Upcycle Valentine

Oops, I had this scheduled to post (but hadn't finished up my post yet). I was going to finish it up and post it last night but we had this explosion of some sort at our little power substation down the street and lost all of our power for a few hours. My family actually saw the 'explosion' happen as we were driving home from my parents house. It was kind of scary. I decided to go to bed and forgot all about this post during the craziness of it all. I got up this morning (thankfully to having power again) and got ready for church and got home from church a bit ago and saw that I had a sweet little comment on this post and realized that OOPS I didn't finish the post. Haha, so there is your random story for the day.

I made this for a sweet friend that goes to my church. She is a mom of three grown boys that live away from home and she is divorced. She had mentioned that she wasn't super excited about the upcoming 'LOVE' holiday and I wanted her to know that she is VERY loved. She is such a sweetheart and I wanted her to know that me and my family were thinking of her and hoping she was having a good day.

The little circles/messages on the bottom of the kisses is ABSOLUTELY NOT MY OWN. I've seen people do these for quite a while now and thought I would try one too. I saw Peachy Keen's designer, Emily's, cute kisses with the new Kawaii Face stamps by Peachy Keen on them and knew I had to use a few of those for mine too. You should check out her SUPER cute post HERE. 

I used LOTS of My Creative Time products for this upcycle project (9 to be exact). The tube was from a tube of mini M and M's from Christmas. I washed it up and then decorated it. I used the Fun Stitched Edges for the scalloped bottom layer and some patterned paper on top of that. I used some pretty twine at the top and bottom too. I attached one of My Creative Time's Teeny Tag Dies with a sentiment from the Teeny Tag Holidays. I used the Build a Banner Dies for the circles on the bottom of the kisses. I dressed up those circles with sentiments/images from the following stamp sets by My Creative Time: Any Day Bingo and Crossword, You Had Me at Chocolate, Postcard Add Ons, Turn That Frown Upside Down and Chocolate Greetings.

Since I used more than 8 My Creative Time products on this I wanted to enter it in their current designer challenge HERE. I'm also linking it to the linky party at Peachy Keen Stamps since I used face stamps from the newest release. You can find that linky party HERE. Hugs- Glora

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Yummy Chocolate Sucker Valentine

I had these yummy chocolate suckers that I got from See's Candy. I wanted to dress them up for the recipients and so I made these little sucker holders.

I used a bunch of Emma's, My Creative Time, products to put these together. I used the Stitched Lollipop Holder for the main piece. I used the Scallop and Stitched Circle Dies to layer on top (these items coordinate perfectly). I decided that I wanted to cut a heart out of the middle of the circle piece (to let the pretty red metallic paper show through). I used the new Stitched Sweethearts and XOXO dies, I thought these were perfect because they left the pretty stitching on the outside of the cut. I stamped the sentiment using the All Around Holidays stamp set. I used some pretty Peppermint Stick Trendy Twine to hang my hearts (these were the insides of the heart that I cut out of the circles). I also tied a quick twine bow at the top.

I thought I'd enter these into the the Trendy Twine Valentine treat packaging challenge. I have one more Valentine's post. I might just get it up tonight. We will see. I hope you are having a great Saturday! Hugs- Glora

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Princess Valentines

I know these are a little late but I have a few Valentine projects that I didn't get posted before the big day (actually I was making most of these during the little one's nap on Valentine's Day). That has just been life lately. I think these turned out pretty cute and wanted to share them. I have a couple of treat projects that I will be sharing in the next couple of days too.

I used the sketch from the My Craft Spot challenge this week.

This first one was for my oldest girl:

The SVG and patterned paper are both from Lettering Delights. The princess is from the Ice Princess Cut Set using the print and cut feature on the Cameo. Her darling face is from the In the Garden face assortment by Peachy Keen Stamps. The darling sentiment is from More Gift Card Sentiments by My Creative Time and the Ribbon Banners - Wavy die is from My Craft Spot.

Here is the one for my younger daughter:

I used the same format and supplies for this card except that the princess file is from Lettering Delights Happily Ever After Cut It set. My girls loved them. I hope you had a terrific Valentine's Day too. Hugs- Glora

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Teddy Bear Valentine

Well I finally took some time to put together my entry for the sketch challenge over at Peachy Keen Stamps. I got my new stamps and had to ink up one of these SUPER cute teddy bears.

Here is the sketch:

The adorable teddy bear is a steal of a deal this month and can be found HERE. It is called PK-1372 Teddy Bear Love.

Isn't that bear SWEET?! I used several My Creative Time Dies too. I used the Stitched 4x6 Journal Die to make my own stitched shapes for the card (the background mat and the two rounded rectangle pieces). I also used the Stitched Scallop Heart Die Set, and the Stitched Sweetheart and XOXO Dies. I saw Ruthie use these two sets together and knew I wanted to do it too.

I used some glossy accents and some chalk to finish up my card.

I also want to enter this card in the linky party at Craftin Desert Divas. I used green, pink and white from the color inspiration photo.

Have a great day! Hugs- Glora

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Could You Be Any Cuter?

I know I'm getting this done rather last minute, but sometimes that is just how life is ;). I love the layout sketch challenge that they have going on at the My Creative Time blog so I decided to join in the fun.

This is an 8 1/2 x 11 scrapbook page. I used lots of My Creative Time goodies on it. I used the Stitched Sweethearts and XOXO Dies, the Stitched Tab Die, the Script Type Backgrounds stamp set, the Tab Notes stamp set, the Fun Stitched Edge dies, the Build a Postcard stamp set and the Life is Good stamp set.

Have a great day! Hugs- Glora

Blessings for the New Baby

I've been planning on making this card for a sweet friend who recently had a baby.

It is for a baby boy so I kept it pretty simple.

I used the new Over the Moon stamp set by Peachy Keen Stamps! I love the sentiments, stars, moon and cow. It is an awesome little set. I also used the Fun Stitched Edge Dies by My Creative Time to make my cute little wavy edge on the card. The little white scallop piece is some adhesive backed border that I've had for years.

I'm linking this up to the linky party on the Peachy Keen Stamps Blog. They are starting sneaks for their new release in the morning. I can't wait to see what it coming next! Have a great weekend! Hugs- Glora

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P.S. Peachy Keen Stamps has started up sneaks of their February release. They look awesome! You can check them out (along with information on how you can have a chance to win the whole release) by clicking on the link below!

Happy Valentine's Day

Well I know I promised I was going to join more challenges but it has been a CRAZY busy month. I did (thankfully) find a chance to sneak in a quick card last night. I had two challenges in mind with this card. The first is the Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbons LOVE challenge and the second is the My Craft Spot's polka dot pattern challenge.

I made a shape card using my Silhouette Cameo. I used the print and cut feature. The files I used are all by Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbon Graphics. I used the Heart Balloon Cutting File, the Fourth of July Kids Cutting Files for the sweet little girl, and the Pumpkin Spice Circles and Spots digital patterned paper for my polka dot balloon and banner pieces. I used a die by My Craft Spot for the sentiment banner. It is called the Ribbon Banners Wavy die. The sentiment is from My Creative Time's Puffy Hearts Just For You stamp set and the little girl's darling face is from the Sweet and Innocent face stamp assortment by Peachy Keen Stamps.

I hope you enjoyed my little card for today. Hugs- Glora

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