"What's for LUNCH" Challenge

With the school year upon me, lunch is going to change quite a bit this week. I must go from enjoying a cooked "just for me by my sweet 14 year old son" lunch to making 5 sack lunches and sending off all my dear kiddos. I am more than a little sad to see summer slip away, it seemed shorter than ever this year. 

So, when my turn came up to post a challenge for the KITCHEN, I knew this would be the perfect time to focus on lunch. We'd love to have you come on over and join us!  Here is the sample layout that I created for the challenge:

I used lots of the Savor line from Little Yellow Bicycle but the background is from October Afternoon. My favorite lunch lately is the panini, and let me just say, my son has perfected the art of creating them! I kept the layout clean and simple but couldn't resist adding just a bit of dimension:

The star is Maya Road chipboard that I inked a bit and then backed with some LYB paper. I punched the paper into a star shape with my old Creative Memories punch and then just had to trim it ever so slightly and glue it into place. The dimensional heart embellishment is made with more LYB papers and some Nestabilities dies.

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I am STILL working on sorting through my hundreds of photos from our Oregon trip but I am getting close! Here is a preview of the kids at the coast:

 Look for the rest of them in just a few days...I hope;) 

Tips, Techniques & Tutorials ~ Hanging Heart Valentine

I'm getting ready for Valentine's Day!!!

Isn't this just soooo cute? This card is super easy and fun to make. Here is how I made mine.

 Cut TWO double sided pieces of pattened paper 5 - 1/2 inches by 8 - 1/2 inches.

 Fold one paper in half like a traditional card.

 Fold the other paper into a W shape.

I used a scalloped heart Nestability and ran it through my Sizzix to cut out my heart.

 Because the paper was folded, the heart has a big ugly fold right down the middle:(.

 So I embossed that fold right out!

 Love how pretty this looks!!! So glad that ugly fold was there to inspire me on;).

 This card ties closed so run some adhesive down the side of your card and be sure to place a piece of ribbon on the adhesive before attaching the die cut piece of the card. Be sure to keep your adhesive in the first inch and a half or so of your card.

 Stick down one side at a time.

 Voila! Don't you love the way my card keeps changing colors? Flash off, flash on.

 I used the scrap heart that I embossed to decorate the front of my card. I sanded it lightly and later added some gold paint.

 I stamped a sentiment, decorated the corners and placed it right under the heart.

 Here is the gold paint. I ran some along the edges of the card and just a bit over the sanded parts of the embossed heart.

 Back on the inside, I used some more of the paper scraps to run XO strips down each side of the inside of the card. I also made a hanging heart with some of the smaller scalloped heart Nestabilities and a bit of floss. It is just taped up the back of the card with a piece of coordinating paper covering the floss tail ;).

The finished card.