Under Construction!

Hello! It's me! I just went in to Picasa (because I actually found a minute...) to upload some more photos of my latest creations and found it to be EMPTY! Of course, I freaked out... until I realized that my DH must have found some time to get around to backing up our documents and pictures before he installs some new hardware upgrades! Yay! So... I just wanted to let you know that we're under construction and I'll be posting those photos as soon as we're back up and running! Thanks!

Spotted!

I had a little free time last week and went crazy making cards with some of my scraps... Here is one!
I love the new Medium Jewelry Tag Punch from the Occasions Mini catalog! It's so tiny and cute! I used an old alphabet set to stamp the sentiment, the paper is just scraps of old In Color colors and the Kraft was ran through Jeanne's Big Shot to get the texture! Love it!

Most Recent Cards!!

This is a fun birthday card using a new Sale-a-bration set: Happy Moments (REMEMBER... for every $50 you spend at Stampin' Up! through the 31st of March, you get FREE stamps!!! Just shop at my business website: http://www.stampforever.stampinup.net/) This card is Real Red with Kraft and Whisper White. I stamped the cake in Basic Black and then colored the flowers with a Real Red Marker. Then, I had to add some Dazzling Diamonds glitter! Cute!

Here's a cutie! I just love this fun set from the Occasions Mini! It's Something Sweet and you can purchase it through April 30th. I love it 'cause it's sooooo versatile! You can use any color combinations you want for whatever purpose you need! You can also use the Round Treat Cups instead of stamping the circle and fill it with REAL gumballs! How cute, right!! I just kept it simple tonight, but there is so much you could do with this set!! I used a So Saffron card with Real Red and Whisper White. The Top Note was punched with some random patterned paper- not SU!

This is the Valentine card I made for my Sweetheart! I love the way it turned out. It's pretty awesome. I used the hearts from the I {Heart} Hearts set in the Occasion Mini. I also used the gorgeous Medallion stamp and the Wood grain background set. The sentiment is from the Tiny Tags set, also in the Occasions Mini. I punched a top note from some red scrap paper then cut it in half. The inks are Rose Red, Basic Black and Basic Brown. The Real Red hearts were punched with the Heart to Heart punch. I also used the new Scallop Trim Border punch from the Sale-a-bration catalog (You can get it FREE! Just spend $50!!) and the Scallop Trim Corner punch from the Occasion Mini to punch out the little Whisper White piece with the sentiment on it. I just love how it turned out. Very lovely!

Valentine Goodies!

I made these fun Candy iPods! They just loved them!!! I got the idea from Family Fun magazine! I just covered some boxes of Conversation hearts with fun paper, printed the iPod wheel and playlist from Family Fun's website and attached the chocolate hearts! Easy, cute and fun!

I bought a cute stamp set from PaperTrey Ink for Valentine's day... This is one of the cute stamps! I just loved the cute little images and sayings and had to get one! There really are other cute stamps out there in the world... just not too many!! Stampin' Up! is just the best company out there!!

Birthday Presents!

Happy Birthday to ME!! :)

Jeanne got me this FABULOUS tree!! I can't wait to fill the little picture frames with pictures and stamped elements for each holiday! How fun is that!! Thanks Jeanne!!

She also made me this ADORABLE card! I don't know if you can see it but it's sooooo sparkly! I just love sparkly things! She knows me well! :)

My SU! order came on my birthday too and I just LOVE all the new stuff I got! I'll have to carve out some stampin' time SOON!

I also got SNOW for my birthday!! :) Yay!

Best birthday yet! Many more to come!!!

Gift Box

This was a fun project! I re-purposed a frosting container by covering it with paper and decorating the top! I used this to wrap a gift for a baby shower I attended! It turned out so cute and the little girl sleeper fit inside perfectly! So fun! I love looking at containers that our food comes in and trying to reuse them in fun ways! Frosting containers are some of my favorites! I also use Crystal Light containers and butter tubs... Take a look around and see what you can recycle!

February Birthday Cards!

I try to get cards out to all our loved ones each month... Here are the ones for February! I used a lot of scraps and some retired sets that I hadn't pulled out for a while! I really like how they turned out! I just had to add glitter to the girl ones!! I love glitter! Dazzling Diamonds is fabulous!