The Greetery T.G.I.F {with all my heart}

Well friends, we've almost made it to the weekend! I'm SO ready for it! How about you? It's my turn for this week's T.G.I.F {The Greetery's Inspiration Friday} over on The Greetery Blog, but I wanted to share my project here as well! I've never had my assigned week be this close to a release, so it was fun to use some of the new products in a different way and to also give you some fresh inspiration for when your packages start arriving!

This project is simple and sweet; just perfect for Valentine's Day! I don't know about you, but I like to give Valentines to MANY people in my life, not just my husband! It's the day of LOVE and there are so many people in my life that deserve a little love!

This project consists of a stamped muslin bag and a little tag to go with it. I made THIS project back in July using these stamped muslin bags. They are so much fun! You could also make a little crate to put these Valentines in, like I did for that project!

To begin, I used the Speed Tagging Christmas Rubber stamp to stamp the red gingham portion of the tags. I just adore gingham and flowers for Valentine's Day, so I was super happy that I could use this particular tag for today's project. I only inked up this particular stamp, although I could have stamped the whole thing and gotten a head start on Christmas! ha ha! Anyway, I just did this part and then used the Speed Tagging Die to cut them out. I made three in total, but I'm only showing two.

Once the tag base was made, I used the new Mini Boxwood Heart Stamp + Cut Combo to create the heart frames and for the sweet sentiment in the center. I just love the fonts for the sentiments and the cute size of the wreath!

I set the wreaths aside and got to work creating the little flowers using the new BotaniCuts Forget-Me-Nots dies. These have sold out, unfortunately, but Betsy has already put in a re-order so they should be back in stock quickly! They are SO cute, so I can see why they flew off the shelf! I decided to make my flowers pink blooms instead of actual Forget-Me-Nots. I created them exactly like I did for THIS card. Once the flowers were made, I got to work assembling the tags. I stamped the sentiment directly into the middle using black ink and then added the wreath over the top using foam squares. The flowers are attached using additional foam squares. I added some glitter to both the flowers and the wreath for some sparkle and shine!

To stamp the bags, I used my iron with steam to get them nice and crisp so they would lay flat in my mini MISTI. Once they were ironed and cooled, I placed the flattened bag into the MISTI, positioned the sentiment, which is from the new Lovely Blossoms stamp set, and then stamped it a few times in black to get a nice, crisp impression.

I put some Ghirardelli chocolate and caramel hearts into the bag and then tied them up with the tag! These are going into a larger printed box with some other fun gifts to give to a few friends. You could also fill the bag with a gift card, lotion and lip gloss, or any other small gift! These were so much fun to create! Thanks for fluttering by!