Kiddie Valentines!

Hi friends!  I'm starting to get a little behind on my blogging again- ack!  Today I want to catch up a little and finish posting my Valentine's Day cards.  These are the valentines I made for my dad to give to his 3rd grade class.  A few years ago I had bought a package of SUPER cute die-cuts by K&Co, and of course hoarded them because they were too cute to use.  However, this is my dad's last year of teaching, so I figured it was now or never if I wanted to use them up.  You'll see later in the post that my dad has 24 students, but I had used one of the 24 die-cuts for Chris's valentine a few years ago, so I had to make my own die-cut.  ;)

I made 2 of each card; you can see all 12 designs below.  The die-cuts were rather large, so I cut my paper (single panel) to 5 1/2" x 6" and made my own envelopes with my new We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board (LOVE this tool!).  

You can see that I scattered a lot of hearts and flowers and things all over the cards.  The die-cuts came with a ton of those small pieces and I wanted to finish them up, so they result is a very sprinkle-y card, but I think it's actually pretty cute.  And!- you know I love my puns!  LOL  So these cards were very simple to put together, but I'm totally in love with them.  :)

Okay, so I mentioned before that I had to make my own die-cut, because I only had one of the robots.  I scanned and printed the robot I had and added glitter to the knock-off version.  It didn't come out exaaactly the same, but I'm hoping the 9 year-old who got that card didn't notice.  ;)

Lastly, I want to show you what I did with the envelopes.  The envelope maker I just bought is super awesome.  It was only $20 and you can make up to 60 different-sized envelopes.  It's great for making wacky-sized cards like these.  It also helps you use up tons of patterned paper!  LOVE that!  :D  I tried to use 24 patterned papers that had an all-over design, so you wouldn't think one side of the envelope was upside-down.  

On the front of the envelope, I die-cut a circle and added a treat cup from Stampin' Up! filled with tiny erasers!  (I also wanted to finish up the treat cups!  LOL  I had had them for a few years and never knew what to do with them, so they went into my use-it-up pile.)  

I bought some pencils to go along with the erasers, and a tiny granola bar and some graham cracker Goldfish to finish off their treat bags.  I'm really sad that my dad is retiring; I've really loved making little crafty projects for his students.  It's always helped me use up a lot of product, and I love crafting with kids in mind.  I guess I'll just have to wait until I have kids and start crafting for their classmates!  ;)

Thanks so much for bearing with me through this long post today!  I hope you enjoyed my kiddie valentines and inspire you to use your treat cups for something other than candy!  :D

Thanks so much for stopping by!

-Suzanne :O )

Valentine's Day 2013 Card Parade

Hi friends!  I'm a few days behind, but I wanted to share the rest of the Valentine's Day cards I made.  I'm still desperately trying to finish up all the bits and pieces I have in my stash- SO many images and embellishments are from swaps I did years ago, so I don't know the manufacturers.  I still have a TON of stuff left in my Valentine's Day pouch- it's amazing how much I've accumulated!  Anyway, I hope you enjoy my picture parade, thanks so much for stopping by!

-Suzanne :O )

Love isn't Purrrrfect

Hi friends!  Just popping in quickly before work to share these scrappy cards I made over the weekend.  I used lots of older products- images and heart banners were from swaps, the paper is DCWV and the heart border sticker is We R Memory Keepers.  I matted everything on Hawaiian Shores card stock (PTI) and dark grey card stock a friend gave to me (not sure who made it).  I hope you like these valentines, thanks for stopping by!

-Suzanne :O )

Sweetheart

Hi friends!  Just popping in with another of my use-it-up Valentine's Day cards.  This one uses old patterned paper from Doodlebug, a sentiment from Joann's and some ribbon from American Crafts.  The gray heart was die-cut with my Nestabilities and the pink heart and rosebud embellishment were both from swaps.  

How are you coming with your Valentines?  I've done all of the cards for my friends and family- I just have to make a few more for my mom to send.  I also have to come up with gift packaging for my dad's class.  I bought graham crackers and granola bars for him to give out- I just want to come up with a cute way to package them.  :)

Hope you like today's card, thanks for stopping by!

-Suzanne :O )

Romantic Valentine

Hi everyone!  Today was a fun day because we had an early dismissal at 11am due to the  impending snow.  It turned out to be not that bad, but I was able to get a lot of stuff done that I had been avoiding (cooking, wrapping a gift, etc).  Love unexpected surprises on days like this where you can just enjoy the gift of time!  :)

This year I got into making some vintage-y Valentines.  My style is normally cute and colorful, but I had received many vintage supplies from the swaps I did years ago.  I gathered everything together and set out to make a few cards outside of my normal style and actually liked the results!

I centered this card around the sticker quote (which has been in my stash for years) by Rusty Pickle.  I don't even think that company is still around.  Everything else is from my swap stash, except for the red flowers, which are by Recollections.  I love the more-is-more look to this card.. I just kept piling embellishments on and it was great to use up a ton of supplies on one card!  :D

I hope you all like it, thanks so much for stopping by!

-Suzanne :O )

PS-  I'll be back tomorrow to share the gift packaging I worked on today.  ;)

Wild About You

Hi friends!  Here's a set of Valentines listed in my Etsy shop that I wanted to share.  I made these last year with the intention of making a variety pack of different animal puns, but I only got as far as these zebra cards, so I decided to just sell them as their own set.  :) 

The stamps are Paper Smooches and the zebra tag/patterned paper are both KI Memories.

