Stamped Monster Valentines Bag Toppers (Nichol Spohr LLC)

February 09, 2010

Stamped Monster Valentines Bag Toppers

One of our favorite ways to give Valentine's (or any type of little treat) is in treat bags topped with personalized bag toppers. These cute little Hero Arts stamped monster ones will be going to the kids in Ethan's preschool class and Payton's 3rd grade class. ;) Brenden thought that the cuteness + googly eyes = not cool for a 5th grader so we made something a little different for his classmates. I'll share those later.

These even made it as yesterday's Project 365 photo of the day:

Video How To:

Supplies:

Monster Fun Clear Design Stamp Set by Hero Arts
Valentine Sayings 4x6 Clear Design Stamp Set by Hero Arts
Blush Ink by Close To My Heart
Melon Mambo Ink by Stampin' Up
Black Memories Dye Ink Pad by Hero Arts
Colored Pencils by Prismacolor
Gamsol for Blending
White Smooth Cardstock (Stampin' Up)
Heart Punch by Stampin' Up
Googly Eyes
Silhouette SD Digital Craft Cutting Tool
Stapler

Silhouette Shape Used:

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What to make a 5th grader? He is totally into anything space related. He is a Star Wars fanatic and his class just finished a unit on Astronomy in Science that he loved so I looked for something that interested him. I wanted to go with the same basic design to make it easy but I changed it up a bit by using kraft cardstock to cut the label, stamping them with the Hero Arts Crossword background stamp (can I just say loooove that stamp?!!) and then I die cut a ringed planet out of solid cardstocks and pieced them together.

I stamped a very simple greeting (he chose this one is from Stampin' Up) and I added a simple punched heart to "Valentine's it up" a bit. Simple. Easy. And he likes them. That's important!