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Happy Valentine's Day!

Do you have big plans with your loved ones today?  Usually, we pick up a heart shaped pizza from Papa Murphy's, I layout the table with festive Valentine placemats and plates, I give them each a little gift and we have some kind of sweet Valentine treat for dessert. Unfortunately, this year we will be scattered in different directions.  My daughter, Rebecca,works(at Papa Murphy's!), Nick has soccer, and Sam has gymnastics.  There isn't even time for my husband and I to sneak away for a romantic dinner because we have to be back in time to pick the kids up.Oh well.  Life is busy!

My youngest, Sam, is in 6th grade.  This is his last year in elementary school and the teachers told them it was optional to bring Valentines.  Sam didn't really want to but I wanted one last year to make something for his classmates.  So reluctantly, he is bringing in these for his class:

You can find the bubblewands at Target.  I just made little tags to hang from their heart shaped handles.

For his teacher I made this treat holder with a punch art lady bug:

Well, I gotta run to work.  Thanks for stopping by today!

Kathleen

 

 

 

 

 

Little Girl Pink

I've been reading Little Girl Blue, a book about Karen Carpenter.  Do you remember the Carpenters?  I just love her voice!   I grew up in a family of 10 kids, 5 of us girls.  We all shared a room and I associate an artist or group with each of my sister's. I always associate the Carpenters with my sister Mary Jo. Anyway, the book details some of the things she went through.  Such a sad waste of life!

This little girl is little girl pink and she is very happy! This was another of the cards we made in card club last week.  Such a fun set to watercolor! It's called Greetihg Card kids.  Many of us think of them as the Campbell soup kids.  They have that nostalgic look about them.

 

Recipe: Stamps: Greeting Card kids, Teeny Tiny Wishes(greeting)

Ink: Jet black Stazon, Blushing Bride, Poppy Parade, Tangerine Tango, Cajun Craze, Blush Blossom marker, Sahara Sand marker

Paper: Blushing bride, Blushing bride dp from Level 1 hostess paper pack, watercolor paper, Early Espresso,Poppy Parade

Other: 3" circle Sizzix die from Occasions mini, Scallops die#2, finial press embossing folder, word window punch, modern label punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, poppy parade ribbon, aquapainter, stampin' dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by!

Kathleen

Slacking

I've been really long in between posts lately.  Mostly due to the holidays, starting a new full-time job, getting a new camera, learning new camera, not liking new camera, new camera not taking good pictures, etc. Our long faithful friend, the Canon Powershot gave up it's life after 7 great years together.  We bought an Olympus and never did get it to work the way we wanted.  My husband returned it today and bought an updated version of the Canon.  Yeah!  I think we will be much happier together! ;) I'm hoping to get some better quality photos to post too.  Maybe even, dare I say, video?  I wouldn't hold my breath on that one but we'll see what we can do.

I have a card to share with you from January's stamp club.  It's using the adorable owl punch.  This one was really putzy and may have had some of my club members cursing at me under their breaths.  But it was fun to create!

 
 

Recipe: Short and Sweet(greeting)

Ink: Early Espresso, Blushing Bride

Paper: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Whisper White, Early Espresso, Basic Black, Tangerine Tango, Red glimmer paper from the Occasions mini catalog, Blushing Bride dp from Level 1 hostess paper pack

Other: Tasteful Trim Sizzix die, owl punch, Tulips frame embossing folder(from Occasions mini), Top Note Sizzix die, large oval punch, scallop oval punch, bird punch(wings), heart to heart punch

Whaddya think? 

We were at my son, Sam's first gymnastics competition today.  He's been taking gymastics for 1 1/2 years and we finally got to see him compete.  He's 10 so he's a little late to start gymnastics(sad, huh?) but he enjoyed it and that's what counts.  They awarded ribbons and medals for the top 4 gymnasts in his age group.  He got two 3rd places, and two 4th places.  That was out of 8 kids in his age group so that was pretty good!  His goal going into the competition was to get at least one 3rd place.  He surpassed that. He was thrilled!  Here's a picture of him with one of his coaches.

 

Thanks for letting me brag a little bit!

Have a great day!

Kathleen

 

Stinky Sweet Valentine box

Hey there!  Long time no chat.  I've just been busy with my family.  I haven't made it into my stamp room much in the last week either.  I want to share with you today a Valentine treat box I made as a gift to those who came to my Open House in January.  I got the idea for the punch art skunk from Mercedes here.

The little treat box is a Stampin' Up! exlusiveSizzix die, Bitty box and envelope.  What's cool about this die is that the envelopes fit inside the box!  But I filled the box with cinnamon candies.

The skunk is made with punch art.  Here is what I used:

punches:  Ornament punch(head), small oval punch, 1/2" circle punch, Wide oval punch, large oval punch, heart to heart punch

All products are Stampin' Up! only and can be ordered on my online website here.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Happy stamping!
 

Frilly Owl

You can't go too over the top when it comes to Valentines IMHO.  Lots of pink, red, glitter, and frills.  This card fits under that category.  It's made from one of my favorite stamp sets from the mini catalog, Love Bandit.  I used a sketch from the Monday Mojo sketch blog.  I punched out the the tree top with the full heart punch and some Christmas dp.  The tree is kind of shaped like a heart anyhow so I thought this would be a great alternative to cutting it out by hand.  We made this in last week's stamp club as well.

