Valentine's Day 2014

...because what's Valentine's Day without a mushy valentine card?!

Happy Valentine's Day and Happy Crafting!

2,000 Days Married

Can you believe it?! No. Not me. Our friends Matt and Andrea. They have been married for 2,000 days!

Congratulations on 2,000 Days of Marriage, Matt and Andrea!

Happy Crafting!

Anniversary

Today marks our four year anniversary and the last Oct. 3rd anniversary we will celebrate, as by this time next year, we'll be married and have a new anniversary date! I am such a lucky girl to be marrying such an amazing man! Below is the card I made for Daniel to celebrate today... Happy Anniversary, Love!

Happy Crafting!

My Anchor

Daniel is away at Officer Development School for the U.S. Navy for 5 weeks... With 2 weeks, 1 day, and 6 hours to go before he's home... But who's counting? I miss him like crazy, so I decided to send him a card... He is totally my anchor, calming me and grounding me whenever my emotions get the best of me. I am such a lucky girl! I love and miss you lots ENS Northington!

come sail away with me

... To Alaska! The fiance and I are taking a cruise to Alaska and I could not be more excited! We're celebrating our engagement {even though the trip was planned before we got engaged}! I like to make him cards for our trips, so I put this one together... I REALLY like how it turned out, too. So calming. So soft. Bon Voyage!

Happy Vacationing! And Happy Crafting!

Fun and Fast Notes

I bought the Fun and Fast Notes stamp set from Stampin' Up! not too long ago and have been meaning to use it... It's just like it says! Fun and Fast! The stamp set has 8 super cute images with phrases for pretty much every occasion... I made some fast birthday cards and while I was at it, made a fast love note for Daniel. Like I said before, he's amazing and I like to remind him of that. How cute did that porcupine turn out?!

I think this may have to be my new go-to style of card... At least when I'm in a pinch. Again, super fast! Like under a couple of minutes fast! (I often take an hour or more to create and make just one card.)

Happy crafting ya'll!

Happy Anni'fish'ary

I know. Lame title. So Daniel took me to Yosemite over Spring Break. It was absolutely gorgeous! Naturally, I gave him a card. He's amazing and I like to remind him of that sometimes. (It was also our half-year anniversary about a week ago.) So I wanted to make fish with heart shaped lips about to kiss and that turned into heart shaped fins, heart shaped tails, and even heart shaped bubbles! I know. It's Valentine's Day all over again! I still think it's cute, though.

To Make: Layer Kraft, Real Red, Baja Breeze, and White cardstock. Use a 1 1/2" circle punch to cut two fish. Use a small heart shaped punch to punch hearts (5 Real Red, 5 Kraft, 2 Baja Breeze). Use a hole punch to punch 2 White eyes and a small hole punch to punch 2 brown eyes. Glue everything down!

I hope you all enjoyed your Spring Breaks! Happy crafting!

Valentine's Day

I love Valentine's Day! I love any excuse I can get to tell my boyfriend how much I love him and to be all sappy and romantic. Happy Valentine's Day, Love! You're amazing and awesome and I love you!

To Make: Print Alphabet (click here) on white cardstock, cut to 5.25" x 4". Mount on red cardstock, cut to 5.5" x 8.25" and folded in half. Cut additional heart and adhere to card with raised dot.

Happy Valentine's Day! Happy Crafting!

Love Beyond Measure

Today, Daniel and I celebrate our 3 Year Anniversary. Happy Anniversary, Love! I've been dying to make him a card that says "love beyond measure" with ruler ribbon. You know me and puns. Below is the product. Simple. I love you lots, Daniel!

To Make: Black (button, cardstock), Red (string), Ruler Ribbon. And I used my Doodle Print font from Lettering Delights to print the phrase "love beyond measure" on white cardstock.

Love and Music

When Daniel and I first started dating, he lived and Azusa, CA and I lived in Irvine, CA... A 45 minute drive apart. We met at my childhood church as he leads worship there on Sunday mornings. For most of the first year of our relationship, we saw each other on Tuesday nights (band rehearsal) and Sundays (church). I made him cards on Tuesday, then cut back to cards once a month, and lately , cut WAY back to once every 6 months! Now that I have time (YAY for SUMMER!), I'm back to making him cards whenever I get the chance... Today marks 2 years and 9 months that we've been together (a.k.a an excuse for a card!). Below is a music inspired card as Daniel has such a passion and talent for music. My heart melts every time I hear him sing. He's seriously amazing. I love you so much, Daniel. Happy 2+ years! I am such a lucky girl!

