BBTB2 - Valentine's Day Anything Goes

Happy Monday!!!

Today over at BBTB2 I am lucky enough to host this week's challenge.

I decided that it was time to kick it in gear and start thinking about

Valentine's Day :)

So this week I thought it would be fun to do an Anything Goes

Valentine's Style....

So as I was scrolling on Facebook the other day,

I came across a post from my Design Team Sister Sukie over at

Scrappin Dhilly and I immediately fell in love with her

Valentine Topper. (Thanks Sukie!!!)

I knew it was exactly what I wanted to CASE

for this year's Valentine's I make for my

friends, co-worker's, and my kids' teachers.

Of course, it isn't exactly like hers, how could I compete :)

But I did what I could with the materials I had.

The hearts I cut from George, the topper base is from

Elegant Edges, as well as the scallop trim at the top.

The arrow is from Small Talk Frames and Tags.

I rifled through my ribbon bins and found some fun

pieces to use. I also ordered on Amazon a TON of

little key embellishments - which I LOVE, and added

one to some twine and just clipped them all together

with a mini clothes pin I picked up from the Dollar Store.

Of course the chocolates are the Hershey's Nuggets

wrapped in strips of Valentine scrapbook paper.

I also used the cut out hearts from the topper as

confetti in the bag, so nothing went to waste :)

My XOXO stamp is from a Fiskars stamp set

and I decided to do a little bit of blush inking on the hearts.

I really like how these turned out,

now I just need to make 30 more :)

I hope you will join us over at BBTB2 this week!

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Cut It Up! - New Year's Resolutions

Happy Friday!!!

How did your week go?

We actually had some colder temps this week,

but still I haven't even worn my coat really at all!

CRAZY!!!

Over at Cut It Up we have a new challenge for you...

New Year's Resolutions or Goals

Our Sponsor:

Kitten Scraps

$20 Gift Certificate

My Project:

Okay, so the first thing you should know is that

I don't make New Year's Resolutions...lol :)

However, I always want to keep my house clean

and love "tools" that make it easier.

I asked for a Stair Vacuum for Christmas and I got one...yay!

My stairs always get neglected because I hate lugging

my regular vacuum up and down them.

I LOVE my portable, lightweight, new toy and

will definitely be using it often :)

Sorry, enough about that...

Our Sponsor, Kitten Scraps has some adorable

images and we were able to choose some to work with.

As soon as I saw this cute girl vacuuming, I knew it was the one.

My papers are all from my scrap stash.

I used Mini Monograms to cut out the scallop

and Art Philosophy is a fun cartridge for banners.

My sentiment is from a Fiskar's set

and my enamel dots are from Echo Park.

Please take some time to head over to Kitten Scraps

to see all the fun options they have for

your projects :)

I hope you will join us over at Cut It Up!

Thanks for checkin' in!

BBTB2 - It's Snowy and Cold

Happy Monday!!!

Today over at BBTB2 a new challenge has started

all about winter and being snowy and cold.

I know everyone on the East is experiencing some

crazy snow, but I am in Utah and we have nada!

We are in the upper 40's and sun - CRAZY!!!

Anyway, if we did have snow, my kids would be

outside building snowmen and snow forts

so my card is in hope that we have at least ONE

Snow Day...

I used these two cuts from Simply Charmed.

My paper is from American Crafts and I combined

two stamp sentiments from CardzTV and Craftin' Desert Divas.

The cute sparkly rhinestones are from Michael's.

I hope you will join us over at BBTB2 this week!

Thanks for checkin' in!!!