Recipe:  Love Bandit

Ink:  Chocolate Chip, Real Red Stampin' Write marker

Paper:  Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue, Old Olive, Real Red, Close to Cocoa, Whisper White, Sending Love Specialty Designer Paper, Merry Moments dp

Other:  Perfect Polka dots embossing folder, Sizzix scallop#2, Scallop trim corner punch, scallop trim border punch(can earn for FREE with a qualifying Sale-a-bration purchase!), Word Window punch, Full Heart punch, Real Red brad, stampin' dimensionals, Real Red white stiched grosgrain ribbon

To order any of these products you can go to my Stampin' Up! website here. 

Happy stamping!

Heart Sweet Treat Cups and Valentine Yummyness!

Heart Sweet Treat Cups! 

Just in time for Valentine's Day, our new Heart Treat Cups coordinate perfectly with the Sweetheart stamp set and the Full Heart punch. 

The stamp set is available in wood mounted or unmounted rubber.  The stamp set coordinates with the full heart punch and the new heart treat cups!  What a perfect Valentine treat!

Full heart punch, item#113693, $15.95

Heart treat cups, item#120435 $2.95(12 per pack!) I expect these to be wildly popular so order yours early!  They are only available for a limited time.

Sweetheart Stamp set, item# 120415, $21.95 wood mounted

  items#120780, $15.95, unmounted

  You can order these through my online ordering website here. Or contact me at krhopperstad@juno.com or by phone at 952-226-2190.

Now for some more Valentine yummyness.  Here is a card using many of the new Occasions mini catalog products.

Recipe:  Stamps: With All My Heart

Ink:   Real Red, Versamark

Paper:  Sweet Pea designer paper, Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Real Red

Other:  Sizzix Circle Scallops#2, circle scissors plus, pinking hearts punch, 5/8" wide Real Red grosgrain ribbon,  paper piercer, Sending Love Real Red epoxy brads, irridescent ice embossing powder, playground designer buttons.

I hope you like red and pink and glitter cuz you're going to be seeing it a lot in the upcoming month.  I'm so excited that the Occasions mini catalog and Sale-a-bration promotion is now available to everyone!  You are going to love what Stampin' Up! has to offer during this promotion!

Happy stamping!

Recipe Challenge #29

This is my card for Tamara's Recipe design challenge #29.  The challenge was to use old designer paper we had on hand, naked chipboard and raffia or twine. 

The designer paper I used was Cosmo Cricket's Hey Sugar paper.  I dressed the naked chipboard heart up with some of the designer paper.I used red raffia to tie around the striped panel.  The smallest panel is card stock that I stamped with the Love Owl-ways stamp set in the holiday  mini and the little heart from the the Short and Sweet stamp set.  Then I sponged it with More Mustard ink to tie it in with the designer paper.  The Love Always is a rub-on from the cheery chat rub-ons.  Check out the rest of the design team's recipe challenge cards and scrapbook pages at Tamara's sketch blog here.

I hope your holidays were great.  I hosted my husband's side of the family on Christams eve.  There were 17 people here that afternoon/night.  But that was only a warm up for hosting my family on Christmas day.  There were 41 people here on Christmas day.  It went well but I was so tired by the end of Christmas day that I was slurring my words.  I hadn't had a drop of alcohol either.  I was in bed by 9:00.  It felt great to get some sleep!

Recipe Challenge#24

  This is my card for the Recipe Challenge Design team on Tamara's blog.  The challenge this week was to use 2 photos(or stamped images), flowers, and stamping.  I stamped the heart images in Real Red craft ink and then poured irridescent ice embossing powder over it to give it that sparkle.  The button is a sizzix button die.  I'm just using up my scraps. The 'brads" are faux brads.  You just punch out 1/4" circle of cardstock and squeeze crystal effects over them.  The flowers are from the pretties kit.  I sponged the smaller flower with pretty in pink ink to give it some color.  The pearl center is also from the pretties kit. 

Check out Tamara's blog to see what the rest of the design team came up with!

Recipe: Stamps;  A Happy Heart, Polka dot background stamp

Paper:  Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Whisper White, Bella Rose Designer Paper

Ink:  Baja Blue, Real Red Craft

Other:  Top Note Sizzix die, Sizzix button die, ticket corner punch, 1/4" punch, crystal effects, irridescent ice embossing powder, flowers and pearl from pretties kit, pink taffeta ribbon, chocholate chip grosgrain ribbon

I've slowed down a bit on my posting.  It's not that I haven't been stamping but I can't show you yet or I've been caseing other people.  I have also been working on a gift for my stamp club ladies but I don't want them to see it yet. 

I'm teaching a Mr. Twigster class tonight for some ladies in one of their homes.  My big shot and I are going on a trip!  Good thing it's portable. 

I'll owlways love you!

I've been wanting to play with this stamp set for awhile now. It's called Owl Together Now. You can view the whole set by going to my online ordering site here and clicking on the shop now button on the upper right corner of my demo website. I don't actually own this set...yet. I borrowed from my friend, Kristina, and stamped a bunch of images. I finally got to do something with it last night. I colored in the owls with my ink pads and blender pens. The flowers are from the 3 for you punch and the middles are 1/4" circle punch with crystal effects layered on them.

Recipe:
Stamps:  Owl Together Now
Paper:  Old Olive, Whisper White, Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Chocolate Chip monochromatic designer paper
Ink:  Jet black stazon, creamy caramel, close to cocoa, more mustard, summer sun, old olive, garden green, chocolate chip
Other:  3 for you flower punch, 1/4" circle punch, crystal effects, scallop edge punch, paper piercer

I'm off to pick up my 10 year old from a sleep over.  I'll be back tomorrow with more creative projects.