A Valentine for my Sweety

I have to admit, I am a hopeless romantic when it comes to Valentine's Day. I love the conversation heart candies, the cinnamon hearts, the chocolate kisses, the red roses... and it's another occasion to make a fun papercraft project!

One year I made Kevin a tri-fold mini album/card filled with pictures of him and I. It looked something like this:

This year I made something a little different. Some may call it 'cheesy'... but I think it's fun!

 

 

I handmade the mailbox with More Amore designer paper from Stampin Up and filled it with chocolate kisses and...

 



 

...a mini 3x3 album.

 

I wrote 14 things that I love about Kevin on little tags that can be pulled out of the pockets on the top and sides of each page. I put pictures on some of the pages and stamped images on others.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the little display I set up for him this morning...

 

 

I filled a bowl with a bag of chips, the best chick-flick movie "The Notebook" (which he has never seen!), 2 wine glasses, a lemon, lime, orange, and Grand Marnier (to make our own margaritas) and of course, chocolate almonds and a toblerone bar! Perfect for a date night sometime this weekend :)

 

Tonight we get to enjoy a delicious dinner out at a local restaurant called North 54. They have the best ceasar salad (according to my hubby)! Looking forward to dressing up and spending some good quality time with my one and only :)

 

Wishing all of you hopeless romantics out there a very Happy Valentine's Day! 

Love You a Latte!

Good morning!

What a great weekend it was! Went by way too quickly (as usual). Feels like it may be a long Monday -- so tired!

Today I'm playing along with The Paper Players challenge. It's another great sketch challenge this week. Simple, yet very versatile! Here is the sketch:

I decided to create a fun Valentine card. I started with choosing the designer paper. More Amore DSP collection has such a great selection of beautiful designs. I then pulled out a retired stamp set that I've loved ever since I bought it - Pun Fun! Here's the card design I came up with:

The Very Vanilla cardstock is embossed with Elegant Lines embossing folder (one of my favourites!) I stamped the "Love you a latte!" image in Real Red and layered it on a large scallop circle, which is popped up using dimensionals. Small rhinestones embellish the stamped image. I added Primrose Petals stitched satin ribbon to complete the card.

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Pun Fun (ret.)
Paper: Real Red, Very Vanilla, More Amore DSP
Ink: Real Red
Tools: Circle Nestabilities, Scallop Circle Nestabilities, Elegant Lines embossing folder
Accessories: Rhinestones, Primrose Petals stitched satin ribbon

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