Have A Heart

It's February!!!! It's cold!!! This will warm you up!! Have a Heart is one of the cards we will be making at our February class! This little card will warm the heart of anyone you give it to. 

I still have space in the class this month. Cost is $5, we will meet in the 13th. Let me know by posting here.

Next Class.... Thursday,February 9th.

Here are the samples of the 3 cards we will be making at my next Stamp Class. I had a request for wedding cards so we will be making 2 wedding cards and 1 Valentine's Day card.
This card (above) uses the new stamp set, Love and Laughter from the new Occasions Mini catalog. You can view this set by clicking on the Occasions Mini catalog over on the right side of my blog. I used Whisper White cardstock, black ink, and white vellum cardstock as the overlay. I stamped the dress image and sentiments on the whister white cardstock. Then, using the vellum, laid it over the top of the card giving it a soft subtle look. I also used Stampin Up's 5/8 inch white whisper white satin ribbon for the bow at the top of the card This card is so simple to make but gives an air of elegance that is just right for any bridal occasion.

The second card uses Concord Crush and Very Vanilla cardstock. The butterflies are cut out of Pink Pirouette cardstock and the Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die on page 216 of the Idea Book and Catalog. I used Elegant Lines (pg. 219) embossing folder to emboss the Very Vanilla Cardstock. Basic Pearls were added (page 198) on the butterflies.

This Valentine's Day card was so much fun to make.It's a Pop Up card (see next picture for inside). I used I {heart} Hearts set (pagae 46) on Whisper White and Ruby Red cardstock. I used Ruby Red, Regal Rose, Cherry Cobbler and Real Red ink for the hearts. The Lace Ribbon Border punch (pg. 211) was used to make the white border across the top of the card. I also used some scraps of designer paper to punch out a few min hearts using the minin heart punch on page 210.

I cut out several hearts from the I {heart} Hearts stamp set along with a large heart punchusing the Full Heart punch on page 210. The pop up secret will be taught during this class. The sentiments "with all my (heart)" come from the set With All My Heart, page 47.

This class is $5 and will be held on th 2nd Thursday of February. Reply to this post or send me a note if you'd like to attend.

Love Birds

I think I'm getting punch happy from 2 snow days and not leaving my house at all. I love my bird punch from Stampin Up and thought it would make the cutest Valentine's Day cards. My Stamp Club is having a little card swap this month and we are to each bring Valentine cards to share with each other. Here are a few of my creations.

Speaking of Stamp Club, we meet on the 2nd Thursday of each month. You are welcome to come and visit and pay the weekly fee of $5 (or there abouts) or join the club. There are lots of perks if you join!! You will get a SU catalog for FREE (worth $10), and can reap the hostess benefits 1 time over the coarse of our club year. This means free Stampin Up items for you!!! Each month you will learn how to make new card designs and try out the latest Stampin' Up! items before you purchase them. You will need to commit to purchasing $25 worth of SU items every other month. The opposite months, you pay the class fee of $5 or there abouts. Let me know if you are interested.

Sale*A*Bration is in full swing! If you purchase $50 worth of SU items from the catalog, you will get to choose a free stamp set (or qualifying set) from the SAB catalog. To see the catalog, click the catalog and link to the right of this post.

Hope these Love Birds warm your heart on such cold winter days!

~beth~

From the Heart

It's that time of year again to be thinking about all the people we love in our lives. February 14th is quickly approaching. Some people we might want to give special cards or gifts to on Valentine's Day. Others just need a big hug or comforting words to get them through a tough day. Either way, I hope that you will be showering people with love all around you this Valentine's Day. Actually, we are called to love others every day, not just on Valentine's. Our small group Bible study is going through a book called One Month to Live by Kerry and Chris Shook. This book is built on the premise of....what if you found out you only had one month to life. How would you live differently? What would you say to your neighbor today if you knew you were going to die tomorrow? Why wait till you know you are are going to die to say it or do it? And, quite frankly, most of us will never know when we are going to die...so we should live as if this will be our last day. Live to the fullest. Love those around you. Say what is in your heart of hearts to say to people that might change their lives! Love, love, love.......

A friend of mine ordered a few Valentine's Day cards for some special friends and sweet little girls in her life. These are the cards I made for her. I hope she likes them and I hope the recipients will feel her arms around them as they open their cards. No card details in today's note....I mostly just wanted to share from the heart.

" There's so much of life that is completely out of our control, but there is one thing that we do get to control. There is one thing that we do get to choose. We get to choose how to spend the dash between the two dates on our tombstones."--Kerry Shook

Choose to show love and kindness to those around you!

Folded Paper Frame

I made this Valentine for my Darling Hubby. I'm sure he will never fine it here so we are safe! LOL! I used a technique posted on Splitcoast Stampers called the Folded Paper Frame. The tutorial is not up on Splitcoast as of yet but the gallery is...and I'm not even sure if I did it according to the tutorial! Ha! I just looked through the gallery and tried to figure it out. Here is the link to Splitcoast's gallery for this technique:


http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=18982


The card is a standard 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 size. I cut the double sided SU paper at 5x5 then folded the frame as seen. I also used a strip of overhead acetate to 'pop up' the heart on the front. I hope he will enjoy this because I sure enjoyed making it.

