Its a Valentine's Bonanza!

I absolutely love Valentine’s Day. I love making V Day projects, cards and buying special gifts for my family. When my kids were little we developed a “Pink Dinner” tradition. My husband and I realized that we probably wouldn’t be going out to romantic dinners anymore with having three kids, so we decided to create something special for our whole family to enjoy. So I decorate our table with Valentine’s Decor and even pull out real wine glasses for the kids to use. We drink pink pop, eat heart shaped pizza and all the other foods are either pink or red. I will admit, it makes for a pretty interesting dinner sometimes. But it is fun and the kids all look forward to it. I will make sure to do a blog post of my table!

This year I will be adding these adorable heart tin treat boxes to each persons spot at the table and I will fill them with the candies each kid likes best (probably Skittles, Reeses pieces and Kit Kat’s!). I cannot resist these Bonanza Buddies, the Koala (fun fact: its one of my favourite animals, tied with the panda bear and an Ewok if they really existed!) and the lion are just beyond adorable! They can be found on page 33 of the Mini Catalogue. The entire Birthday Bonanza Suite is colourful, whimsical, and fun!

I love our new heart punches pack on page 10 as they are so easy for kids to use and the layering option of the two is fabulous. And personally, I think you can use hearts all year long! This project was a great way to use up some ribbon scraps as well. The sentiment, For You, is from the Label Me Bold stamp set which is a Million Dollar Achiever stamp set.

Hot Tip: you can use the classic label punch for any of the sentiments in the stamp set and just quickly snip the edges to get a perfect cut!

I added in the heart doilies to the bottom of the tins as well for that added detail. I think its awesome they come in a package of 40! Way to go Stampin’ Up!

I hope you are inspired by these super cute projects. I had so much fun making them and will be offering them at two different class times—-Wed, Jan 29th at 6:30 pm and Monday, Feb 10th at 6:30. They are perfect for kids and adults to make! Imagine finding one of these on your desk at work! Click on the Sign Up Now button to register for this class!

Honestly, I don’t care if you are 5 or 50, I think these would make anyone happy!

Honestly, I don’t care if you are 5 or 50, I think these would make anyone happy!

I thought it would be fun to add something to the inside of the lids. It is like a little extra surprise!

I thought it would be fun to add something to the inside of the lids. It is like a little extra surprise!

Joy of Sets Blog Hop-January!

I am so excited to participate in the Joy of Sets Blog Hop for 2020! This is the first Blog Hop I have ever participated in, so please be patient with me as I work out all the kinks on the techie side! My creative side is great, the techie side, not so much! haha!

Today I created ‘something new’ using the new Tropical Oasis Suite in the recently launched Mini Catalogue for 2020. This card is definitely an avid level project as it uses embossing paste and colouring with the Stampin’ Blends (in Mango Melody). The large flower is actually stamped in the new Saddle Brown Staz On ink that was released with this suite. I added in some of the Braided Burlap trim and a couple accent flags from the Tropical Oasis DSP. I love how it turned out with the layers and different textures! The leaves are in two colors, the stamped leaf is Old Olive and the small leaf is Mossy Meadow. The In the Tropics Dies for this set are great as they not only cut but they have shapes that also emboss such as the leaves.

I want to include all of the links for this fabulous Blog Hop (and to make sure that I don’t mess up where you need to go to see everyone’s projects!). You should have just been over at Rochell’s blog checking out her amazing project, and after me you will hop on over to Susan Webster’s Blog! If my NEXT BUTTON isn’t linked correctly (remember, newbie here!) you can at least access things from the main list!

And lastly, I want to give a huge SHOUT OUT to Angie for giving me the opportunity to be a part of the Joy of Sets Blog Hop and for helping me with some ‘behind the scenes’ stuff! You are so humble and gracious!

