Lots of Hearts!

January card class brought lots of Valentines Day card and this was one of my favorites.  I tweaked some leftover kits that I had and made mine going horizontally versus the one we did in class which was vertical and at the bottom of the card.  I also added Silver Glitter paper to the first heart instead of the Melon Mambo DSP that they used in class.  I LOVE the Heart Embosslit and we figured all three classes, it cut over 200 hearts! We then used the Large Heart Punch for the top layer of them.  There's that PS, I Love You set again! (have I told you how much I LOVE Valentines Day?) Then we tied a peice of White Baker's Twine to an Itty Bitty Button and stuck it to the heart that said "love you"...

Valentine Framelit Decor

Soooooo, I LOVE Valentine's Day....and I just knew that I would love these Framelits, so  I decided to do some 3D with them!  I also used one of the our Letterpress plates (which I have wanted for a long time now and just got!)

I cut 5 hearts from the Framelits die using Pink Pirouette cardstock, and ran them each through the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, then using our Simply Scored Tool, I scored them down the centers and folded inwards. Then I used some Mono Multi Glue to glue them all together and make it dimensional.  I then punched out Certainly Celery pennants from the Pennant Builder punch and Cherry Cobbler hearts using the Small Heart Punch and threaded the pennants with White Baker's twine and added Basic Rhinestones to the hearts.  I then layered this on a piece Crumb Cake that I ran through the Lattice Embossing Folder. I punched out some clouds using the Cupcake punch and sponged the edges with some Bashful Blue ink.  Tied a nice bow using that wonderful Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding and adhered it to the "heart balloon".  I then ran the Letterpress plate with White Craft ink onto Certainly Celery cardstock.  I felt like the bottom of the frame was "naked" so I ruffled some Basic Gray Striped Grosgrain ribbon.  (The finished size is 8 1/2x 11)

Fabric Necklaces

I have made these for special people and although I can't say who they are for yet, (because some don't know yet), I wanted to share them with you because there is some GREAT stuff from the Occasions Mini used on them.  For example, the Framelits Die is used for the "topper", and the stamp set P.S. I Love You, the LARGER pearls and a couple of the necklaces use the Twitterpatted fabric!  I also used, not from the mini, the Nuetrals Pattern Paper Pack DSP(for the tags).  And of COURSE, a piece of CHOCOLATE! 

PS I Love You!

Isn't this just ADORABLE?  I used the Petal Card PUNCH to make this! (YOU NEED THIS PUNCH) AND it was SO EASY!  I punched out TWO of them and folded just two flaps on each one and glued them together! AND, AND.......I cut the FELT with our HEARTS FRAMELITS! Then I stamped and punched one of the sentiments from the set PS I Love You from the Occasions Mini.  My favorite holiday is Valentine's (well, secondly AFTER Christmas of course).  It holds PERFECTLY a Reese's Peanut Butter Heart!  Next idea I will REPOST another idea made with this punch! You will be thinking of adding it to your SAB order-I'm tellin' ya! 

My Digital Studio/Graduation Invites

So, here we are...2012....and what does that mean? Well, for ME, it means SEVERAL exciting things...TWO of my daughters hitting HUGE milestones in their lives.  One is graduating high school and one is getting married in September.  My husband and I will celebrate our 20th Wedding Anniversary in May and many, many more things too many to talk about right now.  With BOTH of those HUGE milestones comes lots and lots of planning and I am sure not enough time...so today, since I was feeling giddy, I thought it would be a good day to at least get the invitations out of the way for graduation so I can start thinking of decorations for the big day.  This is not like me to use anything "printed off" because one of the things that I enjoy most is CREATING them with my hands and seeing them 3D, but this was a great time saver and was able to use My Digital Studio for the first time and actually be able to "show it off" to others. But in reality, we did create them with our hands, just not with all the ribbons and bows to actually feel.  She chose pink and black as her colors, because the class colors were, well, let's just say, yuckko...(teal and purple-too Mardi Gras for me). (PS-I can't believe how much she looks like I did at that age and how she looked like me in her baby picture-for so long she looked so much like her dad...wowzers!

More Occasions Mini and Sellabration stuff

well, I did manage another time of play to at least get my hands n my stuff...not going very well these days..I have lost my mojo over the holidays...I still need to design cards for January card classes still...anyway, easing back into it, this is what I came up with using the NEW Blossom Punch and the Twitterpatted DSP and some lovely new Bakers Twine all from the mini.  The stamp set is a Sellabration set that you can earn FREE starting January 24th-March 31st.  And did you notice the larger pearl in the middle? Yep, got them in bigger sizes! Let me know if you are interested in hosting a workshop or if you need your own copies of the Occasions Mini and SAB brochure!

PS I Love You!

Okay, so now that Christmas is over for this year, I decided to get all excited about the new year and one of the things about the new year is CHANGE! I wanted to post some "teasers" for you from the NEW OCCASIONS MINI that starts on January 4th, 2012! There's so much fun in this mini that is fresh and fun!  I used alot of new product on this card along with some "oldies, but goodies"...One of the things I am REALLY,REALLY excited about are the FRAMELITS!  I used the Hearts Framelits on this card and I like how you can move them around anywhere on the paper and are not limited to where you want your shapes to be because of this.  I used the Twitterpatted DSP, PS,I Love You-stamp set, GORGEOUS Satin Ruffled ribbon, and LARGER PEARLS! YEEEESSSS!  (the "oldies but goodies"-Word Window, and Modern Label punches, and my favorite embossing folder-Perfect Polka Dots-yep, HAD to get the Big Shot in there!)  Anyway, I hope you have your copy, if you do NOT, and would like one, PLEASE contact me!