The One with the American Crafts Valentine's Day 2014 Blog Hop!


Friday, February 14, 2014

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Welcome to the American Crafts Valentine's Day 2014 Blog Hop!

I made TWO layouts about  cuz I just couldn't stop at one!
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LOVE LOVE XOXO by Paige Evans

Journaling says: Fox - I hope you always let me give you smooches on your sweet, big cheeks on your face! Cuz I love you so much!

How to: Die cut the Heart Pattern background from the left side of a white cardstock layout base. Trim 1/4" patterned paper strips from the new Daydreams line by Dear Lizzy for American Crafts. Place lines of foam adhesive on the back of the cardstock and adhere the paper strips across each row of hearts. Embellish the hearts with badges, wood veneer shapes, wood buttons, stickers, and enamel dots as shown. Layer a journaling card, photo, wood veneer cloud, bow die cut, sentiment die cut, and stickers on the bottom right corner and stamp the date of the photo below it. Journal on hand drawn lines above the cloud. Drop blue spray mist around three spots to create a visual triangle.

Supplies: Cardstock, patterned paper, badges, wooden buttons, wood veneer (bike, cloud, hot air balloon), enamel dots, vellum pocket, die cuts (bow, sentiment), journaling card, stickers (flowers, puffy heart, sentiment tab, "sweet"), roller date stamp, pen, stapler, adhesive: American Crafts; Spray mist: Studio Calico; Ink: StazOn; Die cut machine: Silhouette Cameo, heart cut file (Heart Pattern by Hero Arts #53808): QuicKutz
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I'LL BE YOURS, & YOU'LL BE MINE by Paige Evans

Journaling says: How many different ways are there to express my love for you two? You are my light and my life. You mean the world to me. I'm so glad you were sent to me and I get to be your mom for time and all eternity! I love you!

How to: Trim 1/2" off the edges of a blue polka dot paper background then back the edges with robin's egg blue cardstock; distress the edges of the patterned paper. Place a rainbow of enamel dots on the bottom left corner. Cut a heart from white cardstock then use it as a reference to paint a larger white heart on the center of the layout. Weave 1/2" patterned paper strips across the cardstock heart, trim the excess, then sew the heart to the center of the layout. Place three photos on the right side and embellish with three of the same sentiment made from wood veneer and die cuts. Add a badge and wood buttons then place a Thickers and dimensional ampersand sticker title around one of the circle die cuts. Journal around the outside edge of the woven heart.

Supplies: Cardstock, patterned paper, badge, enamel dots, wooden buttons, wood veneer sentiment circle, sentiment die cuts, stickers (dimensional ampersand, foam letters, glitter foam letters), pen, adhesive: American Crafts; Paint: Americana; Sewing machine: Brother; Thread: Coats & Clark
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HOP LIST:

Leave a comment on this post telling me what your plans are for Valentine's Day then you'll get a chance to win this little bunch o' goodies (winner chosen and announced next Friday February 21st 2014) :
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!
 Paige & American Crafts

98 comments

  1. These are truly amazing, Paige! Also, I love the new look for your layout!

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  2. Love all those little hearts. Looks like you put a lot of effort into those two beautiful layouts.
    I thinks we will probably go out to dinner for Valentine's Day.

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  3. Love all those little hearts. Looks like you put a lot of effort into those two beautiful layouts.
    I thinks we will probably go out to dinner for Valentine's Day.

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  5. I love both layouts, really great pages, they are so original!
    thanks for the inspiration and the giveaway :)
    today we will make a craft party for couples - we will make felt brooches: hot air balloon and cloud, too cute!
    then fish dinner!

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  6. My five and six year old daughters asked me to cook them a special dinner and let them drink their favourite sparkling grape juice because we are each others Valentines. So the hubby and I are staying home with them...

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  7. Happy Valentines Day!!! Super work!

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  8. Your layout is simply AMAZING!! Love it!
    For my Valentine Day, I made some goodies for my dearest and put it on the breakfast table.
    Thank you for the chance to win!

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  9. Amazing layouts!! The one with all the little hearts is so fun!! I am going to spend all day with my adorable little guy!

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  10. I have to work! :( Bummer! I love these layouts! Thanks!

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  11. Wow, these layouts are amazing! They are so detailed and simply pretty! I plan to spend the day with my hubby and doggies - just be lazy together.

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  12. Incredible layouts - love all the hearts. Happy Valentines Day :)

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  13. Gorgeous as always!! We have no plans for tonight since the hubby is out of town for work...tomorrow we are taking our kiddos out for a fun little overnight trip though! Thanks for the chance!

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  14. I love your work! Happy Valentine's Day!

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  15. You are fantastic!!! thank you so much for the inspiration and thanks too for the giveaway.
    anamulan@hotmail.com

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  16. Both layouts are adorable! The weaved patterned paper really makes the painted heart "pop" on the layout--such creative ideas!
    My hubby is planning to take me out for a Valentine's Day dinner, delivered fresh flowers and a spa day scheduled for Sat. :)
    Thank you for the opportunity to get creative with your goodies giveaway.

