HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY 2nd Post of the day

I have been dying to share these little "hot pants" that I altered for Emily's Valentine gift. I think she loved the packaging as much as the gift. She is going to use the box to store love letters from her boyfriend. How perfect, since at the moment, they have a long distance relationship. Whew that got my creative mind spinning. That may just be my next project......

Using PTI's Heart Prints stamp set, I first stamped the larger heart then the smaller one with white craft ink. I used my heat tool to make sure that it was dry before stamping the sentiment in black Stazon. In the photo, you can see that I placed a stamping block between the two layers of fabric to give a more firm area to stamp but also to keep the ink from soaking through the fabric. I allowed the ink to dry and then I heat set the image using a hot iron.



The bows were created using two different sizesd polka dot ribbon. I then hand stitched them onto the boxers to secure them.

The packaging is a recycled shipping box that PTI uses when they send out your stamps. I have tons of these and I am constantly finding clever uses for them. They also make great envelopes if you happed to create a card that has tons of embellishments. The belly band is a strip of DP that I first stamped and then decided I prefered the DP image. I punched a black scalloped oval and set an eyelet on each side. I then used my Nestabilities and Cuttlebug to cut and emboss the the scalloped square. Using the same small heart that I used on the boxers, I stamped and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. Be Mine was then stamped in Stazon and a coordinating heart rhinestone adhered for the dot above the "i".... The square was adhered using foam squares.

Above and below the boxers, I added some curling ribbon in various shades of pink. Now then lets hope that Nichole Heady loves them as much as Emily did. I would love to be picked as one of the Guest Star Stampers again........

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget tonight is PTI's 2nd Anniversary Celebration beginning at 10pm over in the Forum at PTI.... If you have not already done so, You NEED to go check out some of the excitement and make sure that you sign up to win the years worth of New Releases!!! I will be back tomorrow with my take on the sketch challenge over at PCP and a Challenge over at Shirley's 2 Girls..........