Are you filled with love?

Stampin' Up! has a really fun Valentine's promotion going right now. Not only can you get free buttons, you can also buy a special pack of paper that is ALL red and pink! I don't know about you guys but I would buy the pink and red paper pack all year round. I love it!

 

Isn't it cute?

Click here for promotion details!

Because I just couldn't help myself, I also made some little Ghirardelli boxes with the same basic design,

Click here for a tutorial

I think this will actually be the club's non-card project this month, which will also be my last month with this club :(

I used:

*Love Patterns Designer Paper Pack

* Tiny Tags Stamp Set

* Real Red ink

* Real Red, Pink Pirouette, Crumb Cake, and Whisper White card stock

* Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslits Die

* Scalloped Ribbon Border Punch, Full Heart Punch, Jewelry Tag Punch

* White crochet thread (non SU!)

Happy Birthday Dad!

Wow. I knew it had been a long time since I last blogged but I didn't realize my last post was before Thanksgiving! I am soooo lame.

Well, I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas and New Years. I know I did.

And LOTS has been happening. Life is crazy.

Lets see, Josh (my husband) was offered a new job in Utah right before Thanksgiving. He started the job right after Thanksgiving. He comes home on the weekends (usually) and together we've been wondering why the house is a) not packed  b) not clean or c) not rented or sold and d) where we might live if/when we move. It's been awesome. 
My parents came for 2 weeks over Christmas and in that time my father fixed and painted everything, my mother and I packed and cleaned and then miraculously we rented the house and found a super duper cute house to rent.
It looks like we'll be moving to Eagle Mountain Utah (if all goes as planned, which never happens) next Saturday, January 15th. AHHHHH!!!!!!

I'm not usually a fan of lengthy wordy posts because I know you're all only interested in the pictures so I'll get to it!
And let me start by wishing my father a happy birthday and thanking him for being born in January. His birthday (January 12th) always marks the time when I really need to get back into the swing of things, when Christmas break is officially over. Thanks Dad, you're the best.

Happy Birthday.

Also, thanks for coming during your vacation and working to fix my house up the entire time. You're amazing!

With moving there are a lot of very sad things. One of them is saying goodbye to my son's wonderful 1st grade teacher. Here is the Christmas gift I made for her. It's a box of 10 simple thank you cards.

I hope she likes them. We'll sure miss her.

Because I was in a bit of a time crunch this Christmas, and I was a little bit sick of Christmas cards by then anyway, here is the picture that was the front of our cards this year. I thought it captured the essence of the Holiday pretty well!

I had to include this one too because it's just so darn cute!

Oh, and on an end note. My Maggie turned 2 on the 29th and got a hair cut too.

I know I know, she's the cutest thing in the world.

More stamping to come soon!

Happy Birthday Bakery!

I love this stamp set! I know it sounds bad, but I really enjoyed making a non-Christmas card. I missed the color pink!

And here is the inside.

I used a marker to color just the empty plates. You know, as if they ate all the cakes...?

I used:

* Birthday Bakery stamp set

* Early Espresso ink and Marker

* Rose Red, Early Espresso, Baja Breeze and Whisper White Card stock

* Rose Red designer paper

* Scallop Pinch

* Linen Thread

Christmas Card Class!!!

Do you still need Christmas Cards?

December 2nd and 4th come to my house and to make 12 cards for only $15.00!!!

Class includes four each of the three cards pictured, envelopes, door prizes, snacks and fun! All you need to bring is some adhesive!

Here are some close ups of the cards we'll be making.

If you need thank you cards, or have some winter b-days coming up this card could be customized to fit exactly what you need!

The times are:

Thursday December 2nd at 6:00 pm

OR

Saturday December 4th at 10:00 am

Christmas Post-its!

Come on, how great would one of these be as a stocking stuffer or a teacher gift???

And each little post-it holder fits perfectly inside a medium sized cello bag which adds the perfect gifty touch!

You know you want some!

 Click here to see some instructions and some links for a tutorial.

Boutique Wrap Up!

 Let my start with a big THANK YOU to everyone who was involved with and came to the Jingle Bell Boutique on Saturday. It was a ton of fun and I leaned a lot about how to do this. I think.

One thing I learned is that I made WAY too much stuff! I have lots of cards and packs of cards still ready to go. Take a look, see if there is anything you'd like!

12 cards in this lovely box for on ly $20.00!!!





6 very fancy cards in a box for only $12.00!




6 Extra fancy cards for only $12.00!




6 card kit for only $10.00




6 card kit for only $10.00




Assorted gift bags. Large only $3.50, small only $3.00!




Gift Card Holders only $2.00! (more styles available!)




Bookmarks only $1.00 (more styles available!)




Pillowbox Kit only $10.00!




Packs of 3 cards for only $5.00 (more styles available!)




Packs of 4 cards for only $5.00 (more styles available)

If you live in the Idaho Falls area, you can come by my place anytime, or I can bring any of this to you. If you live out of town, I'm happy to ship! Just let me know!

Thanks!

Northern Flurry two ways

I think I've raved about how much I love the Textured Impressions Embossing Folders before haven't I? If not, let me just say, I love them. I love them all! I wasn't going to order this one, but then I saw some of the fun things people are doing with it and of course, I ordered it and here we are.

This first card has a little bit of a vintage feel. I used Very Vanilla and then using a sponge, added some soft suede ink to the edges and the raised bits. A little Cherry Cobbler adds the perfect touch. It's still a very simple and flat card, but totally fancy enough to use as a holiday card. My husband hates it, but I think that might be a good sign.

This second card is almost the exact same layout, but with Whisper White, Real Red, shimmer paint and Pearls!

Can you see the pearls???? 

And yes, Josh hates this card too and I made it just for him! I wanted to use glitter instead of pearls and we all know where that gets us. Yep, that's right, glittery pants in court and no garbage taken out for a week.

The things we do for love.