14 days of valentine's 2011

Hey everybody!

Just stopping in to share today's card for the 14 days of valentine's!

my husband forgot that i'd be doing it this year, so he was surprised by his card today:)


supplies:

cardstock: bazzill, the paper co.
ink: colorbox
pattern paper, sticker: making memories
cupid embellishment: jolee's
doily: little yellow bicycle
stamp: northwoods
other: ribbon

valentine link of the day: cute vintage valentine clip art from the graphics fairy!!!

day 14: ten things i love about you

for the last day, i decided to not do a card, but this little tin of "10 things i love about you" with the "you" being my husband:) i had a good time putting it all together, so i hope you enjoy it!

1. he always puts our family first.











2. he is very inventive. (and the little gears on this one really move!)










3. he's a pretty funny guy:)











4. he is a great father (and step-father!)











5. i think he's pretty cute!











6. he can cook (i.e. he makes me eggs benedict on special occasions:)










7. he is caring

8. he likes my cards











9. he is, ummm, well, i think he's sexy:)











10. he loves me!

day 2: be my valentine

what made me want to start these cards is the fact that this year, my husband and i opted out of buying each other fancy gifts for valentine's day. but i couldn't just leave it at that... i had to do something. a couple of weeks ago i thought about doing a card a day from the 1st of february til valentine's day. he should get the picture, right? :)

supplies:
cardstock: bazzill, paper reflections
pattern paper: making memories
mini paper clips: tim holtz
chipboard heart: basic grey
markers: copic
stamp: stampabilities
ink: versamark, colorbox
embossing powder: american crafts
other: staples, twine

valentine link of the day: valentine's blocks by loni leah

valentine's day crafty goodness

i wanted to share what i made for my husband for valentine's day. he has already received his present because i suck at keeping stuff from him.

i made a little felt folder thingy after getting some inspiration from this post at the shabby chic blog.

my interpretation:
what's inside you ask?

well...

a cd:

a card:

and coupons:
also the letter i ordered from the world's smallest postal service.

he liked it;)

wsps

i just ordered one of these for my husband for valentine's day with a quote from our wedding vows. how incredibly cute! and it's miniature!!! who doesn't love miniatures?
if you are interested in getting one for your sweetheart, i would suggest ordering soon... i am sure they are getting lots of requests!

new stuff coming up!

so, just a forewarning... there will be quite a few new crafty posts after this one. i am finally getting around to editing photos of things i've made recently. so look forward to this blog actually getting some attention!
in other news, johnny and i did in fact get married... on july 10th to be exact. i am a thoroughly blessed little lady. and in baby news, we had the baby shower at my work, archiver's, which was a scrapbooking baby shower... a lot of fun i must add and lily's room is coming together quite nicely. i am definitely feeling the nesting bit of this pregnancy. it's hard to think that we are 21+/- days from finally meeting our little one! i am excited. and honestly, if she wants to come sooner, i won't mind;)
i hope all are well!

the suspense is growing!

so the last post i make i say i'm going to post more and tell you all about the baybee and what do i do? make you all wait 3 weeks. shame on me.
anywho... the baybee is a girl:) and we've decided to name her lily. she is a busy bee here lately and makes her presence known. john really likes feeling her move around which is really cute. brendan likes to hug my belly and tell the baybee he loves her. man, i'm a lucky gal.
john and i are talking about getting married this week. it will probably happen thursday as we are both off. i wanted to have some sort of wedding, but really i just want to be married and maybe for our 1 year anniversary we could have something small. i am hoping to have a cookout and have everyone come over to celebrate. we'll see;)
i should really get my act together and get crafty, but my stuff is in disarray because john is trying to build an office/craft room in the basement so the baybee can be in the room across from us. let's just say i try and stay out of his way;)
i will post more when interesting things are actually happening.

baybee!

i don't post about my personal life much around here, but i wanted to let any wanderers know that today is the day that we will find out the sex of the baybee!
i think i will start to post more about my personal (boring) life as well as post more in general. i haven't been "crafting" too much lately... johnny has been working a lot and i can't get myself motivated to do much of anything when no one is around;)
i have however started on my first altered book which i will post the end result when i finish (will i know when i'm "finished"???)
i hope everyone is well!

john's bday card

john's bday card
Originally uploaded by qtips photo

i love making cards... especially for my bf! this one i completely came up with on my own, but using techniques i just learned. i wish there were holidays every week so that i could make cards all the time.

supplies used:
adhesives: scotch permanent adhesive roller, pop-dots
paper: bazzil; chocolate brown, daisy paper; striscia & capri
embellishments: maya road chipboard scrolls
stamp pad: versa color pigment ink; black
paint: making memories scrapbook colors; wheat
chalk: color box chalk inkpad; chestnut roan

accordian book

accordian book i.
Originally uploaded by qtips photo

i just finished this card/book for my johnny. i initially wanted it to be done for valentine's day, but after finding out we are expecting and dealing with the nausea that comes along with that, i didn't get to finish it in time for heart day. i did however get it done in time for our 1 year anniversary which is coming in three days. check out my flickr account for more pics of the book.