Valentine’s Day Blog Hop!

Hello and welcome to the Stamp It Group’s Valentine’s Day Theme Blog Hop! My name is Christina Miller, I’m an independent Stampin’ Up! demonstrator located in Norfolk, Virginia, and you are visiting my blog, Christina’s Creative Corner! Whether this is your first stop on the blog hop or you have hopped on over from another site, thank you for letting me share my creation today! So, let’s get started!

For this blog hop, I thought I would create a sweet and simple treat bag which is easy to make using the Gift Bag Punch Board. This bag also includes a gift tag, which is another great way to use up those scraps! If you do not have the Gift Bag Punch Board and are interesting is seeing how it works, you can watch the video here.

For the bag size, I chose to use the small size, cut at piece of 8 ½” x 11” piece of Lovely Lipstick cardstock down to 6” x 10”, and followed the punch board instructions for cutting and scoring. The multiple heart stamp from Forever Lovely was stamped on the front and back of the bag in Lovely Lipstick ink:

I used the 2^nd largest elongated heart die from the Be Mine Stitched Framelits to cut out one side of the bag:

I adhered a piece of Window Sheet, cut at 2 5/8” x 3 7/8”, over the cut out (on the inside) with the Fine Tip Glue Pen. I put this aside with some stamp blocks on top to dry:

Using one of the leftover pieces of Lovely Lipstick cardstock, cut a piece at 2” x 4”, punch one end using the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch and use the scalloped edgelit die from Be Mine Stitched Framelits on the other end. The 2” x 3” piece of DSP is from All My Love DSP, large heart is from the bag cut out, the small heart is from using the coordinating die from Be Mine and the sheet of All My Love DSP, the sentiment is from Beauty Abounds stamp set in Lovely Lipstick ink on a ¾” piece of Whisper White cardstock with one end punched with the Banner Triple Punch, and enough Silver Metallic Thread to wrap around your fingers a few times:

Adhere the DSP to the tag and then layer the two hearts on top. Place some adhesive on the back of the sentiment piece to secure the metallic thread and then adhere on top of the hearts with dimensionals:

By now the glue should be dry for the window sheet, apply adhesive to assemble the bag together. I put some Hershey’s Kisses in the bag, secured the top with a binder clip, and then used Silver Metallic Edge Ribbon to thread thru the holes and tie into a bow:

The tag is then attached to the bag using Silver and Whisper White Baker’s Twine:

This is a fun and easy way to make little treat bags for Valentine’s Day, whether it’s for family, friends, co-workers, or even classroom treats! If candy is not an option for you, other little goodies can easily fit in this bag.

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I hope today’s project inspires you to get creative! Please contact me if you have any questions about the products used on this or any other project. I hope you enjoyed today’s blog and thanks for stopping by!

This month’s giveaway:

The winner from the New Year’s Theme Blog Hop is:

Don’t forget to scroll down to leave your name and a comment with #stampitcontest and keep on hopping to the next name on the Blog Hop tour:

1.	Tami White
2.	Julie DeGuia
3.	Pam Nichols
4.	Luly Gonzalez
5.	Danette Herera
6.	Rachel Nichols
7.	Linda Cullen
8.	Tina Wardell
9.	Rachael Rife
10.	Lori Mueller
11.	Gianna Melone
12.	Teresa Howe
13.	Christina Miller

Today’s Colors

Product List

Beauty Abounds Cling Stamp Set [148726]	Forever Lovely Photopolymer Stamp Set [148624]	All My Love 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [148576]	Lovely Lipstick 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [146970]	Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [100730]	Window Sheets [142314]
Lovely Lipstick Classic Stampin’ Pad [147140]	Tag Topper Scalloped Punch [133324]	Banner Triple Punch [138292]	Gift Bag Punch Board [135862]	Be Mine Stitched Framelits Dies [148527]	Silver Metallic Thread [138402]
Silver 3/8″ Metallic-Edge Ribbon [144213]	Silver Baker’S Twine [145569]	Big Shot [143263]	Fine-Tip Glue Pen [138309]	Tear & Tape Adhesive [138995]	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332]
Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430]