Heart Shaped Gift Box

Treat boxes are always a great way to present little gifts to your treasured family & friends.  Check out this darling heart shape box that Aimee created.

Aimee Kidd

Heart Box

Who's ready for Valentine's Day? ME! I love celebrating this holiday because it means I get to be mushy and make extra special gifts for my loved ones. And today I have this sweet little heart box to share with you. It was created using the Love You More papers and some Roly Rosies. I used a Silhouette cut and had it assembled in minutes then came the sweet part of filling it with yummy goodies. Next comes the fun part of giving it away to someone special!

Supplies Used

Imaginisce: Pattern Papers (Love You More), Washi Tape (Love You More), Roly Rosies, I-Rock, Glam Rocks

Wall Decor

We're back today with another fabulous gift idea for Valentine's Day.

Marcia Dehn-Nix

'Always Kiss Me Goodnight'

I've been itching to use this canvas and the My Baby collection, so I decided to create some wall decor I could gift to a friend. I am in love with these papers! My Baby is by far my favorite collection this year. I mixed up the fonts for some interest and kept the wording large so you could see it from across the room.  Here is what I came up with...

I wanted to maintain the texture of the canvas, but see the pattern paper hearts on my background as well. To do this, I transferred the image from the paper to the canvas using Mod Podge. Let me show you how.

1. Apply a coat of Mod Podge to the entire surface of the canvas.

2. Cut your pattern paper to the size of the canvas and place paper face down over the Mod Podge. The backside of the paper will be facing you. Smooth paper to make sure it is adhered to the entire canvas.

3. Let dry at least 24 hours.

4. Spritz with water and start to rub the paper off with your fingertips. 

5. Its ok if it's not perfect. A distressed look is beautiful!

6. Finish your edge with paint or gesso.

Here is a close-up of what the canvas will look like.

Supplies:

Imaginisce : Pattern Papers (My Baby), Die Cuts (My Baby), Buttons (My Baby), i-Rock, Hot Rock Crystals, Foam Adhesive, MagiCut Ribbon cutter

American Crafts: cardstock, Creative Embellishments: wood hearts, 9x12" canvas, Mod Podge, Gesso

Valentines Gift Card Holder

Everyone loves gift cards! Check out this fun idea created by Angi.

Angi Barrs

Valentine Gift Card Holder

I love making gift card holders for Valentine's Day Gifting. It is the perfect little gift for teens and college students too. 

I used a die to make the holder. Of course I used some fun and colorful Imaginisce paper. The new Welcome Spring line has the cutest little owl with a heart. It's perfect for Valentine's Day crafting.

I added pop dots to the back of a Welcome Spring die cut card and placed it on the front. It adds a bit of dimension that way. I also added an Imaginisce button, a gem, and a felt heart to dress it up a bit. 

The holder is also big enough to add small candy for an extra added treat!

Supply List

Imaginisce: patterned paper (Welcome Spring)

Imaginisce: Die Cut Card (Welcome Spring)

Imaginisce: Button (Welcome Spring)

Imaginisce: My Baby Gem

American Crafts: Glitter Tape (red)

Felt Heart: Hobby Lobby 

Valentine's Day Gift Ensemble

Design Team member Lorrie Nunemaker has a special gift idea to share with us today for Valentine's Day.

Lorrie Nunemaker

Gift Ensemble

Hello there!  I am so excited to share my first project as part of the Imaginisce Design Team.  Our theme this week is Valentines Day Gifts.  I knew when I saw the Imaginisce "My Baby" collection that it would be perfect not only for baby girls but Valentines as well.  

How cute is that "Baby Girl Chevron" paper.  I think it's my favourite   

These simple treat boxes were cut on the Silhouette and assembled in no time at all.  The clear containers were left over packaging from Christmas Candy and a package of ear buds! 

Of course every little gift needs a matching card!  I whipped up this card using the scraps from the same papers on the candy container.

Products used:
Imaginisce:  Pattern papers (My Baby),  Adhesive Gems (My Baby)
American Crafts:  Cardstock, Adhesive glitter tape, Tape runner, foam dots

Valentine Bookmarks & Frames

Happy Monday!!

