Inky Bee Stampers

This adorable Valentine Treat Basket is perfect for gifting a small treat to all of the Valentine’s in your life and the basket works up quickly! This would be an easy project to make multiples of! The basket measures 2″ x 2″ x 2″ so it’s a good size. I used the Adoring Hearts Bundle (stamps and dies) along with the Hooray for Surprises Dies and the Mini Alphabet Dies. Paper from the Most Adored 12″ x 12″ Specialty Designer Series Paper decorate the sides of the basket. The front and back of the basket show off some pretty die cut hearts and the sides of the basket are sending kisses (XO)!

The box is constructed from a 6″ x 6″ piece of Flirty Flamingo cardstock which was scored at 2″ on each side. The handle measures 5″ x 1/2″ and was also cut from Flirty Flamingo cardstock. On the basket piece of cardstock, I folded and burnished on all of the score lines with a bone folder. I then used my paper snips to cut up both score lines to the first intersecting score line. I then repeated this for the opposite side of the square. This forms two tabs. To reduce bulk these tabs were cut in half. I then adhered pieces of Tear & Tape to each tab. 

One side of the box was folded up and the tab was adhered to the outside of the box side. This was repeated for the opposite side. Tear and Tape was adhered to the remaining box sides and adhered to form the basket. 

The handle ends were then adhered to the outsides of the basket. -7/8″ squares of a Flirty Flamingo heart print paper from the Most Adored 12″ x 12″ Specialty Designer Series Paper were adhered to all sides of the basket. 

The large Real Red hearts were die cut from the Hooray for Surprises Dies and the smaller, detailed cut out hearts in Flirty Flamingo were die cut from the Adoring Hearts Dies set.

Because this little basket is sending lots of hugs and kisses, two “X’s” and O’s” were die cut from the Mini Alphabet Dies set in Real Red. The small Flirty Flamingo hearts were adhered to the larger Real Red hearts then these were adhered to the front and back of the basket. The hugs and kisses (X’s and O’s) were adhered to the sides of the basket.

The “Just for You” sentiment was stamped in Real Red ink onto a piece of scrap white cardstock and I used the wavy banner die from the Adoring Hearts Dies to cut out the sentiment. The sentiment was adhered to the basket front using Stampin’ Dimensionals. Several Flirty Flamingo Rainbow Adhesive-Backed Dots were adhered to the basket front.

I used a food safe cellophane bag to hold the treat. The bag was tied closed with a length of Flirty Flamingo Twine and a length of Silver & White Sheer Ribbon.

This was a fun, quick project and would be great for producing multiples at one time. How will you decorate your Valentine Treat Basket? More importantly…what kind of sweet treat will you fill the basket with?

If you would like to recreate this basket, you can download, save and print the pdf tutorial by clicking on the image below. Enjoy!

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The new January-April 2024 Mini Catalog and Sale-A-Bration Are Here!

Have you checked out the new January-April 2024 Mini Catalog yet? There are lots of new goodies covering everything from Valentine’s Day, Easter, Spring and everything else in between! Sale-A-Bration has also started and runs from January 4 through February 29! Sale-A-Bration is a special time of the year where you can earn free products with your purchases! You can view both the new Mini Catalog and the Sale-A-Bration Brochure by clicking here.

SHOP:

Choose a FREE Sale-A-Bration product from the January-February 2024 Sale-A-Bration brochure with every $50 or $100 you spend (before tax and shipping).

HOST:

Host a qualifying party and select an additional $30 in FREE products. When you host a party during Sale-A-Bration, you get to earn FREE products of your choice! With any order of at least $300 (party sales or personal sales) you get to choose an additional $30 worth of products from any current catalog or from the online store for free!

JOIN:

If you’re looking to join the Stampin’ Up! team as a demonstrator, join during Sale-A-Bration for some added benefits! During Sale-A-Bration (January 4 through February 29) you can join my team using one of the options below:

Option #1:

• Pay $99 USD for your Starter Kit
• Choose $125 worth of products of your choice in your Starter Kit
• PLUS receive the Stampin’ Glass Mat Studio for FREE (a $60 value) (Item #163987)

Option #2:

• Pay $99 USD for your Starter Kit
• Choose $125 worth of products of your choice in your Starter Kit
• PLUS receive an additional $30 worth of products of your choice in your Starter Kit
• That’s a total of $155 worth of products for just $99!

Of course, there are other great benefits to becoming a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, such as free shipping on your Starter Kit, a 20%+ discount on demonstrator orders, early access to new catalogs and promotion information, early ordering of new products, no pressure to sell products and my full support as a valued team member!

If you have questions about what it means to be a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, feel free to reach out to me…I would love to chat with you! And there is no better time to join than during Sale-A-Bration!  You can contact me at inkybeestampers@gmail.com.

If you’ve already made up your mind and you’re ready to join the team, click here.

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February Paper Pumpkin – Sweet Spingtime

The February Paper Pumpkin Kit – Sweet Springtime includes cards and treat boxes. If you would like to receive this kit you will need to subscribe to Paper Pumpkin no later than February 10! Here are the kit details:

• Makes 9 projects: 3 each of 3 designs
• Projects include printed cards, coordinating envelopes, and gift boxes
• Precut paper pieces, baker’s twine, and embellishments
• Coordinating colors: Petal Pink, Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Berry Burst, Early Espresso (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Crumb Cake

And that’s not all! The Love of Spring Dies Add-On (Item #164396) coordinates with the February kit! Not only does this Add-On coordinate with the February Kit, but it will coordinate with the March Paper Pumpkin Kit as well! These dies help to add dimension to your projects. Note that you must be a current Paper Pumpkin subscriber to order this add-on. Add-Ons are while supplies last.

You can view the current Paper Pumpkin flyer by clicking here.

Subscribing to Paper Pumpkin

Not a Paper Pumpkin subscriber yet? What are you waiting for? Subscribe to Paper Pumpkin today to receive your very own all-inclusive crafting kit each month. Kits include card projects, tags and gift packaging! When I say the kits are all-inclusive, that is exactly what I mean. You will receive everything in your kits that you will need to complete the projects, including ink, paper, adhesives and embellishments! Click on the image below to subscribe to Paper Pumpkin today!

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January Host Code

Use my current Host Code and receive a free gift from me valued at $8 when you place an order of $35 or more (before shipping and tax). If you place an order greater than $150, do not use the Host Code as you will be eligible for Stampin’ Rewards (but you will still receive the free gift from me!). Use my January Host Code – KF7EDVKT.

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Products used to create today’s project which are available now, are included below.