Just a quick share today. I thought this month’s Paper Pumpkin was so adorable that I needed to turn it into a gift. I stamped all of the cards and then made a card folder with some of the left-over parts. Don’t you just love it?! If you want the directions for the folder just click on the link here.
Next month, Paper Pumpkin will be three years old! Celebrate with a limited-edition box for your March kit. Subscribe by March 10th to get yours. What makes it even more special is during Sale-A-Bration, you can get a 3-month Paper Pumpkin subscription for just $55.00 and instantly qualify for a FREE Sale-A-Bration item. Just contact me, and I will help you get subscribed.
If I had to choose a favorite stamp set from the current Occasions Catalog, it would be this one Birthday Blooms. I’ve made more cards with this set since it first came out than any other. The quote from William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” applies to this stamp set. It doesn’t matter what color you make it, it is still beautiful. Granted, both of my roses are water colored using blender pens and Blushing Bride and Pink Pirouette ink. The difference is in their embossing and in the choice of paper color I used. Which do you prefer? My preference changes each time I look at them, but one thing remains true of both; they are each beautiful in their own way.
On a different note, the items in the Sale-a-bration catalog changed a little this past Monday. I’ve posted a copy of the new brochure items in the side bar. All of the items in the original catalog that appear on pages 1 through 15 are still available with any $50.00 purchase. Those on pages 16 through 19 have been replaced with the new items in the brochure. Be sure to check it out.
I hope you enjoyed your visit here today. Until next time…
As I type this post, I realize that Valentine’s Day is only 2 days away and I haven’t shared any of my Valentine cards or my treat holder with you. The cards were created over a month ago and put in the mail way in advance of the holiday, but I am very much overdue in posting about them. I was busy this week in that I substitute taught one and a half days and I cleaned out two closets this week. (I do feel I accomplished a lot.)
Anyway, here is the first card I made using the Bloomin’ Lovestamp set, Bloomin’ Heart Thinlit Die, Sweetheart punch, and Love Blossoms Designer Series Paper. When I cut out the heart with the thinlit, one heart was enough to make two cards since I only needed a small piece to peek through the punched out heart image.
I made the second card with the Sky is the Limitstamp set from the Sale-a-bration catalog and the Happy HeartEmbossing Folder. Just a reminder that it will no longer be available beginning Monday, as new Sale-a-bration items will be replacing it. If you aren’t familiar with Sale-a-bration, it is Stampin’ Up!’s biggest sale event of the year. When you spend $50.00 on any Stampin’ Up! product you qualify for one free item. This set is one of the free items until midnight on Feb. 14th.
I love this set because you could say it is quite masculine, and I thought this made a good card for my son.
Finally, my last Valentine card happened quite by accident. Someone once told me there were never any mistakes is stamping, just happy accidents. So, this accident was a happy one. I had cut out a vellum heart using the Bloomin’ Heart Thinlitintending to use it for a totally different purpose on a card, and this is what I ended up with. 🙂
I hope you like the cards.
For the tutorial I promised, I have a cute little Valentine treat holder that takes only minutes to make. I call it a Sweetheart Candy Slider Sleeve. Isn’t it adorable?
If you want the tutorial for the box, you can download it here.
Hope you enjoyed your visit here today. Until next time…
Colorado Springs got a lot of snow this week. We had a severe winter storm move in on Sunday, and it didn’t stop snowing until sometime on Tuesday. Fourteen inches of snow fell in my neighborhood. Some areas got more some less.
My son, Chris, who is now 28, just recently started working for a mobile medical company in town. He is a licensed EMT (Emergency Medical Technician). He is transporting non-emergency patients to and from appointments, etc. In a few months after his probation is complete, he hopes to begin working in an ambulance with the other EMT’s.
With this new job, Chris is making up for the five years between 21 and 26 when he couldn’t drive because of uncontrolled seizures due to epilepsy. Now he drives EVERYWHERE! And that is a good thing.
This is what I don’t like…
First, regardless of the weather, if there is a patient that needs to be driven, he drives. Second, the hours seem to be brutally long.
This past Saturday he worked his normal 12-hour shift…longer actually, because he got to work by 7:00 a.m. and didn’t get back to my place until 10:20 p.m. He opted to spend the night here in town because he was “on-call” that night after his shift. When he arrived, he told me he would be driving to Durango, Colorado the next day to transport a patient. Durango is a 6-hour drive from here. It began snowing, and local meteorologists were saying it wasn’t going to stop until sometime Tuesday. Ask me if I slept at all Saturday night. I am sure you know the answer.
I got up the next morning to make his lunch; something I’ve never done for his sister or my husband. He is my son! He told me he was wrong. He wasn’t going to Durango; it was Coaldale. It is a little town only 2 hours southwest of us. “That’s better than Durango in this whether,” I thought.
I worried all day!
No I wouldn’t say worried, let’s say I AGONIZED all day. “Are the roads okay? Is he safe? Why do they have to release people from the hospital on Sunday?” I fretted. “They shouldn’t send people out in this kind of weather if it isn’t an emergency,” I contemplated.
My husband said I am worrywart. I know he is 28 years old. He is a man. But, I am his mother and mothers always worry about their children no matter their age.
The kid arrived home safely around 5:00 p.m. That night I slept like a baby!
Chris stayed here for all of Monday and Tuesday. The snow just kept coming. It didn’t look like it would ever stop! City offices closed early on Monday and didn’t re-open until Wednesday. All school districts in the area shut down until Thursday even though it stopped snowing on Tuesday. Some of the doorways on some of the school buildings were buried by the drifting snow. Snow removal has been a major hassle for the past few days. I was relieved Chris didn’t have to work those days.
But, he did on Wednesday. He arrived at work by 7:00 a.m. I didn’t see him again until he arrived home at 1:30 a.m. Thursday morning. It seems at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, after already working 10 hours, Chris and another person were dispatched on another long distance run.
I’ve never taught my children they are entitled to anything. I’ve always taught them they have to work and earn anything they get, but GEEEEES! That’s crazy! My son’s father phoned me at 9:30 to let me know Chris would be spending the night here again, because he was too tired to make the 23 mile drive to his dad’s home where he lives. At 11:00 p.m., I texted my son to find out when he was getting home. That was when I learned where he was and I calculated…he wouldn’t be home until 1:30 a.m.!
At 1:30 a.m., he arrived wanting food. So, I heated up some leftovers from our dinner, sat, and watched him eat.
He had to be at work by 7:00 a.m. the next morning. I again got up and made his lunch. I was fortunate in that I was able to go back to bed when he left.
Like I said, brutally long hours…but he seems cheerful and that is really ALL that matters.
So, on to my card.
I just LOVE this stamp set and these framelits! A very dear friend of mine gave me a birthday card that is similar to this one. The black and white colors, thread and embossed background and sentiment are different on the one I’ve made.
Hope you enjoyed your visit here today. Until next time…
Happy Stamping!
After publishing I realized I forgot to include the Large Polka Dot Embossing Folder to the list of supplies I used. Item # 133739
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