Angie McKenzie
https://www.naturesinkspirations.com/…/the-joy-of-sets-blog…

Amanda Farlinger 
https://fromwhereistamp.blogspot.com/…/joy-of-sets-blog-hop…

Libby Fens 
https://libbystamps.com/2020/01/11/something-new/

Jane Allmark
https://amethystarcrafting.blogspot.com/…/jos-blog-hop-some…

Tricia Butts  
https://triciastampingcreations.blogspot.com/…/joy-of-sets-…

Angelique Nederpel  
https://stempelkeuken.blogspot.com/…/joy-of-sets-blog-hop-s…

Fiona Whitehead 
https://craftystamping.blogspot.com/…/joy-of-sets-blog-hop-…

Sandra Roberts  
sandrascraftstudio.com/?p=2012

Rebecca-Jo Unwin  
https://rebecca-jounwin.blogspot.com/…/the-joy-of-sets-blog…

Rochelle Laird-Smith
https://stampingflair.com/the-joy-of-sets-blog-hop-january…/

Brenda Nelson 
www.stampsandstretchypants.com/…/joy-of-sets-blog-hop-jan20…

Susan Webster  
https://pumpkinhillstampers.com/?p=3449

Anne Marie Hile 
www.stampinanne.com/…/the-joy-of-sets-january-2020-blog-hop…

Gez Carpenter 
https://www.nigezza.co.uk/…/the-joy-of-sets-january-2020-bl…

Annette Ball 
https://stampinwiththebees.blogspot.com/…/joy-of-sets-janua…

Kaylin Krawczyk 
https://kraftykaylin.wordpress.com/?p=2256

Narelle Fasulo 
www.simplystampingwithnarelle.com/…/joy-of-sets-january-blo…

Jennifer Arent 
https://jenniferarentstamps.wordpress.com/…/honey-bee-joy-f…

Vicki Milyard 
https://stampingvickisvisions.blogspot.com/…/the-joy-of-set…

Alejandra Gomez 
https://www.creatingwithallie.com/2020/01/something-new.html

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This link should take you to Susan Webster’s page (fingers crossed!)

Feeling Tropical?

It snowed quite a bit here today in Edmonton, and the forcast is suggesting a massive dip in temperatures. Since I can’t run away on an airplane I will just have to settle with creating stuff with the Tropical Oasis Suite!

I created this page to help showcase the awesome, vintage inspired Designer Series Paper found in the new Mini (not so Mini) Occasions catalogue. You can find all the elements of the Suite on pages 39 and 40. It was actually quite a fast and simple page to put together that you could easily reproduce with all of the new Designers Series papers in the Mini catalogue by swapping out a few elements and embellishments! Maybe I will take my own advice and create something in the future!

In 2017 I was lucky enough to take Summer, who was 9 at the time, on the amazing Stampin’ Up! Incentive Trip to Phuket, Thailand.  It was one of the most amazing experiences we have had together and I am forever grateful for the opportunity!

In 2017 I was lucky enough to take Summer, who was 9 at the time, on the amazing Stampin’ Up! Incentive Trip to Phuket, Thailand. It was one of the most amazing experiences we have had together and I am forever grateful for the opportunity!

Thanks for the Laughs...

As soon as I saw this new stamp set, Thanks for the Laughs, I knew it would be on my very first order from the upcoming Handmade for You Mini Catalogue. It has some amazing friendship themed sentiments including this one, “No one will ever be as entertained by us as us”. I am sure we all have a girlfriend or two that this applies to! I combined this sentiment with the color palette, DSP and embellishments from the Birthday Bonanza suite—-when you see it in the catalogue you will be amazed! I have popped a few of these in the mail which will be an happy and unexpected surprise in my friends mailboxes as it won’t be a Christmas card inside! And are those mini pompoms not the cutest! #everythingisbettermini

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Feeling Tropical!

Well I doubt my Christmas wishes of being somewhere tropical for the holidays will happen, I can enjoy creating some tropical themed cards right? It is almost the next best thing! haha!

I created this card on a Grey Granite base and I used the new Tropical Oasis suite from the upcoming Handmade for You Mini Catalogue coming out in January. The rectangular panel is embossed with the Coastal Weave 3D Embossing Folder. I added in strips of the Tropical Oasis DSP for a bit of interest after stamping the background with an image from the Timeless Tropical stamp set. The main flower is coloured with the Stampin’ Blends in Mango Melody and Pumpkin Pie. There is a coordinating frame lit set, In the Tropics Dies, that I used to add in the two leaves. And I am totally loving the Braided Burlap Trim ribbon as well that I added under the embossed panel. I love this suite! I think it has so much potential and has an awesome color palette to work with too!

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