Snailed It!

Today's Valentine was created by my friend, KathyZ.  She used Stampin' Up products including the Snailed It and Lots of Heart stamp sets and the Many Hearts die from the Occasions catalog.  Kathy also used the Detailed Hearts die from the annual catalog.  And then there is the pattern paper and the Stampin' Blends alcohol markers.  She put a lot of time and product into this card~~and she made 24 of them!  Thank you Kathy.  Love it!  

Hope everyone has a great weekend and a sweet Valentine's Day!

Simple Love

I did not have a card ready for this morning, so I am posting a card I saw on Facebook.  I have copied this card, making two which are similar.  I just mailed them this morning, so I will post another day.  I used Stampin' Up's Large Letters dies for my cards and SU's heart punch  from a couple of years ago.  If you have letter dies, this is easy card to wish someone love for any occasion, not just Valentine's Day.  Have a great day!

Valentine Box Card

The other day I received a surprise in the mail.  It was a package from my friend, Nikki. She purchased the SVG file from Lori Whitlock and gifted me with three ready to assemble Valentines!  She sent me the link to a video showing how to assemble.  Thank goodness she did or they would have never gotten sent, much less assembled!  I must have watched parts of the video four times.  Everything was all together~~success!  But then I had to add the pieces such as the hearts and the envelope.  I should have done that prior to assembling.  But it is all done and cute as can be!  Looking forward to assembling the others soon!  Thank you so much Nikki!  It was a nice surprise and I appreciate your thoughtfulness.  You amaze me that you work full-time, have a one year old, a husband who works shifts and you still take the time to let others know you care!  Have a great day!

Love You Lots

Happy February!  We sure did get a lot of snow!  Little Charlie loves it.  He jumps into it, puts his face into the snow and eats it, too!  The neighbors were happy to see John cross the street to help them out with their driveways.  His ATV with plow attachment got a workout yesterday.  At least it wasn't frigid cold.

And while John was clearing snow, I was working on Valentines for our great nephews and nieces.  I saw this card design on a Simon Says Stamp video and thought I could use products I already have to make similar Valentines.  The stamps I used are from SU's retired Heartfelt stamp set.  The hearts were created using SU heart punches and dies   Inside I have a little mouse from a My Favorite Things stamp set or a little otter with a heart~~also from MFT.  In order to center the inner heart with sentiment, I used temporary adhesive to adhere the inside heart to the back of the outside heart, applied glue and then closed the card, carefully removing the inside heart from the temporary adhesive.  Now when the card is closed, you do not see any of the inside heart.  For a finished look, I adhered a solid heart to the back of the outside heart and signed our names on it.  There is probably a shorter way of trying to describe what I did, but hopefully seeing the picture makes the directions clearer.   Have a great day!