More Heartbreakers...

Hello friends! Just wanting to pop in and share a couple more of my Cupcards To Go "Heartbreaker" cards! It really was great to get the Valentines for my kids all made and ready to be delivered! Love, love, love that! I'm really excited about our Valentine breakfast...starting to plan it now!!

This card is for my daughter that LOVES sugar...I got this sheet of rub-ons and knew that my sweet little RUBY needed the whole sheet!

I have one more card to share tomorrow, so stay tuned!!

Cardabilities Sketch!

Good morning and Happy Valentine's Day! I hope you are all doing well!! It's been a crazy week, getting "back to normal" after my parents left took me a little longer than expected--it is so nice to have the help that both my parents offer while they are here!! We had fun doing some decorating around my house...I'm so excited about that! New bedding, lamps, rugs...YEA!!

Anyway, we were finally better...everyone healthy until this past Friday, and now my daughter has been with a fever since then...I tell you I can't wait for summer! Today I'm ready to just skip to warmer weather and get rid of the yucky bugs that hang around in the winter...what do you say?

I've got a fun sketch to share today! I'm sharing the great sketch #25 from Cardabilities today! Be sure to hop over and check out the great things the other designers have to share!!

I hope you have a wonderful Valentine's Day...and feel a lot of love! Thanks so much for your friendship and support...it's wonderful to have such great friends that I only know through the computer! I appreciate you, love you and hope you have a great day!!

Take care!

Cardabilities Sketch Reveal

Good morning friends! Today is a lot of exitement waiting to happen!! Cardabilities sketch reveal and the sneak peeks for the Lizzie Anne Designs winter release start today! This will be my first post for the day, but be sure to check the other post for glimpses of the new LAD stamps...they are so great!!

So, how about a little Valentine?! Isn't this a GREAT sketch! This is sketch #24 from Cardabilities. I can't belive that we're already to number 24! I've really enjoyed the fun of creating based on sketches...great way to get your mojo flowing! Be sure to head over to the Cardabilities Blog to see the other designer's fun work!!
Products used today were: Nestabilities-labels and hearts, punches, stamps from SU, paper from MM and SU, and some tulle!:)

I hope you are all doing well! We're working hard to get better...I took Max to the Dr. again yesterday. He has lost a little weight...but the Dr. thinks were getting through the worst of the sickness now...here's to hoping! I am so thankful for the medical staff that work the weekends!

Have a great one and see you in the next post!

I Adore You

Good Morning Friends! I'm excited to be here again today...that means I've been productive! My sweet kidlets are playing well together, sleeping well, and back at school...and that means I've had time at my desk! I've cleaned it, dusted it, and updated my Boutique page with items that are looking for new homes! Karen, you won the Spellbinders Wizard! (My dear friend Susanne lives in Germany and I can't ship the wizard there...so you were the next winner!) Please contact me today so I can get your wizard sent to you!

So, I've got a new Blog Candy to post today...I've got a Basic Grey Ambrosia 6x6 pad to give away today! You can see it here...it's delicious! How about this for fun, I'll choose a random comment from todays post through Monday's post, so come back and visit often! I'll announce the winner with Tuesday's post and also post another chance to win another fun pice of candy(it's a great one!)!

So, after that fun, here is my card for today! I've used the MM "Je t'Adore" line again. I paired it up with some Early Espresso and Riding Hood Red paper. I used my "From the Heart" stamp set from LAD, for my images and then pulled out my heart nestabilities dies to go to work!I also used the LAD sketch challenge for this week for the inspiration for my card. You can find the sketch here, on the LAD blog.

I hope you have a wonderful day! Thanks so much for stopping by!!

All You Need...

Good morning friends. I hope you are all doing well!! We've had a bundle of rain...flooding and such and I'm so thankful that we're not in flood trouble! We've got a couple of bridges that come over a valley to our little town...and I can't belive how much water there is out there! I thought we were going to have to resort to using paddles out the windows of the car!!

