Kiss Goodnight

I have been wanting to do one of these pillows for a while now.  I found a perfect saying for the pillow and decided to give it a try.  This fabric was a piece from that I had in my "large" stash :)  I love the color combo of this fabric.  It is sort of a thick satin. This is the front:

And here is the back - similiar texture to dupioni silk. 

I love this color, very rich.  

I had to do a closeup of the saying.  That was the only part I wasn't too happy about. Didn't think it would look so small.  Will definitely re-size next time.

These make awesome Valentine, anniversary, birthday or wedding gifts.  Also just to say I love you, thinking about you, whatever.

Let me know what you think?  Too small or ok?  Need to definitely try some more sayings/quotes on pillows I think :)

Off to create.................but isn't this cute  LOL

Love you much

 

I can't believe we are almost in the middle of February already.  Boy the days are flying by!

Today is a simple Valentine card.  I've been fighting a cold for almost a week now and not feeling my mojo.  

I used a couple of retired Stampin' Up! stamps and designer paper as well.  If you click on the picture, you will hopefully be able to see the red glitter better on the word LOVE.  I made a pop up heart flower on dimensionals.

Gotta get some rest..  Sorry this is short.  Hope you are digging out of all the snow that I know so many of you are getting or got.  Thankfully we have been getting some sunshine and it's slowly melting the white.stuff.

See you tomorrow

Can't Bear it

Hi all ~ Thank you for stopping by today.  Sorry for my few days absent.  My computer has been giving me grief.  Everytime I try to connect to the internet, it times out and then it gets really slow.  Not sure what the issue is but today it's much better.

I want to share another Valentine card with you.  I thought this Verve sentiment was perfect for this little guy.  Actually, my daughter picked it out.  The scallop hearts and oval are nesties and the plain oval is Stampin' Up! The heart border bunch is MS.   I added a little hearts charm to the velvet ribbon.  I used my new embossing folder with tulips from Stampin' Up!  I love it and know I will be using this one alot.

Here is a closeup of the red glittered heart, glitter also from Stampin' Up!  He's so adorable. And just a quick shot of the inside:

 

A couple of different heart punches were used here.

Well that's it for today. We got a major dump of snow on Sunday.  I'm thinking at least a foot fell in just 8 hours and boy, it was heavy.  Some parts were white out when we were out driving. Yet on Saturday, my daughter was wearing capris and sandals. It was gorgeous.  I really hope the sun will come out and melt it all away.  I'm so ready for spring to come.

Have a great day :)

I love you Hedgehog

Another simple Valentine card.  These Penny Black hedgehogs are adorable.  Colored with copics and used my nesties.  The white layer on the Pretty in Pink was embossed with the cuttlebug folder Swiss dots (I think it is called)..

The tag that I received from my secret sister Heidi last year was stamped and embossed with clear.  To tie the ribbon, I used my Bow Easy. 

Not sure if you can see, but I put a little bit of sticles on the roses.

That's it for today folks. Tomorrow I have a "koi" baby outfit to show you.  

Hope you get the chance to stop in and check it out.

Hope all my friends in blogland that are in the US are safe with the snow storm you are getting now.  I have to say we are really lucky with our "balmy' weather in the pluses and I'm liking it!  Supposed to be here for a few days at least:)

So until tomorrow, enjoy your day.

Heart Strings

Today's card was a fold I have seen on the internet quite a bit, but I failed to record the measurements.  My kids were busy taking turns on the computer and of course, Mom can wait cause she gets to stay up later. That's why I'm always up late Heidi:)  Waitin' for my turn.

So I tried to do it on my own - not that difficult really.  It stands up and that's what counts.

The heart was covered with tinted Versamark and embossed with clear.

 

The side view. You can see that it leans back quite a bit (not sure if it is supposed to or not) but when you look at the whole front, I think it looks ok.

So that's my Valentine card for today.  I'm getting a few piled up which is awesome.  Need to get some in the mail soon. 

I wanted to say thanks to all the bloggers who are visiting my blog because of OWOH and otherwise.  I really appreciate all your sweet comments.............and even some new followers:)  So appreciated.  I'm having a blast checking all the blogs out.  Man, so much different creativity out there.  It really is neat to check out.  If you want to check out some neat blogs, clik the OWOH label on my sidebar or here to go directly to the list. You could join in too if you like but you need to be an active blogger.

I better get busy.  More to do and more blogs to check out.

Snuggle Bunny

It was a long day yesterday so I struggled to get a card ready.  I got half way and then didn't know what to do with it to finish it off.  Anyway, I pulled it off and think it turned out pretty cute.  Anything with bunnies is cute right?

I got this stamp set from a friend and don't now the name of it.  Used my favorite Big Shot die the Top Note and layered it.  My nesties for the heart and a little punch for the little hearts.

White flock is added to their little tails and stickles to the hearts.

Keeping it short and sweet and I have a busy day.  And it is freezing here again and staying below 0!  It even tried to snow. I so can't wait for spring.

Have a fantastic day and stay warm wherever you are.

True Love

Hi! Another Valentine card here as promised.  

I absolutely love LOTV stamps and this image is perfect..............and so cute. Colored with my copics  of course.  Some DSP (retired) from Stampin' Up! was used and punched with a MS border punch.  You can't really tell unless you maybe clik on the picture, but there is glitter embellishing the paper.  I finally got to use my Prima flowers and I added some white flock on his tail. Both punches for the sentiment are from Stampin' Up! as well. I did add some glitter to the little hearts in the flowers too.

