Punch Bunch Valentines

I have to say I absolutely love, love the owl in the Punch Bunch Sale-a-bration stamp set. Here are some Valentine's I made for my best friend and her kids. The milk carton Sizzex die is the perfect size to fill with goodies!

I dressed up the Punch Bunch owl by giving him googlie eyes, wings from the Bird punch and punched his vest by first stamp the polka dot background from the For All You Do and then I punched out the vest. So much easier than stamping and cutting out!

Ingredients to make the box:

Stamp Sets: Punch Bunch, For All You Do, You & Moi

Ink: Early Espresso, Regal Rose, Pumpkin Pie

Paper: Early Espresso Patterns Designer Series Paper, Whisper White, Regal Rose, Early Espresso

Accessories: Googlie eyes from a local craft store, Chocolate Chip Taffeta Ribbon

Tools: Small Heart Punch, Owl Punch, Bird Punch, Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Milk Carton Die, Big Shot

Happy Valentine's Day!

When we meet last month for our monthly stamping meeting. My friend Kelly had us make these very sweet Valentine's Day cards. How beautiful and simple is this card. Great inspiration for anyone who has delayed making their Valentine's. Quick and easy! Thank you Kelly! This card is made with our great a la carte stamp sets found in the Occasions Mini. For $8.95 and under how great are they!

Ingredients to make the card:

Stamp Set: Be My Valentine

Ink: Cherry Cobbler

Paper: Crumb Cake, Whisper White and Cherry Cobbler

Accessories: Bitty Buttons, Linen Thread

Tools: Pinking Hearts Border Punch

Another Week, Another Color Challenge

This week's Inkredible color challenge is a monochromatic color challenge: Cherry Cobbler, Riding Hood Red and Real Red. I cheated a little with this challenge and snuck in some designer series paper from Occasions Mini and I think it is a shade of Rose Red.

Ingredients to make the card:

Stamp Set: from a local craft store

Ink: Riding Hood Red

Paper: Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla, Jolly Holiday Designer Series Paper, Springtime Vintage Designer Series Paper, Real Red Prints Designer Series Paper, Riding Hood Red Prints Designer Series Paper

Accessories: Riding Hood Tafetta Ribbon, Pearls

Tools: Heart Punch, Big Shot, Square Lattice Textured Embossing Folder, Big Shot

Gift Tags

Okay so I have to say I love my little owl punch! How adorable is he dressed up for Valentine's Day.

The tag was totally inspired by the gift tag. I love all these colors together. Who would have thought these colors for Valentine's Day. This week's Stampin' Royalty challenge is Hearts, Hearts and Hearts. So how perfect are these tags for the challenge.

Ingredients to make the tag:

Stamp Sets: So Very

Ink: Melon Mambo

Paper: Welcome Neighbor Designer Series Paper, Whisper White, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise, Crush Concord, Wild Wasabi

Accessories: Early Espresso Grosgrain Ribbon

Tools: Owl Punch, Bird Punch, Crop-a-dile, Small Heart Punch, Mat Pack, Paper Piercer, 2 1/2" Circle Punch, Circle Cutting System, Heart to Heart Punch

Here is another gift tag made inspired by the same bag.

Ingredients to make the tag:

Stamp Sets: from a local craft store

Ink: Melon Mambo
Paper: Ice Cream Parlor Designer Series Paper, Crush Concord Patterns Designer Series Paper, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise

Accessories: Regal Rose Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Rhinestones from a local craft store
Tools: Crop-a-dile, Heart to Heart Punch, Border Punch from a local craft store

Mojo Monday #177

Here is a Valentine's Day card for this week's Mojo Monday sketch. I think this is the second time I used the Jayne's Type Alphabet stamp set.

