Valentine Gift Bags

For my Tuesday project this month over at Craft-Dee BowZ, I did not create a card but something different.

As I mentioned in my last post, I simply love Valentine's Day, and when I seen these bags that Nichol Sphor made last year, I absolutely fell in love with them.  Nichol is awesome and I love all of her videos and watch them faithfully.  Her ideas and style are right up my alley and she truly inspires me.

So for my Tuesday project for Craft-Dee BowZ I wanted to share these favor bags.  It was pretty hard to photograph all the bags together in one photo so I posted a photo of each bag.  I hope you do not mind.

I stamped each image from the Mama Elephant's  Page Huggers stamp set and then used the coordinating dies to cut them out.  The dies are really cool because they cut a slit under each critter's paws so they can hold onto to things like this cute little envelope.  So the critters are carrying their own little valentine.  Such a cute idea.

I made these bags for the girls I call my BFF's There are five of us and 3 of us have been friends since grade school, we met the other two in high school  I will most likely share things about them as I contine to  blog because we are more than friends we are family to each other,  Might I add that it was many moons ago when we met.  So we got together to have a girls night out and a PJ party.  I wanted to give them a valentine and thought I'd make these favor bags for them and fill them with yummy chocolates.

The first bag is a little bunny.

Then I made a kitty,

Next to the kitty is a mouse.  Every cat has to have a mouse right.

Then last but not least is a bear.

I created four little cute bows, two in red and two in white for the bags.  Here is a close up of one of the bows.

I created each double loop bow using my Craft-Dee BowZ tool.  You can get one for yourself here.  They are so easy to use and they make very tiny to pretty big bows.  Check out some of our other team members for the awesome bows they make using the tool.

Other supplies I used was the Mama Elephants Favor Bag Die.  This bag is the perfect size and I love it.  Copic Markers in various colors, card stock from my stash.  The heart background stamp is from Impression Obsession.  The sentiment is from CC Designs.  I love mixing and matching my stamps,

I hope I have not bored you with all the photos, I just wanted to show how cute each image is.  And please hop on over to Craft-Dee BowZ and join in on our challenge this month.  There is always a lot of inspiration from not just our Team Members but also from each and everyone who joins in on the challenge..  Next up will be Tracy and I am sure she will have something really special to share with you.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope I have inspired you.  Have a Happy Valentine's Day tomorrow.

Hugs

Forever Friends

Have you ever felt like a good book could be your best friend.  That would be my daughter.  She loves her books and she loves to read.  Seems like she always has her nose stuck in a book.  This cute little Bugaboo Image Kidz 3 Sitter reminds me of when she was little.  She had so many books that the stack was almost bigger than she was.

I created this card for our Crafty Creations Challenges, #348, theme as always Anything Goes.

I actually used 2 Bugaboo images for this card.  Not only did I use Kidz 3 Sitter, but also Book Stack.

After printing the image, I colored her with various Copic Markers.

Skin E11, 21, 00 & 000

Cheeks E95 & 93

Hair:  Y11, 21, 26, 28, YR21 & E55

Background:  E43, 42, 41, 40 & W0

Reds:  R59, 39, 29, 17 & 14

Grays:  N8, 6, 4, 2, 1 & 0

Blues:  B97, 95, 93 & 91 

Greens:  YG67, 63, G94 & 21

Yellows:  YR24, 21, Y17 and a touch of E35

When the coloring was finished I began the layering.  I cut the image out using a Mama Elephant die from the All Prettied Up collection.  The tag was a pre-cut tag, I just colored it up with the red markers, cut the sentiment (unknown) with black and dark brown CS, which I off-set, then adhered them to the tag.  Attached the image with foam tape to the pattern piece of paper (unknown), then layered it to a solid dark red CS and glued that to my card base.  Added a few buttons and this card was finished.

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I hope you like this little creation and I hope I have inspired you today.  Please come play with us at Crafty Creations Challenges Blog and enter into the Anything Goes Challenge #348.  We love to see what you create.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs
Kathy

Congratulations on your Giant Mega News

Congratulations on your Giant Mega News

Hi there, I have CAS card to share with you today.

It is the Ella and Friends Stamp set from Mama Elephant, and can be found here.

I colored the image using various Copic Markers

Card Stock:  Plain white CS from my stash,

Dies:  Tags Alot Die from Mama Elephant

Miscellaneous items: Tim Holtz Distress Inks, Sun Ray stencil from MFT

I hope I was able to inspire you today.  Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,

Kathy

Just A Note - Notepad

I have something different to share with you today.  I created a little notepad with a pad I bought at the store.  I covered the front and back covers with card stock and added some dies for embellishments.
First off I stamped Stampingbella's "Edna Loves the Ocean" which can be found at the 7 Kids Crafting and Supply Store.  I simply love the Edna Collection.

I colored her up with my copic markers in various colors.

I die cut several different ocean related items with some dies in my stash and colored them with my copics.

The sentiment "Just A Note"  is from Mama Elephant.

I made this notepad for a cousin who lives in Hilton Head, SC.  There is a lighthouse on the island that is red and white, hence the reason why I colored this one with red strips. I thought this little notepad would come in handy and bring a smile to her face every time she uses it.

The "For You" sentiment is from Impression Obsession.

I hope you enjoy the notepad and thanks so much for stopping by.

Kathy