Hi Guys!  

Valentines Day is right around the corner, and with all the expensive gifts and dinners, I thought I would post about a wonderful alternative, and heartfelt valentine DIY!

It's cheap and affordable for your wallet so you can actually put your money towards a special treat for yourself or your loved ones!

Alrighty So here are the supplies you'll need:

♥ Cardstock Paper: You can find all kinds of these papers in many styles at Micheals!

♥ Frosted Paper:  Also can be found in the paper isle at Micheals!

♥ Ribbon: 1/3 Inch size is Best for this size Valentine, but you can go larger to fit your Valentine!

♥ Hole Punch: for this project I used a heart shaped hole punch, but you can use a regular one or make your own

♥ Paper Punch: For this i used a heart shaped one, but you can print a heart template and cut you preference!

♥ Envelopes: For obvious reasons ( >u0 )Y

Next, using your paper punch, or heart template, cut out or trace and cut your desired design from your chosen cardstock!

For this project, I chose a cute pin stripe in pink!

Look how cute it's already starting to look! ^^

Make sure if you have a specific patterned paper, that you cut along the way you want the pattern to be displayed on your card, or it can wind up looking funny!

(I actually as you can see in the previous picture cut the first heart horizontal instead of vertical sooo00 lmao'''')

Great!

Now that you've gotten your cardstock cut, now you need to cut your frosted paper!

For this project i chose a light rosy color to compliment the look of my cardstock, but you can choose any of the several other designs and colors available in store!

Once you have all of your desired cards cut out, it's time to pull out that hole punch!

For mine I had a heart shaped holepunch so that's what I will be using, but you can use a regular hole punch, or even cut out your own shapes using an  exacto knife or scissors carefully!

♥And wah la!♥

♥HEARTS!♥

To help make sure they are lined up properly I would recommend you try to layer the two papers and cut them together, but you don't have to do this!

Next,  place the frosted paper ontop of your cardstock paper and line them up!

At this time you'll want to pull out your ribbon, and cut up some strips!

I personally like to cut them a tad bit longer since I like to fiddle with the bow a bit until i get it perfect, and if you cut the ribbon too short, this will be pretty difficult!

Once you've cut your strips, it's time to lace the ribbon through each side of the holes!

This will secure the two papers together, as well as looking super cute!

Next tie the ribbon ONCE into a knot.

This secures the ribbon and will help to keep the bow secure and also even and not lopsided!

Once you've done that you can go ahead and tie your bow!

For best results, you'll want to use a bowtie technique for this but you can tie a regular shoelace bow, you just will have to fiddle with the bow a bit to get it to sit straight!

And you're done!

This is a very cheap, easy, alternative valentine that any one can love!

Also it leaves flexibility for you to customize it to any kind of possibility or design you'd want!

You can then write a note on the cardstock, frosted paper, or, if you prefer to print something, you can run the cardstock or frosted paper through your printer first before cutting out your cards!

For the sake of time (and the fact i do not own a printer lol) I left mine blank for now!

Finally you can package them up into a little envelope and hand them out to your loved ones!

All together this project costs under 5$ (excluding the paper punches)

All craft supplies can be purchased or found online and instores for your local Micheals craftstore!

Thanks for reading and hope you all have a lovely time!

Waking up to Kitten Loves~

~Ahhhh~

I woke up this morning to Mouse doing this to me ahahah,

Sorry for the awkward silence/breathing, i just woke up and he was literally sitting right on my chest so ahah~

Review: Limecrimes' Velvetines!

Hi guys!

Today I am here to review for you, Lime Crimes’ new: Velvetines!

Lime Crime has picked up a lot of popularity over the past three years thanks to Tumblr and other social media, and is most well known for their SUPER Opaque, and creamy lipsticks, that come in a variety of wacky and wonderfully fun colors!

And this time, they’ve brought us a product that has RESTORED my faith in their ability to deliver what they are promoting, and that is the VELVETINES!.

From their Website:

VELVETINES

"Put it on… and forget about it."

Long-lasting, waterproof liquid lipstick that goes on with the ease of gloss and dries completely matte.

As always, Lime Crime has the BEST, most well thought and designed packaging, I am such a ho for good packaging and they did not dissapoint.

Velvetines comes in Two color choices the First is Suede Berry:

This color is a very orangey florescent red, and is scented in Lime Crimes signature sugary sweet scent.

This color is ideal for people with a warm undertone, and really compliments every thing from pastel colors, to dark black and winter colors.

The secound colour it comes in is a cool, deep red: Red Velvet.

This colour is my all time favorite red lip color EVER.

I have ALWAYS wanted a red this color, but every time (and trust me i have tried MANY) I’ve bought a red lipstick, with the promise of a deep sultry red, and matte, always it either wound up this Fire Hydrant red, or super glossy, and just does NOT do my lips any service.

But here we have Lime Crime, and to be honest I was wary to purchase this lip product, since the LAST TIME I bought one ( their Carousel lip glosses ugh) i was HORRIBLY disappointed by how un-even and thick the application was, and it was just an all over unpleasant experience.

How I rejoiced when i swatched these!

(excuse the orange swatch of Coquette 8P)
LOOK!  A SEAMLESS MATTE FINISH!!  AND TRUE TO COLOR, NO OXIDATION HERE!!!

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SERIOUSLY.  I almost cried putting this on my lips!

The applicator is really interesting too, although I know most are felt tipped, this one actually FEELS like velvet quality, so not only when the product dries, does it FEEL like velvet but you get the sensation of applying velvet to your lips in the process!

Although application is VERY tricky.  Because this product is quite LITERALLY liquid  do not buy this product thinking it is the consistency of a lipgloss because it is NOT!

Rather, it reminds me a lot of super watery acrylic paint and dries in the same manner as well.

I would definitely recommend investing in lip liners for these colors (HEY Lime Crime lets get some lip liners too huhuhuhhh ~<3) since getting a crisp clean line with the felt applicator is VERY difficult.

Putting it on, i found it was BEST to use only one or two coats, thankfully the product is pigmented to the heavens (another signature feature of Lime Crime) so you don’t need more than that.  AND trust me, you do NOT want to use more than TWO coats, because when the product DOES fully dry, you will have this very powdery mess that crackles and rolls into “makeup” balls *similar looking to lint balls*.

The best thing about this product I’d have to say is it’s long lasting wear.  Seriously, I can lick, bite, kiss, just about any thing and this lip color wont budge.  Without eating or drinking i can guarantee you will get at least a good 4-6 hours of full wear with out re-application.  

Excuse me as I get emotional now writing this because if you are like me, and are OBSESSED with finding the perfect lip color in pink or red, you UNDERSTAND how HARD it is to find these things, and I really do mean it when I say that Lime Crime has done this.  They have created THE perfect matte red lip product.

The only negative critique I could say is the fragrance.  Personally I am VERY impartial to the signature scent of Lime Crime products.  I do not like having my lip products scented to be honest, and quite frankly don’t like having the scent of a cupcake sugar bomb resting under my nose throughout the day.

I hope to one day see Lime Crime product a “scentless” option of their popular products, but i guess until then I will bear with it.

Ultimately this product has restored my faith in Lime Crimes’ ability to produce and put out EXACTLY what they are marketing, and i PRAY they never stop making this line because it is TRULY a Miracle Lipstick!