A Valentine Treat Bag that is all Heart

Hey friends, its Katie here to say hi on this lovely Tuesday.  I've got a great little (actually not so little) Valentine treat bag to share with you.  I was inspired by this bag and changed it over to paper.  I wasn't sure how it was going to turn out but I think it is super cute and really quite easy.

Here are the main materials for this project.

Cardstock of choice, embossing folder of choice, Plain and Scallop Heart Nestabilities, other miscellaneous heart punches or dies, ink, scor-pal, tissue paper, embellishments of your choice.

 

These are the 3 stamps sets that I used for this project:

Tender Swirls, Lovin' Ridley and Rosie, and Monster Mash

Basic Box Shape - One 8 1/2" x 11" piece of cardstock

 

 

Cut  where shown.

Attach sides.  They will meet in the middle, but since I planned on covering up the major seam, I didn't really worry about it.

 

 

Cut 4 pieces of cardstock to cover the 4 sides of your box.

2 of 2 7/8" x 3 7/8"  and 2 of 3 7/8" x 4 3/8"

 

Use your embossing folder to emboss all 4 pieces of cardstock.

Attach your embossed cardstock to your box sides.

Next, I wanted to create all my hearts.  I didn't know how many I wanted, so I just cut and collected.  I used my nesties both the plain and scallop heart as well as cuttlebug die I had and a Martha Stewart heart punch.

 

I then took these hearts and before taking the cut hearts out I grabbed a sponge and sponged them with ink to create a different heart look.  The point is to get a variety of shapes, designs and looks with these multiple hearts.

You don't have to emboss these, just leave the dies on and sponge away.

Some more...

 

Now don't forget your focal point.  I used this cute little fuzzy guy from the stamp set Monster Mash and a matching sentiment and then accented with a button and twine.

Its now time to create your handles.

I used the largest scallop heart and cut 2 out of my cardstock.

 

Then I placed the next to the largest plain heart die in the middle of my scallop cut die.

 

End result is 2 of these.

Now you have the handles and all your fun heart shapes.

 

Use a hole punch to punch a small hole in the side of the box and the tip of the scallop heart.

More fun... just start attaching your hearts.  I started with a flat layer and then used pop dots to attach hearts on top of the others.

Remember to keep your bottom edges even.

I love my cute little fuzzy guy, but I did want my bag to say Happy Valentine's Day somewhere so I grabbed the newly released set   .... I took the sentiment and placed them all on a block and stamped.  It was a tight fit, but I used my Martha Stewart punch to punch out the sentiment.

 

And finally, don't forget that tissue paper.  This is where those wheels come in so handy.  Decorating tissue paper is so fun because it can be far from perfect.  I overlap, I get crooked, it just doesn't matter.  Its getting scrunched for pete's sake.

I used the Tender Swirls stamp to create my sweet tissue.

And here it is once again.

 

Thanks for coming to visit today. I hope you have a wonderful Tuesday.

-Katie signing off for Clearly iStamp.

Comments

[valentine's day philippines]

This absolutely great,thank you so much for the tutorial will certainly visit your blog more often now. :)

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[Candy Fosta]

OK this is your cutest tutorial yet. I love this box and can't wait to start making some.

[Elaine Allen]

Katie -

What a lovely project. And most excellent directions, a super tutorial! Thank you!

Elaine Allen

[Cheryl L]

So cute, like the way you show all of the details for making your projects. You all have such great ideas, Thanks!

[Saradawn Crowther]

so very cute, you girls come up with the best ideas for gifts and goodies. The break down makes it perfectly clear from start to finish.

Thank you,

[Tricia T]

Adorable, Katie! You come up with the best tutorials!!

[Donna Rinckel]

This is adorable! Thanks for the tutorial. Love it!