Sweet Feminine Valentines Day Card

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With only one day until Valentine’s Day, I wanted to share this sweet and feminine card which could be used for Valentine’s Day or any day for a sweet baby, young girl or woman in your life.  The soft and feminine color palette of Crumb Cake, Vanilla and Blushing Bride, come from the Falling in Love Designer Series paper

Stampin' Up! Sealed With Love Bundle, makes a sweet feminine card which could be used as a Valentine's Day card or for any occasion.

Today’s Color Palette: Sweet & Feminine

Today's Color Palette

I created the row of three dimensional hearts along the side with the Love Notes Framelits by simply placing the die along the outer edge of the card base.  A little pulling on the hearts with my fingers allows them to pop up off the card and also lets the Falling in Love Designer Series Paper peek through from behind.   Next, I stamped the floral heart image on Blushing Bride cardstock with Blushing Bride ink for a soft tone on tone look and die cut the two hearts with the Love Notes Framelits, once again lifting the center heart for dimension.  A bow from the Very Vanilla Lace Trim adds some soft texture to the front of the card.  Finally, the addition of the sentiment and little hearts from the Sealed With Love stamp set finish off this card.

Have you made a Valentine’s Day card yet?  You’ve got one day to get it done!

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Master’s Retreat at Mary Fish’s House

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I’ve been in Tucson since last Wednesday attending two wonderful business building retreats which were both facilitated by Lisa Pretto.  The first retreat was called the Master’s Retreat and was held at the home of Stampin’ Up! demonstrator Mary Fish.  We spend three days at Mary’s beautiful home, where we focused on the parts of our business that we’re really passionate about and that bring us joy.  It was inspirational and eye opening.

Master's Retreat- Tucson 2017, Mary Fish's stamp room

Here are Mary and I in her stamp room.

Master's Retreat- Tucson 2017Here’s the gang from the Master’s retreat.

Friday afternoon, at a local hotel, we began the second retreat called Gathering for Greatness.  We had a larger group for this retreat, where we focused on taking care of things that are important to us.  On Saturday we had great speakers that shared how they run their business and how it fulfills what they want out of their business.

Gathering For Greatness- Tucson 2017

Here’s Stampin’ Up! demonstrator Brian King sharing what works in his Stampin’ Up! business.  A few more hours of training today, then I’m headed back home on Sunday.  It’s been a great a rewarding investment in my business. Master's Retreat - Tucson 2017Have a wonderful Sunday!

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From Trash to Treasures: Craft Project Central

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Here’s another interesting project from Craft Project Central.  The designer of this project is Buffy Cooper  www.buffycooper.wordpress.com

Stampin' Up! Craft Project Central, Stampin' Studio

We all know it’s good to recycle, but having a recycling bin in your house is just a reminder to take out the trash.  However, those same items – empty bottles, cans, and packaging products – organized in a pretty basket labeled “Repurpose for Crafting”, are a springboard to creativity.  As Earth Day approaches, dig into that “repurpose” basket.  Pull out an empty can, some old catalogs or magazines, and some brown paper and Styrofoam packaging to create  lovely floral bouquet and coordinating note card.  In this tutorial, you’ll learn three versions of Faux Cloisonne’ technique, and you’ll quickly age and rust that vegetable can from last night’s dinner.  After all, the center of “earth” is “art”, so let’s create something beautiful while we protect our planet.  Bonus: Many steps in this project are perfect for children.  While they may need help with some of the cutting and embossing, most of it is “kid friendly”.  What a great way to help our children learn to appreciate our resources by repurposing trash and turning garbage into art.

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