Happy Valentine's Day! This
might be my favorite project from stamp club last week. I ordered the new petal cone die from the Occasions Mini Catalog and wanted to find some other uses for it besides just petal cones (stay tuned - I have a petal cone to post soon). Well how about a heart? With two cut out shapes you can make a card like I did, or attach them and make a pouch to slide a little treat into. It does still have the crease in the center because it is designed to be folded into a cone. No problem - cover it with a big flower of some kind. And it was a perfect opportunity to make the accordion fold flower Darleen had asked me about.
There was nothing difficult about the flower. When I was designing the project, I eventually got smart and took the whole sheet of Designer Series Paper and scored it at one time.... then I cut the strips. So that took a lot of the work out of the additional flowers I made and for the club ladies. This flower was made with a 1 1/2 x 12 strip scored at 1/4 inch. After folding it, attach the ends like you are making a bracelet, flatten out the circle and stick it down. I used a circle of sticky pages because I didn't want that thing to budge.
I used retired Designer Series Paper for the flower because it had Pink Pirouette and Riding Hood Red in it, and I was trying to mix up my Valentine colors a little for those ladies who attend multiple events. We used buttons from the Holiday Mini and attached them with a glue dot wadded into the hole of the accordion fold. And too keep with the retired theme, I used my all-time favorite Valentine's Day stamp.
The tag was made with Tiny Tags and the matching punch. It was a nice way to finish off the card and gave the ladies other options besides "love" for their tag.
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And you thought you could live without this die? There are so many clever people out there coming up with some cute ways to use this die. I saw this at a recent stamping event and had to come home and try one of my own. Now all it needs are a few little candies and I am ready for the Easter Bunny!
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