P.S. The moment I knew I was falling in love with Daniel was about a month and a half into dating while listening to him sing. Again, he's amazing. (I would attach a clip of him singing, but he probably wouldn't like that very much.) You'll just have to trust me, I guess. Happy crafting all!

Things I Love...

It's true... I love chocolate, new shoes, and shopping... like a lot... but more than I love those things, and more than I love many other things... I love my amazing boyfriend, Daniel... I am such a lucky girl... like really, really lucky... he's the man of my dreams, only better because he's real (okay, so I totally stole that from a movie, but it's so well said!)... so as today marks two and a half years together, of course I made a card... I love you lots, Daniel!

Love Him Much

I've been super stressed at work lately and the boyfriend has been absolutely wonderful, as usual. So after a long day in my classroom, I decided to reward myself (and Daniel) by making him a card. Below is the finished product... I used my Season of Friendship stamp set from Stampin' Up!, given to me by none other than the boyfriend. How appropriate. Love you lots, Daniel! And happy crafting to everyone else!

Weddings

So I got to dress up and play "bridesmaid" last weekend as one of my good friends, Heather, got married! YAY! As wedding plans and preparations were being made, of course I jumped at the chance to help make anything I could... Below are the products I got to help create. I worked with Heather to design and put together the Escort Cards and Wedding Favor Tags. Heather's Grandma baked all the cookies that were given as favors... for almost 200 guests! Needless to say, I had a lot of fun and am overjoyed that I got to be a part of her special day. Congrats Mr. & Mrs. Honeybear! Happy crafting!

Love in Every Language

If I haven't already mentioned this, most of the cards I make are for the boyfriend, Daniel Jamal, because he's awesome. This one is clearly no exception. I actually made this card entirely on the computer... I looked up the word LOVE in every language I could think of and pieced them all together in different shades of red. Basically, this card says LOVE over and over and over again... fancy, huh? Happy crafting!

Two Year Anniversary

It has... It has been 2 years since the boyfriend and I started dating. I am such a lucky girl! Last night we went out to celebrate and had some delicious cheese, chocolate, and wine pairings. Today we took a picture in the exact place that we met. How cool is that? Below is the card I made for the occasion. I love you, Daniel Jamal! Happy crafting!

I Stink You're Sweet!

Continuting with my Pun Fun stamp set theme... I made this card for the boyfriend, Daniel Jamal, quite a while ago, but it probably still remains my favorite... not because of what's on the outside, but because of what's on the inside. There, I listed all the things I love about him... in alphabetical order, of course. We're on separate family vacations right now, so I totally miss him... I love you lots, sweetie! And I definitely still stink he's sweet! Happy crafting!

Happy Anniversary

This past week, the boyfriend's parents celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary... Happy Anniversary H.A. and Jan! To help them celebrate, Daniel Jamal and I drove up to their neck of the woods for a SURPRISE anniversary dinner organized by the "mother of the bride" (Jan's mom, Nan). It was quite the event... their four children, their four nieces, and Jan's brother and sister-in-law, as well as any significant others, were all there. I still don't know how we managed to keep it a surprise! Below is my go-to anniversary card... made with one of my Stampin' Up! stamp sets. Happy crafting!

Orange You Cute

I know I've said this before... I LOVE PUNS! And I'm pretty sure it's the playfulness of them that I love. This first card I actually made at a Stampin' Up! workshop a while back... and the second I made to coordinate with the first. You see, the boyfriend has a scrapbook of all the cards I've made for him (isn't he sweet?). And of course, in my usually obsessive ways, I stole it and re-organized it for him (you're welcome!)... These two cards will go opposite each other on a page. Oh, happy crafting!

A Perfect Pear

I just love puns! I used my Cricut machine to cut these perfect pears... happy crafting!

Crab & Company

Keeping with the claw theme: Crab & Company has got to be one of my favorite stamp sets... it's just so versitile! Stampin' Up! makes some pretty awesome stamp sets and this one is no exception. There's "shore do love you" for the boyfriend, "snappy birthday", and even "jingle sheels" and "sandy claws" for Christmas! Ha! I love it! And I haven't even used "a pinch to grow an inch" yet! Oh, the possibilities! Happy crafting!