14 Things I Love Tags

Here's Make It Monday's project. It's not finished yet but it is getting there and I wanted to share it with you in case you wanted to make one up for Valentine's Day. You could change it to 14 Things I Love about You...and give it as a Valentine.

The tags were purchased at Michael's dollar spot and I used two patterns. They came in packs of 12 so I needed to use two designs since I didn't have two packs of the same pattern.  The front of the tags are decorated with 14 things I love and on the back there will be some journaling about each thing.

You can see from this pic that I will need to add the journaling. Perhaps I will do that during the Super Bowl game....you'll be reading this tomorrow...and excaliming about how I might have taken my eyes off the TV for a even a few seconds to journal. HA

I created a little title tag using tags punched from the bigger tags, one pattern on each side. One side says 14 Things and the other side says..I Love. 

Although there's not a lot of room on the tags, I did enjoy this project. Perhaps simple and quick flows easier and the tiny space keeps one from getting "crazy" about the embellishments. I have some tweaking to do on a few more tags...artistic wise...BUT all and all I like the little book. It can hang from a small hook, lay on the little desk with the Valentine's Day display or perhaps I'll find a tiny tin to keep it in. I thought I had one that I bought a long time ago at Targets dollar spot but it is a tiny bit too small....so I will continue keeping my eye out!

Make It Monday: Button Heart

 

It's Make It Monday....so I thought I'd try something for Valentine's Day. Well while browsing in the craft department I came across some packages of buttons and since I have been seeing button art everywhere I thought I might give it a try. Let's just say I was surprised that it was a little more difficult than you would think!

First I drew a light outline of a heart on my wooden plaque (which I had painted white)  Then I attempted to glue some buttons to make the outline.

 

 

 

Here's what it looked like after a little effort. It was hard to get the buttons to fill the center of the heart without too big of gaps.  I am wondering if I should have painted the heart red on the plaque so that the spaces wouldn't be quite as obvious. IDK.

 

Then I decided the heart on the plain white looked a little "unfinished" so I used a sponge to add a little pink.

 

I'm still not totally satisfied with it but I will definitely try something with buttons again...they are fun to work with. Have you seen the Christmas Trees created out of buttons? I'm thinking a jack o lantern might be fun to try with orange and black buttons. Well, my heart is nothing fancy but I put in on display in the little desk.



Valentine's Day House

Vicki Chrisman's blog is wonderful. With tons of creative projects, this little Valentine House captured my heart. It is adorable! Check out her blog at This Art That Makes Me Happy. Make sure you watch the slide show. She has houses for all the holidays. Here's another view of the house. She lists materials that you need. Look for the blog to be featured often on the BEST of the CREATIVE

Tag Valentine Card

Isn't this just the cutest little Valentine created by Angel over at Angelosity?


She also shared how her friend had cut it apart and used it as part of a scrapbook page. With cards this cute....it's sure to be a super sweet Valentine's Day.

Valentine's Card

 

 

Over at Angelosity there's a challenge to write something about yourself for 100 days and then scrap a page!!! I love the idea but may have to do it a little later when I have more time available...I guess it would equate to a little over three months to complete it!!! She also has up some really fun card ideas. This is one that she created for her husband and it is cute as a button. I continue to be amazed at the wonderful creativity of people.