Love You Much

I woke up this morning needing one more Valentine card ... to send out TODAY!  One for my grandma who is 90.  I scanned the current challenges and knew instantly I would use the Color Throwdown as my inspiration.  Look at this color scheme.  Those are my kinda colors!

As luck would have it, I had this bit of scrap on my craft table.

 This rarely happens to me...I had an idea instantly.  I drew out a sketch on my graph paper.

And this is what I came up with:

Am I allowed to say I'm a little disappointed?  Two things bugging me.  One, I wish I had stamped the leaves first and added the petals on top.  Second, my petal placement was so much better on my sample!  I should have used my stamp-a-ma-jig, but I thought I could do without.  I should know myself much better.  I'm waaaaay to nit-picky!  OK, not that nit-picky because I could have chose to do it over, but I suppressed that urge!

Not sure what the rest of the day will hold....maybe more cards?

Hearts A Flutter - Treat Totes

I was finally able to spend a decent amount of time in my craft room last night.  It felt good to go in there and play, with nothing else on my mind.  I have been racking my brain, trying to come up with a treat holder for Valentine's Day.  It took a few hits and misses, but I did get a design I'm pleased with....and here they are!

I'm always conscience about my paper consumption, so these are really efficient, too.  The Designer Series Papers are 4" x 8" pieces.  You can get four from a single 12" x 12" sheet, unless it's a directional like the mini hearts (second from left.)  Otherwise you end up with sideways hearts!  The tray I made to sit inside is also from Designer Series Paper and uses a 3" x 6" piece. 

Inside is a fun size bag of M&M's and a self-inflating mini balloon (who knew?) from the Dollar Tree.  Sorry no inside pic...if anyone is really interested...

This is not the layout I wanted for this post, but I am giving up.  Blogger just doesn't like me, so if you have any questions about these projects, don't hesitate to ask!

I'm off to bed because tomorrow I am doing my taxes....fun!

Think Pink....and Lots of it!

I was such a bad blogger last year.  I have a backlog of cards I could post.  Since I'm trying to do some actual work today, I thought I'd share some of those cards I made.  I sent out a lot of Valentine's last year and evidently I was enamored with pink, too.  Here's just a few for now....

 

I believe this one was inspired by a photo in the Stampin' Success magazine from Stampin up!  The background is En Francais.  The sentiments from Fancy Flexible Phrases.

Same with this one.  I gave it to my friend, Pam.  She had shared this ribbon with me.  It uses Valentine Defined, plus Love You Much.

I love this one with the tiny yo-yo's.  They are about 3/4" and I made them with the Clover (Extra Small) Yo-Yo Maker.  The stamps are Fine Flourish along with Wonderful Words.

 

Love using the puffy paint on this little sheep from Pun Fun.

I had fun making this 3-D flower.  Hello Doily and Lots of Thoughts are the stamps.

Now onto some more work....see ya soon, though!

Love You Much - Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger

Shhhh....maybe I shouldn't mention it, but it's been two weeks since my last post.  I had no idea it had been that long.  I did get a chance to play today and I made a birthday card for my father-in-law.  Since his birthday is a few weeks off, I'll take this time to show another card.

This one is for the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger.  I was inspired by the house, of course.

I contemplated using the bright happy colors in the inspiration photo, but I have a lot of pinks I wanted to use up.  It's a blessing and a curse to be so obsessed with using up my scraps!

Saturday I'm off to the University of Iowa where my son (17) is competing in the First Tech challenge.  It's a national robotics competition.  So, no stamping for me!  Sunday I'm free and I hope to do some more creating!  Have a great weekend!