One day as I was looking through the Occasions Mini Catalog I noticed on page 22 this little bitty card in the samples with a big button on it!  I thought it was the CUTEST little thing!!

So I made one!

I cut Pink Pirouette to 1 1/2" x 3" and folded in half.  The button is from the Sweet Stitches Designer Big Buttons #122302 on page 35 of the Occasions Mini.  The button is threaded with Linen Thread #104199. Now you could leave it this plain, or you could stamp a little word in the corner before attaching the button.

If you knew a seamstress, wouldn't this be the cutest little tag for a gift? Anyone would love it!

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This is a great day to stamp in most parts of the country! While you are snowed in or staying in because of the freezing cold, do something fun….which, of course, would be stamping or scrapbooking! The weather forecast even for Houston, TX is SNOW tonight!!!!  I'm keeping my fingers crossed!  You know I love snow!!

Here's another small card I made for Valentine's Day using the Bitty Buttons #118761 and the Heart Small Punch #117193.  I cut the Crumb Cake card stock 3" x 6" and folded in half and used the Love Patterns Paper Pack Designer Paper # 124156 for a layer and for the small hearts.  I punched a little strip of Red Glimmer Paper #121790 with the Pinking Hearts Border Punch #117649.  The heart-shaped buttons in the Bitty Buttons are attached with a mini glue dot after being threaded with Linen Thread.  You could stamp a little greeting on the front instead of the glimmer paper strip if you wanted.

Here's tip on working with these little buttons….. thread the linen thread through the button holes, but then stick them down with a Mini Glue Dot.  This will anchor them so they will be easy to tie!  No more fighting a flipping-around button while you try to tie your knot!

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Here's a Valentine inspired by a card in our Stampin' Success Magazine for demonstrators.  The sample card was a dark brown background with 3/4" circles punched and then decorated.  I decided to try making something similar with hearts!

I just used the Heart to Heart Punch #119881 to punch the same heart nine times out of the current designer series paper.  Then each heart is decorated with one of the Itty Bitty Punches, Red Glimmer Paper, brads, rhinestones, bitty buttons, or pearls!  Just do what looks good to you!  For a tiny sentiment, I used one of the Love Impressions Rub-Ons #121886. The Red Glimmer Paper #121790 is so fun to use I punched a strip with the Scallop Trim Border Punch #118402 and stuck on a little bow with the 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon.  A really fun valentine to make and lots of room for creativity!!

If you need any paper and punches to make your valentines, it's time to order today!  Just click HERE!
 

Stampin' Up! was kind enough to send us demonstrators a sheet of the Love Impressions Rub-Ons #121886 as seen on page 8 of the Occasions Mini Catalog.  These are a little different than previous rub-ons in that they are on a plastic material which is a little sturdier.  Here are two cards I made with them!  Order a package of Love Impressions Rub-Ons and you're ready to make some valentines!

This card is stamped with the tree from Valentine Defined in the Occasions Mini.  I inked it up with Pink Pirouette and then colored certain hearts with a Stampin' Write Real Red Marker and the trunk with Early Espresso.  The "Love You" is the rub-on!

This card uses lots of the Love Impressions Rub-Ons!  The hot air balloon and clouds on the Whisper White piece are rub-ons as are the white clouds and the tiny red hearts on the pink area of the card.  I used some Love Impressions Specialty Designer Series Paper #121780 on the card plus a strip of the BEAUTIFUL Red Glimmer Paper #121790.  The Love You is rubbed on a piece of scrap Whisper White and punched out with the new Medium Oval Punch #120908….from the Holiday Mini, but still available for order!

This is a card I made while making projects and samples for my most recent stamp camp.  I used the stamp set in the Occasions Mini, "Valentine Defined" on page 9.  If you don't already own this stamp set, you should put it on your next order (especially with Sale-A-Bration!)!  We used it on several cards at my stamp camp and everyone loved it.  The Framed Tulips Textured Impressions Embossing Folder #121809 is used on the border of this card, and I can tell you all my stampers really loved this embossing folder, too.  I liked the simple, soft elegance of this card and didn't even want to add a layer under the greeting, which I had punched with the Decorative Label Punch #120907.  

Here is how I made the card.  The card base is Pink Pirouette with a layer of Basic Gray on top.  The quarter piece of Whisper White card stock was embossed in the Framed Tulips Folder; however, to make it fit on top of the Basic Gray layer, it had to be made smaller so it is actually trimmed inside one of the embossed lines around the outer edge.  Then I very lightly sponged the embossed edge with Pink Pirouette ink.  The stems and hearts are stamped with the Valentine Defined set, inked with Certainly Celery marker on the stems and Pink Pirouette marker on the hearts.  You have room to stamp 2 1/2 times going across the card.  The greeting is from Grateful Greetings #116511 and punched with the Decorative Label Punch.  You could sponge some Pink Pirouette ink around the edge of the label if you wanted.  Change the greeting and you can have a card for any occasion!

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