Valentine Card ideas & discards -day 34

All day yesterday I was busy cleaning up - my studio space, our storage shed and boy did we have a lot of trash and collected a  bunch of stuff for our upcoming yard sale. I had a bunch of stuff that I was saving for my kids - way to much stuff - like baby blankets and onsies that had so many stains on them - I can't imagine what from. I mean, really are they gonna want stained baby clothes? Probably not so I kept the good stuff and junked the stained stuff, kept the artwork they made and wrote on junked the class work and stuff that just had their name on it - you know the things they come home with daily???

 

Another thing I had a lot of were cards. I've been with my husband for 15 years and we have 4 kids - so there were a billion {just kidding but wow) cards for birthdays, anniversaries and pregnancies, mothers & fathers day - you get the jist!!! I kept them all...I Know more stuff but those are super special. So here is another one to add to the bunch -

SHHHHH---- this one is for my husband...

 

Underneath the paper rose above the is a small tag that I punched and stamped with the words

I {heart} you

 

or I could give him this one....another small tag (Martha stewart) that says YOU & ME

 

Hm...choices, choices...maybe I'll give him both [wink wink]

 

hope you are keeping your craft ON

 

 I am linking these cards up to the following parties:

 

CRAFTY SENTIMENTS - love is in the air

EVERYBODY ART CHALLENGE - valentine

FAN-TASTIC TUESDAY - anything goes

FLOURISHES - red & love

LADY BUG CRAFTS - to the one I love

SHOPPING OUR STASH - love me tender

SWEET STAMPS - pink red & white

 

xo

tina

Sweet card - day 19

 

What a fun weekend. Glad we have one more day to play and the best part is the hubs gets the day off too. Makes it more fun and less stressful.

So I really want to expand my range in card making. I can make cards but I am not much of layering type of girl. I have a cricut, I have a sizzix and lots of dies, lots of punches and I hardly ever use them on my cards - what the heck is wrong with me.

Along with making an effort towards the people that matter in my life I plan on making a bigger effort in my cards - afterall, they are going to very important people. Here is a card I made and that there house is handmade by me out of chipboard.

 

 

 

The paper is from a Christmas stack and those flowers are red and turquoise - the color looks almost deep blue but its lighter. I used paint on the house and added a small paper heart.

 

I am linking this card up to the following challenges:

 

CAS ON SUNDAY

CHALLENGES FOR EVERYBODY

SCRIBBLE AND SCRAPS

MY TIME TO CRAFT

 

Have a fabulous week, happy crafting and if you have a day off tomorrow for MARTIN LUTHER KING day then enjoy yourself.

 

xo

tina

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



a four letter word

its nothing too nasty - actually quite sweet...its the word

LOVE

 

I have been working on some cards and trying to make one extra special for my sweet hubbs...

Here is round 2..

 

sweet and pretty much says everything. He makes my life BLISSFUL - truly sounds super sappy but it's how I feel.



 

I gotta share something with you 

 it seems that the word DEPRESSION is settling nicely in various people in my life. To be totally truthful - I have never really understood how mental & psychological disabilities worked in people. I don't get how something can consume someones thoughts and mind and then affect their way of living. Before you think I am un-sympathetic - I feel - I do have a heart. I even have people in my immediate family that are affected with various illnesses such as bi-polar, depression, Alzheimer's and cancer. I have been affected directly - but I have never been able to wrap my head around how it works. With that said, I have never been affected personally, I don't ever feel depressed. Sure I have bad days but I never feel like all is lost. I never think there is NOT something better tomorrow...that's just me.

 

 I know life can't be great everyday, I know that my kids aren't perfect, I know that my house isn't close to well decorated or spotlessly cleaned. I know that I will never be a super-model (no matter how much weight I lose) I know I will never be anything more important than a MOM (I am totally o.k. with that) I know that I will never have thousands of dollars in our savings account, I know that the world is getting more violent, more deviant and will continue as my kids grow up, I know that I can't prevent all the evil in the world or even the evil surrounding my  kids....BUT even knowing all that, I am NOT scared - I am not fearful, I am NOT worried - I don't feel helpless, I don't STRESS about it all - it's NOT in my nature.

But truth be told - I have a secret weapon (sappy is on its way again)

My Husband. He keeps me grounded. He keeps me calm, He NEVER stresses, he doesn't get mad, he HELPS me when I feel overwhelmed (housework, kids, dishes....)

 

I know it sounds like I went off in a tangent but my point (didn't think I had one did you?) is 2 fold, you understand why it is important for me to make the PERFECT card...also I think anyone can get through anything no matter how tough if they have a SUPERIOR SUPPORT SYSTEM. Mine just happens to be my husband. {YOU & ME}

 

Here's wishing that you have a wonderful support system.

 

I truly believe we are all alright and that tomorrow HAS to be better than today!

 

stay strong

 

xo

tina

 

BTW- I am linking this card up to the following challenges:

 

creative belli - rhinestones

ruby's rainbow - valentine

sisterhood of crafters - hearts

aud sentiments - adult valentines

delightful challenges - red * white

going grey w/ scrap creations- valentines

little miss muffet - hearts & flowers

milk coffee challenge - valentine

sugar bowl - anything goes