Happy New Year!

I packed up the little trees and decorations and Terry took them to storage today, safe for another year. The house is back to normal and I have a vanilla candle burning, reminds me of sugar cookies. Its cold outside and rain is on the way, the perfect weather to hibernate and make crafts!

I used Making Memories papers and a page from the Spiral Journaling Book, a Jennie Bowlin mini bingo card, Prima flowers with Making Memorie rhinestone centers and the heart is pink fleece cut with a sizzix die and I did a blanket stitch around the edges.

Next I have some tags I have been working on. I used one of my new Sizzix dies and cut it with chipboard, then cut again with My Minds Eye papers and glittered the inside of the cutouts. I painted the keys a metallic silver, let dry then covered the fronts with a metallic paper and distressed with some black ink.



I have a little pocket heart pattern that I got from a cute little rubber stamp waterfront store called "The Rubber Soul" in Poulsbo, WA. I've had it for over 10 years and I think this is the second time I have used it. I only used the heart part of the pattern and cut two hearts out of felt, then used a decorative stitch on my sewing machine to make the hearts across the front, I also used the blanket stitch on my machine to sew them together. The flowers were cut with a sizzix die (can you tell I love my sizzix!) then sewed on individually. They open up at the top like a pocket, perfect to hide a little Valentine treat for someone special!



I hope this New Year brings love and happiness to each and everyone of you!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Annette