Lil' Inker Designs February Product Spotlight Hop {Day2}

First.......again I have to mention this weather!  Seriously people!  I was fortunate to have lunch with a friend yesterday at my most FAVORITE place.....Chipotle.....outside.....without a coat!!!!  Yes, you heard me.....February 1st.  I am loving every minute of this!!!  But I digress.......the REAL reason I'm here today is to showcase the Valentine goodies from Lil' Inker Designs that were previously released on January 20th during the January release!

Here is who you can visit today:

Laura Pryor

Amy Kolling--->me!

Alicia Thelin

Jen del Muro

Lil' Inker Store

I used the Of the Heart dies and sentiments for my card today.  Lots of layers and NO pattern paper!  My sentiment was stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with White Filigree Embossing Powder.  I LOVE LOVE the signature detail of the little perforations on the hearts!!!

I've used the colors from the Colour Q challenge for this week.  I snuck my kraft color in there with the wood button and button twine.  Hope that's ok!

Next up, I have a cute quick little treat box.  I decorated this white truffle box with more of the Heart dies and wrapping the top with some baker's twine from The Twinery.  What's inside you ask?  6 Hershey Kisses fit perfectly inside!  How sweet is that?  ;)

Well.....that's it for me.  Remember this blog hop FULL of inspiration using the new Valentine goodies goes on Friday and Saturday too!  Your next stop is Alicia's fabulous blog!  Why not go pick up your own set of these cute hearts??  You can HERE.  ;)  Thanks for stopping by!

{I give you my heart}

Stamps:  Of the Heart Sentiments (Lil' Inker Designs)

Paper:  SS White, Pure Poppy, Sweet Blush, Smokey Shadow (all PTI)

Ink:  Versamark

Dies:  Of the Heart Dies and Flags and Tags Dies (Lil' Inker Designs)

Misc:  Janome Sew Mini, Wooden Button, Rustic Jute Button Twine (PTI), Foam Tape, White Filigree Embossing Powder

{For you}

Stamps:  Of the Heart Sentiments (Lil' Inker Designs)

Paper:  Sweet Blush and Pure Poppy (PTI)

Ink:  True Black (PTI)

Dies:  Of the Heart Dies (Lil' Inker Designs)

Misc:  Foam Tape, Baker's Twine (The Twinery)

Happy Valentine's Day!

I thought I would share the Valentines that I gave my kids today!  I just love this Valentine stamp set from PTI!!  Payton even used it to make her own Valentine's for her class!!  Do you know how hard it was to not just do them myself?  Payton wanted to make them all by HERSELF!!  Now, I did help her to punch out the shapes, cut and score the paper but other wise she stamped them, assembled, and wrote her name in all of them!!  I tell ya........it was too darn cute!  (However, I didn't get a picture!)  :(

If you have been following my blog, you know that I've been making my kids cards for the different holidays now in the 3x3 size for awhile.  They fit perfectly in those little mailboxes from Target!  I altered a mailbox for each of them a couple of years ago.  They turned out so cute!  Well, here is their Valentine!

I am just in love with Smokey Shadow paper!  I think it looks great here paired with Scarlet Jewel!

What do you think?

Here is a picture of their mailboxes in case you hadn't seen them!  Yesterday, the kids were so funny because they asked, "Are you going to put something in our mailboxes for Valentine's Day tomorrow?"

*******We did make it back from our cruise. However, we had quite a time traveling back due to SNOW weather with connecting flights EVERYWHERE!!! We actually wouldn't even be back yet if we hadn't been resourceful! When we arrived at the airport, we were told that our flight had been rescheduled for Sunday night! (that's tonight!) Well, we made it back in about the same amount of time it was originally would have taken us! Just a cab ride, different airline, and rental car later!

My sweet Valentines!!

I had said in an earlier post that I would post pics of my Valentine's this year, so here they are!! I didn't use Heart Prints as I thought I would, but instead Love Songs. Oh my gosh, how I love this set!! There are soooo many images to ink up!! This first one uses the envelope image. Since I don't have Polka Dot Basics yet, I had to improvise and use a MS background stamp for the dots on the lower half of the card. Other than that, all supplies are PTI. I love the look of the raised heart on the envelope.
Here are the Valentine's I made for my kiddos using the same Love Songs set from PTI but using different images. The first one uses the adorable ice cream cones. This is my #1 reason I love this set is that it is a two-step stamping set. You can color the ice cream one color and then color the cone another. The middle cone is popped up using a dimensional. The second card is using ithe balloon image and once again I chose to use a dimensional on one of the balloons and cover it using Prisma Glitter. Oh, I love the addition of the little heart button with hemp. It just added the right touch!! These cards were small in size so that they would fit inside the mailbox tins I made for them last Valentine's. They think it is so neat when they get "mail". :)

Last year's valentines!!

I can't believe it's been a year since I made these super cute Valentine's mailboxes (from Target) for my kids and never took a pic and posted it here!! They LOVE them and like to see them in the kitchen to see if they received "mail". I used misc. patterned papers from HL and ribbon from my enormous stash. I colored some chipboard letters to monogram the fronts. I didn't really want to put ribbon on my son's but what the heck. I think it still looks boyish. I have since found some different mailboxes from Dillons after Christmas that are much larger and the flap of the mailbox opens differently (it's attached and pulls down). This year I plan to set their mailboxes out on the kitchen table before we leave on our vacation and when we get home their Valentine's will be waiting!! Of course, I will use my favorite new PTI set Heart Prints for my Valentines this year!! I will post pics of those cards after Valentine's Day.
This cute little 3 1/2 X 3 1/2" card just fits in their mailboxes. I used TAC's Hoppy Everything set. This set is SOO cute and this image was perfect to add "googly eyes". The frog was colored in using watercolor crayons---one of my favorite mediums. The "Love You" sentiment was a GWP stamp from a couple of catty's ago.

Over the Rainbow Challenge!

I thought that I would try to play with this challenge and try to win some cardstock.....especially cardstock for a YEAR from PTI!!!!! And what fun colors to use....rainbow colors are the "in" things right now in papercrafting. Check out the challenge below and to see my entry!!
Now, I am currently waiting on my Summer Sunrise ink to arrive so I had to improvise some with the colors as I didn't have all of them!! Now, I did have Pure Poppy and it is just the richest shade of red you've ever seen! Wait my doorbell just rang, and what was there? My PTI package with my new inks!! Summer Sunrise and Ripe Avocado!! Now, please excuse my scan as my camera is all packed for the trip!! Wish me luck on winning paper for a year!