Counting down to Valentine's Day

This little Valentine project probably took me longer than necessary, but I was having fun hand-making the envelopes out of brown paper lunch sacks.  First, I cut the sacks open & traced an old template/stencil onto them.  After cutting out the envelopes,  I cut & glued in liners that would coordinate with the note cards I planned to make.  They looked adorable after they were folded and adhered together.  I used my Cricut (personal cutter) & Design Studio for the letters, numbers, larger hearts, and cards.  For the smaller hearts (I layered), I used an old Creative Memories punch.  The hearts with the dates are just attached to the lower portion of the mini-envelopes to hold the flaps shut.  Plus, I wanted to use some Valentine-themed stamps.  So, I hand-stamped the poster-board with some of Close To My Heart's acrylic stamps.  Using the little note-cards, I hand-wrote little quotes or caring messages to my family.  Now it's hung up and looks super cute!  However, I can't take the credit...I got the basic idea from a tutorial on Smashed Peas & Carrots.