Sending Love Mason Jar

Time for some Valentine's Day preparations -- soon this will be filled with dark chocolates and taken into the office to share with colleagues. I wanted to play along with the Pals Paper Arts challenge, which was to make anything *but* a card. As soon as I opened up my pack of the new Sending Love Designer Paper from the Occasions Catalog I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it!

For my hanging tag, I stamped the intricate heart from my "Always" stamp set in Very Vanilla craft ink, sprinkled it with Iridescent Ice embossing powder and embossed it with my trusty Heat Tool. After cutting it out, I distressed the edges with my Distressing Tool, then layered another heart stamped on a different sheet of DP behind it to give it more dimension.

Then I just started punching and layering hearts all over. For the gold heart, I took one of my "On Board Hearts" chipboard pieces, covered it in Versamark, poured Gold Stampin' Emboss powder and heat embossed it -- it's super shiny in real life.

For my lid, I simply layered circles, then stamped the new Tiny Tag stamp in Real Red and layered two hearts on top of it. The new Tiny Tag punch and Little Heart punch are also both in the Occasions catalog in the new sleeker (i.e. take up so much less space) punch design. Some sweet pink taffeta ribbon and gold cording add a finishing touch.

Thanks for looking and happy stamping!!

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Love You Much!

Get ready for Valentine's Day with the exclusive Love You Much Bundle (item 115405). You can order it online and have it delivered right to your front door. FREE SHIPPING is available today only (Dec.23rd) on orders over $70.

The Love You Much Bundle includes the following:

• Description	Retail Value
  Love You Much stamp set	$25.95
  Candy Lane Designer Series paper (Close to Cocoa, Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla)	$9.95
  Heart To Heart punch	$15.95
  Bundle Retail Value	$51.85
  Love You Much Bundle (20% off; item 115405)	$41.48

Think of all the neat ways you can use these cute stamps -- and the whimsical punch that comes with the set:

• Little candy containers using the Candy Lane Designer Series paper.
• Handmade Valentine's Day boxes for school or home.
• Candy bouquets with stamped accents.
• Candy jar with a Designer Series paper belly band and stamped tag.
• Sweet words jar: Take a glass jar and decorate it with paper and stamps. Then put a bunch of slips of paper into the jar that say why you love the recipient. The recipient takes out one slip of paper each day.
• A decorated photo frame.
• A Valentine's gift wrapped in Candy Lane Designer Series paper.
• Confetti made from punched out hearts; good for putting on tables or beds, or in a cello bag as filler.
• Place settings (napkin holder, name tents, etc.) for a special Valentine's dinner.
• A 50 Reasons I Love You book.

SU!s Valentine's Day Bundle

Stampin' Up! has a neat limited time offer (only until January 31st) to help you get the jump on celebrating Valentine's Day with friends and loved ones. The Valentine's Day Bundle includes not only the cute "Happy Heart Day" stamp set but also 2 rolls of wide grosgrain ribbon in Real Red and Regal Rose, plus cellophane bags that make it perfect for teacher gifts, classroom treats, Valentine's Day cards, and thank you gifts/treats.

Also just a quick reminder that during January only, when you reach $350 in sales at a workshop, you'll not only receive your regular free merchandise, but you can choose a set from our preview brochure valued up to $29.95! Contact me ASAP if you want to schedule a workshop this month.