Free Valentine's Cupcake Printables

Happy Valentine's Day Loves!!!  Hope your day is extra sweet today.

Here are some cute V-Day free printables for your yummy treats.

DIY Cupid's Arrow Cupcake Topper via Creature Comforts

Valentine Party Circles via Anything But Perfect

Use a 2" circle punch to make cupcake toppers!  via KdBuggie Boutique

Two Gift Tag Ideas via Jenny of Everyday Occasions

Flamingo Cupcake Topper Printable via "i do" it yourself

xoxo,

Ashley

DIY Scratch Off Paint Valentine

I gave John his Valentine today and it was a hit!  

Here's how I made it:

Supplies:

Paper

Acrylic Paint and Paint Brush

Contact Paper

Dish Soap

Scissors 

Heart Punch- optional

 I cut circles-- but in hindsight that was silly.  

You could just write your message on your paper and save a step.

Cover your paper that you wrote your message on and cover it with contact paper.  Trim the sides. 

 Mix 2 parts acrylic paint with 1 part dish soap.

Paint a thin layer on your Valentine.  Wait an hour or more and paint another layer.  

Repeat this until you have enough layers and the message is hidden.

 I used the heart punch to make a stencil.  I painted 4 hearts to show where to scratch.  You can be creative here!  Then use a permanent marker to write another message to your sweet Valentine. 

 Give your sweetheart your Valentine and a coin!  Let them scratch their way to their secret message.  

 John's message reads "Love You For Always".  

We started saying "for always" a long time ago and we had it inscribed on our wedding bands!  :)  

This is a really fun project.  You can be creative and make scratch off lottery cards, love coupons, anything really!  Have fun!!  Happy Valentine's Day!!! 

xoxo, Ashley

P.S. Check out Martha's tutorial to make cute Save the Dates with DIY Scratch Off Paint!

2012 Valentines: Part Two

Happy Monday, Friends!  Hope you had a great weekend!  

Here is the second batch of my Valentines.  You can check out the first batch here. :)  If you want to know what materials I used to make any of the Valentines-- leave a comment and I'll get back to you!  

Free DIY Valentine's Printables

Happy Monday, Friends!!!  Today I have lots of beautiful printables to share the love for Valentine's Day!  Happy Printing!!!

DIY Printable Valentines via The Sweetest Occasion

Class Valentine's via Bunny Cakes

Valentine's Day Coupons via Love vs. Design

Tea Bag Wrappers and Tags via Creature Comforts

Printable Labels and Cards via Every Day Occasions

8x10 Valentine's Day Art Prints by Little Sprout Creations

Sweet Cards via 74 Lime Lane

Valentine's Day Printables via Sweet Rose Studio

Valentines and Gift Tags via The Rubber Punkin

5x7 Printable L.O.V.E  via Simple Crafter

Which one is your favorite?  I love them all-- but if I had to choose, it would be the cute zebra Class Valentines!  

Paper Quilling: Make Some Hearts + Giveaway

Happy Friday Friends!  Guess what-- I'm offering a giveaway today at the end of this post! 

Have you heard of paper quilling?  I'm so fascinated with it!  It's a craft where you roll, shape, and glue strips of paper into shapes-- and make designs with different combinations of your shapes.  

Here is a chart of some basic shapes used in quilling.  The open heart would be so cute on Valentine's Cards! 

via Martha Stewart

You can attach two teardrop shapes to create a heart! via Martha Stewart

To get started, read Quilling 101 by Ann Martin via Craftzine.com

Follow these simple instructions to make a dozen quilled roses.

Quilling Valentines: Paper Rose via Martha Stewart

You can watch this video to learn how to make quilled roses as well.  

A great tutorial: Roses and Daisies via Craft Ideas for All

You don't even need to buy a quilling tool!  Follow this tutorial to make your own Quilling Tool.

If you're interested-- here is a little about the history of quilling.  I LOVE learning about the history of crafts.  Have you read The Knitting Sutra by Susan Gordon Lydon?  Great read.  I haven't finished it, but it's got me thinking about the many generations of women (and men too) before me who crafted-- some for work, some for pleasure, some for necessity.

Have you tried quilling?  Tell me about your experiences!  I'd love to see pictures of what you have created!  You can leave comments here or tweet me @mistergandme 

And now for the Giveaway!

To celebrate my 20th week blogging anniversary, I'm offering one lucky Mister G and Me reader a $15 Starbucks Gift Card, a $15 Mister G and Me Shop Credit, and a free month Medium Ad space!  

To Enter:

1. Follow Mister G and Me Crafts via email or Google Friend Connect (mandatory entry)

2. Like Mister G and Me on Facebook

3. Follow @MisterGandMe on Twitter

4. Visit the Mister G and Me Etsy Shop and comment on your favorite item

5. Share this giveaway with your friends on Twitter, Facebook, or your blog!  Include the link in your comment.  

Please leave a comment for each entry.  Good luck!  The winner will be chosen by Random.org and announced next Friday, February 3, 2012.  

Have a great weekend!

xoxo,

Ashley

The winner of the Giveaway is #5 Memory!  Congrats!!!

Valentine's Mini Pencils Tutorial

Remember when I made Mini Mushroom Pencils?  I have a LOT of golf pencils left over-- and wanted to make some fun Valentine's favors.  

For this project you will need:

Golf Pencils

Wood Glue

Tiny Wood Button Caps

Paint and Paint Brush

Cup filled with sand, rice or beans

 Take your tiny pencil and glue the button cap to the top.

Then place your pencil tip side down into the cup of sand, rice, or beans until the glue dries.  I left mine overnight.

After the glue dries, paint your pencils.  I painted mine red, pink, and white.

You might want to use more than one coat of paint-- the yellow pencil paint created a funny tint on my red pencils.  After the paint is dry-- you can paint hearts, x's and o's, spell L,O,V,E, or whatever tickles your fancy on the button caps.  

Let your hearts dry and then you can tuck a few into your Valentines!

Happy painting!

xoxo,

Ashley