Happy Valentine's Day!

T.G.I.F! It's Valentine's weekend! Yep, can you believe it's already here? What? You haven't made a Valentine yet for your sweetheart or your chocolate lovin' child(ren)? Well, don't worry because Reverse Confetti's Quick Card Panels make it super easy to whip up a card in just minutes! 

This card only took a few steps. Using the hearts dies from the Puppy Love and Heart to Heart Confetti Cuts, I made one negative heart and two from card stock. Then I applied foam mounting tape to the back of the card panel and card stock hearts and layered them all on a white card base. Then I added the heart from the negative cut with a key chain from my stash. 

What do you think? I made this for my chocolate lovin' boy! Hope he likes it! Well, I know he'll love the chocolates I got him! :)

Happy Valentine's Day!

Project Life - Week Seven

This is the ultra easy version of Project Life! Just some pictures, journaling and a few accents...mostly alpha stickers! I'm lovin' it and sticking with it because it's so simple!

Week seven was all about celebrating Valentine's Day and another snow storm. My favorite photo of the week has to be Christopher's snow dude doing a face-plant! Poor guy! 

Christopher had a mini-camp trip for the weekend which gave Dan and I a romantic Valentine's weekend together. I used some of Pebbles' Yours Truly collection for the occasion.

Since I don't think there can't be too many pictures of our favorite black and white stinker...

...here's another! Oreo thinks he's assisting me with my photo shoot! ;)

Hope you have a memorable weekend! :)

Lovebirds

T.G.I.F!

I've got it bad for the new Lovebirds collection from Doodlebug Design! Yesterday when I went up to my office and saw my box of Lovebirds goodies sitting on the desk, I couldn't help myself...I had to play so I made this card for you.

How about you, are you smitten for this line too? I mean, how can you not fall head over heels, right?

I hope you don't mind, but I'll be creating a lot of projects with this collection over the next couple months! :) If you would like to get your hands on some, it's at Scrapbook.com!

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a fantastic Friday!

Happy Valentine's Day

Hi!

It's Valentine's Day! I hope you enjoy spending some time today with those you love! My hubs surprised me this morning with a special gift...the gift of spending time together. He took the day off so we could just hang out! Isn't that the sweetest? I have a keeper!

For you, my blogger friends, I've made cards during the past couple weeks to share with you this Valentine's week.

Today's cards have been created with the Flirty line from Bella Blvd.

I love the non-traditional Valentine colors of this line because you can create a lot more than love and Valentine's projects. This elephant, for example, would be adorable on a baby congratulations card, don't you think? Everything you need to create great looking projects, borders, stickers, phrases, and more are included in each Bella line!

Darling pink elephant!

Love, love, lovin' these stickers! And I love the color gray paired with pastels!

Using the same line, I was able to create this next card with a whole different look using the green heart paper.

Same funky cool flowers though!

Stephanie can even makes snails look adorable!

There's the Miniatures stickers again! I know...I'm an addict! ;)

I hope you enjoyed these Valentine cards!

Before I go, I'd also like to share with you the lovely Valentine tulips hubs brought me this weekend.

Today these beautiful blooms have risen above the stems and they're looking so pretty! I'll have to get another photo!

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

Kathy :)

Happy Valentine's Day - Free Dowload

Happy Valentine's Day my blogger friends! :)

I hope you have a whole lot of love surrounding you this Valentine's Day and everyday! :)

I have a little vintage Valentine's Day post card download for you!

Enjoy! :) Kathy

First Post of 2010

Hope everyone had a wonderful New Year's Eve! And I hope the first couple days of the New Year have been enjoyable! We started taking down the tree and holiday decorations yesterday and I'm happy to say we're almost done. It's a lot of work and amazing how plain the house looks without all the glitter and lights. Over the next few years I'd like to collect more snowmen and winter decor so I have some things to leave out after the holidays. And I want to decorate more for Valentine's Day. What fun to add some hearts and sweetness to these cold winter days!

Speaking of Valentine's Day, I've been making some cards and craft projects so I'll share one of my cards with you.

I used a couple patterned papers from Pink Paislee's new Cupid collection. The buttons are Jesse James and can be found in my Etsy shop under the Valentine/Love section. The pink/white gingham ribbon is from Offray, from Michael's. I hand stitched the zigzag part because I can make a straighter line than I can with my machine! LOL! The sentiment is made with stickers from Basic Grey. That's it...fun project!

Come back and 'see' me Monday for a new 2 Sketches 4 You challenge! :) Kathy

Sharing the Love

Yes, Valentine's Day has now past, but I'd like to share with you the sweetest little Valentine I received from my son. He came home from school last Friday so excited about exchanging Valentine's cards and treats with his classmates that he sat down at his art table in my office and began crafting away. When he was done he came over and handed me the adorable Valentine card photographed on this scrapbook page. I included the one I made for him as well, the blue one. It's these little moments that make life so sweet.