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  17. Wow! I love that top one with all the heart die cuts. I found you via the blog hop, and I can't wait to add you to my Feedly! Your style is really great.

    Our Valentine's Day plans are to make dinner at home and grab a movie from Redbox.

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  18. I love how you weaved the heart! My valentines day will be spent at home because I'm sadly under the weather.

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  19. Cute! Love all the color behind the little hearts on the first layout and I just love weaving, so fun!

    My plans for Vday are to stay in, away from the crowds, and have some fun family time.

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  20. Cute! Love all the color behind the little hearts on the first layout and I just love weaving, so fun!

    My plans for Vday are to stay in, away from the crowds, and have some fun family time.

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  21. Cute! Love all the color behind the little hearts on the first layout and I just love weaving, so fun!

    My plans for Vday are to stay in, away from the crowds, and have some fun family time.

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  22. Awwww. Your projects are always very amazing.

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  23. Love the layouts, Paige! My Vday plans consist of shoveling out of our snowstorm we had yesterday. Romantic, NO?

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  24. I LOVE these layouts--TOTALLY inspiring Paige!!

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  25. Ah-MAZING, Paige. Love the little details, from the paper weaving to the placement of the little embellies. Gorgeous!

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  26. I love that woven heart! No big plans for Valentine's Day . . . but there will be chocolate cake!

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  27. Gorgeous layouts.. So many wonderful textures going on.

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  28. Gorgeous layouts.. So many wonderful textures going on.

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  29. I adore those gorgeous layouts and totally feel you on the never grow up thing! Amelia is almost 6 months and I can't believe how fast it has gone! No plans for Valentine's Day that I know of. Hopefully some down time and a nice dinner with the Mr. after A goes to sleep. :)

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  30. Absolutely DARLING layouts! Happy Valentine's Day!!!

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  31. Fabulous as always! Have a great day!

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  32. Love the layouts! I'm cooking a steak dinner for my sweet hubby and daughter since my boys are away at college.

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  33. Just had a Valentine's lunch with my hubs!!!!!

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  34. LOVE these! That woven heart is stunning!

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  35. Awesome layouts...love both. I really like the woven heart, so neat! Spending the day with DD's and their families....making cards for grandchildren this afternoon.

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  36. These are both absolutely gorgeous - I love the heart background and the paper weaving

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  37. You have the most creative backgrounds! it's always interesting to see what you think of next)

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  38. I love the repeat of the I'll be your saying on the second page! We will be going out as a family tonight for heart shaped pizza and then hubby and I will go out tomorrow!

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  39. Amazing as always! Love the hearts on the first and love the weaving for the heart on second!

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  40. Your layouts are beautiful Paige! Love the tiny heart background on your first layout!

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  41. Beautiful layouts. I love the first one the best! My plans are to scrapbook! My hubby doesn't get home until late today.

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  42. My husband and I are heading out for a night sans kids. Yeah!

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  43. my sister in law is visiting and she and my husband have decided to cook me a valentine's dinner. i'm a lucky girl ^_^

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  44. Wonderful layouts, I'm especially loving that woven heart! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  45. Valentine's day plans? Sushi and drinks!!!

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  46. Valentine's day plans? Sushi and drinks!!!

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  47. Sweet mini heart LO! Celebrating at our son's hockey tournament with the team!

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  48. Fantastic giveaway! Thanks for the chance!
    I celebrated Valentine's today at home with my hubby and two boys. I cooked dinner and had wine...loved it!
    anelsieramos@hotmail.com

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  49. We stayed in because of snow! Thanks for the inspiration and chance to win!

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  50. Your pages are so amazingly beautiful!!

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  51. Stayed in bed with an awful head cold...but that's okay cause my valentine stayed with me ;-)

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  52. Well first I have to say I LOVE Valentines Day!!! . So I coordinated the party for my Triplets daughter. Yeah You heard me... Triplets( third graders). Which thank goodness was early. Afterwards my husband took my mom and me to lunch at papas!!! love them so much...he knows me so well!!! then tonight dinner and movies!!! oh yeah did I mention what he got me for Valentines...A NEW CAMERA!!!

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  53. Really cool look with those tiny hearts. I love it!

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  54. We were talking about going out for dinner, and then my son surprised us by coming for a visit. He lives 6 hours' drive from us, so that was a real treat. We ended up staying home, making a pot of chili and talking. Good times!

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  55. Love love LOVE that first page with the tiny hearts! Just imagine all the cute little confetti hearts you had leftover! We are at the beach for V-Day! :)

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  56. WOW wow WOW

    AMAZING layouts Paige!!!