So here is my card and the ingredients to make it:

Stamp Sets: Jayne's Type Alphabet, Punch Potpourri, Something to Celebrate

Ink: Real Red

Paper: Real Red, Whisper White, Sending Love Specialty Designer Series Paper

Accessories: Rhinestone Brads, Real Red Satin Ribbon

Tools: Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impression Embossing Folder, Heart Punch, Big Shot

Cute Little Valentine's Day Flowers

So here is are some cute little Valentine's Day treats I made for my niece and nephew filled with their favorite holiday treats. Tootie Roll lollipops and M&M what is better than that.

To make the flowers, I punched and I cut into the center of the flowers. To make a hole in the center of the flowers, I used my old fashion hammer and eyelet setter. For the large scallop circle it was hard to get the crop-a-dile in the center. Plus, another advantage of using the eyelet setter, I was able to do a few flowers at once.

I tied some grosgrain ribbon in a bow under the flower. I used my crop-a-dile to make holes in the center of the mason jars.

Ingredients to make the flower project:

Paper: Sending Love Specialty Designer Series Paper

Accessories: Pretty in Pink Striped Ribbon, Certainly Celery Grosgrain Ribbon

Tools: Eyelet Setter, Hammer, Crop-a-dile, 5 petal flower punch, Fancy Flower punch, Large Scallop Circle Punch

Valentine's Day

Here is a tag I made for a Valentine's Day gift. I used the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge to make the tag.

Ingredients to make the tag:

Stamp Sets: Sweet Center

Ink: Riding Hood Red

Paper: Very Vanilla, Riding Hood Red, Love Letters Designer Series Paper

Accessories: Riding Hood Red Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Self adhesive pearls from a local craft store

Tools: Corner Rounder, Big Shot, Tasteful Trim Sizzex, Clear Circle Sizzex, Scallop Circle Sizzex

3 Valentine's Day Projects

Here are some projects to get you ready for Valentine's Day! The first one is a Valentine's Day tag.

Here is the tag and the ingredients to make it:

Stamp Sets: Love you much

Ink: Real Red

Paper: Love Impressions Specialty Designer Series Paper, Whisper White, Real Red

Accessories: Red Gingham Ribbon

Tools: Scallop Circle Punch, Circle Sizzex, Tag Sizzex, Big Shot

The next project is tag I put on these oh so cute heart measuring cups I picked up.

Here is the tag and the ingredients to make it:
Stamp Sets: Homemade
Ink: Real Red
Paper: Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Build a Bear Workshop Pawsitively Prints II Designer Series Paper, On Board Chipboard
Accessories: Pink Pirouette Grosgrain Ribbon
Tools: Large Scallop Punch, 2 1/2" Circle Punch, Scallop Sizzex, Hearts & Brackets Sizzex, Big Shot








The last tag is made with a non-Stampin' Up! stamps but it was just too cute not to share. I put some Crystal Effects in the center of the heart and sprinkled some dazzling diamonds on top. I tied the ribbon around the heart.

Here is the tag and the ingredients to make it:
Stamp Sets: a stamp set I created at a local craft store
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Blushing Bride, Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink
Paper: Very Vanilla
Accessories: Ruby Red Brads, Riding Hood Red Striped Ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds, Crystal Effects, Button from a local craft store

I like you a latte

For those that know me, they know I am a Chai tea fanatic, so it was no surprise when I saw this stamp set at a local craft store I just had to add it to my collection. I actually broke out my watercoloring skills for this card and used my aqua painters. I am actually happy at the results. I think I finally over my fear of the aqua painter and it is now in my regular rotation of my tools. Practice does make perfect in this case.

So here is my latte card and the ingredients to make it:

Stamp Sets: Stamp set from a local craft store

Ink: Basic Brown, Crumb Cake and Soft Suede

Paper: Elegant Soiree Designer Series Paper, Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Cherry Cobbler

Accessories: Soft Suede Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon, Early Espresso Brads

Tools: Aqua Painter, Small Heart Punch, Border punch from a local craft store

More Coffee Mugs

Here come's more coffee mugs. This time, I went with a Valentine's Day theme one to send on Valentine's Day!

