Sweet Treats from the Heart

Wow, Valentines Day came & went so quickly this year, I felt like I barely had enough time to finish what I wanted to do! Here are a couple heart boxes I sent off to dd and her fiance.

The boxes were created in Design Studio using the George cartridge, and once again, I used the re-sizeable scalloped heart cut created and shared by Okielady. Hello Kitty cuts are fron a sizzlits die, and the cute robot comes from the Robotz cartridge. The word "Love machine" is from the Don Juan font cartridge.

And look at this! Pulling down on the tab just below the die cut characters reveals a Valentine message and makes the characters pop up & stand! Neat, huh? My dear friend and fellow blogger, Patti of Creations by Patti recently posted a very cool New Years card using this mechanism and I just knew I would have to try one too. You can find the instructions & video tutorial for this "Sliding Pop Up Card" over at Kim Score's blog, Paper Punch Addiction. Kim's instructions are for a A2 size card with a sliding background which also pops up together with her character.

Since for my purposes I wanted just the pop up character on my boxes, I eliminated the background and miniaturized the sliding element so it would fit on the heart.

Here's a shot of the box opened with the goodies inside. Notice the box is not a heart shaped box at all, but instead, a triangular shaped box. Definitely alot simpler to put together!
Made a few more of these boxes for my friends who are young at heart. This time I used the squirrel cut from my favorite Create A Critter cartridge...

And for those who prefer purty over cutesy, I shared boxes of Louis Daar Tea Ceremony cookies. The box these came in were already so pretty, I simply added some gold ribbon and a heart shaped cut-out card to dress it up a bit.

These heart cut-out cards were inspired by the beautiful and intricate heart cuts on the 2010 limited edition Love Struck cartridge which I waited too long to decide I wanted. Unable to find that cartridge for sale anywhere, I decided to wing it on Design Studio. To create the cutfile for this, I used the heart shape with the silhouette function from the George cartridge and welded various flowers from George, Hello Kitty Greetings and Plantin Schoolbook inside.

After cutting with white cardstock, I stickled & prisma glittered the cutout and backed it with foam tape to a plain red heart. The banner (Wedding Solutions cart) was also adhered with foam tape for dimension. The whole thing was then glued onto a heart shaped card (hearts from George welded at the top) and it was done!

And finally, I want to share a super special Valentine treat I received from my friend, Heather...

Aren't these the absolute SWEET-est ever? I loved the look of the Hello Kitty treat bag, but when I peeked inside, I nearly fell off my seat when I saw these scrumptious goodies inside! Heather, you are awesome!

Hope everyone had a delightful day sharing the love on Valentines Day!