Here's the left side which features the kid's valentines we made for school with a new Stampin Up heart stamp and full heart punch.
And the right side with lots of pictures from our trip to the Texas Rock Gym and a visit with Great Aunt Joy!
An insert to hold all of the cute valentines from this year - one side is for Wyatt's . . .
And one side is for Elsie's.
A few close ups. Wyatt insisted on stamping all of his valentines by himself. Thank goodness for clear blocks and washable ink! He really did a great job. He is so precise and particular - wonder where he gets that? We had to stamp a lot, but we got what we needed. Then he helped punch them out with the heart punch, glue them all on to the circles I had punched and glued all of that to the 4 x 4 square of incredibly old Stampin Up paper I had in my stash. Label is from October Afternoon and hearts are punched out of Crate Paper with the heart to heart punch from Stampin Up (I think it is retired - I can't find a link).
Here is his completed Valentine. Yellow letter stickers are from Jillibean Soup. And a "this week" card with more Crate Paper and some washi I got at Michael's.
A cut apart card from one of the Crate Paper sheets and her Valentine.
I added a large card with the backs of each Valentine so I could display their handwriting. I was going to do some washi and have them flip up, but I really like being able to see them easily. The tag and the yellow strip of hearts are all cut from a sheet of Crate Paper.
Still sticking with my standard calendar card and week number cut from the Blossom font with my Revolution die cutter. The banner is hand cut.
They got new shoes and were dying to show them off. Same Crate Paper, washi and the sticker is from Stride Rite.
Ahhh, doesn't it just make you proud to be mommy when your kids arrive at your bedside with new tattoos while still in their pj's? Thank goodness they are temporary. On the right is a rare photo of me and the fireman - Elsie took it, nice work little girl.
Simple card with some Crate Paper goodness - in case you didn't yet realize that this was Valentine's week!
Quote of the week - these are fun cards to do and I find that since I am forgetting what they say so quickly I have to write it down immediately! Some more Crate Paper for a filler card on the right.
A visit with our 90+ year old Aunt Joy. Doesn't she look amazing? I hadn't seen her in ages and the Texas Rock Gym was so close, that we called on our way there in the morning and stopped by to see her on the way home. She gave the kids cookies - so of course now they love her too. So good to see her. The flag is from Jenni Bolin.
And there you have it - Week 7. I actually finished Week 11 last night but I have been traveling so much it has been hard to get the pictures and post everything. More soon. Wanting to actually make a 12 x 12 layout soon but all I have been able to muster is some project life. The new job I started two weeks ago (in addition to the current job) is taking up a lot of my time + two conferences out of state is I can manage!