And in case you wanted to see the inside:

I had to do this cause I stamped the sentiment crooked.  Hate it when that happens LOL.  Next time I will use my Stamp-a-majig and then I can't go crooked. It doesn't look bad but I would have preferred it with just the border vanilla on the bottom.  Oh well.  I still love my card :)

Gonna keep it short and sweet since I have to get ready for work.  I will be solo today again so I need to go in a bit early.

DON'T FORGET TO MARK YOUR CALENDARS JANUARY 30th, MIDNIGHT, the OWOH blog hop starts.  Thousands of  fellow active bloggers are joining in on this huge event, so be sure to come by tomorrow.  There's even door prizes to be won!!

See you tomorrow

Two of a Kind

It's time for me to get some Valentines' cards done and on time for sending.

  So here is my first one complete.

This image is from a friend and I think it is so adorable.  I usually struggle a little using my greys and black copics, but I think they turned out pretty good this time.

I used DSP retired from Stampin' Up! and the little heart border punch is from Stampin' Up! as well.

Here is a closeup of the bling on the heart:

I used the red fine glitter from Stampin' Up! and you can see some sparkle now on the designer paper.

So that is it for today. Pop by tomorrow and be ready to participate in the OWOH.  It will be so much fun and lots of participants ~ in the 1000's.  There will be door prizes too so you will want to come back for sure.

I'm really excited so I better go get it all ready. 

Thanks for stopping in to see me and have an awesome day:)

Happy V day

It sure feels good being able to create again!  It's a good feeling going back to work after being a SAHM for 11 years and being able to still come home and get stuff accomplished.  Yeah me:)

Today is a cute Valentine card.  Still practicing my coloring with copics which I want to get better at still.  Kind of hard to see the rose the little guy is holding.  The DSP is a retired pkg from Stampin' Up! and I used the Sizzlits heart from SU as well in my Big Shot.  The sentiment is actually one of my daughters' stamps she wanted me to try.

 

The bright glitter is also from Stampin' Up!

Thanks for droppin' in and see you soon:)

Valentines' for school

I know I have been quiet.  But I have been busy:) 

My daughter and I made 30 valentines for her class last night.  Sorry, I forgot to take a picture.  I DO have pictures of the other Valentine cards that I did though.

This is a picture of the 3 I did - one for the Principal, one for the Secretary and one for her teacher.  I made them all really different.  I took the picture in our living room with the sunshine today. Hoped the natural light would help with my picture taking:)

The first one is for our Principal.  Chocolate and pink is one of my favorite combos with vanilla.  And a closeup:

This next cutie is for my daughter's teacher and her husband, who also teaches at our school the same grade.  They are the sweetest, most caring & giving people I know.  The kids adore them.   My son had her 5 years ago and he loved having her as a teacher.  I also took a picture of the heart - see what's on it?

And the inside.

This next one is for our Secretary. Bold and bright, but I like it.

Tomorrow I will show you what else I worked on.  I still have some more to get busy finishing.....and some sewing.

Thank you for all your prayers and well wishes for my friend.  As of yesterday, she had two cat scans and was waiting on an angiogram.  For some reason that got bumped, so I am hoping that she got to go have this done today so she and her family can get some answers.  She was pretty upset that they would bump her and rightfully so.  I would've been choked too.  I don't understand sometimes, why they do that.

For those of you that don't know, I got the priviledge of running the 1st Annual Spring craft fair at my daughters' school in April.  If you or anyone you know would like a table in our craft show, please get in touch with me at rarinstamp@shaw.ca.  So far, the sign-ups for tables are going very well, as well as a great variety.  I am really happy. And the ones that have signed up are also helping to spread the word.  I'm hoping it will be a super success and then we can do it again in the fall closer to Christmas.  All the monies from the table rentals will benefit the kids - field trips, entertainment, supplies, etc.  The ad will be in the paper this weekend, so you can watch for that too.

Have a great weekend and I sure hope that you are having as nice a weather as we are.  No snow! A little bit of sunshine today too and the birds have been singing.

Big hugs

Valentine's is coming!

I have a sinus infection now.  Yes again.  Sneezing, watery eyes, runny nose - if our weather would just get to normal I would be ok.

I have been working on a order for the local quilt shoppe here in town.  I finally finished and delivered them today.  I will show you the Valentine's ones today.  I think they turned out pretty good.  I used some of the new Stampin' Up! products that I got.  Love the new unmounted stamp sets, the punches and the Designer paper. You can clik on any of the photos to get a closer look.............just not to close huh??  LOL

The last picture shows you the inside - the gift card sits in the center sleeve.  I'm happy with them.

Now I have to go lay down.  I've had a sneeze coming on for 5 mins and it still isn't .....................happening.  Drives me nuts.

I'm going to be starting to prep and get some crafts done for the upcoming craft fair at my daughter's school.  I went to the PAC and told them that a craft fair would be a great way to raise some monies for the school field trips, etc and that I would totally love to do it.  They gave me the go ahead and now it is time to start making schtuff. Lots of it too.  I'm really hoping that it will be a huge success and we get lots of entrants.  Spring is the perfect time to do have a craft fair when everyone is out and about anyway. 

I will definitely post pictures for you to see too.

I will post the other Gift card holders tomorrow or later.

Thanks for stopping by and visiting.  I love reading the comments too so thank you for that.