Quote Sunday: Happy Valentine's Day!

Wishing you a wonderful day spent laughing with the people that you love the most! Happy Valentine's Day!

Silly Saturday...Happy Valentine's Day!!

Enjoy the day with the people that you love the most...Happy Valentine's Day!! :)

Valentine's Day Cards

Hi, friends! It's been a busy week, but I wanted to get a quick post up for you this evening. Last weekend I spent some time in my craft room making Valentine's Day cards, so I thought I'd show you what I came up with before I pop them in the mail tomorrow:

I hope that you're inspired to create some cards for the special folks in your life as well, to let them know how much they mean to you!

Blessings,

Valentine Door Pocket

Good morning and happy Monday! It was a GORGEOUS weekend here in Oklahoma...the temps were in the 70's, which is unseasonably warm for us this time of year. Although the sunshine is great, we could really use some rain here, as things are VERY dry!

Considering the warm weather we've been having, my winter wreath, with snowflakes and a snowman, looked a bit out of place on the front door. I found a cute heart-shaped tin door pocket at Hobby Lobby, and knew it would be perfect to decorate and fill with flowers and ivy. (Oh! Even better...the door pocket was 30% off and the ivy and flowers were 50% off - SCORE!!) I really love how it looks on my door:

This door decoration should carry me through until spring...I've been thinking about making a wreath specifically for Easter, so I'm on the lookout for a cute rabbit to use as an embellishment. :)

Have a FANTASTIC week!

Simple Valentine's Table Decor...

Can you believe how fast January flew by and that February is already here? I've been working on a few Valentine's Day projects, but today I wanted to show you a quick and simple table-scape that I set up on our dining room table. I like to change out the decorations on our table every few weeks, so for a Valentine's Day look I came up with this:

I had the red vase in a cabinet in my laundry room, so I simply tied a pretty lace bow around the neck of the vase and then filled it with pearly berry stems that I picked up on the Christmas clearance aisle at Hobby Lobby. A while back, during one of my treasure hunts at a local antique shop, I discovered the lacy table runner in a bin for only $5.00, so I snapped it up to have on hand to add to my rotation of table decorations. I moved the concrete bird from my craft room to the table and added a little teapot, a red and white doily and an antique cookbook to complete the table-scape. I really love how it turned out...not too complicated, just simple and pretty. :)

Be sure to drop back by in a few days to see the other Valentine's projects that I'm working on!

Blessings,

Tea - riffic Friend Valentine's Card

Since Valentine's Day is tomorrow I decided to make some cute cards to mail to a few of my friends. I created a paper ribbon with the sentiment "You are a tea - riffic friend", and attached it to the front of the card with a cute envelope that contains an herbal tea bag. Here's a photo of one of the cards:

Wanna know how I made the little envelope for the herbal tea bag? Here's a quick tutorial:

Begin by gathering your supplies. I started with a 4" x 6" card, a piece of double sided paper, a heart doily, punched cardstock hearts, paper sentiment strips that I printed from my computer, a small lace and flower embellishment, adhesive and an herbal tea bag:

Place the paper face down on your work surface. Lay the tea bag in the center of the backside of the paper:

Fold the bottom of the paper up over the tea bag:

Fold each of the sides of the paper over the top of the tea bag. Using adhesive of your choice, secure the flaps to form a pocket for the tea bag:

Trim the top flap to remove the point of the paper as shown below:

Use a Glue Dot to hold the top flap of the envelope down. Attach a cardstock heart to the flap, and then add a decorative element of your choice. (I used a lace and ribbon rose embellishment.)

Using adhesive of your choice, attach the elements to the top of the card:

Attach sentiment to the inside of the card, along with additional punched cardstock hearts:

Here is another version of the card, using different paper:

Wishing you a sweet Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Just a quick post this morning to wish you all a very happy Valentine's Day! I've been in a card making mood lately, so here are a few of the Valentine cards that I made over the weekend:

This card is actually an anniversary card for my precious sis-in-law and brother-in-law, Sandy and Don. (Happy Anniversary - love you guys!!) They were married on Valentine's Day, so the cards that I make for them always have "Valentine's look"...

