Moving & Valentine's Cards

Hello everyone!

I managed to get some crafting in this week and had fun at my swap on Friday. I haven't taken pics of the cards I got on Friday yet, because I have to clean up my craft area first ;)

For the card swap, Chantel was the hostess and she decided she wanted to do moving cards since this was going to possibly be her last month with us (sniff sniff). I cased the idea for this card from "creative.express" at SplitcoastStampers. For Competition the theme was "Just Because..." I entered a card that I had left over from the other swaps. I still can't post it, because not everyone has received it.

For Local Swap

I received 3 of my cards from the 6 girls in the States. I unfortunately have not taken pictures yet, because again...my craft area is a disaster ;(

Also this week, I made some heart shaped boxes for a friend who needed something for her sons 3 teachers. Karen Miller posted a video on Stampin' Connection for this very project. As I had to make 3, I managed to find my groove and the more I made, the easier it got. I think I will make one more for my son's teacher :) Here are the pics of those boxes:

I am hoping to post more later this week and I hope everyone has a great week.

We got SNOW!

So first let me say that I'm sorry I didn't post anything last Sunday. I had a lot of cards to get done for swaps. I have 6 girls in the States and then I joined another one where we had to make 12 cards. Whew! I got them all done and in the mail on time :)

Since making all those swaps (I will post pics when everyone gets theirs), I made this card for a friend of a friend who just had her baby girl and I played with my new Blossom Box. Then I had to take a break and get some work done both at my job and in my home. But here are the pics:

Baby Girl Card

Blossom Box

We also got our first real snow of winter last night. We got about 5" and most of us enjoyed it. I miss snow and so I enjoy it everytime we get it since they are so few and far between. Since we were mostly homebound due to the snow, I tried two new recipes. I made some Chik-Fil-A nuggets (courtesy of http://www.mynameissnickerdoodle.com/2011/03/fabulous-food-friday-79.html) that came out DELICIOUS. I even have enough left over for 6 more meals :) The other recipe was for Banoffee Pie...for me that was HEAVEN in a pie tin (courtesy of http://www.brooklynlimestone.com/2010/08/recipe-banoffee-danger-pie.html#.Tu6t-jVWo1s). Trust me when I say that it tasted better than it looks LOL. Enjoy all the pics and I promise to do more cards this week :)

I took this on 4 Feb 2012 at about 10:00pm

Kids playing in the fresh snow

Hubby took these from our bedroom window the morning of 5 Feb 2012

Chik-Fil-A nuggets

Banoffee Pie