I just love making Valentine's treats and Nichole's newest set, Tiny Treats: Valentine, makes it so easy and fun. There are so many cute images in the set and you can even get your little one involved by letter them color the images of their choice. I know my little guy likes the airplane and the dinosaur the best. I like them all, so so cute. For my project I used the little dinosaur and colored him with Prismacolor pencils, it was so easy and quick. I used the label stamp in the set and added a Labels 1 die on top, it fit perfectly. I chose New Leaf and Pure Poppy for my color scheme, perfect for this little image. For my treat, I made some heart shaped sugar cookies and packaged them in a Papertrey glassine bag (I love these), tied with some New Leaf Saddle Stitched ribbon and bitty white ric rac , add in my tag and poof it's done. It didn't really take much time at all! I also added an Amuse heart twinkle sticker to the heart on the dinosaur, perfect!!
The set has so many images and can also be used for year round applications. I decided to make a mini gift enclosure card, coordinates with Papertrey's 3x3 envelopes. I actually think this could be a Valentine but I intended it to be a birthday card which works too. I used Raspberry Fizz, Hibiscus Burst and Dark Chocolate to color my cupcake (again with Prismacolor pencils) and complete my card. Lots of hearts background images (Nichole will have more on that set later in the countdown) and another Labels 1 die.
Again I added an Amuse twinkle sticker just cause they are adorable. I also rounded the corners of the card bottom to go with the label. Another thing I like to do to add interest to the die cut is add just a strip of patterned paper, just makes it a little more interesting.
So that's it for the peek today, I did make another card with the set, you can see it in my gallery on release night or on my blog a bit later! Have a good one and don't forget to stop by the rest of the team's blogs for more inspiration!
These are both soooo adorable. I am in a male dominant family and it is always a battle trying to find the right valentine. You have certainly made things so much easier for me this year!
Posted by: Mary from OH | December 12, 2009 at 04:59 AM
Such cute projects! Thanks for the idea of the strip of paper for the message on the card.
Posted by: Cam | December 12, 2009 at 05:14 AM
Cute ~ cute ~ cute!!!
Posted by: Nellies Nest | December 12, 2009 at 06:54 AM
This is a great way to use some of the red and green items left from Christmas... without looking Christmas-y. The twinkle stickers are adorable final touches.
Posted by: Nancy M | December 12, 2009 at 07:22 AM
So cute, Geny! Love the colors you chose for the dinosaur tag!!
Posted by: Melissa Bickford | December 12, 2009 at 08:31 AM
Your little dino treat is adorable! Your card is really sweet! The little flag is so cool.
Posted by: Heidi S | December 12, 2009 at 10:05 AM
Geny, your little treats are so cute! Those would be perfect for a class!
Posted by: Niki Estes | December 12, 2009 at 12:50 PM
How did you get the sentiment "You are dino-mite" to stamp in an arch? Is there a trick to doing that since the stamp is one solid line? Does that make sense?
Posted by: Tina | January 12, 2010 at 04:22 PM