Here are the ingredients to make the card:

Stamp Sets: Love You Much, Morning Cup

Ink: Basic Black, Blushing Bride, Real Red

Paper: Love Impressions Specialty Designer Series Paper, Real Red, Whisper White

Accessories: Red Satin Ribbon, Red Rhinestones from a local craft store

Tools: Circle Cutting System, 2 1/2 Circle Punch

Valentine's Day Cards and Gifts

Valentine's Day is around the corner. Click here to see my inventory of cards and gifts I have for sale.

Don't delay in reaching out to me if there is something on the list you want, it is a first come first serve basis. I will be updating the items as they are sold.

As soon as I receive payment, I will be going to the post office. We will be working with the post office's delivery schedule, so please ensure plenty of time for delivery for the holidays!!!!

Please email me with any questions and purchase requests ssloma@optonline.net

For those of you local to the Totowa, NJ area, we can arrange delivery by meeting up and saving on delivery charges if you choose.

Shipping is not included in the price. I will ship Flat Rate Priority envelopes and boxes approximately - $5 to $11. Whatever we can stuff inside the packages the cheaper your shipping!For those of you out of the area, I will send you a PayPal invoice with your total purchase price and the shipping and handling.

Love Banner

My mom decided to dress up the house for Valentine's Day. To say the least neither one of us actually owns any Valentine's Day decorations. So we have some red placemats and towels and of course these very cute curtains. So inspired by the curtains, I decided to make this cute love banner. I have to say I really like the way it came out.

In between each letter, I took some wire and strung some Pretties in between. You know all the things in the Pretties kit you have no idea how you are going to get rid of. Well after putting like 7 beads in between each letter, there is still so many beads left!!!

This banner is actually perfect for this week's Pals Paper Arts challenge. The challenge is bows. There is a total of 8 bows on this project!

So here is the ingredients to make the love banner as well as some close up shots.

Paper: Riding Hood Red, Whisper White, Bella Rose Designer Series Paper (retired)

Accessories: Pretties Kit, White Taffeta Ribbon, Rhinestones

Tools: Crop-a-dile, Glue Gun, Big Shot, Serif Essentials Sizzex, Hearts & Brackets Sizzex, Bird Punch, Elegant Bouquet Textured Impression Embossing Folder, Square Scallops Square Duo

Back to Back Color Challenges

So here is week of January 25th Inkredible color challenge: Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler and Early Espresso. What better way to represent these colors than with a little gift box for chocolates.

Here are the ingredients to make the box:
Stamp Sets: Eat Chocolate, You & Moi
Ink: Early Espresso
Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Kraft Patterns Designer Series Paper, Manchester Designer Series Paper (retired)
Accessories: Early Espresso Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Crumb Cake Brads
Tools: Circle #2 Sizzex, Large Scallop Circle Punch, Big Shot, Tasteful Trim Sizzex, Timeless Type Sizzlets, Heart Punch, Square Lattice Textured Embossing Folders

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 100

You know me and I just love sketch challenges! I just stumbled upon this great blog, The Sweetest Thing. Karen does amazing sketch challenge. I was totally intrigued by this week's sketch and decided to join in the fun.

I was happy I was able to do masking again with the background stamp in the XOXO stamp set.

So here is my card and the ingredients to make it:

Stamp Sets: Sweet Centers, XOXO, You're a Gem

Ink: Real Red, Pretty in Pink

Paper: Whisper White, Real Red, Pink Pirouette, Play Date Designer Series Paper

Accessories: Real Red Brads and Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon

Tools: Scallop Border Punch, Big Shot, Clear Circle Sizzex, 2 1/2 Circle Punch

Trying a New Technique

I decided to try a new technique in honor of Shelli's contest this month. I found this in an old magazine and decided to give it a try. It is masking a background stamp set and pairing it up with heat embossing. So the first thing you need to do is punch a circle on a scrap piece of paper and use that as your mask. Next lay your mask on top of the red paper you want to stamp on. Next using versamark stamp the background stamp. Sprinkle some heat embossing powder and heat emboss and you have your circle background image.

