A Special Valentine

I realized I had not shown you this card yet.  This was the card I made my husband for Valentine's Day.  I did mix some current and retired product in this card.  The love letterpress plate is retired but the rest is current.  I used some glimmer paper and made a banner with First Edition Designer Series Paper.  I stuck with the Soft Suede ink color.  I really like the simplicity of this card.

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Lunchtime Valentines

Since Valentine's Day was on a school day I made these simple valentines for my kids.  I added them to their lunch boxes with a little note from me and their dad.  I added a piece of chocolate taped inside as a little "bonus".  It was a nice little surprise for them.

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Be My Valentine

This was one of the swaps I made for the Leadership Conference.  I still love to color so I colored with my Stampin' Up! markers and used some of the new designer series paper and embossed with my Big Shot!  Such a sweet and simple Valentine.

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Have a Ball Valentine!

These are the Valentine's my son Andrew and I made for his class.  We wanted to do something a little more "boyish".  We used our 3x5 cello bags and the Top Note die for the Big Shot to finish off the project.

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Valentines: Crayon style

I am sure many of you can relate to my LOVE of Pinterest.  These were the Valentines that my daughter made for her classmates.  We used old crayons and melted them into a silicone heart mold.  The kids loved them.  You can see we cut Poppy Parade hearts using the Framelit Hearts from the Occasions Mini Catalog.  Lorin and I had so much fun making these.  

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I am Here!

No, I have not fallen off the face of the earth.  I also wanted to say I appreciate the emails I have gotten saying my blogging was missed.  I won't even tell you how crazy busy life has been but I have soooooooooo many projects to show you.  So let me get started.

I know Valentine's day is OVER but I have to show you what I did for my husband for the 14 days of February.  I know there are lots of pictures but I hope you enjoy them.  He enjoyed receiving them each day.

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My Swap Card

Here is the swap card I made using Gnome Sweet Gnome.  I also used the new Adorning Accents embossing folder.

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Window Sheet Card

I made this card using our window sheets.  I stamped the image from Bordering on Romance in Stazon Black ink.  Then I used my re-inkers and mixed the colors with Crystal Effects and colored my image in using a toothpick of all things.  Let it dry and this is what you end up with.  What do you think about this awesome ribbon!  Check out the New Occasions Mini Catalog in my right sidebar to check out all the new products!


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Loving Letter Press Plates

Well, it is January!  Happy New Year!  Now it is time to think about February and Valentine's Day, right?  Here is a card using a Letterpress plate for the Big Shot and White Craft ink.  This also features a jumbo wheel as the main stamped image.

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Love

Here is our other make and take from the Charlotte, NC regional event.  Be sure to check back tomorrow  to see the unveiling of the new Holiday Mini Catalog!  This sneak peek is in the very back.  See if you can find it and leave the name of it in comments if you would like.

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Chocolate for your Valentine

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Well, we all love chocolate so what better gift to give a teacher for Valentine's Day?  I bought the really large chocolate bars and covered them with DSP.  I wrapped them with some Whisper White taffeta ribbon and decorated a clothespin to decorate it a little bit more.  I LOVE the glitter paper!  What a sparkle without mess.

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Valentine Pocket Card and Club Spoiler

I love these pocket cards.  I think this one will be for my wonderful husband for Valentine's Day.  They are so easy to make.  Take one of our envelopes and lick it shut.  Then cut or use a border punch to cut off the end. Add a card for the insert and decorate to your liking.  I love the Love Letters DSP, it is a must have.

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UDI Inspiration Challenge #131

I decided to stick with the candle theme this week for the UDI inspiration challenge.  Stampin' Up! now  has these great Love Impressions rub ons.  I decided to use them on a glass votive.  What a great gift for teachers for Valentine's Day or to decorate a table.  This was a really quick and easy project.  We have great, one of a kind rub ons that you can use for numerous occasions.  Be sure to check them out.  They are great on cards, 3-D projects and scrapbook pages.  See what you can do with them.  Be sure to check out what the other UDI team members came up with this week.

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Cupid is Coming

I know it has been a while since I posted so I will try to get back on track.  We had a wonderful Christmas and New Year's.  We came home from great time with family and started our spring cleaning early.  That included painting my kitchen, dr. appointments and yes, reorganizing/cleaning my stamp room!  I have some great things to share with you so I hope you will keep checking back.

I know Valentine's Day is coming quickly and I wanted to share with you a project I have done.  I am so excited about this because I was original.  I know, that does not happen often.  I used the new spinners from the Occasions Mini Catalog to make an arrow for my heart.  I used the heart from the Got Treats stamp set and then just punched out a heart with Poppy Parade.  I wanted the heart to be larger.

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Topped Fancy Favor Gift Bag

This was the last project we did at my Big Shot Club on Thursday.  I LOVE this bag using the Fancy Favor die for the Big Shot.  I saw the idea on Dawn Olchefske's blog.   I knew I was going to use this idea.  It is fantastic.  I made mine ready for Valentine's Day.  Who wouldn't love this bag, filled with chocolate of course?

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Mini Milk Carton Valentines

Happy Valentine's Day! I thought I would do a quick post showing what my 3 year old daughter and I made for her classmates at Mom's Day Out. We used the Mini Milk Carton die and Lorin stamped all 14 of them and wrote her name. She picked out the lollipops she wanted and cranked that Big Shot 14 times to cut out her flowers with the flower folds die. We had so much fun stamping downstairs together. She is a future demonstrator in training.

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A Valentine for My VALENTINE

Here is my UDI inspiration challenge this week. This is the Valentine I made for my Valentine for Sunday. I know it is not all too masculine but what Valentine card is? Be sure to check out what the other team members came up with this week.

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Supplies:

Stamps: Three Little Words (113254)

Ink: None

Markers: Real Red (100052), Basic Black (100082)

Paper: Whisper White (100730), Sending Love Specialty DSP (117153), Real Red (102482)

Other: Big Shot Machine (113439), Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder (117335), Flower Folds die (115970), Scallop Edge Punch (112091), 1 1/4" Circle Punch (104403), Build a Brad pewter (109128)

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Valentine Treat Topper

Here is a quick and easy Valentine treat topper. I used the Top Note Die for the Big Shot and our small cello bags. Added some candy and some Designer Series paper and you are done! I did the reverse masking technique for the pink oval.

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