Ahhh... A Belated Valentine Layout of a Very Special Couple

You know, I just needed to cut a few letters out last night to finish this layout but I just didn't have the opportunity to get it done!  Today I couldn't get home fast enough to finish it as I didn't want too much time to pass by from yesterday, that special day of love and cupids.  This is a picture that was snapped at the celebration of my nephew Shawn and his gorgeous bride-to-be Amanda at their engagement party.  They are definitely in love and expressing their joy as they make a promise to one another on that special day.  One year from that kiss they shared another special kiss when they were married on an exquisite August afternoon last summer surrounded by hundreds of family and special friends.  It was a joyous occasion for us all!  They have since celebrated several firsts on this their first year of marriage.  They are a special couple and I certainly feel honored to have played a role as they planned their wedding by handcrafting their invitations, all 175 of them.  I was honored to be included like this and I so enjoyed creating and crafting each and every one, pouring love into them with my thoughts of marriage, hope, love and thinking of all the wonderful possibilities of their life together.  Congratulations once again Shawn and Amanda as I look forward to celebrating years with you both and looking forward to the family that may someday come...  love auntie

Bookmarks For the Students I work with...

Hello Again...

I have been busy this past weekend crafting away and thinking of those precious children I work with as I fashioned these bookmarks with each student in mind.  I made these valentine gifts from my heart and it was a joy to see the appreciation on their faces.  Here are a few of the girls that I grouped together with lots of pink and hearts.  The little hearts say I love reading which is a simple little digi stamp that I made myself on Microsoft office.  I used multiple Spellbinders here, let me see if I can list them; I used various sizes in the Spellbinder Hearts Nestabilities both scallop and straight edge, the Fluer Des Lis pendant, and theMega Ovals Scalloped and Straight edge.  Lots of girly paper and pink colored cardstock.  Used only a smidgen of the vast stock I have in my cache.  I will be back tonight to post more of the bookmarks I made...
Take a look at the"In Memory" collection that I posted earlier.  You can order many of these products and Spellbinder sets at OC Scrapbookers 'n More.   Until later....

In Memory

Hello My Friends

I am back with a couple of posts today..  I wanted first to post this card that I have made recently.  There have been a few close friends of my family who have lost loved ones recently and I have been wanting to make a collection of Sympathy Cards for myself so that I have them in times of need.  From time to time, we are called upon to comfort close family friends and relatives when they experience loss.  We have all found ourselves in the stores looking for that special card that expresses our concern and offers words of comfort, or we crafters have been called upon to fashion a card from our hearts that depicts how we feel to those we care about.  On this card I have used a sentiment from the JustRite Sympathy Collection, stamping onto Spellbinders Nestabilities Oval Large.  On top of that I framed with a Spellbinders Labels 10, using two of them to fashion the frame.  On top of the frame I cut a Spellbinders Beaded Oval out of the pattern paper which is a KaiserCraft pattern called Tattered Rose. The panel has another piece of the Tattered Rose collection and is matted with a solid color cardstock to match.  The card was bordered using Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page punches.  This is the first of my "In Memory" collection and I will be back to post more as time goes on.

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