Class Valentine's Cards

Are the kids ready for Valentine's Day at school? Did they pick out their packs of Valentine cards yet? If not, here's a super simple Valentine design you can whip up at home in a hurry. With some colored construction paper or scrapbook paper, cut into 2 1/2" by 6" rectangles. An 8 1/2" by 11" sheet makes four cards. Use a two inch scalloped punch to make the white part of the card. A circle punch, heart punch or scalloped scissors will also work. The foam hearts I used are a Target Dollar Spot item and I didn't even use half of them! They are self adhesive so they're easy for kids to use. You could use other types of stickers too. Then with a rubber stamp, add a Valentine sentiment. The sentiment can be hand written as well. I added my sentiment by running my card stock through the printer before I cut it. Use whatever you have on hand. Finally I added a button to each heart to give it a little more pizazz. Happy Valentine's Day!

From Trash to Treasure

Reduce, reuse, recycle...the three 'r' words that reside in the forefront of my mind. Even though my husband and I have brought our own grocery bags to the store for the last 10 years and have driven fuel efficient cars since the purchase of our first Honda Civic in 1992, and have been avid recyclers before we met one another, there's always room for improvement and we made some big ones last summer. We switched all our paper products from toilet paper and facial tissue to paper towels and napkins to brands made from 100% post consumer recycled paper. We also started buying natural household cleaners and make some of them ourselves. There's been a lot of little changes made along the way and we keep discovering more ways to live a greener lifestyle.

With that said, I decided to take this old chocolate heart shaped box that my husband gave me a couple years ago for Valentine's Day and dress it up to be used as a Valentine decoration. I covered the top of the box with this pretty glittered heart patterned paper and then used some wide rick rack along the underside of the lid to give it a scalloped shape. The top is then decorated with a wide white grosgrain ribbon bow, some mini rick rack and a strand of faux pearls. The tag is made from a Sizzix die cut machine and features a cute three dimensional glittered sticker from K & Company. I found this big white button in my stash and used it to attach the tag. So there you have it...from trash to treasure.

A Valentine for the Teacher

Recently, while scrappin' with my talented friend Audrey, I watched her make one of these adorable little heart shaped goody containers and thought it was just too cute and a perfect Valentine treat for my son's teachers. If you happen to own a Silhouette digital die cut machine by Quickutz, they just came out with a template for this project. The patterned papers I used are from Making Memories new Valentine line called Love Notes. I'm going to fill these little guys with some heart shaped Peeps, a lolly and perhaps a few Hershey Kisses. Hope this inspires you to make some goodies for your child's teacher or a special friend.

Making Valentine Cards

Do you make Valentine cards for anyone? Do you help you child make some for their classmates? Maybe this Valentine's day you could roll up your sleeves and give it a shot. I've been having a ball making cards this season with all the gorgeous new papers available.

The above cards are made from a line called 'Heart Attack' by We R Memory Keepers. They are so bright, cheerful and full of inspiration. So perhaps its time to make a trip to your local scrapbook store or craft center and remember what it was like to make Valentine's cards as a child!

A New Valentine Tradition

Start a new tradition this February with a Valentine mailbox. From February 1st through the 14th, set out a little mailbox each day and fill it with notes and goodies for your little ones. Imagine the excitement they will feel when they've got mail!

I made this mailbox with a plain red tin that I got from Target's Dollar Spot and decked it out with this gorgeous paper from Scenic Route. To further embellish it I tied this wide grosgrain bow around it and added some felt hearts to the flag and front door. Too fun! If interested, the mailbox photographed above is for sale in my Etsy shop at http://www.cardblanc.etsy.com/.

Ready or not...

here comes Valentine's Day. Do you have a couple cards for your sweetie and for a few of your closest friends? And what about your child's teacher? It's not to late to log onto http://www.cardblanc.etsy.com/ to pick up a few things. Cards like this are in listed along with some pretty little gifts. Enjoy browsing!

Paper-Playground Scrapbook Kit

So, now that I have some scrapbook kits from Paper-Playground, I thought I'd whip up a thing or two to show off. Here's a fun Valentine I made. If you like the papers and ribbon I used for this project you have to log onto http://www.paper-playground.com/ to see their January kit! It's gorgeous with it's winter theme and cool blue colors. I've got to have it! Look at those adorable Melissa Frances mini frames that come with it!

Sweet Treat

Looking for a sweet way to thank your child's teachers this Valentine's Day? I found these adorable mini, clear paint buckets at the craft store and decorated them with some sweet patterned papers from Cloud 9 Design. I added a chipboard tag and heart along with this pretty ribbon to the handle. The 'love' sentiment on the tag is a rub-on. I think teachers will LOVE these, don't you?

Love is in the Air

I've been working on stocking my Etsy shop with lots of fun Valentine goodies like this little mail box and matching greeting card. All the Christmas papers and accents have been stowed away and my desk is now overflowing with pink card stock, patterned papers covered in hearts, and lovely embellishments. Makes me yearn for box of chocolates! If you're also feeling love in the air and want to make some fun Valentine cards and crafts, come visit my Etsy shop at http://www.cardblanc.etsy.com/ for a fun array of Valentine embellishments, ribbons and ready made gifts. Enjoy!

Valentine Shoppe Open

I know, Christmas is just a couple days away, but if you like to craft you have to think ahead and give yourself plenty of time to make your cards and Valentine projects. With that said, I'd like to invite you to my Etsy shop that has a section full all things hearts, love, pink, red and ready made, like the photographed card, for your crafts and Valentine gift giving. You can find all this in store at http://www.cardblanc.etsy.com/. Enjoy and Merry Christmas!