Lots of Love to share!

Another snow day here in NOVA for us! We are expecting another storm to come through that is going to bring more snow. Eeek! I think I have had enough snow now for three winters. Sheessshhh! It's crazy.
Although it does give me time to create! :-) Today I want to share a treat bag and card I made with a Elle's Studio recipe and tag download which you can get for free here. I recently became a follower of the blog because I love the cute products and the DT has awesome ideas! They have a challenge on the blog to make mini Valentine's cards and treats. Valentine's Day is a favorite holiday for me because I love the color red, ♥'s, candy, and flowers but most importantly, my favorite part is giving a little something to those I love! Which means I need lots of cards and treats, so their challenge was something I jumped right on! :-)

I used The Cutting Cafe' 6 x 3 box for my treat container. I printed the template on Creatively-Green's Red Devil 100% recycled cardstock. I cut a 3 inch circle in the center of the box and recipe paper and used a piece of acetate for the window. The side view of the box shows the entire recipe card wrapped around the box with a decorative edge. Too cute! I punched the heart image from the tag and added the sugar crystal glitter to give a little shimmer and attached with a dimensional dot. I cut the sentiment from the tag and used dimensional dots also to apply to front. Finally, I added a piece of eyelet trim with a small strip of the Piggy Tales paper wrapped around the bottom and added a strip of bling.

For my card, I based it on Laura's #45 sketch for 2S4Y:

I used Creatively-Green's Chablis 100% recycled cardstock for the base. I added the eyelet trim and Piggy Tales paper to the left side of the card with a strip of bling. I cut the recipe card in half and glued to card's right side. I added a brad to the tag, cut a heart image out and applied sugar crystal glitter to the image and used a dimensional dot to attach. The tag is attached with dimensional dots to the right edge of card.

Supplies for both projects: cardstock: Creatively-Green chablis and red devil; Recollections white; pattern paper: Piggy Tales "Little Red Riding Hood"; trim: Jo'Ann's white eyelet; jewels: Heidi Swap; glitter: Creatively-Green sugar crystal; brad: craft supply; other: dimensional dots

I had lots of fun creating these projects and I hope it inspires you to create a few items yourself. In need of more ideas? Join us for the Creatively-Green blog hop that starts February 11th and runs until February 14th. Lots of ideas to share and of course prizes to be won!

Thank you for stopping by! Have a great day!

I'm back with a GIVE A WAY for all from The Cutting Cafe'!

Did you see the free sets over at The Cutting Cafe? Regina is giving away these two adorable sets.

Colored Mini Polk A Dot Set

Colored Flower Set

Here's a card I created using the plum Colored Flower set and a sentiment from the Everyday Greetings. I used the CPS #152 sketch:

You have until Monday (2/8) to get the sets for free! So hurry and get yours! Click on each set above to find out how to get yours for free!

After you get your sets, be sure to enter the contest for your chance to win

4 sets of your choice! Click here to read the details.

I can't wait to see what you create with the sets!

Huge post!

I am going to apologize in advance because this is going to be a super long post. I have been MIA (again) with good reason though. I mean, I think it's a good reason. :-) My DD and I went on a Disney cruise for her birthday. It was so much fun! I really enjoyed our time together and we loved hanging out in the sun by the pool/beach. We visited the Atlantis resort in the Bahamas and then Disney's island-Castaway Cay. This was our second time aboard the Wonder and we had just as much fun as the first time. Sometimes it's hard to duplicate trips with the same expectations but this was just as fabulous as the first cruise. If not better because my DD is older and we enjoyed doing things together. Like the dinners at Parrot Cay and Triton's. Normally she sticks to simple foods and wants something off the kids menu. This time, she was ordering from the "adult" menu. It was such a joy to watch her place her order! For a child with Autism, this is a great feat! We rented bicycles at Castaway Cay and she was extremely excited to hit the trails and see where they would take us. I was a little nervous because the brakes are not the same as her bike at home but she adjusted well. She was smiling and riding along enjoying the scenery. Just happiness. Anyhow, that's my reason for being absent from my blog for a while. I am back and ready to share some cards now!

I feel like there is so much I want to share. I will start with Card Pattern's #49 sketch. I read that purple will be the hot color this year?

Supplies: cardstock: Recollections; pattern paper: Piggy Tales-Snow White & the 7 Dwarfs; bling: Heidi Swap and Darice; rub-on's American Crafts Mini Marks Frank Sidekick; brad; Creative Imaginations

This next card I thought I had shared with you but I forgot to last week before I left. It's a love card I made with Creatively Green's 100% recycled cardstock which I ♥. The paper is super heavy weight so you can add those embellies, layers, ribbons, etc. with no worries about your card drooping. I used a scrap of 7 Gypsie's paper and a metal tag a friend sent me. See supplies below card for details.