So here is my finished product along with the ingredients to make it:

Stamp Sets: XOXO, You're a Gem

Ink: Versamark

Paper: Love Impressions Specialty Designer Series Paper, Whisper White, Real Red and Pretty in Pink

Accessories: White Embossing Powder, Pretty in Pink Brads and Gingham Ribbon

Tools: Embossing Buddy, Heat Gun, Square Lattice Textured Impression Embossing Folder, Heart to Heart Punch, Pinking hearts border punch, 1 3/4" Circle Punch

Guess who loves you!

Just in time for Valentine's Day, I made these great treat boxes for my niece and nephew. It also happens to be the theme for this week's Pals Paper Arts challenge.

So here is my treat box and the ingredients to make it:

Paper: Loves Me designer series paper, Regal Rose, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla

Accessories: Regal Rose wide grosgrain ribbon, Early Espresso brads

Tools: Two Step Owl Extra-Large Punch, Heart Punch, Crop-a-dile, Label maker

Love You Much

So here is an oldie but a goodie that I pulled out to make a quick Valentine's day card. Here is the Love You Much stamp set with some pretty pastel colors.

So here is the card with the ingredients to make it:

Stamp Sets: Love You Much.

Ink: Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, So Saffron, Bashful Blue, Peach Parfait, Basic Black

Paper: Whisper White, Pink Pirouette Patterns Designer Series Paper, On Board Chipboard

Accessories: Blushing Bride Poly Stitched Ribbon, Pink Pirouette Buttons

Tools: Big Shot, Square Lattice Textured Embossing Folder, Hearts & Brackets Sizzex

Key to my Heart

I couldn't wait to play with the Trinket Keys from the Occasions Mini! How friggin' adorable are they! I have to say this is one of the best additions to our Stampin' Up! line. I was hoping we would add these!

So here is my card paired up with the wonderful Love Letters designer series paper:
Stamp Sets: You're a Gem, Punch Potpourri
Ink: Basic Black, Riding Hood Red
Paper: Love Letters designer series paper, Crumb Cake, Riding Hood Red, Basic Black
Accesories: Trinket Keys, Pewter Eyelets, Silver Brads, Riding Hood Red Striped Grosgrain Ribbon
Tools: Tasteful Trim Sizzex, Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impression Embossing Folder, Heart Punch, Corner Rounder, Heart Punch, Tags Sizzex from a local craft store

Red Glitter Cupcake!

How cute is this red glitter cupcake! There is so many great products from the Occasions mini in this card... Red Glimmer paper, Love Impressions Specialty Designer Series Paper and the wonderful Build a Cupcake Punch! I have to say I am loving the Pink Pirouette and the Real Red combo.

Here is my card and the ingredients to make it:
Stamp Sets: Got Treats
Ink: Real Red
Paper: Love Impressions Specialty Designer Series Paper, Red Glimmer Paper, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White
Accessories: 5/8" and 5/16" Whisper White Brads, White Satin Ribbon
Tools: Build a Cupcake Punch, 2 Tags Sizzex, Tasteful Trim Sizzex, Big Shot, Polka Dot Impressions Textured Embossing Folder

Love is in the air

So here is yet another Love card for the upcoming Valentine's day holiday. I am really loving this sketch. It is an old Taylored Expressions sketch.

Here is my card and the ingredients to make it:
Stamp Sets: XOXO
Ink: Real Red
Paper: Real Red, Whisper White, Love Impressions Specialty Designer Series Paper
Accessories: Self adhesive pearls
Tools: Ovals Sizzex, Timeless Type Sizzlets, 3/4" square punch, small heart punch, Tasteful Trim Sizzex, Big Shot, 1" punch from a local craft store, Polka Dot Textured Impressions Embossing Folder