I added a heart with foam tape for some dimension.  The colors are really vivid, but I think it fits with the zebra theme.  I hope you like this set, thanks so much for stopping by!

-Suzanne :O )

Last Year's Valentines

Hi everyone!  Just popping in to share some of the Valentines I made from last year that I never shared.  The bunny, bee and owl are stickers from We R Memory Keepers, but everything else is pretty much just bits and pieces of my stash that I was trying to use up.  The last card features an image from 2 Cute Ink (I think I may have shared it on the DT blog, but not here).  I hope you enjoy, thanks for stopping by!

-Suzanne :O )

PS- The Mystery of Edwin Drood was okay... funny and silly, but I missed a lot of what was being said because of the English accents- hah!  :)  My mom and I had a good time in the city yesterday- we need to do that more often.  <3 font="font">

Hello Honey

Hi friends!  I surprised myself with this card AND this blog post!  I was feeling kind of tired after having to get up at 5am again, so I didn't think I would get any cards made tonight, hence the surprises.  :)  Perhaps I'll try a month-long personal challenge to blog every day...?  

Anywho, this card was inspired by a challenge blog I stumbled across several weeks ago called Young Crafters Unite.  Now that the holidays have passed, I thought I'd go back and see what the current challenge was so I could give it a try:

Since I've been feeling kind of "blah" about going back to making single cards again, I thought I should just dive in and get completely stampy.  I think the card turned out a little busy, but I'm okay with that because it's one of my first cards back and I have to cut myself some slack.  :)  

All of the stamps are by Paper Smooches (heart from Needle Little Love, bee hive, sentiments and bee from Bee Mine, honey comb pattern from Geo-Graphic).  In retrospect, I would have either stamped the background in lighter colors or left the stamped panel alone and not added the bee or flag sentiment.  In any event, the bee was colored with my old, dusty Copics- felt good to break those out again!  I didn't have any cardstock in a color close to the magenta ink, so I took a piece of white cardstock and rubbed my ink pad all over it to get a match.  I'm pretty crafty, huh?  (Pun intended!)  ;)  I cut the scrap into a flag shape and stamped the sentiment on top.  The cardstock is PTI Aqua Mist.

You can see the bee a bit better in the photo above.  Okay, so one Valentine's Day card down, many, many more to go!  :)  I hope you like this card, even with all the don't-know-where-to-look-first stamping going on!  Thanks so much for buzzing by!  heh.  I can't stop with the puns!

-Suzanne :O )

You're My Honey!

Hi everyone!  I hope you had a nice weekend!  I ate way too much food last night, but I'm happy that the Giants won!  I didn't win the football pool, but I enjoyed the anticipation each quarter of finding out who won the pot!  Anyway, onto my TCP card, which is based on this sketch:

I used some papers by K&Co, my Shapeabilities banner dies, and some twine by MME.  I colored PJ with Copics and popped the honey pot on foam tape.  The heart punches are by Martha Stewart.  This card is pretty darned cute, if I do say so myself!  :)  I hope you enjoy it, thanks for stopping by!

-Suzanne :O )

Seacret Admirer

Hi everyone!  Today's my day to post over at 2 Cute Ink, make sure you check out my post for more details!  I'm showing a side view of the card below so you can tell that the brads are silver, not black!  :)

Have a great Sunday, friends!  Go Giants!  :D


-Suzanne :O )

Honey Bear

Hi friends!  Just popping in with a quick Valentine!  I have to make about 10 more before the holiday arrives, so I better get moving!  :)  This card used up some scraps from last year.  I can't remember the manufacturer of the "I love You" patterned paper, but I bought it from Target and the paper with Cupid's arrows is DCWV.  I stamped PJ onto some X-Press Blend It cardstock and colored him with my Copics.  I die-cut the main image with my Nestabilities and added some epoxy corners by Making Memories.  I picked up the frilly lace at a yard sale for 10 cents, probably.  I love hunting for things like that!  :)  


I'm going to add this card to The Cat's Pajamas' Valentine's Day blog hop, you should link up too if you have any of their stamps!  

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you're having a lovely weekend!

-Suzanne :O )

2 Cute Ink Blog Hop: Week 3!!

Hi everyone!  Today is the final day of new releases for the 2 Cute Ink Valentine's Day digital stamps!  I colored up this cutie called "Bee Mine" with my Copics and added some Prisma glitter to her wings and the edges of the clouds.  I used my Nestabilities to cut the focal image and the hand cut the mat.  I used up some old patterned paper, paired up with some black and yellow cardstock to mimic the colors of her "outfit."  hehe :)  The chipboard hearts are from Little Yellow Bicycle (I can't seem to stop using these!) and I stamped "Bee" on the yellow heart to make a punny sentiment.  I believe the "Bee" stamp is from The Cat's Pajamas.  


Your next stop on our blog hop is Sandy!  Go check out her adorable card and make sure you comment along the way for a chance to win some digis!  Thanks for hopping by!


-Suzanne :O )

New Items in my Etsy Shop!

Hi there!  I posted some new card packs in my Etsy shop this weekend, so head on over and check them out for more details!  


The Card Garden

Hope you're having a great week!


-Suzanne :O )