Happy Valentine's Day

This week has been a busy week making favors for a Valentine's Day dinner tonight at a friend's house.  I made and decorated cookies for these totes to give to the men and I made these little fabric purses for the ladies!  I will link the tutorial I saw on Pinterest for the purses but I made them a little different because I didn't have the die for the purse.  It would have been easier for sure with the die but ....  I made my own templates. 

I used hoop and loop closures for the purses and filled with Lindt chocolates. Check out the tutorial below if you are interested in making them.

                                        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmXC8XaO-KA
Lastly, I made this card for my husband. It is a retired Stampin up set - such a beautiful set! I have been die cutting a lot lately and wanted to do some stamping. 

My Valentine!

Thinking Spring!

This is a cute picnic basket that I saw on Pinterest and had to make it!  The paper is from Anna Griffin's collection and is so pretty.  It makes a pretty picnic basket.  I love purple! I'm going to add some pretty flowers to the sides of the handle.  Below are some more pictures from different angles. It is a good size basket measuring 7 inches long, 4 inches wide and 2 inches deep.  It will hold a lot  of stuff.

Both sides open

Here is the tutorial to make this cute basket.  https://www.pinterest.com/pin/34832597107599654/
I made this basket the week before my husband, daughter and I left for Palm Springs.  Here are a few pictures of our trip. Everyday was in the 70's and our last 2 days did hit 80.  We took the tram up to Mount San Jacinto, visited Joshua Tree National Park and went up to Coachella Valley Vista Point for a view of Palm Springs area.  At Joshua Tree we saw part of the San Andreas fault and the rock formations were spectacular!!  I wouldn't want to be there in the summer, the Visitor's Center said it can reach as much as 124 degrees! Yikes!!!  After staying for a week in Palm Springs, I can see how it is a popular place for vacations in California!!  If you get a chance, go!!! Always glad to get home, though!!

Our backyard view

Pool and hot tub

Oranges, lemons, grapefruit in our backyard too!

Tram up the mountain

Top of Mt San Jacinto

Joshua Tree National Park

Eric, Sabrina and Oscar at Joshua Tree

View of Mt San Jacinto

View from Coachella Valley Vista Point looking down at Palm Springs

Birthday Double Concertina Card

Birthday Card for Mark

Double Panel

This was a fun card to make. I didn't have the die to make the window so I just measured the opening and used my xacto-knife.  The paper collection is Graphic 45's World's Fair.  My husband's birthday isn't until January 20th and I can't wait to give it to him.  He will be amazed.  I love "Mixed up Crafts" tutorials and she does a wonderful job explaining this.  The link to make this card is below so be sure to check it out.  I put the sentiment on the back of the card but you can always put it on the one of the panels.  If you live in the northeast, stay safe we are headed for another snowstorm tonight.  It sounds like it will be the same as Thursday's storm 4-8 inches depending on  where you are.  We are definitely getting a lot of birds in our feeders with these storms. 

                                     https://www.pinterest.com/pin/34832597107563218/

Back of card 

Happy 2020!

You're so sweet!

Since Christmas, I have been busy making birthday cards for the new year!  This one is cute one that I found on Pinterest and the tutorial is pretty easy to follow.  It uses the Stampin up Tasty Trucks which is a cute stamp set that I got last year decided to give this one a try.  The paper used is also from Stampin up. There are no dies for this stamp set so I had to fussy cut the truck but it is pretty straight forward.   Below is the back of the card and also the link for this tutorial.


                                       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0OVB3M86_A

Back of the card

Pull both sides

Slider/Shaker card

Sentiment on the back

       This is a fun card to make but you need to keep your plastic sheets for the mechanism inside this card. I made this for a friend who's birthday is this week and glad I got it in the mail in time.  The tutorial for this card is https://www.pinterest.com/pin/34832597105781853/ 

Have fun making these two slider cards!  Happy New Year!

                           

Merry Christmas!

Our Christmas Tree!

Look who was watching while I was decorating!

Wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! We have been busy cleaning and painting  my daughter's new condo and moving her into it this past week but still was able to get out yesterday and do some Christmas shopping and a little baking today! It has been a busy, busy Christmas season! I did make a Christmas ornament for my daughter's friend son,  Mason!  He is only 2 years old and he needed his first Christmas ornament with his name on it.  Merry Christmas Mason!

Mason!

Christmas Cards have all been sent!

Front of the Christmas card!

Christmas cards have all been sent but I still have some Christmas shopping to do!!!  I wanted to use my new Christmas die which is so beautiful especially when I used silver cardstock.  I love it!

O Holy Night!

This was an accordion card because I wanted to  show what Christmas is all about!  I made 35 cards this year for friends and family!  Stampin up's stamp set called Night of Bethlehem used for the middle section of the Christmas card. The paper collection is also from Stampin up and Authenique which was perfect for a Christmas card! 

I get tired of making the same card so below is another style Christmas card that I made for some on my Christmas card list.  This is a Z fold card which is fun to make and show off my Santa shaker card in his belly!!  So funny!

Santa Shaker card!

Below are some pictures of plastic ball ornaments with a snowflake inside the ornament with some snow!!  Love this!  I think I will make some more of them.  I made them with silver cardstock and glittered blue cardstock!  This is perfect for anyone's Christmas tree!! 

Blue Snowflake with snow

Silver snowflake with snow

Perpetual Calendar

Sunday, Jan 23rd

I have seen a few of these perpetual calendars on Pinterest but they are small.  This one I made is 10 inches tall at the tallest point and 6 1/2 inches wide.  The blocks 2 1/2 inches square. I added feet to the calendar like I did with the cubed advent calendar that I made for our craft fair last month. In the front there is a draw for little notes, etc  The paper collection is Graphic 45 Imagine--so pretty!! I am going to add more embellishments but the paper is so pretty that I may not have to add anything. The cards for the months measure 6 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches and the cards for the week measure 5 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches.


I am definitely going to make another one.  These might be fun to have at a craft fair in the spring!  My sister's and I are still working on trying to find a craft fair for the spring!

Side view

Graphic 45's paper collection called "12 Days of Christmas" is so beautiful!  I made this lighted frame last week for me!  The title page is so gorgeous I needed to frame it and added some red lights! Check out the pictures below lighted and not lighted--both beautiful! I need to work on my Christmas cards now!  I'll show you them as soon as I finish them.  Happy December!

Lighted with red lights

Just beautiful artwork!