A Valentine Card & Treat

Hello & Happy Thursday!

How many of you woke up to snow this morning?

Yea, it's crazy after a few days of 50's & 60's that today we have very cold temps and snow! I was really hoping we'd get thru winter without any this year.

Yesterday we had a high temperature of 64 and it was so nice! I had windows open to air out the house and the doggies just loved playing in the yard! 

My hubby is working from home due to the weather and that's just fine with me!

So today I have a card and a yummy candy treat to share!

These were fun to create!

I was asked to create this card for a child so I dug thru my stamps and pulled out my Animal Valentines stamp set from early 2000. I've used this set many of times for Valentines for my kids when they were little. I used the dog for this one and some retired Loves Me DSP. I made my card a Gatefold type and used the ribbon to keep it closed.

Happy Valentines Day Card:

Stamp: Animal Valentines (retired), sentiment from Toucan my Love (retired)

Ink: Memento Black, Copic Markers

Cardstock: Close to Cocoa, Regal Rose, Whisper White, Loves Me DSP

Accessories: Stitched Framelits, Teal Taffeta Ribbon, Clear Wink of Stella, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

It feels good to use up some of my older stash!

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My sweet treat is a pouch that is filled with Dove Milk Chocolate Hearts. There are 4 hearts in each pouch. I made these for Halloween and filled them with Kit Kat bars. You can see them here.

These measure 2 X 11 scored at 5 & 6 and then used the Scallop Tag Topper Punch to punch both ends. I used a small piece of 2 sided tape to adhere the cello bag inside then tied a piece of ribbon thru the ends to hold the pouch together. I cut my pouches out of Melon Mambo cardstock then added patterned paper that I think came from Hobby Lobby last year. My sentiment panel was cut with the Stitched Shapes Framelits (LOVE THESE!). My sentiment comes from All Year Cheer 3 that is retired too. The row of hearts is from the Sending Love Bundle.

The Dove Chocolates are packed in a 2 X 8 SU Cello Bag that I cut at 5 to fit in my pouches.

I enjoy making these pouches!

Valentines Day Pouches:

Stamps: All Year Cheer 3, Sending Love Bundle

Ink: Basic Black Archival, Melon Mambo

Cardstock: Melon Mambo, Whisper White, The Paper Studio DSP

Accessories: Stitched Shapes Framelits, Scallop Tag Topper Punch, 2 X 8 Cello Bags, Rhinestones, Various Melon Mambo Ribbon, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

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My thoughts today......

What a difference a day makes!

That's all for me today!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!
~Wendy

Oldie But A Goodie

Hello & Happy Sunday!

Superbowl Sunday is here!

We are not huge fans of either team in the Superbowl this year but we always watch the game to see the commercials and the halftime performances. They are always sure to please!

Anyone have any big plans for the game tonight?

Yesterday, hubby & I got out for a walk. It was a pretty brisk day with the temps only around 34 but we have been feeling cooped up the last few weeks and needed to get out. We bundled up and hit the trail which was just what the doctor ordered. It's good for the mind, body & soul and as you can see Shawn is starting to feel much better! Yipppeee!!

A picture of our walk....

This next picture shows that where Shawn is walking use to be covered with water up to the grass line. The water level has been like this since last fall. They lowered the water to put in some sort of a drain or pipe at one end of the lake. You can see how low the water has been for months. Odd to see since the water use to come right up alongside the trail.

Alright, enough on that!

Let's move on to some stamping stuff!

I played a bit yesterday with some old retired Stampin Up stuff. Always good therapy to break out the old stuff and create! This card uses the set called Toucan My Love and Loves Me DSP...both retired.

So much fun to create using the older things! 

Hoppy Valentine's Day Card:

Stamps: Toucan My Love

Ink: Memento Black, Copic Markers

Cardstock: Close to Cocoa, Regal Rose, Whisper White, Love Me DSP

Accessories: Paper Clip, Regal Rose 1/8 Taffeta Ribbon, Lil Inker's Stitched Rectangle Dies, Clear Wink of Stella, Dimensionals, Mono Adhesive

The heart has Wink of Stella on it for a pop of sparkle. 

That marker is the most amazing thing ever created! LOL

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My thoughts today......

Thanks for stopping by & have a wonderful day!

~Wendy

Free 4 All Challenge #46

Hello & Happy TGIF!!

Can you believe that we are already thru the first week of January? Before ya know it Valentine's Day will be here! :)

Today, I participated in the Free 4 All Challenge over at SCS. We were to make a card or project with purple, pink and hearts. I went searching and found this purple heart paper that I have no idea where it came from and used an adorable retired SU set (as part of my own personal challenge) called Toucan of my Love. It's a great set for making Valentine's because of the sentiments in it!


Free 4 All Challenge Card #46:

Stamps: Toucan of my Love
Ink: Memento Black, Copic Markers
Cardstock: Eggplant Envy, PTI White, unknown heart paper
Accessories: Heart Ribbon, Heidi Swapp Heart Ghost Shape, Pink Button from PTI, White Thread, Scor Tape

Also for my personal challenge today I used set #2 - Toucan of my Love. :)

That's all for now!
Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!

~Wendy