Valentine Cards

I played around in my craft room making some Valentine things during my long New Year's weekend. I challenged myself to make some things with collections that aren't necessarily Valentine theme in nature. It's always fun to think out of the box.

I envisioned this first card while waiting to drift off to sleep one night. You know you are a bit craft-crazy when you plan cards instead of counting sheep. I used Dream Street papers "Nature's Poetry" collection. The papers are soft and romantic and includes chipboard. I used one of the chipboard elements for the center.






I used my Cricut to cut the series of hearts from various patterned papers. I placed them across the white cardstock, then stitched them in place. Next I ran the hearts and cardstock through the Cuttlebug and embossed them all together.

On this next card, I used Dream Street's Merry and Bright collection - yes, a Christmas collection. I thought the foilage with the touch of red would work great. The felt alpha's are from American Crafts, and the ribbon is from Stampin' Up.





For this tag, I used Dream Street's "Say It" Paper from Sam Collection, and the Just My Type Chipboard. I used white core cardstock and sanded it to reveal the white. The flower is American Crafts and the mini-alpha's are from Making Memories.





And the final project is a card using Just My Type Chipboard elements from Dream Street, chipboard flowers from Melissa Frances. I embossed the paper, then sanded the hearts to reveal the white.

I'm still brainstorming on what to make the kiddo's in my daughter's class at school. We had a blast making white chocolate lollipops last year, so I may do that again. If you have any goodie ideas, I'd love to see them. Post here and let me know.

Have a wonderful Wednesday and thanks for stopping by.

~melanie~

Favorites of the Year

I usually do a photo "year in review" post, but until then, here are a look at some of my favorite scrapbook pages of the year. Believe me, there wasn't much to choose from - I have had a busy year outside of my crafting. I guess I have alot of catching up to do soon!




This is my great-nephew. The scrapbook paper looks like a frame.



Another year older for Miss Priss.



Goofing off at the mall.



She just loves the spotlight.




Finding one of my long lost girlfriends while planning our high school reunion.




A day in the country.

Boy - I didn't realize how many LESS pages I had this year until I went back and compared from the previous year. I guess if I were going to resolve to do something in 2010, it would be to create more scrapbook pages. What about you?

Thanks for dropping by!

~melanie~

May Your Days be Merry & Bright

Just getting ready for Christmas around here. Party on Saturday, Christmas production on Saturday and Sunday night. THEN I can breathe.......

Here's a few creations made with Dream Street Paper's "Merry & Bright" Christmas collection.








I take a photo of the two little "misses" together at Christmas. I haven't taken one this year yet, so I used one from a previous year. (reminder - take the little misses' photo soon!)





Off to play practice. No school tomorrow so I think we'll stay in PJ's... at least until noon. Thanks for stopping by!!

New Memories with Old Friends

I'm still enjoying the 'afterglow' of my high school reunion. I had some free time yesterday to pull out the NEW Dream Street Papers summer collection and created this page using the Sam paper line.

Believe it or not, my camera was off duty most of the reunion night. GASP! I know!!! I'm always running around events with the camera, but this night was was soaking it all in - without the camera. But there were cameras there. This is one of my favorite photos of the night - the old gang together again - minus a few people who had to leave early or were just not in sight when we did this. All the elements on this page are from the Sam collection.









Thanks for stopping by!

Dream Street Blog Hop!

Hey - if you are here for the blog hop - hop on over to Katrina's blog!

I just got back from my reunion and don't have anything new up yet. Have fun!!!

Friends: Lost and Found

Just one layout to share today. As I mentioned previously, I've been coordinating my high school reunion for the past couple of months. When I started this, I was recently reunited with one of my friends who moved away a couple of years before we graduated. She flew in for one of our planning meetings and we got to spend some time together. I used Dream Street Paper's "Fresh" collection as well as lots of vintage trims and buttons on this page as well as some Melissa Frances stickers.







Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Something for the Weekend

How about something for the weekend? Summer days bring lazy days of sitting by the pool, lounging around, and maybe even FISHING!!!!! My little one went fishing at my friend's land during spring break. The fish were biting as soon as the bait hit the water. What a lucky day! I used Dream Street Paper's "Forever Family" line for this page as well Dream Street chipboard letters and coordinating rub ons. See, you can use pink paper for anything!








Miss Priss has a ballet recital this weekend, so I predict some dance layouts coming soon! Have a great weekend.

Just a bit of Citrus Love..

...brought to you by Cupcardstogo! The January Kit "Citrus Love" is now up and I hear they are already out of one of the kits... so hurry!

Now that the kit is posted - that means I get to share! I had so much fun with this kit. It was refreshing to take a break from Christmas creating. The papers include Making Memories, Pink Paislee and Dream Street, rub ons from Scenic Route... and oodles of goodies from other companies- too many to list here.

The Pink Paislee stamp used on this card is included in the main kit. You can view the tutorial for this card here.























I'm trying to get adjusted to the sudden surge of cold weather. We had a high of 79 Sunday and then it dropped quickly. Last night had lows around 41. I know many of you have endured lower temps for weeks and weeks - but I just want the weather here to make up its mind. I never know if I should bring a coat or a fan. Anyway - have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by.

Merry Christmas, Y'all!

Just a little something for the holiday. The photo on the page below is from last year. I love taking photos of these two together. They are quite a pair. The papers are from Dream Street papers. The chipboard tree is from Everlasting Keepsakes.





Oh and about the newspaper interview earlier this week - she DID have her photo posted at the newspaper's online gallery, but not in the paper. Although the little boy beside us in the Santa line had the most adorable photo printed along with the article. I know his mom and grandma were so happy. :)

If you are doing a little bit of online shopping for yourself in the next few days - here's a tempting little offer. Right now Stampin' Up! is offering this Love You Much stamp set, Heart to Heart punch and Candy Cane Designer Series 12x12 papers at a 20% discount! Yep - that's right - twenty percent off! For more info and to shop anytime... go to my store!


Meanwhile - have a safe, peaceful and very Merry Christmas, Y'all!