It's getting close to the special 'amour' day ... Valentine's Day ... when we like to show our love, admiration, feelings of affection, tenderness, etc to those near & dear to us.  So, this week on our blog we will be sharing some ideas for Valentine's gifts.

Michelle Philippi

Bookmarks for Valentine’s Day

Hello Imaginisce fans!

I’m back today with a some fun and easy little bookmarks that I made to give to my daughter for Valentine’s Day.

I started by diecutting some small bookmarks, punching some hearts, and then stamping this little heart birdie and a lovey sentiment.

Then I made a little paper pouch to house them in, along with a die cut tag that had the coordinating little heart birdie.

I threaded some baker’s twine through the tops of my bookmarks.

And packaged them up all cute-like and ready to give to my little red on Valentine’s Day!

xoxo

Michelle

Supply List:

Imaginisce:  Patterned Paper (Welcome Spring), Die Cut Tag (Welcome Spring), Stamp (Welcome Spring)

American Crafts:  Primio Baker’s Twine

Sara Zenger

Decorated Frame

Valentines Day is a day to celebrate the ones you love and what better way to do that than with a handmade gift!

I wanted to give a gift that can be displayed for years to come.  I started out with this great plastic frame and I knew I was going to need to use lots of the new My Baby (Girl) Collection for this project.

I started with a background sheet and then added some border punched strips.  After I added my 'love you' sentiment I used pop-dots to add dimension to the die cut shape and sentiment.

I topped the project off with some pink and white twine and now its ready for display!

Supplies:  
Imaginisce:  Pattern Paper (My Baby- Girl), Die Cuts (My Baby - Girl)

American Crafts: Knock Out Punches, Pop-Dots, Adhesive, Twine

Valentine's Day Kids Crafts

Children often have Valentine's Day parties at school and hand out little cards & treats.
This next project would be a super great idea for children to share with their friends!

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Kelly Holbrook

Glow Sticks

These little glow-sticks are actually bracelets.  So, as long as you keep the little plastic piece attached, after your child passes them out...all his/her little friends just need to slip of the arrow attire, and activate for a cool accessory. You won't feel too badly about wasted time, because they are so simple to make! 

I just used a slot punch twice on a die-cut heart, a cut-out piece of chevron patterned paper, and a die-cut tag for the sentiment. Then, I topped the 'arrowhead' with another heart of the exact same size using foam tape. 

To finish it up, I embellished with punched out smaller heart topped with a gem...and tied a little Baker's twine to the end.

Supply List

Imaginisce: Welcome Spring (Confetti, Hello Spring, Die-Cut Tags, Adhesive Gems); My Baby (Sweet Baby Girl, Baby Girl Chevron, Pink Elephants on Parade, Die-Cut Tags)

American Crafts: Baker's Twine (red)

Valentine's Day Kids Crafts

Children love creating.  They have vivid imaginations and creating something all by themselves is a great accomplishment.
Design Team member, Monique, had the help of her son for today's project and he did an incredible job!

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Monique Liedtke

Valentine's Day Frame

When I mentioned what project I was going to do for today, my 9 year old son jumped up and said that he wanted to help! Now, how cool is that? He grabbed his coloring pens and some paper and started drawing this flower for his dad. 

Later that week we went to Ikea to buy a photo frame for his drawing and as soon as we arrived home he said he wanted to decorate the frame. I quickly grabbed my scraps from the new “My Baby” collection (as the pink colors a the design on the “B”side of the papers is just perfect!) and a heart punch and gave those to him. He punched a whole lot of hearts, big and small. 

While he did that I created a background for his flower, layering and stitching the papers. Then we put the flower in the frame, added some punched hearts “confetti” and closed the frame. Last but not least my son adhered punched hearts to the outside of the photo frame. I’m really loving the result!

Supplies: 

Imaginisce: patterned papers (My Baby). American Crafts: cardstock, glue runner.

Valentine's Day Kids Crafts

What child would not want to receive a treat box filled with yummy candy?
Check out this cute little box!

