Sending Love

I'm so excited for Valentine's Day after making this "Super" cute Mailbox today. I've been hoarding these mail boxes for a couple years now...I think I bought 50 of them at Target at the time. I've used a few, but for sure have a lifetime supply!! This Valentine Gift Set is a donation for a Silent Auction & Chocolate Fantasy Fundraiser for the Abuse Resource Center in Lisbon, ND. I was excited to use all my "New" stamp sets out of the Occasions Mini and I have to confess I LOVE our new acrylic blocks!!!! I can't get enough of them!! What I love is that our SU stamps are still rubber, but they go on and off these awesome acrylic blocks....Super easy to store!! The cases are amazing with the design on the outside, which saves me time when searching for a stamp set. Now if only I could change out my 300+ wood mounted stamp sets sitting in my closet. UGH! If you haven't tried these new stamps...it is a must! Hope everyone is having a fantastic week....Enjoy!

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Stamp Sets: I (Heart) Hearts, Sweetheart, So Many Sayings (Retired) Cardstock: Whisper White, Real Red, Pretty in Pink and Sending Love Designer Paper Punches: Small Heart Punch (new), Heart Punch, Square Scallop and 1/2 Circle Ink: Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink and Basic Black Misc Items: Metal Mailbox (Target), Ribbon, Sticky Strip and Hershey's Chocolate Nuggets

Echoes of Kindness

I'm sure your all in shock...I made a card! I've been working on so many other projects these days, card making has been put on the back burner, sorry! I was thrilled finally use my Echoes of Kindness stamp set for this sympathy card. (It's for a high school friend that lost his brother last week) The water coloring on the flowers look amazing in person, a technique I haven't used in awhile.

Hope everyone is having a great week!

Stamp Sets: Echoes of Kindness Cardstock: Rose Red, Basic Black, Whisper White and Raspberry Tart Designer Paper Misc Supplies: Ribbon, Black Brads, Aqua Pen and Rose Red Re-inker, Mat Pack and Dimensionals.

More Nugget Birthday Cakes

I am happy to say all three cakes are complete!! (Now I'm ready for the party tomorrow!!) Here is a link to where I saw the nugget cakes, I didn't make mine as big as, I knew I didn't want to be up all night wrapping candy bars. (http://www.wrapcandy.com/candy_cake.php) I have enclosed 5 easy steps for making these fun cakes. I think I'll be making more, they are a little addicting!

My Grandma's 90th, Aunt & Uncle (Twins) 70th Birthday Cakes

Nugget Birthday Cake

Tonight I'm making three nugget cakes for the BIG birthday party that is taking place tomorrow. My Uncle and Aunt (Twins) turn 70 and my Grandma is celebrating her 90th birthday! When I post the other two cakes I'll be sharing details on how to make these fun cakes.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year! Hope everyone is settling into 2010. I'm excited for the new year and everything that it will bring. My first project of 2010 was a Sweet 16 Gift Basket for a family friend. I had so much fun making it! I even got so excited I forgot to take a picture of the matching card because I wanted to get it delivered. The basket included: Cupcake pan, plate, ceramic cupcake filled with chocolate kisses, cake mix, different types of sprinkles, frosting, note pad with matching pens, few cupcake goodies, book on cupcake designs, cupcake liners, "sock cupcakes" and can't forget a matching pink scarf. Yummy! (Scarf is hard to see as I used it for filler to keep everything from falling over inside the basket.) To tie everything together I used Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Paper from Stampin' Up. The Melon Mambo matched the basket perfectly! What a great way to start the New Year!

Stamp Sets: Crazy 4 Cupcakes, Big Bold Birthday and Simple Birthday Thanks Non SU: Cricut Celebrations & Printing 101 Cartridge.

Spreading Christmas Joy

I saw these cute little lunch box tins at Dollar Tree the other day and I knew they would make perfect teacher gifts. Each tin has 4 3x3 Note Cards, Nugget Box and 30 gift tags. The colors on the tin were kinda hard to match with current SU designer papers, but I found a retired Scrappin' kit "Winter Bright" that worked perfect. I'm always excited about this, as I can use up some stuff I have on hand instead of always needing something new. I did purchase the new Ornament Punch and coordinating Delightful Decorations Stamp set for these tins, which I love. The stamp set and punch can still be purchased through January 4th out of the Holiday Mini Catalog, if you are interested. Now, I just wish I purchased more tins....

Stamp Sets: Delightful Decorations (Holiday Mini), Perfect Presentation (Retired Hostess) Scrappin' Kit: Winter Bright Cardstock: Real Red, Whisper White, Wild Wasabi (Retired) and Pretty in Pink. Ink: Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Basic Black and Wild Wasabi (Retired) Accessories: SU Silver Ribbon (Retired), Ornament, Snowflake and Small Circle Punch, Rhinestone & Bold Brights Brads, Nugget Box Sizzix Template, Wide Red Ribbon, Cello Bags, Non SU Cuttlebug Snowflake Emboss Die and Lunch Box Tin.

Support our Troops

This time of year it is more important then ever to support our troops and their families as they are separated this holiday season. My three little elves made up a care package for my Uncle, Col. R Fode who is stationed in Kosovo. They had fun making hand made cards, ornaments and goodies....we included a small Christmas tree, candy canes and a snowman photo frame. For an added touch I covered peppermint patties with one of my favorite, now retired Hostess stamp set "Deer Friends." If you know me, I have to stamp something!!! I hope it adds a little Christmas cheer to his deployment!

I have many fun Holiday projects I'll be posting in the days to come that I have been working on. Things have been crazy here so things are not getting posted as fast as I would like. Happy Holidays!

2 of my 3 elves posing by the package, before we mailed it off...(Aiden and Adison)