Carton of Love by Karen Giron

I am a huge sucker for anything in cute packaging - doesn't matter what it is: gum, creamer, tissues - I'll buy it if I like how it is packaged together. This is why I am so excited to show you this little milk carton box!  This little bundle of goodness is filled to the top with chocolate and it will be a wonderful little gift for Valentine's Day - my daughter is already eyeballing it!  It would be really fun to make one for each of the kids - or maybe just for me, hehe!  Actually, I plan to make one for each of the women in my group at MOPS - wouldn't a table full of these be the cutest ever?!!

Before folding the box, I randomly stamped the hearts from Love Everywhere in Riding Hood Red ink.  I loved the Bursting with Love sentiment and thought it was perfect to use with this box full of delicious treats.  After assembling the box, I added the paper band, complete with the yummy apron lace trim, and then tied a little bow with the heart pin in it.

Is anyone planning on heading to Anaheim tomorrow or Saturday for CHA?  I'd like to invite you to stop by the Taylored Expressions booth for a day filled with make & takes, shopping, demonstrations, and not to mention meeting many of the Baker's Dozen!

recipe -

stamps: love everywhere

paper: pink pirouette, riding hood red, very vanilla cardstock, candy lane dsp

ink: riding hood red

accessories: riding hood red satin ribbon, apron lace punch, nestabilities, heart pin, dimensionals

This Way to Love

Hi Everyone!!! This is my first post to the SASI blog and I am absolutely thrilled to be here! I've been having soooo much fun with this latest release of stamps, that I thought I'd continue on and make a little card and gift package for the home.




This gift box (which was originally from a Valentine box from Ghirardelli) got converted into a hanging heart box. I love it simply as a piece of wall decor to hang, stuffed with vintage music sheets! It's just so functional...you could use it for so many purposes, including gift giving. It is topped with the sweet house from the new set, Love Everywhere...which I just LOVE!


And of course, I had to make a sweet card to go with it.



Notice how the roof has a little added dimension?? Well, while looking at the set, I thought to myself, hmm...that roof kind of has the same shape as a photo corner. So I pulled out my photo corner punch and had a total, "AHA!" moment! Here's a visual of that moment.

Can you hear that "AHA!" through your monitor?? :) So what I did was to punch the larger of the 2 photo corners from a piece of doily...distressed and sugared it up and that's how I got my house roof! The corners matched PERFECTLY! Needless to say, I was just thrilled....sorry, it doesn't take much for me! LOL!

I hope I was able to successfully show you another way to make a "Valentine" set not so Valentine-y! Thanks for stopping in!