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Jodi Wilton

Owl Treat Box

Hi Imaginisce fans! Today I am sharing with you a kids craft that I am going to make in my homedaycare. In the past we usually decorate paper brown bags, but this year we are going to step it up a notch and create some fun treat boxes!  Here is the cute Owl Treat Box that I made with the Love You More Collection:

Step One:  Find a box in your recycling bin- I used an ego box, but this craft can be done with any similar sized box.

Step Two: Measure all sides of the box and precut the same patterned paper for each side. Have the kids glue the paper to each side. It doesn't matter if its not perfect as the Washi tape from this collection will help it look "perfect".

Step Three: Add some Washi Tape to cover each side of the box. The kids may need help with this step.

Step Four: You can use scalloped border stickers for the Love You More Collection (like I did) or you can precut four borders from the knock out border punches by American Crafts.

Step Five: Add a strip of double sided tape to the top of the box (where there is an opening for the valentines). Have the kids place little strips of American Crafts Twine to create hair for the Owl.  Add another strip of double sided tape and have them add a bunch of pre-punched small little hearts across the top to cover up any double sided tape.

Step Six:  Precut (or pre punch) Owl pieces ahead of time to make assembly easier for little kids. I cut different sized circles for the eyes  (I used different patterned paper, white cardstock and black cardstock) and two different shaped hearts for the nose and a large circle cut in half for the wings. Assemble as shown.

Step Seven:  Create a bow for the Owl if your kids would like a girl owl. Use the  Tazzel Glitter Tape to create the bow and add foam dots in the middle with two shaped hearts. Adhere to the Owl.

I hope you enjoyed the Kids Craft Tutorial! I am sure your kids will love making these!  Happy Valentines day!

Supplies Used:  

Imaginisce: Love You More Patterned Paper, Stickers, Washi tape; American Crafts: Twine, Glitter Tape, Double Sided Tape, Foam Dots, Glue Runner

Valentine's Day Kids Crafts

Children love to help out with crafts & we've got a fun project to share with you today that design team member, Becki & her daughter created.

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Becki Adams

"Be Mine" banner

My eight-year-old daughter and I went a little crazy with the hearts on this project. We kept this project very simple and just stacked the hearts together and added the letters with some foam adhesive. My little girl was able to complete most of this on her own. I did help her with the stitching around the hearts and placement of the letters. 

I love how this project turned out. It's a very simple but cute decoration for my home that my daughter and I made together.

Thanks for visiting us here at the Imaginisce blog! 

Have a wonderful day!

Supplies Used:
Imaginisce: Bling (Girl Bling, Spring Bling), Patterned Paper (Pink Elephants on Parade, Baby Girl Chevron, Sweet Baby Girl, Sweet Song Bird, Pin Wheels and Banners, Confetti)
American Crafts: Kraft Cardstock, White Ribbon, This & That Foam Dots

Valentine's Day Crafts for Kids!

If you have little ones at home  (or even older ones who enjoy crafts) or perhaps you're a teacher than this is a great week to join us for fun & fabulous ideas for Valentine's Day.
A few of our Design Team members have created some projects that are easy enough for children to make.
All you need to do is gather a few supplies, round up your kids and join us here on our blog each day this week!
So, let's get started!

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Aimee Kidd

Butterfly Pillow Box

Today I want to share with a fun little Valentine's Day project that your kids would have so much fun creating. These are what I call Butterfly Pillow Boxes. My 7 yr old daughter LOVED helping me make these and I think she did a wonderful job with them! We are going to stuff them with some Valentine goodies and pass them out to her classmates.

To get started you will need these items...

Step 1 - Assemble the pillow box.

Step 2 - Adhere the 2 heart shapes together. Then adhere both to the back of the box.

Step 3 - Punch holes in the top with a paper piercer.

Step 4 - Curl pipe cleaner around a pencil leaving 2" at the bottom (for sliding into the box). Adhere hearts at the top and slide both pieces into the pillow box.

Step 5 - Add eyes and mouth pieces. Then stuff full of fun Valentine goodies!

Supply List

Imaginisce: Pattern Papers (Love You More)