A Small Valentine

I thought I would make something for my grandchildren as a little “love you” token for Valentine’s Day tomorrow.  There is also a challenge on Late Night Stampers this week to make something with “hearts”. 

These little owls hide a Freddo Frog chocolate inside.  I will explain how I made the holder a little later in this post.   Using my Two Step Owl punch I cut the bodies from Chocolate Chip ink.  The “belly” piece is punched from Pretty in Pink (for the girls) and Bashful Blue (for the boys).  I punched the large eye piece from Crumb Cake and layered Whisper White and Basic Black  on top.  I punched  hearts from Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue (for the boys) and Pretty in Pink  (for the girls) card.  I punched the leaves using the Two Step Bird punch from Wild Wasabi card.  After assembling all the pieces onto my Very Vanilla card, I stamped “love you” from the Short and Sweet stampset using Chocolate Chip ink.   I added a mat of – you guessed it – Bashful Blue card (for the boys) and Pretty in Pink card (for the girls).

My holder is Chocolate Chip card, 7cm x 27.5cm.  On the 27.5cm side I have scored at 9cm, 18cm and 18.5cm.  On one end I have punched out a Word Window – approximately 2cm from the end and centred in the 7cm width.  Once you have done that you add adhesive in the 2cm section and adhere it inside to create a little pocket where you slide the Freddo Frog through the little window.

These are so easy to make and you can vary the size to suit any small chocolate treat.

I think the grandchildren will like them and its a nice way to tell them I love them.

Bye for now, Kris.