree, I saw it and knew I has going to use it to make a pocket letter.
 I cut some paper and just added the stickers. I realize it's a bit simple, but I just wanted to focus on the stickers.
The goodies:
 I included a lot of "bright" colored stuff.
Another one I created with a calendar page from last year's calendar:

The challenge to myself was to keep it flat. I'm not good at that. I added some gem stickers, the stars and banner stickers. The mushroom and ladybug are actually felt pieces that I glued on.

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Stars

Last year one of my friends did New Year's gifts because everyone celebrates that. I thought it was a wonderful idea, so I made some lace stars for my friends for New Year's.
 I basically raided my lace and trim stash and just started layering. The bases are cut from matboard. I used 2 or 3 trims per star and repeated them.
 This one is mostly pink.
 this has one gold lace trim that I thought worked really well.
 These colors make me think more of Valentine's Day.
 This was a lot of vintage trims, so it has a more off-white color scheme.
 This is one of my favorites with that pink trim.
 Another one of my favorites with the mini pom pom trim and the one that looks like leaves.
 I think this one the red pops a bit too much.
 Another vintage one, I like the tassels on this one.
 More vintage, I like the dark trim.
 I like the blue trim on this one, it was rather thick, so I folded it in half to use it.
 I like the white and off-white of this one.
A touch of pink.
These were really fun to make and I used up some of my trims (the real goal).