My New Obsession

I love sharing new obsessions with you guys!! When I got this little guy, I was SO EXCITED to post details I could hardly wait. Then I got online to see what other people thought about it and it looks like I'm not the only one who loves it... I found a bunch of blogs out there who use it just how I intended and it looks like I'm less original than I'd like...  BUT for those of you who haven't even seen what I'm talking about... I'll STILL post how I intended!

Ready to see what "IT" is? 

Xyron sticker maker! I LOVE adding detail to my stationary and when I saw that I could make ANY of my cute ribbons into 'decorative tape' I could not stop thinking about getting one of this guys! You can pretty much make ANYTHING a sticker!

ribbon, ric rac, left over fabric... etc, anything can be made into a sticker... I'll show you STEP-BY-STEP how because when I first got it I was really intimidated... but now that I know how simple it is- it's ridiculous how scared I was! 

Pick whatever you want to make a sticker... I went with this adorable lace ribbon

Feed it into the top left opening... 

As you drop it in, pull the bottom right tape dispensing side

That's pretty much it! Start pulling however much you want!

When you have your desired length, cut off the ribbon and feed the rest through. 

Once the end is out, rip the tape off

Use something hard to press the ribbon firmly onto the tape roll. I used the handle of my scissors...

Peel the cellophane-like top off 

Peel your ribbon (now sticker) off the wax paper-like tape backing 

That's it! Now you can decorate ANYTHING!

Like these plain jane brown stationary cards

Card + envelope... Joon-ified. 

I know this might be "duh" for a lot of y'all, but even if ONE person finds it as exciting as I did, it was worth the post!! Imagine how cute packaging and gifting can be now! 

I cut out a piece of textured card stock in the shape of a heart and made the cutest little sticker. Everything I see is now in danger of being turned into a sticker with this machine... I even tried dropping a button down the chute hahaha! I think my next purchase is "the big one"... haha let me know if you knew about this, or you're just so uber excited that I shared and can't wait to go get one!!! 

My Valentine Cards

Wanna know what my Valentines are getting this year? My sweet little friends will be receiving these cute little Valentine's Day cards from me and all it took was a few of these:

Yep. Those are paint samples from Home Depot. And they're free. And they're awesome and TOTALLY me (if you know anything about me!) I love painting AND I love sending cards/notes. I knew my friends would get a kick and relate with the cute idea :)

With paint names like "Be Mine" and "Scented Valentine"... it just doesn't get much cuter than that.

If you want to do these easy and quick Valentine's cards all you have to do is go to your local paint dept, snag a few cards (they don't mind, I even asked if I could have a dozen because I felt guilty haha) and whatever you want to write on. I wanted to use some of my 3D stickers since I never get an excuse to and this was the perfect craft to use them on! (stickers found in scrapbook aisle of Hobby Lobby)

I had to switch them up a little :)

And there you have it! An easy and FREE way to send out a cute Valentine's Day card! Enjoy!


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