Rachel- Valentines Projects

Love Letters
by Rachel Burgess

SUPPLIES
Love Letters kit
Big Bite
Rub ons Basic Grey
Making Memories Scrapbook Colors Fresh Anthology Deep coral
Ranger diamond stickles
Heidi Swapp pink gems
Fancy Pants Mulberry Road paper flowers
American Crafts Thickers Jewellery Box white

HOW TO
Use the big bite to punch a hole in each of the scallops of the heart piece
Edge the inner heart and the inner scallop with stickles and allow to dry
Colour a thickers letter O with the coral paint using your finger and continue to rub it as it dries to produce a distressed look. Cover with stickles and allow to dry.
Tie a small length of the kit ribbon around the L and the V
Attach a length of the kit white ric rac down the full length of the E and layer 2 mulberry road flowers and a kit button at the bottom
Use the big bite again to punch a hole on either side of the heart using the spots as a guide.
Secure a band of ribbon across the centre of the heart with the letter O threaded onto it using these holes
Print a photograph, decorate it using the gems and rub on and trp it to the heart using the ribbon band.

SWALK treat bag
by Rachel Burgess

SUPPLIES
again super easy!
Making Memories treat bag kit
Bazzill Really Big Chips Heart
Making Memories scrapbook colors fresh anthology deep coral
Heidi Swapp swirl stamp
Ranger diamond stickles
Ranger Archival ink

HOW TO
Assemble treat bag as per instructions
Add stickles to scallop edge and allow to dry
Dry brush the edge of the heart with the pink paint
Stamp the swirl onto the heart using black archival ink and highlight the design with stickles
Once dry add the SWALK letters to the tag and the X to the window on the bag
Fill and tie together with the red ribbon

Bittersweet Bunting

by Rachel Burgess

SUPPLIES
Basic Grey Bittersweet 12x12 patterned papers:
Cherry cordial
Vanilla fudge
Hand-dipped
Almond toffee
Meltaway
Raspberry cream
Ganache
Natural twine
Pink and brown inkpads
Sewing machine and coordinated thread/permanent adhesive tape

HOW TO
This was really easy and is a great way of using papers you love to display in the home.
Cut each 12x12 paper down into 4 6x6 squares
Fold each diagonally to create a triangle shape with the pattern on the outside.
Cut a length of twine to the length you want the bunting to be
Lay the string along the fold on the inside of the paper triangle
Either sew or glue the paper triangle together with the twine running through it
Ink the edges of the triangles