I am not a huge fan of Valentines but the one thing I adore about Valentine’s day is that there are so many fun and creative ways to make sweet treats and gifts for those you love. I have created a quick collage of some of my favorite finds this year out in blog land. LOTS of talent out there and I can not wait to try a few of these sweet ideas. I most likely wont create them all (unless I want to give my hubby a major sugar rush for v-day!!) but I am sure I will find some fun ways to incorporate these ideas for Easter treats!

All of the links to the amazing creators are below, so have fun checking out there blogs! And Happy Valentine’s Day!

• Valentine Suckers from Pleasant Home
• Strawberry Sandwiches from Parents.com
• Rock Candy Valentine from Martha Stewart
• Pretzel Treats from No Fuss Fabulous
• Heartbreaker Treats from Dana
• Mini Cupcake Pops from Mandy

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Oooooo…. too many fun challenges going on right now!

Papertrey Ink is celebrating their 3rd Year Anniversary, as well as the February release and today the challenge was to create a card using origami! You can see my cute little creation using an origami pinwheel at the bottom of this post :)

How could I resist using this gorgeous and bold color combo from Embellish Magazine! In addition to the color challenge, we are to make a project using the Birthday Celebration Theme (piece of cake!). These colors are perfect for fun and happy… so needless to say this combo is permanently saved for future projects!

With this card, I used the 2 Sketches 4 You card sketch because, well… I just can’t resist a tall card! The inks used were Close To My Heart: Watermelon,  Moonstruck, Clover and Chocolate. The lovely design stamp is from the one and only Papertrey Ink — Giga Guidelines – and the cute little checklist birthday phrases are from CTMH’s It’s Your Day (and yes, I did cut the list stamp so that I can have the phrases separate!). I also used the Bitty Dots Basics from PTI. I just love the way this card came out! It will be going to my MIL for her upcoming birthday :)

Below is my Origami card for the Papertrey Ink challenge. I had never done one of these on a card before, so it was an interesting little baby adventure for this scrapper :) Yay for challenges that give you great results! Thanks, Nichole!

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Happy Friday, everyone!

I can not even begin to believe that today is Friday! This week just flew by and there is still so much more to do :)

Well, here is my card for the If The Shoe Fits… Scrap It! Challenge. This week we are challenging you to a recipe: Ribbon, Hearts and 3 Eyelets! Are you ready to get creating?! I have to say that because of how crazy my week has been, I felt like I had run into a creative block! It was so frustrating! Here is my creation, nontheless and hopefully you all enjoy it! I also used the Embellishment Magazine Color Challenge : Turquoise, Chocolate and Pink.

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Would you believe me if I told you that I have been extremely busy?!

Well, I have been… and not much time to create lately! I have been itching to create, especially because this is Papertrey Ink’s 3rd Anniversary! They have had so many fun announcements, activities and challenges — and I haven’t been able to one of them! But tonight, I was determined to change that. So here was my favorite design team color challenge, from the classy lady, Melissa Phillips!

Aren’t these colors just perfect together… I chose this color combo because it was going to be fresh and new to me. Not going to lie though… this is my 2nd rendition because I struggled with it. Definitely love the result and glad I was able to play along with PTI a little —  and now I get to go to bed, hehe!  Have a very goodnight everyone!

• Cardstock: PTI Scarlet Jewel and Vintage Cream
• Patterned Papers: PTI Aqua Mist Bitty Dots and Berry Sorbet In Bloom
• Accessories: CTMH Pearls, PTI White Silk Ribbon
• Tools: Fiskars Scalloped Scissors

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Thanks for coming back for If the Shoe Fits… Scrap it! challenge #21!

This week we are having fun with a color challenge, just in time for the upcoming Valentine’s Day! Have you guessed the colors yet?! RED, PINK and WHITE. Ok, yes, I have Kraft cardstock as my base, but I couldn’t resist myself, it just worked so well!  I had some fun playing with some of my new Papertrey Ink goodies — Through The Trees and Background Basics: Hearts. I put off buying the heart set in December but quickly realized that it was a must have. I did the same thing with this months new Background Basics: Petal Power, but am pretty sure that it will be on the list for next month {Mostly because of this card HERE}!

For those of you who actually clicked on the link to see the inspirational card — Becky, is an amazing artist! Always love her cards and I think most of the time her creations have something new and different that I have never seen before. I love it when it works out that way :)

Other challenges I used were for:

• Crafty Creations: Wings
• Papertake Weekly: Love Actually Theme
• Pollycraft Challenge: Things with Wings :)

Hope that you all will find some time to play along with our color challenge this week!

Enjoy those whom you love!

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