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Home Page » Holidays » Valentine's Day » Valentine's Day Workshop » Valentine's Day Workshop Shopping List Week 1

Floral Cutout Cards

  • Paper of your choice
  • Sharp pair of embroidery or cuticle scissors
  • Pencil
  • Utility knife with replacement blades
  • Transfer paper, Saral (No. 4451310), $4.53 for five 8 1/2-by-11-inch sheets, from misterart.com
  • Bone folder $5.99, by Martha Stewart, from Martha Stewart Crafts, available at Michaels
  • White craft glue (or spray adhesive)
  • Glue stick (if using heavier paper)
  • Fine-tipped brush
  • 12-by-12-inch self-healing cutting mat, $14.99, by Martha Stewart, from Martha Stewart Crafts available at Michaels

Quilled Valentine

  • 5/8-inch multicolor quilling paper (No. 356), $5 for 100 pieces; 1/8-inch quilling paper in pale pink (No. 323) and true red (No. 316), $1.45 for 50 pieces, from Lake City Crafts, quilling.com (You can also use medium-weight paper, such as vellum or stationery)
  • 8 1/2-inch paper trimmer, $24.99, by Martha Stewart, from Martha Stewart Crafts available at Michaels (You will need this if you are making your own quilling strips.)
  • Round-headed pin
  • Slotted quilling tool (No. 171), $3.75, from Lake City Crafts, quilling.com
  • Fine-pointed tweezers (No. 177), $3.75, from Lake City Crafts, quilling.com
  • Small sharp scissors
  • Gelly Roll pens, 2 for $2.97, by Sakura, from misterart.com (optional)

Marbleized Cards

  • 1/4 pound alum (a liquid mordant) TCD004001, $2.95 per 1/4 pound, from talasonline.com
  • Paintbrushes
  • Uncoated (nonglossy) medium-weight paper, like Rives assorted lightweight paper (10419-1111), 19 by 26 inches, $1.39 per sheet, from dickblick.com
  • Clothesline
  • Clothespins
  • Liquid acrylic paints
  • Two shallow 14-by-16-inch baking pans or trays (such as photo-developing trays) 1/2 pound methyl cellulose (a thickening agent), No. TAD016002, $11.25 per 1/2 pound, from talasonline.com
  • Whisk
  • Knitting needle or skewer
  • Rake (you can also make one using toothpicks and cardboard)

Rosy Stationery

  • Leafy vegetables, such as the head of a Treviso radicchio, romaine lettuce stems, or brussels sprouts
  • Paper towels
  • Large ink pad, $5.99, by Martha Stewart, from Martha Stewart Crafts available at Michaels
  • Cards or stationery

Hand-Shaped Valentines

  • Construction paper
  • Crayons or markers
  • Red ribbon or string
  • Sweethearts conversation hearts, from necco.com (optional)
  • Serif font alphabet acrylic stamp set, $12.99 for set, by Martha Stewart, from Martha Stewart Crafts available at Michaels (optional)

Ribbon-Punched Valentines

  • 18-by-18-inch assorted craftstock, $1.99 per sheet, by Martha Stewart, from Martha Stewart Crafts available at Michaels
  • Assorted paper, such as 12-by-12-inch crafting paper multipack in Pegboard, $10.99, by Martha Stewart, from Martha Stewart Crafts available at Michaels
  • 8 1/2-by-11-inch vellum paper
  • White cherish labels, $2.99, by Martha Stewart, from Martha Stewart Crafts available at Michaels
  • Assorted ribbon, such as 3/16-inch camellia pink-coffee bean piped nylon ribbon $2.99; 3/16-inch brick-ladybug woven ombre ribbon $2.99; 1/2-inch ladybug craft seam binding, $2.99. All by Martha Stewart, from Martha Stewart Crafts, available at Michaels
  • Screw punch, $24.99, by Martha Stewart, from Martha Stewart Crafts available at Michaels, (800) Michaels
  • Scissors
  • Glue stick
  • Cutting mat
  • Bone folder, $5.99, by Martha Stewart, from Martha Stewart Crafts available at Michaels
  • Optional tools for embellishment: 1-inch circle craft punch, $9.99; 1-inch circle craft punch, $9.99; Cornice edge punch, $14.99; Sans serif alphabet acrylic stamp set, $12.99; Walnut pigment ink stamp pad, $5.99; all by Martha Stewart, from Martha Stewart Crafts available at Michaels