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FREE Valentine Printable

2012-02-07T21:05:34Z

That magical day is coming where you let the people you care about know that you care about them. Personally I think it’s a nice idea to let them know any and every day, so I created a Little Love Note and Petal Envelope Printable that can be used well past Valentine’s day. They are just 2 inches in size so they can be tucked away (in a bouquet of flowers, in a medicine cabinet, on the dashboard of a car, next to the alarm clock or on a breakfast tray) to be found by the recipient as a nice surprise. You’ll need a color printer and a pair of scissors. Print, cut, fold, write a note and sign. Easy peasy! I used copy paper, but card stock would be lovely too. Enjoy!

Click HERE to download.

Mini Spool Surprise

2012-02-07T06:25:17Z

Hi friends! Today I have an amazing project from new design team member Savannah O’Gwynn to share with you. She has an amazing idea for a small gift for a friend that could also be given as a Valentine! How amazing would this be to give to a crafty friend? They would get a mini spool with some Divine Twine to use AND a note all packaged in a CUTE bag.

Materials used:

Notebook Middy Bitty Bags

Airmail Divine Twine, Peppermint Divine Twine

Love Mail Stickers

Stamps

Ink

Mini Spools

Stick Pins

Paper

For more of Savannah’s awesome creations and more details about this project, visit her blog: Savannahland 2

Watercolor Valentine in a Bitty Bag

2012-02-03T21:04:40Z

Hi friends! Today I have a fun project from design team member Lauren Donaldson to share with you. This is another fun Valentine’s Day that could be adapted to work for other special occasions like birthdays or anniversaries.

Here’s what Lauren says about her project:

These were easy watercolor Valentine's. I included the heart template that
I used, one template for the small bitty bags and one template for the
large bitty bags. I did a light pink watercolor wash on the hearts, stamped
a message on them, and packaged them in small bitty tags with twine.
List of materials needed:
- small or large bitty bags, I used the grid & notebook ones
- heart templates (Huge kudos to Lauren for making this for us!)
- watercolor paper
- red watercolor paint and brush
- scissors
- letter stamps and stamp pad
- cotton candy divine twine

For more of Lauren's amazing work, check out her blog: Lauren Elise Crafted.

Divine Twine Trophy

2012-01-28T15:07:35Z

Hi friends! Today, I have a project from new design team member Jan Ely to share with you. She made a super fun trophy that you can give to someone as a thank you. This would be a great project to customize and give to people for different occasions and accomplishments. What a fun and creative way to let someone know that you appreciate them!

Supplies used:

Various colors of Divine Twine

Scrolly Square Labels

Statue base

Wood

Fork

Cherry Embellishment

For more of Jan’s amazing work, check out her blog: Little Pink Houses.

Introducing Our Second Term Design Team

2012-01-27T08:09:12Z

Hi friends! Today, I just wanted to show you who we will be showing projects from for this next term. We are really excited to have some of our design team members from last term coming back with us as well as some new faces.

Returning Team:
Ashley Harris: http://ashleyharris.typepad.com/
Ashley N Newell (Myself): http://hearthugsdesigns.blogspot.com/
Jenny Dixon: http://bugger-dixonline.blogspot.com/
Lauren Donaldson: http://www.laurenelisecrafted.com/
Michelle Philippi: http://michellephilippi.com/

New Gals:
Jan Ely: http://pinkhousepages.blogspot.com/
Kerstie Pederson: http://kerstiepederson.blogspot.com/
Kelley Eubanks: http://myfrontporch-kelley.blogspot.com/
Savannah O’Gwynn: http://savannahland2.blogspot.com/

NEW Middy Bitty Bags

2012-01-22T19:14:27Z

Hello friends! I’m so excited to tell you that NEW Middy Bitty Bags have been added to the Whisker Graphics store. I know I think this every time but these might be the cutest bags yet! They are really something special! We have added new designs: Chevron, Vertical Stripe, and Honeycomb in both colorful bags and kraft bags with white print. These are perfect for parties and holidays!

You can check out all the new designs HERE! I hope you like them as much as I do!

Divine Twine at the Academy Awards!

2012-01-21T07:11:56Z

Wow! This is really exciting! We received an email from Maureen of Release Me Creations who is a very talented jewelry maker. Her sweet handmade necklaces were chosen as one of the gifts that will be given to celebrities in the the goodie bags given out at the Academy Awards! What a huge and well deserved honor! We are so flattered that Maureen used our Aqua Divine Twine when she packaged up her beautiful necklaces. This is really exciting for us!!

Here’s a sample of the gorgeous package that will be making their way to the Oscar’s! For more pictures and to see the awesome necklaces, you can check out Maureen’s blog post HERE. Way to go, Maureen!

Bitty Bag Package Topper Tutorial

2012-01-20T02:18:22Z

Hi friends! Today I have a fabulous project from design team member Lauren Donaldson to share with you. Lauren came up with a super clever and cute way to turn our Bitty Bags into a bow type element for gift wrapping. This is perfect if you use a plain box to wrap your package or you could use coordinating paper.

Here’s how Lauren made the cute flower/bow package toppers. Cut four circles (hers are 3.5 inches in diameter and she got them all from one Bitty Bag) from Bitty Bags and mark them in the center. Then she fringe cut them, adhered them all together and then fluffed them.

And here’s another example of the finished topper by itself.

For more detailed instructions from Lauren, go HERE.

Little Bitty Bag Valentines

2012-01-20T02:19:12Z

Hi friends! Today, I have a project from design team member Jenny Dixon to share with you. With new year celebrations behind us, we are turning to Valentine’s Day. Jenny has come up with a super cute Valentine idea that is fun and unique.

*Materials:*

Chevron Little Bitty Bag

Oyster Gray Divine Twine

Flourish Paper Punch

Red felt

Cotton ball

Scissors

Hot glue

Tag

Love Note (optional, but preferred)

For more of Jenny’s amazing work, check out her blog: Crossing the Bugger-Dixon Line.

Crafter’s Branding Kit by Just Something I Made

2012-01-18T01:19:44Z

I thought his was so cool, I had to share. The ever-clever Cathe Holden of Just Something I Made created a Handmade Crafter’s Label Branding Kit. Now you can label all the things you make (or organize or store or package or wrap or, or, or…) in a pretty way. Here’s the bonus, it’s a FREE download. Cool, right? Click HERE to visit Cathe’s blog and get all the details. Tell her Whisker Graphics say “hi”.
~Whitney