It's days like these, (and we've had quite a few) that make me so happy that we're all set to stay home and be cozy! I've got some more Valentine Decor to share today...maybe one more tomorrow!
I love this song...and more than the song, this phrase! "All you need is love." I think this is so true! I used some cut wood, sanded it just a bit so it didn't give me slivers:) and then added my MME valentine paper. I rounded the edges of the paper with my favorite thing ever--the corner chomper, by We R Memory Makers. I cut the vinyl with my silhouette and then added it to my blocks. Oh, I put the paper onto the wood with Mod Podge and then after it dried and I had attached my vinyl, I added another coat and let it dry. I tied it up with some creamy tulle...and there you have it.

And stay tuned...as I've been cleaning house I've got a fun pile of great blog candy!! I'll announce the winner of yesterday's candy and then post another fun thing for tomorrow!! So, stay tuned! I figure it's better to share it with people that want it than not, right!? Remember..laugh till your cheeks hurt today!

Be Mine..and some Candy!!

Happy Tuesday-that feels like Monday-everyone! We had the kids home from school yesterday and while it was as crazy as ever at our house, I was excited to get some of things made! I've been trying harder to use what I have to make decor for our home. I figure I sepnd the $ on things I love, why not use them in my home...they make me so happy!!

This "Be Mine" banner went together relatively quickly, I had seen the pennates at Ben Franklin(my favorite place to browse lately) and have had them since right before I had Max. I was going to make a Christmas banner...but let's just say that didn't happen! They are chipboard and made by Paper Accents.

I picked up some great new MM valentine paper at Paper Zone on Saturday and was happy to have stopped in on a day when everything in the store was on sale...it was so fun! I am totally in love with the whole line, it's called "Je t'adore". I love the romantic feeling of several of the papers, the and the fresh clean lines of the stripes and polka dots! It's pefect valentine paper! I paired it up with some other MM paper, the black paper is from the Paper Reverie line. IT is SO delicious...don't wonderful products make the creation process so fun!? Here are some close up photos....I used some Tulle, MM glittered letters(YEA!! I've had these for a LONG time!), and some misc. ribbons.

I hope that you are having a great day! I've got a few other Valentine Decorations to share, so will do so in the next few days!:) I started something this morning that I really didn't want to do...I'm purging my craft space!! I've got some things that I haven't touched for over a year...am I safe to help them find another home!?

I haven't done blog candy for a while...so here goes my first blog candy of 2011! It's a BIG one...but super fun!! I've got a product that has only been used 5 or 6 times and is perfect condition. It will help you cut shapes, borders, etc. It has a really fun name, it has 1 Z in it's name(so I can't spell...sorry!)! The first person to comment with the proper name of this product will win it! You are welcome to comment and leave some love, even if you don't need a new die cut machine!;)

Thank you all for being so supportive and for the great friendships I've made though sharing my passion for creating!! I hope you enjoy the things I share...I appreciate hearing what you think!:) Have a great day...and remember to smile until your cheeks hurt!!

A few more...

Hey there friends! Hope you all are enjoying the beginnings of a great long weekend! We sure have! I wanted to just pop in quickly to show you some fun and very last minute Valentine's we made to give to a few teachers/etc. Yes, I used the scrumptious paper I got from MME, and really, I'm in love!!

This first photo is a little take out box that we filled with some chocolate hearts...then tied up a nice tulle bow and added a sweet little tag. The tag is a real red scallop heart and then a heart from the MME paper. The sentiment is from the So Much Love LAD set...yep, it's definate keeper of a set! I stamped it in real red ink, then punched it out with my small oval punch and made an aqua large oval punch to put it on. I used my SU small heart punch again and added a bit of color. The same color combo(surprised?!) found it's way to a wrapped giant candy bar for Ms. Kari, my son's piano teacher. We really had fun wrapping it up and making it look pretty!! Same ingredients as above, with the addition of a beautiful red button and some twine!

This is a photo of the whole ensamble...loving my nestabilites today too!!

I hope you have a great Valentine's Day friends!! Enjoy a wonderful weekend! I'll be back Monday! Toodles and thanks so much for stopping by!

I heart you!

