Cards on a rainy day

Here are two cards I designed for Heartland Paper. The first one is a favorite type of card for me. It is a 4"X12" strip that has been scored at 2" and 7 1/2" and folded to create a 3 part fold. There is so much you can do with this shape. I love it and use it often. This is new paper from Imaginisce and I love the bright colors and the bit of glitter that is added. It is so cheerful on such a rainy day as today. Where has all the snow gone? We haven't hardly had any January or February which makes it tough for my son-in-law who started a snow removal business this winter while finishing up college. Oh well, this card would cheer up anyone!

The next card is of course for St. Patrick's Day. A few hearts cut from the Cricut and an expensive stamp from Studio G and an easy card is born. I also used an edge punch which I think fits perfectly for this card. The paper is Best Creations.

This week has been busy with visiting the new grandchild and getting ready for next quarter classes at Heartland. I will post again later today with one of my classes I will be doing.

I am a new GRANDMA!!!!

I am so moved! My first grandchild was born this morning about 10:30 am. He is the most precious baby ever! I am so excited to be a grandmother. My daughter-in-law is incredible and delivered the baby quickly and efficiently! What a wonderful day. I haven't heard Corbin cry yet but he is absolutely beautiful. He is a miracle baby - my son had cancer at the age of 18 and because of the strong doses of chemo he was not suppose to be able to have children, luckily his beautiful wife was willing to take a chance and a year and a half after their marriage they have a beautiful little baby boy, Corbin. They are an incredible couple who have been so blessed in so many ways. As a parent and grandparent I could not be prouder. The happy parents, a proud grandpa and my youngest, beautiful daughter, Brittany and myself holding the precious child. A simply wonderful day!!!

Men and Stamping

This morning was VERY interesting. I taught an embossing class this morning which involved 4 projects, two of which are in the pictures above. Yesterday the manager informed me that Studio 5 (a local TV show) was coming to my Stamping class and that they were bringing 2 local radio personalities from the Night Side Show on KSL in Salt Lake City. The TV show is focusing on starting new hobbies this month and thought it would be fun to have the radio guys try out some new "woman type" hobbies. Well, it was a hoot and the guys really had fun with the whole thing. They brought "guy" treats - Cheese Whiz in a can, crackers and a Salami Roll. The guys tried their best at each of the products, and one of them even tried to add his bit of creativity, although I have to admit his box (see above) was quite hilarious. The paper he wrapped around the box was VERY crooked and provided us all with a good laugh. It was interesting trying to teach and demonstrate something to people who are not familiar in the least with glue dots, tape runners and foam dots. I felt like I was back in kindergarten for scrapbookers!!! I have to admit though they did pretty good with a glue stick although I think they used one whole stick just putting the paper on the box. The other women in the class were so helpful and they were eager to show them how to use all of the products that we take for granted. When I find out when the show is going to air, I will post it and we will all watch it together. (Of course you have to understand I had a one day notice on this so I wasn't able to lose 20 pounds in time!) I'm also eager to see what they have to say about us tonight at 7 pm on their radio show.

Anyway, I love how the hanging turned out above. It is so fun to use all those embellishments that sit in my drawer. I have to say I love the Big Shot by Sizzix because it can cut chipboard and felt which brings so much texture and dimension to a flat object such as paper.

The little box is just one I picked up at Roberts and decorated it and changed out the twine handle for a beautiful ribbon. There are so many possibilities for these boxes - perfect for treats and little things for friends and neighbors. They would look great painted, covered with paper and even some Maya Mist on them would be fun. I just used the plain box since it was for a stamping class. The vintage picture on the tag came from Graphic Fairy, a great blog where you can download vintage images and use them.

Well, I have one more stamping class tonight and then I will start work on next month's projects which will be fun Easter items. Have a great day and maybe if I'm lucky I will become the next Martha after making my debut TV appearance!!

A Valentine's Day Card and a Wedding

Being new at blogging, I am finding it difficult to

get good pictures and to figure out the layouts of the posts. I am glad I joined up with One World One Heart so I have the chance to see so many other bloggers and how they are doing with their blogs. There are so many creative people out there - it is so fun!

