Valentine Treat Bags

I thought it would be fun to make some little Valentine Treats to share with my Bible Study class tomorrow.  I like to use my scrappy supplies to make cards and gifts to encourage others.  Inside these treat bags are glassine bags filled with chewy cinnamon hearts.

I LOVE all kinds of paper crafts!  Card making, scrapbooking, altered projects! And I love exploring other papercrafting blogs.  I am simply in awe of talented women like Melissa Phillips.  In fact, Melissa is my absolute favorite blogger in the paper crafting world.  My little treat "bags" were inspired by Melissa's Valentine Treat Envelopes.  If you haven't seen her work, you MUST visit her blog!

These bags are just folded pieces of paper.  I used a Martha Stewart heart border punch at the top of each bag.  The papers include Basic Grey Kissing Booth and Bittersweet, Crate Paper Paper Heart Collection, Echo Park Yours Truly, and Little Yellow Bicycle Love Letters.  Embellishments include    K & Company, Making Memories, and The Paper Studio.  I punched holes at the top of each bag and used sheer ribbon to make "handles" for my bags.  

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You're So Sweet!

My oldest son and his wife recently got a sweet little Pomeranian dog named Tessa.  She had been left at the Humane Society by her owners, who decided they didn't want to use her for breeding anymore.  A few weeks ago Jonathan and Megan brought Tessa over to meet the rest of the family, including our dog Muffin.  Muffin is the dog in the first photo with my husband, and Tessa is in the two bottom photos with my daughter Anna.  Tessa is a very sweet little lady!  (Click on the pics for a close up.)

I used this sketch from Sketchy Thursdays September 8 Sketch Challenge for my inspiration:

I used the Crate Paper Farmhouse collection for this layout.  I also used some chipboard elements from My Mind's Eye (in the picture below), and some epoxy flowers from Making Memories.

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Homegrown

I recently purchased the Crate Paper Farmhouse Collection and had so much fun making a few layouts with it.  I love the rich, warm, fall colors in this collection!  For my "Homegrown" layout, I used a sketch from the October 2011 PageMaps.

  

Here's my take on the sketch:

Crate Paper has some sweet chipboard embellishments to go along with all of their paper collections!  I love the chipboard pie in this collection, especially since my son is serving apple pie in the picture.

I'll be back in a few days to share my other Crate Paper layout.  Thanks for stopping by my blog today!