Supplies: cardstock: Creatively-Green pink and black; pattern paper: 7 Gypsies; fabric:Jo-Ann's cream burlap; metal tag: Jo-Ann's; brad: Making Memories black; ribbon: Wright's black organdy; ink: Brilliance graphite black

Also, today I posted a special project on their blog for Valentine's day. Be sure to check it out! :-) We are having a Valentine's Blog Hop Feb. 11th-14th with lots of acitvites, projects, and prizes of course! Bookmark it now so you won't miss out on the fun and creativity.

This next project is for a friend. The challenge over at JUGS was to create a pennant banner. I am a tad late with my entry but that's okay. I enjoyed making it. :-)

On another note....

I celebrated my birthday mid week and the kids in my class showered me with cards and treats! I wanted to share their creations with you. Here are a few. My camera started to receive a written error message on it after the first four cards. Boo hiss. So not sure what's up with that. But look at these adorable cards...I was grinning ear to ear. It was the sweetest surprise.

Aren't these too sweet?

and finally the beautiful bouquet of flowers Simon sent me.

He knows I love Gerber daisies.

I do have more to share with you. I thought it would be best to spread it out. I have lots of altered projects for Valentine's Day that I am working on. I hope you will come back to see. Thanks for making it to the end of this very long post!

Just a few more

Happy Thursday everyone!
I hope you are having a fabulous week thus far. Only one more day till Friday!



I have another Cutting Cafe card to share today. I used the Heart Accordion set. This is a super fun set that has an accordion heart card, envelope template, and heart shaped sentiments.

I based my card off of Laura's sketch #44.

I just love the sketches on 2S4Y! You have to see Laura's amazing card with the gorgeous ribbon! The DT also created beautiful cards for you to oogle. :-)
Have a great day!

Supplies: cardstock: Recollections black ; pattern paper: Target dollar spot; ribbon: Martha Stewart; felt flower: craft supply; glitter: Stickles Frosted Lace

Walking away

Long time no post huh? I know...I have been extremely bad about blogging. I was in a serious funk. I had no mojo. Then I thought I had some great ideas and I cut into a few new papers and POOF!!!! it was gone. So I walked away to do some serious thinking. I thought of abandoning this hobby of mine. I considered packing all my supplies up and donating them to a local shelter. I have read about others having this frame of mind and actually following through with the idea. I however, managed to regain some confidence and sat back down at the table to create.


What's amazing me to is I found myself with a simpler style. Not completely overdoing it to the nil degree. Not sure it will last. Not sure I really like the new style but it's a change and I am embracing it for now.


Enough of my ranting. On to a few cards I made.

First up is a card using beautiful turquoise Chatterbox papers. My friend, Pam sent these to and I knew what I was eager to use these. I used Card Pattern's #48 sketch.

Supplies: pattern paper: Chatterbox; stamp: unknown; pearls: Kaiser Craft; ink: Brilliance black; ribbon: Creatively-Green; glitter: Stickles frosted lace

This next card started out strictly for fun! But then I saw The Pink Elephant's #51 challenge to use, polka dots, bow and pink. Regina created the cutest little set entitled, "Rain Rain Go Away" for The Cutting Cafe and I fell in love with this boot image. Way too cute!
I just realized I need to get a close up image of the boots because I filled in the flowers with Stickles and it does not show the true sparkle in the photo. :-( Sorry. I will try and get to that ASAP!

Supplies: cardstock: Recollections white and black, digital image and sentiment: The Cutting Cafe'; print paper: Target dollar spot; polka dot ribbon and felt button: craft supply; glitter: Stickles red and green

Thanks for coming by!

Winners winners!

Are you one of the lucky winners? I did it the old fashion way, by putting names on a slip of paper and drawing from a basket. Sometimes it's just fun to do things the "old fashion way". :-)

For the Cutting Cafe' give away I have two lucky winners and .....

The first winner of the Assorted Pillow Box set is

TKelli

the second winner of the Because Valentine's Day Isn't Just for Lovers is

Scrap2Day

Congratulations! Please email me so I can send your files.

Thank you to all who left a comment for a chance to win!

Love is all around

I am sliding in at the last hour with these cards featuring, Love Me Do by MME. The week slipped by really fast and I found it was Friday before I could blink. No complaining here though. I love my weekends!
First up is my card for CardPatterns sketch #46. The new DT started this week and let me just say, they are incredible!!! You really must see their cards for this week's sketch. A huge congrats to each of them! Okay here's my card:

The second card is for 2S4Y this week which is sponsored by The Cutting Cafe this week. Check out my blog post here for a chance to win one of the 2 sets being given away!

Okay-it's late for me and I need to get some things done before bed. Good night all! I'll be back tomorrow. :-)