My vintage wedding card is so cute but it is very difficult to get the colors right - it is made with the new Graphic 45 Romantic line. I love the teal and peach colors.

The Valentine's Card was so fun to make. I found these heart shaped lollipops and thought it would be so much fun to put them on a card to give to a grandchild or your own children. There's nothing like candy for a sweet tooth!!!! (Chocolate is my personal favorite!)

One World One Heart Giveaway

Who doesn't like free stuff? I've teamed up with One World One Heart for a special "Paper from the Heart" giveaway! Here's how it works: Leave a comment on this post with your name and contact information (preferably a valid email address). On February 14th at midnight, a winner will be drawn and soon after your prizes will be sent. It's as simple as that! Below are the two (yes that's right, not 1 but 2) card kits that you could win. There will be 2 winners with 1 kit each. Each kit includes the supplies to make four cute, pre-designed cards (plus color photos of the finished examples). If you are interested in more of my kits or being notified when new kits come out, join my Make at Home Cards club!

Catch up time!!

I have been delinquent! After returning home from a great river cruise through Germany the first week of December, I felt a little panic getting ready for Christmas. This Christmas was special because we were able to have all of our children and spouses home for a week. We planned many fun things including a trip to Jackson Hole, Wyoming and thoroughly enjoyed each others company.

On Jan. 4th, my sister-in-law went into the hospital for a stem cell transplant and I made daily trips to the hospital to spend time with her and to keep her walking the halls! She made it through the procedure incredibly well and was out of the hospital 2 1/2 weeks later. She is such a trooper! Since that time I have been going up to West Haven (west of Ogden) to help with her care. She is doing so well and hopefully this will prevent further chemo treatments for multiple myeloma for years. Cancer just seems to be so prevalent. Having had a son go through cancer I was sympathetic to some of the things she has gone through. She is amazing and so strong. She hopes to live at least another 15 years so she can watch her grandchildren grow and hopefully see a few more brought to this earth.

Here are two Valentine cards and a thank you card to start off this New Year. My son, Brandon, is also helping me to start a monthly card kit that will have everything to make 4 different cards including envelopes and pictures of completed cards. All that will be required by the customer will be ink for distressing, adhesive, glue dots and foam dots. What a great way to show your love to others!!! Hopefully the first 4 will be posted in the next day. (I wish I was better at this computer stuff!)

Christmas in Germany

After almost 2 years of waiting, my mom and I are finally on our Christmas Market River Cruise through Germany. We are having a great time!! We are truly 2 Christmas shoppers at heart.

After flying and enduring transfers we finally arrived in Cologne, Germany after 19 hours. We immediately went to our first Christmas market in Cologne. The picture of my mom (in the green jacket) is standing in front of one of the streets with these temporary buildings that are decorated for Christmas. At night (it gets dark at 4:30 pm) everything lights up and all the people come out to enjoy the atmosphere and the food that is available at about 2/3 of the booths. The food for them is probably similar to fair food for us. Every few steps there is a booth with hot liquor and they serve it in ceramic mugs that you pay a deposit on and the deposit gets returned when the mug is returned. They stand around these logs that are stood up on their ends with lights wired in the middle of the logs. It is really interesting. They have all sorts of handicrafts, items from China, and a few booths with Christmas decorations. They have fun Christmas foods and candies and gingerbread is big here. I purchased a number of food items for our Christmas eve feast. Wood carvers are big here and the picture of the man with the carved items in front of him is the actual wood carver that I purchased a beautiful Madonna and child from.

The ship is sailing down the Rhine and will end in Basel, Switzerland. The cruise is about 8 days long and makes stops through Germany, Strausborg, France, and Basel Switzerland. We are interested in seeing if the Christmas markets are any different in France and Switzerland. I am having fun buying gifts for the children and of course a few special items for myself.

I am sorry I haven't posted cards lately, I was so busy getting ready to leave on this trip and with Thanksgiving. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with most of our family (Brandon and Rachel were in Kansas City with her family) and everyone helped with the Christmas decorations on Friday. I wanted to get the majority of them up before I left. I will be home Monday night and I hope to get some more cards up then along with some more pictures of our trip.