Be Mine Matchbook Valentines

Happy Valentine's Day blogger friends! Today I give you a very simple matchbook valentine. I actually made 16 of these and handed them out during my chemo treatment today to other chemo patients and my 2 nurses. I made similar ones last year for my daughter's 4th grade class shown HERE. These ones are little different in the fact that I turned them around and now the top is the bottom and the bottom is the top. I personally like them better this way. I was originally going to use just a simple heart on the front but while flipping through the Designer's Calender Cricut cartridge I found this heart with the "BE MINE" in the heart and I knew I had to use it. I really like the way it turned out and I hope you do too!

I used these items to create these matchbook valentines:

• Red and white cardstock
• Martha Stewart score board
• Martha Stewart edge punch - lace heart
• Designer's Calender Cricut cartridge - BE MINE heart
• Happy Valentine's Day ribbon
• Sweethearts candy - inside

I will entering these matchbook valentines in the following challenges and linky party:

• Go Fish Challenge #34 - I Love You
• My Sheri Crafts Challenge #103 - Valentines
• Little Scrap Pieces - Fun Friday - Love is in the Air
• Exploring Cricut - Be My Valentine
• Paper Playtime Challenge #3 - Border Punches
• Fantabulous Cricut - Challenge Me Monday #148 - Be My Valentine
• Craft Your Passion Challenge #149 - My Valentine
• Die Cuttin Divas Challenge #102 - Color Challenge - Red, pink, purple, and/or white
• Decorate to Celebrate Challenge #44 - Valentine Party of Event
• DL ART - Thankful Thursday - Linky Party - Anything Goes

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my Be Mine Matchbook Valentines!

Matchbook Valentines

Today I bring to you 28 Matchbook Valentines, which I made for my daughter's 4th grade class.

I had seen on either The Cricut MB or someone blogged about it, but they had made these adorable Matchbook Valentines and I knew I had to try them.  First I found which cartridge I had that had the matchbook cut on it, Alphalicious Cricut cartridge was it.  I brought it up on my Design Studio so I could figure out what size I needed.  I determined that I didn't actually need to use the cartridge to create this matchbook, I just needed to create the folds.  I then got out my Martha Stewart scoring board.  Using an 8 1/2 by 11 piece of cardstock, I scored the cardstock at 3/4, 1, 4 1/4, 5 and cut to a length of 8 inches and 2 3/4 inches in wideth each.  I got 4 matchbooks out of 1 piece of cardstock.  I creased all of the scored parts and then inked all the edges.  I cut strips of white cardstock, punched the edges with my Martha Stewart edge punch and inked all the edges.  I used my Advanced Tape Glider (ATG) to adhere the punched edges to the front/bottom of the matchbook.  I cut some Valentine ribbon and adhered that to the front of the punched edge.  I stamped the inside with a wooden Studio G Valentine stamp and a Recollections clear "From" stamp.  I then adhered the Sweethearts candy to the inside.

I then cut 28 hearts from Designer's Calender Cricut cartridge at 1 3/4 inches.  I applied Glossy Accents to all them.  I adhered the hearts to the front of the matchbook, leaving just a little room at the bottom for the heart to overlap the bottom of the matchbook to keep it closed.

I am so pleased with the way these turned out.  I am really loving the Glossy Accents, such a fun product to work with.

Here's all 28 ready for Valentine's Day...and I got them done way ahead of time...YAY ME!!!

I am entering these Matchbook Valentines in the following challenge:

• Decorate to Celebrate Challenge #17- Valentine's Day Party - you are to create any project to be used as a party decoration (or party supply) for a Valentine's Day Party!!  Celebrate EVERYTHING WONDERFUL ABOUT LOVE with table decorations, party banners, pennants, yard signs, cupcakes, party favors and more!!
• Paper Playtime Challenge #66 - Anything Goes + Blog Hop 
• Party Time Tuesdays - 53 - Anything Goes
• Cooking with Cricut Challenge #71 - Child's Valentine - Must Use Pink, Red, and White

Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out my Matchbook Valentines!