Embossed “Puppy Love” Valentine's Day Treats

There’s always a fine line between wanting to try our hand at DIY valentines, and not wanting them to look amateur. But we have a secret weapon in our back pocket: embossing! It transforms a stamped impression into a professional-looking print in an instant, but still has the thoughtfulness (and cheaper price!) of a handmade item.

We love Valentine's Day, but we love Valentine's Day treats even more. 😉 Today we made these adorable “puppy love” puppy chow snack bag valentines, featuring -- of course -- embossed stamped impressions! Take a look.

• Custom stamp and letter stamps (Or use our Puppy Love Stamp which features the graphic & phrase together!)
• Pigment Ink
• Clear embossing powder
• Embossing heat tool
• Snack bags
• Glue dots
• Vellum paper
• Scissors
• Puppy chow

We found these fun Valentine’s Day treat bags at Target, but the thin plastic over the heart cutout wouldn’t be able to uphold the embossing heat tool. Since the bags were too cute to pass up, we decided to seek the help of some vellum paper. It has a matte, see-through look so that you can see the puppy chow, but is durable enough to stamp and emboss on without crumpling up.

We took out the flimsy plastic and replaced it with vellum paper. We would recommend stamping and embossing each piece of paper beforehand -- it's just easier to work with that way. Then, with a few glue dots for the attachment, the vellum paper looks like it was always part of the bag.

RS.com tip: You can always make your own bags as well, cutting out a shape of your choice and adding a piece of embossed vellum paper.

We used a custom dog stamp here, along with PEGZ stamps that spell out “Puppy Love” for a fun play on words. To kill two birds with one stone, we stamped the phrase on sticker paper and used it to close the bag and keep the treats fresh.