Mixed Bunch

The colors I used for this card are Poppy Red, Lucky Limeade, Pool Party and Very Vanilla.  The flower is embossed with white embossing powder and then I used a sponge to rub Early Espresso ink on it.  It gave it more of the vintage/Very Vanilla look. The pretty Sale-a-bration paper was first mounted on Lucky Limeade card stock and then ran through the Big Shot with the Petals-a-plenty embossing folder.  After that I once again rubbed it with the Early Espresso ink for the vintage look and to make the embossed flowers show up a little better.  The ribbons are Very Vanilla 1/8" taffeta and 3/8" ruffled Pool Party.

Valentine's Day Gingerbread Houses

Grandma Sorensen wasn't able to fit in gingerbread houses at Christmas time so she decided to do Valentine's Day houses.  What a great idea!  We did it yesterday after the kids got out of school.  There was tons of candy to choose from and the kids had fun taste testing it all.  The mom's had fun too!  We ended up decorating the houses at my house because Grandma's is being painted.

The kids worked really hard and all did a
great job with their decorating!

Here's Tori working on her house.  It took her a
long time to place each tiny little heart sprinkle
just where she wanted it on the roof.  She has a
little pond to the side with a frog in it.

Adri made a smartie house.
She taste tested the frosting quite a bit. 

Tori's finished house. 

Adri's finished house. 

Justus was gone when all of the cousins were over.  He worked on his a little, but didn't quite get it finished. 

He said he had the song 'Love Shak' stuck in his head.  Very fitting for a Valentine's day gingerbread house!

Thanks Grandma for the fun day!

Fancy Flower Punch

This is actually Hostess paper from last years catalog.  I loved how it looked with both of the In Colors: Wisteria Wonder and Concord Crush.  It's a pretty simple card.  I did add some scallops with the Adorning Accents edglits dies.  After I punched the flower I crinkled it up and then split it into two and layered it.  

Field Flowers

I love, love, love this stamp set!  I have a thing for flowers. I ran some of the Poppy Red SAB Everyday Enchantment paper through the Big Shot using the Square Lattice embossing folder to add some texture for the background behind the flowers. The ribbon is the White Organza.  I also used the Tiny Tags stamp set and the Jewelry Tag punch, just because I think it's so little and cute!  The Mini Brads worked perfect to attach the tag. 

Adorning Accents Embossing Folder

3 folders come with the Adorning Accent embossing folders in the Occasions Mini Catalog.  Two coordinate with the Adorning Accent edgelits dies and the third one is cute little hearts that I've used on this card.  The colors are Blushing Bride and Rose Red.  I've used the Rose Red Seam Binding Ribbon and some of the Basic Rhinestone Jewels.  The greeting is from the Short and Sweet stamp set.

Blossom Punch

I love this new Blossom Punch from the Occasions Mini Catalog.  This is the first card I have made with it.  I also got the Mixed Bunch stamp set that coordinates with the punch.  I just need to put it together!  The paper is from Sale-a-bration's Everyday Enchantment paper.  I also used some old Poppy Parade pattern paper.  The greeting is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes set.

Fresh Vintage

This was my card trade for Stamp Club.  Once again I used the free items from Sale-a-bration and the new Adorning Accents edgelits dies and embossing folders.  I also used the Versamark and chalk technique.