It’s another Tuesday here in Georgia and school is out! This is not normal for us! Maybe they get 2 or 3 days out of school each year. Perhaps once maybe twice have they had more than that since Kyle started school (he is 22 now)! And this year it seems they have missed a ton – I think we are on day 6 or 7 – and they are out tomorrow and possibly on Thursday. It’s Ryan’s senior year and it seems he is hardly been to school the last few months. And guess what – next week they have Winter Break! Are you kidding – somehow the snow days and the breaks need to line up better.
Today is a little sad for me – Kyle is on his way to San Francisco right now – it’s the first day of the next chapter in his life. He will be staying in his own apartment tonight and starting his first real job next week. Is he really an adult now?
Here is what we have going on this week. – SHOP HERE.
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New Weekly Deals 2/11– 2/17 – the weekly deals continue – some great ones this week – the Artisan Label punch and Honeycomb Embossing Folder and the Floral Frames Framelits!
Sale-A-Bration is underway!!! 1/28 – 3/31 – It’s our biggest event of the year! For every $50 you spend you get a FREE Sale-A-Bration gift! Shop, Host or Join.
I hope you found something fun in the things I listed above!
Valentine’s Day is coming this week. For years this has been a family event for us – we have a special dinner and a scavenger hunt for the boys. Well this year we are doing that tonight – having our Valentine’s Dinner. Why so early – well Kyle is moving to California tomorrow morning – it will be our last night all together. I guess is works out with a special dinner.
I have a little valentine to share with you today using the Banner Blast stamp wet from the Sale-A-Bration Brochure.
I love this cute little card. This was an idea that Shelli shared on stage at the Stampin’ up! Leadership conference. Her version was a birthday card – using the flower image and hi banner instead. Here are the details of this card.
Crumb Cake base
Banner Blast stamp set (Sale-A-Bration free option)
stamp and punch the banner pieces – attach them to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals
Linen Thread – tie around the card front – tuck one strand under the top edge of the banners
cut out the little heart by hand – add a tiny rhinestone
Express Yourself stamp set (Hostess set in annual catalog)
Really an easy card when you have the banner punch – much quicker than cutting out the banners by hands.
I live in Georgia and yes we have another winter storm coming – actually they say 2 back to back. Our county is already under a warning and has a state of emergency – although nothing has happened yet. I went to the grocery store this morning and the gas station. Both were packed with people. The eggs were gone, bananas gone, I got the last pack of strawberries (they happened to be the long stemmed ones – so we’ll have chocolate covered strawberries for dessert tonight). And lobster tales were $5 each! So I’m planning to have the boys do some minute to win it games tonight after we have our Lobster dinner. I need to set the table and get some other things done.
Oh and with the storm coming in I’m going to go ahead and drive Kyle to Atlanta tonight after dinner and let him stay with a friend. Then he can ride Marta to the airport. It is likely we will have ice here by morning and then snow. So one less night of having Kyle at home – but it will be safer that way. Tomorrow he will start a new chapter of his life in California.
Yay! Stampin’ Up! has their own Texture Boutique Embossing Machine!
Remember last year we had it for a brief period of time – I think it sold out in 2 or 3 days! It was popular and I love mine. I use it almost exclusively for embossing in my craft room and use it often it my classes too. For me sometimes the Big Shot gives a little too much pressure and I have to adjust my tabs and shims but the Boutique seems to be just right every time.
So I created this little card based on the video that SU released on the machine. I’ll attach the video for you too. In the video Brian uses this idea on a little treat bag and I just adapted it to a card.
For my card I used the following things:
Baked Brown Sugar card base
Whisper White layer
Pistachio Pudding, Coastal Cabana, Baked Brown Sugar strips for embossing
Arrows Textured Embossing Folder
Texture Boutique Embossing Machine
Perfect Pennants stamp set and Banner Framelits Dies (available as a bundle)
Tangerine Tango ink
Retro Fresh Washi Tape
Whisper White Baker’s Twine
Here is the video:
The Texture Boutique is available in my online store – SHOP HERE.
Thanks for stopping by today. Enjoy the weekend. I have lots of stamping going on. Stamper’s Club Friday night and Saturday morning. And then a team meeting on Saturday night. I can’t wait to spend time with everyone.
Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching and if you haven’t already you better get busy on some Valentine cards. Here is one idea for you today.
Let’s see how this card came together –
Card base is Crushed Curry
Whisper White cut with the Hexagon Hive Thinlits Die
Strip of Basic Black card stock
Strip of Eastern Elegance Designer Series paper (the Crushed Curry pattern)
the focal element is a stamp from the Crazy, Mixed-up Love stamp set (it is a fun set for Valentine’s day). I used Stampin’ Write Markers – Basic Black for the Bee and Crushed Curry for “mine”, color the stamp with the markers, huff on it and then stamp it on Whisper White card stock. Punch it out with the circle punch.
Use the Artisan Label Punch to create the Crushed Curry layer.
Then punch 2 Artisan Label punches from Basic Black card stock – cut each one in half in opposite directions. Then glue each piece behind the Crushed Curry layer as a mat. You can’t even tell it’s 4 separate pieces! It just looks like a larger version of the punch.
Punch a tiny heart from Real Red using the Two-Step Owl punch and glue it inside the wings of the bee.
And a final touch I did dot the eye with the Crushed Curry marker – you can see it in the close up photo.
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