PCP Valentine Digi-Kit!

Are you "digital" yet? Papercraft Planet is offering a fantastic digi-kit for valentines cards, treat and boxes, with printable paper, embellishments and templates for only $5! All you need is a printer and some nice cardstock to print the elements and you'll be ready to go. Here you see three of the 4 pre-designed cards you can easily assemble, and a mini-pizza box you can make with some wrapped chocolates (not all projects included in the kit are shown here)

This bird card on the left above? It's just two layers! One Gina K Pure Luxury 120 white for the base printed with all those fun patterns (and I'm lovin' the fonts, colors and sassy patterns in this kit!) and the bird focal point is an extra element for you to cut out and pop up. You also get instruction for how to make each project and examples of how you can jazz them up even more with your own bling. :)

In the pic above you can see more stuff you can print out with the kit. If the fold up boxes aren't "your thing", use that beautiful red print as a one sheet wonder to make several more cards. You can also see the rest of the elements included in the kit I had left over from just 2 printed sheets after I made the cards above.

Here I took that one patterned sheet and cuts outs and made 10 more very simple Valentines with 5 more sheets of CS (1 Basic Black, 2 sheets Gina K Pure Luxury White, and 1 Paper Temptress Pink Lemonade, this last one from the Paper Temptress Valentine's Package , a beautiful assortment of all your favorite Valentine-y colors!) These could have been much fancier with some Cuttlebugging, more ribbon, etc but I wanted to show how quickly you could make some fresh, fun cards with few supplies. I popped up all the extras on dimensionals and added just a couple sateen flowers with rhinestones. Many of the elements are blank and allow you to frame up a stamped image or greetings, which I did on the cards at the bottom.

Here is a close up of three cards I used sentiments from "The Best Things in Life" on. As you can see, that black and pink scalloped circle is huge and frames up this big greeting perfectly, I love it! I created "you are priceless" for the bottom of the simple pink one and made "you & me" (from inking up just the "me" in "memories") on the scallop punch out from the digi paper. I used EVERY wee little scrap, see the vertical border I made from my trimmed pieces?

This last one I used some of the printed Avery labels from the kit as card elements. The little arrows, also from the kits, give it a fun collage-style. I stamped in a few more "best things" greetings, (this was a new one I thought of today after adhering the little printed "will you be mine?" sticker with all the questions marks, "waiting for you!" is the prompt to hurry up with an answer LOL!!

I'm very excited about this new offering from Papercraft Planet and look forward to what other surprises are in store! For more inspiration, check the the rest of the PaperCraft Planet DT and then go download a kit for yourself!

One Sheet Wonder Purse Gift Set

Here is a gift set of monogrammed cards in an altered tote I made for *someone* (hmmm, GK, who could it be...?) this past Christmas, I've been meaning to share the pics with you for quite awhile now! (I haven't had a chance to make anymore hand in hand samples like I thought for now because I have been so busy creating things for our release this week with this month's new Gina K stamps. So I hope this tutorial holds you over until the peeks start tomorrow night at midnight!!) :)
The square wooden tote I found at EDITED TO ADD: MICHAEL'S, not hobby Lobby, sorry about that!) for $1.99 (30% off, 2.99 is still a steal!) :). It opens up and has a little gold clasp. I LOVE that funky bamboo handle it came with, allows it to go a little more double-duty as a purse rather than just a box when the person is finished sending out the cards! :) The space inside was perfect for holding some square cards. I rubbed the edges with Gold metallic paste the same way I did this box.

Then I created a One Sheet Wonder with my "A Year of Flowers" by stamping the rose all over a piece of Gina K Pure Luxury 80 lb CS and embossing with Gold EP. Looking pretty fancy already! (well actually I made TWO, one for the four cards, the other for the front and back up the tote)

I went around the edges of my cut up one sheet wonder with my gold paint pen. One sheet yielded four 4" mats for four square cards.

Then I sponged on some of this Antique Linen Distressing Ink all over it, it's such a buttery "shabby" color! I made some areas intentionally darker than others.

Here I attached the mats to the bases. Two sheets of Gina K 120 lb Pure Luxury CS gave me four square 4.25" card bases. I just love this ivory, gold and white combo. I created a white on white double mat, also edged with my gold paint pen, for the GK monogram which I stamped with my Just Rite Times Roman Alpha and embossed with Gold EP. If you scroll back up to the first pic, you will see I used a slightly different layout for each, changing the placement of the monogram, and where I added my 5/8"SU! ivory grosgrain, I love em all, couldn't choose just one (and that allows the recipient to have some variety, too)

I decorated the front and back of the tote to match. You can see here I also decided to add a bit more texture by stamping the retired oldie but goodie SU! "French Script" over the flowers, that always adds a touch of elegance!

I wish I'd remembered to upload the inside of the tote, which was also decorated (hopefully they are still in my camera.) I lined the inside with some beautiful shimmery white-gold paper called "Autumn Hay Glimmer" from Paper Temptress and embossed the sentiment, "A friend is a hand always holding yours, no matter how close or how far apart you may be".

Almost time for a peek, I can only say my newest set celebrates all the best things in life!