Hello friends! I hope you are doing well! Our long weekend has just started and we're all sorts of excited for a little family fun this weekend! Yea for days off from school! I got a fun box from the UPS man today, he brought me some DELICIOUS new papers! They are from My Minds Eye, from the Love Me Do collection...oh my word! You know when you get some new products and you just can't leave them alone!? Well, this is one of those collections! It happens to be in one of my favorite color combinations...Auqa, Red and Curshed Curry in my palette...simply divine. I think these papers will be great year round, nothing that screams "valentine's day"...so I'm really excited!

As soon as my daughter found the box on my front porch and brought it up to me...I was in love. I started cutting and mixing this great paper, and it was SO much fun! So, I'll quit the gabbing and get to my sharing! This is my take for the CPS sketch 153, that is the current sketch on their blog.

As mentioned above, I used Aqua Mist, Real Red and Crushed Curry cardstock on my card. My card is Aqua Mist and then I used two of the delicous papers from MME. I used a strip of crushed currry and a fiskars border punch to cover the seams of the papers and then a nice bit of tulle...sorry, I'm stuck!

I used my nestabilities, scallop and classic hearts. I mounted the large heart and then added the two smaller ones. I used a little bit of red bling...from Martha Stewart, and my little Ruby was chomping at the bit to get to those!;). My sentiment was stamped in real red ink. The sentiment says "i heart you", and is in the So Much Love stamp set from Lizzie Anne Designs. I covered the "heart" with a little heart I punched out with my new little SU heart punch.

I went to the post office and mailed all my valentines today--a full book of stamps worth, and then a few extra packages and got home and realized that I only have 1 valentine left in my stash! YEA! Isn't that fun? I'm excited for our loved ones to find some love in their mailbox! My niece that is at college will be so excited to get some happy mail---I'm doing good on my resolution to get more happy mail into my loved ones mailboxes!!

I hope you have a wonderful day! Make it great!

You're out of this world!

Good morning friends! I want to share a little fun valentine with you today! I think this little "sour cream" container was something I made amost 10 years ago...but it's been a while since I've revisited making one! My kids thought this was super cool, we might a a large load of them coimng in the near future!

I used the A Little Love digital paper for my paper. I printed it on a light weight cardstock and found it a perfect weight paper for this project! I used the cute little rocket stamp from the A Little Love stamp set as well. I colored the rocket with copic markers and the mounted the rocket on a piece of turquoise paper. I used my crop-a-dile to punch a hole for my ribbon and then tied the rocket to the container. The container is full of tootsie rolls...and a perfect little valentine to share with classmates!

I'll be back with more fun tomorrow...see you then! Thanks so much for stopping by! I appreciate it so much!! Have a great one!

Valentine Wishes!

Good Monday to all of you! I hope you had a great weekend and are all geared up for this week! I'm really excited, I've only got one more week before I head down to California to attend CHA...can't wait!!

I've got a lot to get accomplished before I go to CHA, so here's to a great productive week! I have a load of new stamps to share with you! Lizzie Anne had a release on Friday, and oh my...I'm in love! They introduced a new line of stamps, Sixlets..and I'm loving them! I used one of them for this cute little Valentine for today. This set is called A Little Love. Isn't this little fairy delicious!? Let's just say my daughter can't wait to make her Valentine's for her class mates...her wheels are already churning! Another fun thing to note about this card is the use of this great digital paper pack! I got a new printer for Christmas and it made me so happy to have this paper to print...it is GREAT paper! It is called A Little Love and there are 9 different papers in the set. The colors are fresh and very fun for either girl or boy valentines! I'm really starting to love the digital paper option...I have it for always and forever!

I started with a real red card and a couple of tempting turquoise eyelet borders. I used a strip of the rainbow heart A Little Love paper and then tied it up with a 5/8" red grosgrain ribbon. I stamped my little fairy and colored her in with copic markers. I used my oval and scallop oval nestabilities to cut her out. I added the oval to my card with dimensionals.

So, there is one of the fun little valentine's I've got for my stash! I love to mail valentines and tell my family how much we love them! I'm trying to be better(a resolve I made for this year, 2010.) at sharing my love through the mail. I'm into week 3 of sending just cards, just because! YEA! I even needed a new book of stamps!

Hope you have a great evening! I've got some fun little ideas to share tomorrow. We made a few attempts for valentine treats for my kids to give to their classmates...see you then! Thanks so much for stopping by!