dextoku hugo: Bitten By the Love Bug Blog Hop!!

Welcome to Purple Monkey Moments and the Bitten By The LOVE BUG Blog Hop!
If you've come from visiting Rebecca at Creations With Becka, you're in the right place! If you've just happened across my blog and would like to play along with our fun hop, you can go to Inking It Up Crazy and start at the beginning. We would love to share a few projects and ideas with a valentine theme with you!

I had a hard time deciding what to do for this hop, so i decided to do 2 different projects. My first project is a set of 3x3 valentines cards:

I had planned to make a set of 10 cards, but ended up with a set of 11. Every card but one uses an image from Create a Critter, and every card, but one uses a stamp from the Simply Sweet Stamps set.

The paper is from a variety of sources, the cardstock is from Stampin Up, CTMH and my stash. The patterned paper is from K and Co, DCWV, Cricut and CTMH. The ribbon is from Michaels.

The fabulous "You are TREE-mendous" stamp is from a set by Scrappy Moms Stamps.

The rocket is the only image not from CAC. It is from Boys Will be Boys, and yes, it's upside down... The stamp was a little bigger than I had thought, and the only way I could make it fit, was to have it pointing down. SO it's a rocket on re-entry :)

Here is the little bag I made to hold my cards. I cut it from Forever Young as large as I could on my 12x12 mat. "Cards" is cut from Robotz - any of you who visit my blog regularly will know that it is my favorite chunky font.

Here is back of the card bag. The heart is from Create a Critter. When it was done, I felt it was missing something, so I did all the doodling.

The little bag, with all the cards inside.

I made envelopes for all the little cards with my Martha Stewart Score Board. I love that thing!! I used two Scrappy Moms Stamps on the envelope, SWAK on the back, and the cute little heart from the same set on the front - I didn't post a pic of that, i figure this post is pic heavy enough already!

On to project number 2. My daughter wanted some treat bags for her family birthday party, which is next week, and for her friends at her sitter for Valentines day. Here is what I came up with for both events:

Cute, eh? I want to make a project without my Cricut (GASP!!!) The topper is a 4x4 square, scored at 2 inches. The pink paper is 2x 3 3/4. Once it was punched with my EK Success edge punch, it is the perfect size. The hearts are punches. The largest is a Stampin Up Punch, and the 2 smaller, are Creative Memories punches.

Aren't those faces just precious?? The are from Peachy Keen Stamps. I used 2 stamps from Princess Faces and one from Basic Paper Doll Faces. I chalked them up a little, and colored them with my Stampin Up markers, and a white gel pen. I just LOVE these, I think it turned out so cute!!

On to my blog candy!! I am giving away the Everday Sentiments by Stampology. I think I need to get one of these myself!! So, how do you win this stamp set? Two simple steps:

a) Become a follower of my blog.

b) Leave me a comment on this post. You have till Monday at 10pm EST to leave a comment. I will post the winner on Tuesday. Good luck everyone :)