What's nice about Valentine's Day projects that follow the holiday season? The color red! You can use some of the papers, ribbons and other embellishments from Christmas, and use new products to 'dress' it all up with your new Valentine's Day stamps.
Look what I found on the Outlines Rubber Stamp website . . . an origami box instruction WITH pictures . . . perfect project for that little something special you want to give your favorite Valentine.
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StampsHeart Strip Double Heart Strip Heart Flowers Sq. Lg. Heart Chain Heart Square Lg. Heart-Collage-Sq. Lg. You will need to make two boxes. One for the top and one for the bottom. For an easier fit the bottom paper should be about a 1/4" smaller than the top paper. So, if the top paper is 8 1/2" x 8 1/2", then the bottom paper is 8 1/4" x 8 1/4". If the fit is still too tight, simply cut another smaller piece of paper.
Using red paper make an origami top and bottom box. For more explicit directions, review Bell Flowers on Acetate 1. E-521 Heart Flowers Sq. Lg. is stamped twice on red paper and embossed. Using Staz-on Black, stamp again on smooth side of Acetate. 2. Trim acetate on outside edge. On the rough side of acetate, color in some of the leaves with the Metallic Green Pen. Apply glitter to the center of all the hearts. 3. Trim one Heart Flowers Sq. Lg. on red paper. Color in the leaves not colored in on the acetate. Apply glitter to the outside of the hearts. Put two layers of mounting tape on top of the outside frame. Put acetate on top of mounting tape. Be careful to line up the images. 4. On second Heart Flower Sq. Lg., trim on the outside edge and cut out the larger inside frame. Glitter the stripes. Glue on top of acetate piece. 5. Layer on a larger square whose edges have been glittered. 6. Layer on a still larger square with a scalloped edge. Using the Red Metallic Pen color in the scalloped edge. Glue to top of box. 7. Stamp Double Heart Strip twice. Cut out, color and glue around edge of top. 8. Punch a half circle on two opposite sides.
1. E-759 Heart Collage Sq. Lg. is stamped four times on red paper and embossed. 2. Each concentric part of the design is cut out and layered with mounting tape. 3. The design has been colored in with a Red Stardust Gel Pen and a red marker. Some areas have been coated with Crystal Lacquer for the shiny look. 4. Stamp the Heart Chain four times. Color each in with Red Stardust Gel Pen and a red marker. Some areas have been coated with Crystal Lacquer for the shiny look. 5. Wrap a red ribbon around the sides. Using mounting tape put on the four Heart Chains 6. Punch a half circle on two opposite sides of the top box.
For more explicit directions, review Bell Flowers on Acetate 1. E-342 Heart Sq. Lg. is stamped twice on red paper and embossed. Using Staz-on Black, stamp again on smooth side of Acetate. 2. Trim acetate on outside edge. On the rough side of acetate, color in the large heart with the Metallic Pink Pen. When the pen is dry, turn acetate to smooth side and apply Crystal Lacquer over the pink heart. 3. Trim one red Heart Sq. Lg. Using silver pen, color in the thin inner frame and the small heart. Leave the small inside flowers red. Using darker red marker, color in the area around the large heart. 4. Put two layers of mounting tape on top of the outside frame. Put acetate on top of mounting tape. Be careful to line up the images. 4. On second Heart Sq. Lg., trim on the outside edge and cut out the larger inside frame. Color in the frame. Glue on top of acetate piece. 5. Layer on a larger square whose edges have been Crystal Lacquered. 6. Glue to top of box. 7. Stamp Heart Strip twice. Cut out, color and glue around edge of top. 8. Punch a half circle on two opposite sides.
Using pink paper that has been stamped in red with our Texture Design Stamp, make an origami top and bottom box. Same basic directions as for Box 1. Review Bell Flowers on Acetate |
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I believe I am back among the living, almost! Since our return, we've been busy with holiday fun with family to make up for our absence . . . and then ringing in the New Year . . . what a night that was! We had a nice dinner at a bistro in Puyallup, followed by the 9:40 p.m. showing of True Grit (great movie!). We came out to a clear and beautiful 25-degree night in the parking lot and everything was closed, i.e., two cocktail lounges we had planned to venture into for the midnight toast. We saw fireworks in the sky, so we figured it must have been midnight and we were hugging in the parking lot. Two blocks from the cinema, we saw a Mexican restaurant that appeared open. We pulled in, parked the cars, entered the restaurant looking for the bar, and had to find someone to answer our "hello, are you open" questions. It took 4 people before we were understood. Alas, the restaurant and bar were closed. However, they invited us to the back banquet room for their Mexican New Year's Eve Party, complete with salsa band. The six of us must have looked like we landed on another planet (or homeless); the staff immediately took care of us by handing out the champagne cups and we watched the countdown on KING-5 television at the Space Needle. We sat at a table, put the celebration tiaras and hats on, ordered some wine and my Diet Pepsi, and munched on tortilla chips and salsa. To say the evening was hilarious is an understatement of the fun that is derived from spontaneity!
I'm hoping to find my way to Art 'n Soul tomorrow to put out the paper and ribbon goodies that arrived while I've been away. And sometime soon, small orders from Karen Lockhart Stamps and Hero Arts will find their way to the store.
I hope that every day in the new year brings you moments that you will cherish and, that together, will create a wonderful and delightful 2011.
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