Well after doing some projects with the adorable “Sweet Cheri” line I had some left over paper, stickers and rub-ons. I hate leftovers, so I wanted to find a way to use them up. With Valentine’s Day coming up soon, I thought I could use my scraps to make some valentine cards for the kid’s to hand out at school. With making so many, the first thing that I thought I should do is just design a simple card that could be produced “assembly line” style.
First I cut 5 sheets of 12” x 12” cardstock into 6” x 4” pieces. Then I folded all of them in half, width wise. I had 30 pieces of 4” x 6” cardstock.
Next I used a punch along the bottom edge for a decoration. I choose the one that I did so I could thread a lollipop through the holes.
Then I cut 60 1’ x 4” strips of my left over Sweet Cheri papers. I ran 30 of them through my Xyron adhesive machine with the patterned side up and the other 30 with the solid side up.
Then I used what ever I had left over of either the Lovey Dovey Stickers Stackers, S.W.A.K. Chipboard Stickers, or the My Little Cupcake Rub-ons, and put them on the front of my card for decoration.
Lastly I inked the edges for a pink chalk ink (VersaMagic) and threaded the lollipop through the holes at the bottom.
Finished and I did it all while watching a football game on TV.
So they are not too fancy, but just right for a class room full of 5th graders. I hope this inspires you to use up your left overs and save you a bit of money by making your own Valentine cards.
4 comments:
Such a cute project, I love the sucker threaded through the holes!
Very cute creations!
soooooooo very cute!!!! love this idea! :)
hugs,
sarah.
very cute and creative! Love them!
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