I had a short window of time to put my tag together, because I had spent the afternoon helping my adorable nephew make the valentines for his class party. We took a couple of dozen craft tags from Hobby Lobby and turned them into lollipop valentines. Our first step was to diecut lots of hearts--so my Valentine tag here features some leftover hearts from my nephew's diecutting session, and I took the extra step to emboss them. What else! Now, darling nephew is very well trained and always supervised on the Big Shot--but he does love it, and loves crafting, so we may have a future Tim Holtz here.
For the complete instructions, visit TheFrugalCrafter's Blog right here. That's where we got all our inspiration for this project! Note: we didn't have a long-reach hole punch, so we punched the hole at the bottom in the center after the tag is folded. Also, the Jolly Rancher heart-shaped lollipops fit perfectly inside! (the watermelon flavor is gooood) I think what the most fun about this project is--you can get as fancy or stay as simple as you please. You can make each lollipop valentine unique to the recipient, and you could also really use up your Valentine stickers too. We had heart stickers, but he really preferred choosing the patterned paper he wanted and diecutting the hearts. I was only there to supervise, and give basic instructions, but I let him have complete creative freedom, and that's what really made it fun.
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| We brought all the supplies into the dining room and had a great afternoon! |
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