Use the Holiday Mini for Valentines: Part 1

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! I hope that everyone had a wonderful (and safe!) time last night ringing in the New Year. It's become a rather uneventful celebration in our house… my husband being a Youth Pastor is with the youth for a Lock In all night, and Mr. L's bedtime is quite earlier than midnight… so I celebrated among stamps! Can't complain about some time to myself…

The Holiday Mini Catalog ends in just a few days – January 4th to be exact! And while we all think of the Holiday Mini to cover Halloween through Christmas, it has a lots of wonderful items for Valentine's in addition to items that were meant for Halloween or Christmas, but can easily be used for Valentine's! So here's your first Valentine Holiday Mini project — and be sure to get your Holiday Mini Valentine Products ordered before they're gone forever!

ALY'S HELPFUL HINTS:

• I just adore the Night & Day Designer Series Paper in the Holiday Mini and will miss it dearly! If you haven't already ordered it, be sure to get a package before January 4th. While it was designed for Halloween, it's just so versatile and I love having black and white paper with no color. On this card, I used the Black and White Polka Dot paper from this package to stamp the Heart Image on to add a little bit more pizzaz to the image.
• Both stamps on this card come from stamp sets in the Holiday Mini. The heart from "Sweet Centers" was designed to coordinate with our Sweet Treat Cups, and the Valentine Greeting come from the extremely versatile greeting set "Grateful Greetings"
• The ribbon I used is part of the holiday Mistletoe Ribbon Originals pack. When you look at the two ribbons together they DO look like Christmas, but when you look at each one separately you have to fabulous individual ribbons good for any holiday or occasion.
• It's very hard to see, even in the enlarged photo shown here, but if you look closely to where the arrow is pointing, I used the perforating tool on the Cutting Kit to create an "x" behind the Sweet Treat Cup so that the recipient can just break open the back to get to the candy without ripping apart the card.

WHAT TO ORDER:

Sweet Centers Stamp Set (116521), 1 3/4" Circle Punch (112004), Sweet Treat Cups (116802), Grateful Greetings Stamp Set (116511), Night & Day Specialty Paper (116768), Mistletoe Ribbon Originals (116792), Real Red Classic Ink Pad (103133), Basic Black Classic Ink (101179), Neutrals 12×12 Textured Cardstock (108693), Whisper White Cardstock (106529), Cutter Kit (106958)

TO ORDER STAMPIN' UP! PRODUCTS ONLINE 24/7 CLICK HERE!

Don't Forget!

• To register for the Valentine's (and more!) Class – Click Here!
  
• To order everything on your Wish List from the Holiday Mini Catalog!! The catalog ends in just 3 days!!! Click Here to view the Mini Online!
  
• To register for the Winter Memories Scrapbooking Class – Click Here! Deadline in just 3 days!!! Registration by January 4th at Noon is FIRM!
  
• To order your retiring stamp sets before their gone forever on January 4th – Click Here for the listing! Ends in just 3 Days!!!
  
• To place your qualifying order for a FREE Decor Element until January 4th Only – Click Here! Ends in just 3 Days!!!!
  

Beer Birthday for Brad

Brad's Birthday was October 28th, so I set out to make him a special birthday card a couple of weeks ago! It's always challenging for me to create masculine cards, so I had to do some tinkering to come up with something. Here's what the end result was:

ALY'S HELPFUL HINTS:

• The "Day and Night" Specialty Paper has done it again! Yet another card created with this fabulous Halloween paper that's not a Halloween card – talk about versatility! I started with the white and black newsprint paper, and then used a brayer and combination of Dusty Durango and More Mustard Classic Inks to change the coloring of the white background.
• Crystal Effects gives the perfect extra accent to the foam on the top of the mug.
• The "Totally Tabs" stamp set lines up perfectly with the Round Tab Punch. But this particular image also worked great with the circle punch! The next time you're at a workshop or class with me, ask to see my "punch sampler" – it will help you discover all of the possibilities of punch/stamp set coordination!
• The Jumbo Grommets are easy peasy to set – just punch out a 1/2" Circle Punch, press the grommet through the hole, and bend back the prongs with a Bone Folder! So simple, such a great accent!
• The White Gel Pen… such a handy little tool! Used here to make the "O" POP!

WHAT TO ORDER:

Cheers to You Stamp Set (114944), Wonderful Favorites Stamp Set (115114), On Your Birthday Stamp Set (111664), Totally Tabs Stamp Set (113520), Night & Day Specialty Paper (116768), Basic Black Classic Ink (101179), Basic Black Cardstock (102851), Whisper White Cardstock (100730), Dusty Durango Classic Ink (115654), Dusty Durango Cardstock (115321), More Mustard Classic Ink (103162), More Mustard Cardstock (100946), Mini Library Clips (109857), Vintage Brads (109109), Basic Jumbo Grommets (114348), Basic Black 1 1/4" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon (115615), Linen Thread (104199), 1/2" Circle Punch (104390), 1 3/4" Circle Punch (112004), Round Tab Punch (108340), 1 3/8" Circle Punch (104401), 1/16" Circle Handheld Punch (101227), Bone Folder (102300), Black Embossing Powder (109133), Heat Tool (100005), White Gel Pen (105021), VersaMark Pad (102283), Mat Pack (105826), Paper Piercing Tool (116631), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430), Crystal Effects (101055), Aqua Painter (103954)

TO ORDER STAMPIN' UP! PRODUCTS ONLINE 24/7 CLICK HERE!

Don't Forget!

• To Sign Up for the FREE Class Night coming up on November 12th – Click Here!
• To Sign Up for the GRAND Christmas Card Class coming up on November 21st – Click Here!
• To schedule your Complementary Christmas Card Designing Appointment – Click Here!
• To place your qualifying order for a FREE Decor Element – Click Here!
• To Order your November Card Kit of the Month – Click Here!