Here's a card that I made for my best bud, Jamie:

And for my terrific pal, Tracy:

And my dear friend and co-worker, Gina:

Tomorrow I will share the cute card that I made for my sweet friend, Cristi...but for now I'm going to show you the Valentine goodie bags that I made for my student library aides:

Didn't they turn out adorable?? I found the little heart-printed zip-loc bags at the Dollar Tree, along with the white crinkle shred that I tucked inside each one. I then filled them with minature chocolate bars; folded a small paper doily in half; punched two holes in the doily and bag; and tied it all up with a red grosgrain ribbon. I love the way that the doilies dressed up a simple bag, and it was soooo simple to pull together!

Have a wonderful day!! Be sure to take the time to tell/show the special folks in your life how important they are to you and how much you love them!

Blessings,

Framed Photo Valentine Card Made From Scraps

Happy Valentine's Day to you!! Here's a quick post and photo of a Valentine's day card that I created using scraps of paper and ribbon. I wrapped black and white polka-dotted organza ribbon around a white photo slide to create a frame, and then added a photo of Mike and me. I added a red button and a twine bow to the corner of the frame and stamped a sentiment inside the card before giving it to my sweetie.

Thanks for looking! Have a WONDERFUL day!

Valentine Scrapbook from 2007

With Valentine's day less than two weeks away, I thought I'd share with you the scrapbook that I made for my sweet hubby back in 2007. I surprised him with this little book, in lieu of a card, and he loved it! I stumbled across the scrapbook and pre-designed pages in a clearance bin, and upon spotting it I knew EXACTLY what I would do with it!

I started out by scanning several pictures that had been taken through the years of just Mike and me, and then changed all the photos to black and white for consistancy. I determined that the only colors that would be used in this album would be pink, red, tan, black and white, which would allow the album to flow and not detract from the photos that I added. I decided to use the poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, "How Do I Love Thee", (which is one of my favorites!), as the journaling theme for the album. I broke the poem up into journaling strips - typed, printed and cut out the strips, matting each strip onto red cardstock. I attached red, heart shaped brads to the journaling strips and attached one to each page. I did include a tag on page one, where I wrote a little love note to my sweetie, and tucked it into the pocket on that page. I added some cute ribbon and a brass heart charm with the intials "M & B" to the top of the tag.

Here's the cover of the clearance bin album:

This is a small album, only 10 pages total....here are the pages:

Why not surprise your sweetie with a quick little album in lieu of a card this Valentine's day?? I promise that he'll love it and will be so surprised that you took the time to make such a special keepsake for him!!

Happy Scrappin'!!

Valentine Gift Bag and Card

I recently decorated a gift bag and card for Valentine's day using digital images from Glitterbabe's. Click HERE to go to her website/store to see the great images that she has for sale...she even has some free images for you to download!

The kraft bag was decorated with a piece of argyle scrapbook paper and a strip of black striped paper before adding the digital image embellishment, which is shown in larger detail in the photo below.

I printed the image and then colored in the hearts with a CTMH brush pen and cranberry ink. I stamped the word "LOVE" in the center of the heart and then sponged blush ink over the images; adding some sparkles to the image for a little bling pizazz! I cut the image out, using a Creative Memories circle cutter, and then cut out two corresponding layered mats, one in cranberry cardstock and one in black cardstock, and attached them all together. I added the lace to the outer edge of the black cardstock and then cut an additional black cardstock circle and adhered to the back of the embellishment to give it a nice, finished look. I attached the embellishment to the bag using 3-D dots to add a little dimension.

Next is a photo of the card that I created using a standard A2 card blank. I started by adhering a piece of black polka-dot paper to the front of the card. I printed off the digital image and colored it using a CTMH brush marker and cranberry, blush, bamboo and sunflower inks. I added some bling to the card as well...can a girl ever have too much bling??? I cut the image out with a Creative Memories oval cutter and matted it with a corresponding piece of cranberry cardstock. I applied a piece of grosgrain ribbon to the center of the card, and then added the digital image to the middle using 3-D dots.

Thanks for looking!! Have a blessed day!