Valentines Makes

Here's the bits I made for Valentines day this year...

 Card for my boyfriend made at SU card club.

Made using:

• Language of love stamp set
• Gorgeous grunge stamp set
• Small heart punch
• Full heart punch
• Petites penants punch
• Banners framleits die

 Wine cork heart...still undecided whether to try hanging this or just lean it against a wall, it does sit rather well laying on one of it's flat edges.

Mixed dark and milk chocolate hearts. Melted a few bars of dark and milk chocolate together then thinly spread it onto greaseproof paper into the shape of hearts. Whilst it was still setting I put some sugar hearts on top of the chocolate.

 After a few hours in the fridge they were ready to be bagged, Needed to keep them in the fridge though as they were so thin just touching them for a few seconds caused them to start melting...not that they lasted very long before they were all eaten!

Valentines Card

I think it's pretty safe to be blogging this before Monday as im 99.9% sure that he won't read my blog or even notice the post scroll down his facebook updates lol. So anyway here's the card I've made for my OH...

I've used:

• Sizzix texturz kit #3 (heart background)
• Cute little bear stamp from a local craft shop
• Beige lace ribbon
• Chipboard hearts
• Sandpaper (to rub over the embossing)
• Pearlescent white card
• Red card
• Marvy le plume markers

And I'm entering this to this weeks Crafty Creations Challenge 'Three Little Words'

All you need is..

So I know just about everybody out there in blogland has given this a go now but I still thought our mantle needed one so I went ahead and made one too.

The chocolate brown and red colourscheme seems to be creeping into our house, and it worked beautifully on this project. Good ol' dulux tester paint pots, what would I do without them lol.

I think the mantle is coming along nicely surrounded by all the bits I've been making :)

I'm linking this to the lovely linky parties listed on the right hand side and to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge

V-Day Frame

I've never bothered with Valentines decorations before but after seeing so many lovely pieces out there in blogland I thought I should give it a try too.

Can't claim credit for the twig heart, mum bought us that to join the wall fo hearts we have in our dining room. But the framed piece is my first bit of V day decor for the house using subway art as the background and pom poms to make the heart, both of which i totally dig at the moment..

I've used:

• Subway art from Krista's blog
• 7x5 dark wood frame (good ol' hobbycraft sale)
• Corrugated card (to mount the subway art on)
• Pink felt
• Pink t-shirt scraps (for the pom poms and little hearts)
• Good ol' trusty glue gun

So now both these lovelies are sitting up on our mantel making it look fab!