Sweet Love

Good Morning Crafty Friends, Sorry it has been a little bit since my last post. I have been working very hard with my students and it was getting quite exhausting as we patiently awaited the arrival of Spring Break! It has now arrived, well actually it arrived a few days ago, but I've been a busy bee in those few days. :) I have so many projects that I have worked on over the past few weeks, that I finally have time to blog about! So look for those throughout the week. Yesterday, my boyfriend and I celebrated being together for 7 years!!! It's so hard to believe that it has already been that long! Every moment of the past 7 years has been a learning experience for the both of us. I would not trade him for anyone in the world. We definitely belong together and the best thing is that no one can break the bond that he and I have created! :) So of course I had to find a way to put some of my craftiness into showing him how much I appreciate and love everything that he has done in the last 7 years and the wonderful and sweet man that he is! He is a big gamer and every gamer needs their fuel, right! LOL! So I decided to make him a goodie basket full of some of his favorite treats that he can munch on while playing Call of Duty! The twist is that he only got 7 treats one for each year that we have been together! I made this cute tag to go on the front of the basket by using one of the preloaded shapes on the Imagine and of course I had to use my K. Andrew Design Stamps. The sentiments are from the following sets It's Valentine's, Fall-O-Ween, Coffee & Tea for You & Me, and Winter Wishes. Talk about versatility! I had to hand write the "7" because I didn't have a stamp for that! I also made a card to accompany the basket. It is very simple and I love how it came together! It was a Cricut-less card that used a lot of the scraps that I had in my crafty space! I'm not sure if you can tell, but the red heart in the center is popped up because I really wanted our love for each other to be the focal point! This is the inside of the card, which also uses K. Andrew Design Stamps. This set is called All In the Family and it is one of the newest sets that have been released. What would any celebration be without a sweet treat! I have another passion besides teaching and card making and that is cooking! I love to cook and try my hand at making so many different meals and desserts. For this special occasion I decided to try my hand at making a Chocolate Oreo Cream cake that I found at Real Mom Kitchen. We both like Oreos and every now and then chocolate so I thought that it would be fun to try! It turned out very DELICIOUS! I jazzed the edges up a little bit with some of the leftover oreo crumbs that I had, rather than let them go to waste! :) Well I just wanted to share with you some of the craftiness that I was up to yesterday! I'm off to clean the crafting space a wee bit so that I can just mess it all up again! LOL! Be sure to check back this week to see some of the projects that I've worked on! I'm also entering this in this week's Die Cuttin Divas Challenge #59- Sketch Until Next Time... Big Crafty Butterfly Hugs!

Happy Valentine's Day!! - Getting Cricky Pre-Hop Week Day 3

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone!!! I hope that you have a chance to spend some time with your loved ones! Nothing like letting those you love know how much you really love them, although we should do this EVERY day of the year not just one day. Can you believe that we are already on our 3rd day of the Getting Cricky Pre-Hop week!!! Theremy  have been some absolutely WONDERFUL projects shared this week!!! I LOVE the challenge that using ONLY 1 cartridge has provided me! I live to be challenged!! LOL! Well as you know I've been featuring the Smiley Cards cartridge and I am enjoying the projects that I've created so far! So here are my special projects that I've created especially for today's wonderful occasion! Isn't this just too cute!!! I love how fun this cut is! I also LOVE the sentiment that I was able to add using the K. Andrew Designs- It's Valentines set OMG!!! This is probably my favorite project so far this week! Although I do LOVE them all. This one just makes me smile. The base & lipstick were both cut from the Smiley Cards cartridge. The sentiments from the It's Valentines set were absolutely PERFECT for the image that I used!!! Didn't you know that "Smooches" was the hottest new lipstick!!! LOL!!! This is the inside of the card again using the It's Valentines set. I do plan to write a quick little love note to my boyfriend! Hopefully he will appreciate it as much as I appreciate him! I am having so much fun designing with the K. Andrew Design Stamps! Here is the set that I featured today  Don't forget that you can join in our Pre-Hop fun by creating projects using ONLY 1 cartridge/SVG & K. Andrew Design Stamps. You can link up your projects below! Last but not least don't forget to join us on Friday for our monthly blog hop! You are not going to want to miss the fun! You will find some wonderful inspiration to help yourself or your kids fight that "Cabin Fever". Well that's all I have for today! Be sure to check back in with us tomorrow for Day 4 of our Pre-Hop week!!! Until Next Time... Big Crafty Butterfly Hugs