Love Birds (Valentine Stamp Camp!)

These little flip albums always make me smile, and you can create this one at my Valentine Stamp Camp! Here’s a peek inside…

It’s the perfect size (6×6) to present to your own “Love Bird” for Valentines Day (with your pictures inside) AND we’ll also be creating a CD cover so you can burn an album of all your love songs, too!


Friday, February 11 at 10 a.m. 
OR
Saturday, February 12 at 1 p.m. 
Spanish Fork, UT

Cost: $20  
Click Here to Reserve Your Spot!
Bring: scissors, paper trimmer (optional) and Adhesive  
(Sticky Strip adhesive *strongly* recommended to keep your projects together…order when you register if you don’t have any!)

Art from the Heart

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Sharing a few cute Valentine Card Ideas from a recent Group Gathering with the demonstrators in my Stampin’ Up! family…enjoy! Clockwise from top left: Pam, Kay, Me (I cased this card from another demonstrator and would give them credit if I could remember who!!), Sally (Approved by MEN for Valentines Day: NO PINK!!).

Did you know that Valentines Day is the holiday when people send the most cards (after Christmas)? If you didn’t get your Holiday Cards sent, NOW IS YOUR CHANCE! Don’t miss the Stampin’ Up! Filled with Love Promotion...the perfect choice to create art from the HEART, but only available until January 24th.

Filled with Love

A few years ago, I was on a date with my husband and a few other friends when another set of couples exited the restaurant we were at and we overheard this conversation between the two men:

Man #1: “Hey, that football game is on next Saturday…do you want to come over and watch it?”
Man #2: “Um, isn’t that Valentine’s day? I don’t think my wife would go for that.”
Man #3: “Really? Is Valentine’s on the 14th this year?”

Just in case you missed it, Valentine’s *IS* on February 14th this year (and last year, and next year…and the year after that…) and I’m here to help you show your love in the most creative ways 🙂

  • Create beautiful cards and gifts with the Stampin’ Up! Filled With Love promotion (click on image above for more details). Free Bitty Button Offer good only through January 24th!
  • Plan to attend my Spanish Fork Valentine Stamp Camp on Friday, February 11th (10 a.m.) or Saturday, February 12th (1 p.m.). SAMPLES COMING SOON! You’ll create a fabulous “flip” album for your Love Bird and a beautiful card/CD cover for you to…”say I Love You with a song”. The cost is only $20 and space is limited! RSVP today: 801-376-8685

Do the Can-Can

Looking for a unique way to present a gift or gift card this Valentine’s Day? Do the Can-Can!

 
These are fun and simple to make: Use a clean-edge can opener (from Pampered Chef) to open any soup/fruit/vegetable can, wash and dry the can. Cans with the pop-top lid are fun to use and easy for the recipient to open…don’t pop the lid open, just remove the whole lid using the can opener!

Cover the can with Designer Series Paper and/or roll an image (shown here using the I {Love} Love Jumbo Stampin’ Around Wheel). Spray adhesive is good for applying your paper to the can.

Add glitter, ribbon, accessories, etc. Don’t forget to decorate the top of the can, too!
 
And since it says Hugs & Kisses (from the Love You Much stamp set), what better way than to encourage that display of affection with the contents of the can:
  
Once you have filled the can with your gift, seal the lid back on the can using Crystal Effects (from Stampin’ Up!, of course). The recipient will have to open the can again with a can opener 🙂

Hearts for Haiti and Under Bed Disaster Kit

My heart goes out to those in Haiti who have suffered loss and pain. So many are left without families, homes or even basic necessities like food and water. I have made donations and hope to continue to do all I can to help. As we assist the people of Haiti and help them rebuild, I pray we can also help them prepare for future crisis and become a strong independent nation. Since Utah has it’s own active fault line, I have pulled out information from the newspaper to help my family prepare for an emergency like this, as well. (READ ON to learn what YOU should keep under your bed to be prepared in an emergency…)

