Have a great big Monster HUGGIE DAY!

 

These  cute little Monster Hug valentines are  available from Stampin'Up  for a short time
 # 132163 Girls/Crisp Cantaloupe set and#132162 Boys/Blue set! They come insets of 18 for $4.95!

 I had my granddaughters here for a couple days during the " TOO cold...no school" long weekend.. so we started on their valentines for friends at school.

It was as simple as opening a package and sticking the googlie eye on! Monster done!

Then instead of just wrapping her or his arms around a treat, I knew I had seen someone make a box for the monster to hug... Yep I had pinned it! Julie Davison was the Stampin'Up demo... so we went to her website and there were the directions... ( here is the link)....
This was such a fun project for the girls to help with! When they are here we always have to get into a craft project of some kind. The back of the little monster has a place for To and From.
They come with little heart stickers also, but the girls want to add those to the valentine when they fill the boxes.  Before  we assembled the little treat box,
 we ran the cardstock through the Big Shot with the Decorative Dots embossing folder #133520
 WHICH IS FREE during Sale-A- Bration
with a $50 purchase!
Please contact me for more info about any of this or check my online store  @ www.gramnancy.stampinup.net
 

Celebrate the everyday!

 Here is a card I completed for a monthly card exchange. I cased the idea from

Laura Milligan, another Stampin'Up demo... thank you Laura the design is sweet! I changed up the color and used Soft Sky 131181. The stamp set, Springtime Hello #133415 and the Hexagon Hive Thinlet Die #132965 are new additions in the Celebrate  the everyday catalog! 

TODAY begins SALE-A-BRATION... the biggest sales event of the year for Stampin'up!

 From now until March 31st all $50  orders earn I free item from the Stampin'up Sale-a-Bration brochure!  Visit my online store HERE and check out the goodies! Here you can view the catalogs and items on the weekly deals! Then when you are ready place an order!

 

 New little monkey!

Here is a sweet little baby shower invite I created for my niece's first baby shower. She liked the idea of a diaper, so I chose the image from the Silhouette online store and then cut it with my Silhouette...

After I got the wording in line to be able to cut the diaper around it, the outer diaper had to be enlarged, Ok got that  figured that out... Inked the edges, that added a nice touch... after  folding the diaper, it just seemed to need more...so the idea of adding the little monkey was my next thought since she LOVES monkey's!  That image also came from the Silhouette online store... I welded the little guy together so there were less pieces to deal with (we were making 50 of these little guys)...

He was added to a little lime green belly band to hold the diaper closed...... Daddy's motorcycle is lime green... had to make him happy too! After I cut everything out, got together with the gals giving the shower and they assembled it all!