Bitten by The Love Bug

The Love Bug is one of the Hostess Sets that you can earn by having a Stampin Up Workshop in your home. I just got this set and made some more Valentine treat bags for my kids at school. I think these little Love Bugs are tooo cute. I think I LOVE this set. After loading up this picture, I can see that I grabbed a treat bag that does not snow (hehe, left that typo in...I've been home for 2 days due to schools be closed from the snow! LOL) does not SHOW the cute red hearts on the white paper. I had this paper in my stash and have no idea where it came from. But, it looks like hand made paper with little hearts sprinkled throughout. So, imagine little red hearts on the white paper sprinkled here and there.

I used my Stampin Write markers to color in the bugs, and used my scalloped oval and large oval punches to punch out the bugs and the real red mat behind. The white paper is cut 4x 3 1/2 then folded in half over the bag. I used staples to staple the paper onto the bag, then put the love bugs over the staples. The sentiments, Be Mine, comes from a Paper Tray Ink set called Heart Prints.

I hope my kiddos like their little love bugs!

Call or respond to this e-mail if you'd like to set up a workshop in your home...then you can earn this set for free!!!

Valentine Treats for Kids!

Happy Valentine's Day coming up!!!!! I truly LOVE this holiday and it's such a fun one for kids. Here are the treats I made for the boys to take to school. The Sock Monkey is spreading his *warm fuzzies* by giving hearts. Our 6 yo wanted to take these. The sucker wraps are for our 3rd grader's class. He's a sucker for treats, that's for sure!






I used Stampin Up!'s Sock Monkey stamp set for the treat bag. I used Real Red paper to cut out the Top Note Sizzix die cut. I scored and folded it in 1/2 to put over the top of the bag. I stapled it all together, then used the sock monkey and the oval scalloped sentiments to cover the top of the staples. Kids can help with this one too.....our 6 yo counted out 10 hearts for each bag.



I got this fantastic idea for these sucker wrappers from my Stampin Success magazine. I used Real Red paper and ran them through my cuttlebug Heart Block folder. I used my SU 1 3/4's and 1 3/8's circle punches to cut out the hole in the red, and the Chocolate Chip ring. I used a generic heart punch for the creamy caramel heart and the SU Small Heart punch for the little red hearts. I used glue dots to hold the wrap around the sucker stick.

I hope the boys classmates will think these treats are super SWEET!

Haitian Relief....let's all pull together and HELP!

Clear Mount set is $18.95 Wood Mount set is $26.95

Respond to this post or click on my 'store' to the right and you may place an order directly at that site. Let's all pull together and help the Hatian people with our (hearts).

Valen-Tin....Would You Be Mine???

It can be yours at my next workshop!!! :)

This tin is a sample of what we will be making at my next workshop. It was supposed to be tomorrow but due to sickie kiddies, I'm moving it to next week. I love making these tins and hope the ladies in my class will enjoy learning how. They make such awesome gifts for people.

Items used for Tin:

1 rectangle tin-get at local craft store

Prima flowers-local store

3 sheets of SU Sending Love Specialty Designer Series Paper (pg 13 of Occasions Mini 2010)

SU Sweet Treat Cups (pg 21 of Occasions mini)

Holiday Best stamp set (pg 13 of Idea Book and Catalog..hostess set)

Something Sweet Stamp set (pg. 20 of Occasions Mini)

Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon (pg. 183 of Idea Book and Catalog)

Other ribbon- local store

If you are interested in purchasing items for this tin, let me know or visit my store by clicking on the link to the right. Also, if you are interested in making one of these tins, let me know too....you are welcome to attend my class.

Love Is In The Air!!!

It's snowing buckets of snow today so I thought I'd warm my heart by working on a few Valentine's Day projects. The first is a mini nugget tin filled with 6 Hershey nuggets. I made one of these for our Mail Carrier at Christmas and got the cutest Thank You back.....these make super little treats for people in your life....especially the mail carrier who has to work in this snow and cold...brrrrr...just the treat they need on a cold day.

Also, the Mini I Love You Note tin is filled with 10 mini notes that one can jot down an "I Love You" and tuck in your hubby's brief case, your child's lunch box, your mom's book, or on your plate of cookies with dad's coffee, etc....

I remembered this wonderful technique that my friend, Peggysue, had used on a Paper Trey Ink Santa. She stamped the image on clear overhead, then put glitter on the back of the image. It was such a beautiful look for Santa. So I tried that same technique on this heart on the lid. I stamped the image with Staz-on on the outside of the lid, then glued glitter (and lots of it) on the inside of the lid.

The Hearts are from PaperTrey Ink's Heart Prints http://www.papertreyink.com/stamps_heartprints.html

I also got an idea jog for the I Love You tin from my February issue of Creating Keepsakes magazine. The idea came from Maggie Holmes on page 71. Her tins are different, I believe, and the cards are larger, but I love the note idea using the tins.

Thanks, Peggysue, Maggie and Creating Keepsakes, for a wonderful idea.

I had fun working on these today...keeping warm. I hope they warmed your heart too.