At times like this, I am grateful to represent a company like Stampin’ Up! who has created 5,000 hygiene kits and are donating $2 from the sale of every I {heart} Hearts stamp set (through February 28th) to the Red Cross Haiti Relief and Development Fund, which will be used to provide immediate relief as well as long-term support. Here are a few samples using this set (available in wood mount-$26.95 or clear mount-$18.95):

I love the simplicity of that card 🙂
 
We’ll be making this card at the Stamp-a-Stack class this Saturday 🙂
Have a Heart, Share Some Love! If you would like to order this set and do some good for Haiti, go to my website and click “Shop Now” on the top right under my name or give me a call 801-376-8685.
Now, as promised, I recently learned that if you were sleeping when an emergency happened (such as an earthquake, tornado or hurricane), most likely you won’t have time to find what you need or can’t see to find these important items. Take just a few minutes this week to assemble this kit and BE PREPARED! This is NOT your 72 hour kit (which I hope you have and may also want to keep close at hand or in your car), but a 72 SECOND Disaster Kit. Not only is it CREATIVE, but it just may save your life. If you have children, help them make one, too.
Under Bed 72-Second Disaster Kit –
Keep items in a Bag/backpack (this will prevent glass and other debris from getting in your shoes)

Sturdy Shoes
Pair of Socks
Emergency contact list
Whistle (to attract the attention of emergency personnel)
Dust mask (Useful in fires and earthquakes)
Work gloves (To protect your hands when moving glass or debris)
Several bottles of water
Flashlight (Don’t use if you smell gas)
Light stick on a lanyard
Pry bar
Portable radio with spare batteries

On Bedside Night Stand Keep:
Extra car keys
Cell phone and charger
Glasses
Wallet

Music & Lyrics

While I was at Stampin’ Up! Leadership, I learned a fun idea from presenter Shannon West and it seems to fit my theme this week of Music and Lyrics. Her suggestion was substitute lyrics from your favorite song as journaling for your scrapbook! You saw a peek at our On Board Heart Book available in the Occasions Mini Catalog (also in Scallop Circle and Bird shapes) in this post, but check out the inside of her Valentine Album…she used lyrics from Diana Ross’ song “Love Hangover”:

 
 
 
 
 

Now isn’t that simply adorable? Thanks, Shannon, for the tip! If I was going to make a “song” book, I’d use “The Pina Colada Song” (official title: “Escape” by Rupert Holmes) because that is on the play list for my life 🙂

What about you? Which song could you create a scrapbook to? Please comment!

Whooo Loves You?

This cute little owl was one of the projects we made last month at my workshops…and Kamryn is going to make them for her school class! I “borrowed” the idea from a Halloween gift shared by my friend Palma and thought it would be cute to say “Whooo Love You?” You can choose colors to match whichever candy you fill his tummy with 🙂

Recipe (all supplies from Stampin’ Up! unless noted): Small flat cello bag, top note die and Big Shot machine, 1/8″, 1″, 1 3/8″ and scallop circle punches, Pretty in Pink, Gable Green, Lovely Lilac, Apricot Appeal card stock, brads.

FREE CLASS: Love You Much

When you purchase the Valentine’s Bundle from me by January 31st (click on link in left column for details), you get to come to my Love You Much/Valentine’s Class FREE! Shown here are two of the three items you will make that evening.

The class will be held at my house on Wednesday, January 4 at 7:30 p.m. and you’ll need to bring the items that come in your order, SNAIL adhesive, scissors and a small valentine gift to fit in a soup can (optional). Once we have closed the can, the recipient must open it with a can opener!

The Valentine’s Bundle includes the Love You Much stamp set, Candy Lane Designer Series paper pack and a new Heart to Heart punch…a value of $51.85 for only $41.48 (a 20% savings)! You can order the Love You Much Bundle (item 115405) on my website or by calling me: 801-376-8685.