    LOVE your rainbow of hearts, woven heart and hearty journaling - there is SO MUCH LOVE in them both, especially in the precious photos you have used - THANK YOU for sharing your awesome inspiration.
    Our Valentine's Day treat was a delicious dinner at home together, a tasty meal with only a few dishes to look after at the end - who could ask for more? I felt extra special with a bunch of beautiful roses too and I plan to share some stems with my Mother-In-Law tomorrow so she can enjoy them with me :)

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  57. Beautiful layouts! I had a nice quiet night in with the hubby. We're not into crowds and the overpriced meals. But he did give me a beautiful rose! =D

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  58. Love both of these pages and especially all the hearts on the top one. We were visiting my sister and her new born baby girl.

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  59. Ooooh, those small heart holes! Just perfect!

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  60. wow, that heart die cut paper is amazing. we're making a homemade pizza for the kids and having a campout in the living room. :)

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  61. Fabulous layouts! I always love looking at your layouts---truly inspirational! V Day is spent at home, with a nice homecooked meal, and small gifts/cards for all of us..

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  62. These are gorgeous!!! I am LOVING all the hearts!!! And for Valentine's Day we took the kids to see The Lego Movie!! It was awesome!! :)

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  63. Oh I super LOVE your use of colors and patterns! awesome projects!
    We spent the day together...drove to portland and back but made sure that we stopped by a Craft Warehouse...happy valentine's day to me!

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  64. OMG, I love both of those very much. I especially love the second one... Great work Paige.

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  65. Two amazing layouts- I love the heart one in particular! My valentines day was spent going out to a fun "Which Which" dinner with my husband. Thanks for the chance!

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  66. Your layouts always amaze me! They are so beautiful and so unique! I made heart-shaped raviolis for my husband to celebrate Valentine's Day!

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  67. Love your layouts. For Valentine's Day, I focused on letting my husband and 2 sweet kids know that they are the loves of my life. I made them mini albums each and I esp wanted my little guy who broke his knee on Wed o cheer up. No activity for 3 mths and he is pretty bummed about that. He is only 8. :(

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  68. These layouts are fantastic. I love both the die cut and the woven techniques. Spectacular. I had no plans for Valentine's Day. Never do.

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  69. I love that weaving and all those die cut hearts!
    Just had a quiet night at home.

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  70. Those hearts are darling! My Valentine's day was spent at home with a home cooked dinner and a movie.

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  71. Love, love that woven heart - what beautiful layouts!! You are so amazing!!

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  72. That heart cut out paper is amazing! Our Valentine's plans were to go out for breakfast in the morning and make a special dinner at home in the evening. We have a tradition of going out for breakfast on v-day. I love it!

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  73. My plans for Valentine's day were to hang out at home and scrapbook (I took the day off work), then have a lunch date with my hubby! Finished it with family movie night. Best day!! Your layouts are gorgeous!

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  74. Your layouts always involve soo much detail!! I am constantly blown away by your stuff.
    As for Valentines Day plans, well, I got struck down by a horrible 24 hour bug and spent the entire day in bed. But I suppose nothing says 'I love you' like cleaning out the bucket...

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  75. I love that little hearts layout...

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  76. You make the happiest pages! I love them both. We went to a fab sushi restaurant on vday! I passed out cards to my friend and brother. And i spoiled the kids with chocolate. I love Valentine's Day!

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  77. delightful page with beautiful details! I went out for pizza on Valentine's Day!

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  78. Wow, both of your layouts are stunning! I love all of the details. My husband took me to lunch and bought me flowers for Valentines day.

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  79. YOur layouts never cease to amaze me....loveeeeee the woven heart!

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  80. Amazing layouts!! you are such an inspiration!! thanks for the chance to win! It's not Valentine's day here where I live, but we went to a lovely wedding and had a great time! happy Valentine's day! =)

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  81. WOW!! Such a FUN layouts!! I LOVE the designs and all the little elements!! THANKS SO MUCH for sharing and for the chance to win!! Have a FABULOUS Valentine's Day Weekend!! ;)

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  82. unfortunately my husband is away but I am taking my two teenage children out to dinner.

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  83. Wow! Love the mini heart cut outs! So beautiful!

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  84. Didn't have big plans for Valentine's day - just hanging out with family, which is the best!

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  85. These layouts are amazing...I love all the tiny diecut hearts on the first one!!

    My husband cooked us an amazing dinner, & I made us sparkling red wine cupcakes. And we played a round of our new Walking Dead game that we bought as an us Valentine's present....lol. We're such geeks!

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  86. What an amazing layout! I haven't seen anything like it! Thanks for sharing your creativity! (clayandamy@sbcglobal.net)

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  87. wow Paige these are super lovely cute photos too..xx

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  88. I'm hanging out with my sweetie and we are going to dinner.

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  89. Love your gorgeous projects as always... We spent Valentine at home and avoided the restaurant hype. Ate sushi and drank champagne...best & peaceful evening.

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  90. Awesome layouts! Spent V-day with my grandma-lunch & a movie :)

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  91. You ever cease to amaze me with your beautiful layouts! For Valentines Day, I made cocoa/chocolate chili that my husband said was a keeper of a recipe. Who knew that cocoa & chocolate would work in chili and healthy for you too! Thank you for the inspiration today.

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  92. I love your page inspiration. We had dinner plans. It was lovely.

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