I knew if I posted as my facebook status that I was busy this morning making cootie catchers, you wouldn't have believed me - that I'd need to supply photo proof.
So here you have it. I should have included a picture of my very red finger too - we got inky over here today between me playing with cootie catchers and Mark painting his Valentine box for school
I had bumped into a few printable cootie catchers the last couple days, but I was all - meh - I could totally make those. So the first time yesterday that our in house 11 year old muttered the words, "I'm bored, what can I do" - I handed her a stack of 8-1/2" square printer paper and told her to make happy with the cootie catchers. She was folding all evening.
If your tween doesn't know how to fold a cootie catcher, you can find directions here: How to fold a cootie catcher.
I was looking though my stamp collection for a heart stamp for the top, but not finding any the right size, I went with an x and o from my now retired polka dot Big Timber Dots set. There are a million possibilities for the top - just have fun with it.
Next I stamped numbers on the inside from another retired favorite - the Wayfarer numbers from Technique Tuesday. My goal here, again, was to find a number that 'filled' the triangle, and these worked perfectly.
The next thing I did was flip through my stamp books to find sentiments that were suitable and that fit. I ended up using from several sets - you'll find a list down at the bottom of this post.
*** note: I used my scissors to cut the you are a work of art stamp into two pieces so it would fit here. If I ever want the words to go together, I'll simply run them together when I stamp them. That's the beauty of the clear stamps.
Some overlapped both spaces. That's okay. The sample that I had seen only used four sentiments total - there are no rules.
Now that I've stamped a couple with sentiments, I'll be leaving the rest for Wendy to finish, and she'll have my sample as her guide.
The two inks I used. If I was on a deserted island and could only take one ink with me - that Chili Powder one would be it. This week. I might throw it overboard and take the yellow one after I get and try that one.
So with a week to go, I've got Wendy's mostly done, Mark's done, Mark's Valentine box done and now to make a decision on Brian's. We normally do our Valentines on a snow day, but it's not looking very hopeful that we'll have one of those this year.
Products used:
Jenni Bowlin Chili Powder Ink
Versacolor Opera Pink
Zoology
Mama = Love by Ali Edwards
This One by Ali Edwards
Big Timber Dots by Technique Tuesday
Wayfarer Numbers and Punctuation Large by Technique Tuesday
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My husband made it home yesterday afternoon just in time for me to skedaddle out the door with, "Watch Mark, pick up Brian, I have to run Wendy to the ortho! Love you! Glad you're home!"
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