happy valentine's day!

My kids came home from school today happy and excited to show me all their valentines from their friends. We capped the day off with heart-shaped pizza from Papa Murphy's (one of my kids very favorite dinners) and a family race on Mario Kart. Here's a round-up of our valentines this year:

I saw these valentines on the eighteen25 blog and thought they were so much fun. My kids liked them, too, so that's what we went with this year. We were quite happy with how they turned out:



We made these for the teachers (idea also courtesy of eighteen25):



I also made some individually-wrapped ones to give to some friends:



I also helped my son and niece make valentine boxes for their classes (my other kids made sacks in their classrooms). They chose to make a Diet Coke can and a Lego. They were fun to make, and I think they were both happy with the results.





Happy Valentine's Day! Did you make valentines this year? I'd love to see them if you did!

manic monday

Happy Valentine's Day!! You can grab my Pillow Box Template for 50% off today only as part of the ScrapMatters Manic Monday sales! This is a fun, versatile template you can use for any holiday or occasion. They work great as party favors, too!

free valentine printable

I've been working on a new template and put together these printables using my latest kit, Adored (full template coming soon).



These are great little boxes to hold a couple of small treats. I thought Hershey's Hugs & Kisses were appropriate for Valentine's Day, so that's what I used. My favorite thing about this box? No adhesive necessary! The way it folds holds it together... love that! You can download this for free, just click on the image to take you to my shop at ScrapMatters where you can get it.



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Thanks for stopping by, and have a happy week!

box of crayons printable cards + winner announced

New today in my shop are these very fun printable cards. I've given these cards to my kids' teachers in the past, and I've also used them as birthday cards for my kids to give to their friends. I finally organized all my little files into an easy printable format that is available in my shop today! There are two versions available. The first is a standard folded card that is 4.25" x 5.5" (when folded). In this one I've included one that is ready to just print, cut and fold... super easy! There is also one where you can cut the crayons out and put them on the inside of the card (instructions included). The second version is a set of printable Valentines that are approximately 2.5" x 3.25". Both cards also come with printable envelopes that are sized to fit the cards.

Both versions are on sale for 20% off through the weekend. Here they are (just click on them to take you to ScrapMatters where you can get them).





GIVEAWAY WINNER

Thanks to everyone who stopped by to enter my giveaway. The lucky winner is...





Congrats, lwentkie... you win each of these printables!! E-mail me so I can get you instructions on how to get your boxes of crayons!

crayons + giveaway

I have a couple of printables being released tomorrow. These are really fun, and I'm so happy to be releasing them. I've actually had them done for awhile and have used them myself quite a bit. I finally made the time to make some final tweaks to them and package them up. Here's a peek:



I would love to give a copy of my new printables to one lucky person. To enter for your chance to win, simply leave a comment by Thursday, February 3 at 9:00 PM (MST). You can have another chance to win by posting about this giveaway on twitter and/or your blog. Just come back here and post a new comment with a link to your post.

I'll announce the winner Friday, February 4. Good luck!

adored + winner announced

I wanted to make a kit that would work for Valentine's but that would also be versatile enough to use for general pages, and this is what I came up with... Adored:



I'm really happy with how it turned out, and I hope you like it, too! A couple of the girls on the creative team at ScrapMatters had a chance to create with it, and I just love what they came up with... such talent!

Kat did this adorable card with the little lovebirds. I'm so glad she used the birds... I think they're my favorite part of the kit. :)


Here's a page Tronesia did. I love how she "punched" the hearts out of the light pink paper!


You can go here to grab this kit for 20% off through the weekend!

ADORED GIVEAWAY WINNER

Thanks to all those who stopped by yesterday to enter to win. The lucky winner is:





Congratulations, roxanamdm! E-mail me so I can get you a copy of this kit!

adored: sneak peek + giveaway

I have a new kit coming out tomorrow, and I'm really excited about it. This was a fun kit to create, and I hope you like it! Here's a peek:



ADORED GIVEAWAY

To enter for your chance to win, simply leave a comment by Thursday, January 20 at 9:00 PM (MST). You can have another chance to win by posting about this giveaway on twitter and/or your blog. Just come back here and post a new comment with a link to your post.

I'll announce the winner Friday, January 21. Good luck!