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Happy Valentine's Day!

Look what I made today for my family...some sweets for the sweet!!! These are homemade caramels....oh and they are soooooo good!

It was a long time coming this morning....this is the disaster that I had going on in my kitchen!  Multitasking wasn't worth it...I was trying to get a deposit together, stirring my homemade caramels in between getting checks and cash organized.  BAD IDEA!  This is what happened....

And of course it just kept burning!!!  Smoked up the entire kitchen!!!  What a mess!

And then I had things under control again.  I moved my caramel mixture to a bigger pan and kept on cooking and stirring....I DID NOT try to multitask!!!  I actually left that mess there until I had my caramels cooked.  It was really hard for me...but I didn't want to screw up the whole batch.

As long as I was making caramel - I had some left over cashews from Christmas and I just had to make some fancy candies too!!!

Are you drooling yet???  Here's my finished product!  Cashew Turtles!!!  My friend Jean made this plate for me - perfect!!!  Hailey's boyfriend doesn't like chocolate...I KNOW RIGHT???  So I made him some white chololate turtles...

And here's some dipped caramels...

Wishing you a day filled with love, that spills over into the rest of the year!!!

Caramels

Ingredients

• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 cup corn syrup
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 1 pint heavy whipping cream
• 1 cup butter
• 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions

1. Grease a 12x15 inch pan.
2. In a medium-size pot, combine sugar, brown sugar, corn syrup, evaporated milk, whipping cream, and butter. Monitor the heat of the mixture with a candy thermometer while stirring. When the thermometer reaches 250 degrees F (120 degrees C) remove the pot from the heat.
3. Stir in vanilla. Transfer mixture to the prepared pan and let the mixture cool completely. When cooled cut the Carmel into small squares and wrap them in wax paper for storage.

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Valentine Card Class & Saturday Date!!!

Valentine's Day is one of my favorites!!!  I love to make cards for my family and friends.  It's one of those special occasions that I love to share - it's not just a day to give a card to your boyfriend, girlfriend, wife or husband...think about all the people in your life that are single or maybe without their loved one!!!  They need a card that says they are important and you're thinking of them on this DAY OF LOVE too!!!

Join me for a fun class, packed with lots of love and hearts - you'll make 6 cards!

 You have 3 locations and times to choose from:

WEDNESDAY - Feb 1st :  Hobby Lobby (Oshkosh) 10 am or First English Church (Oshkosh) 6 pm

SATURDAY - Feb 4th:  Party and Print (Little Chute) 10 am

COST:  $15 (includes envelopes)

You'll enjoy making SIX cards in all...here's a sneak peek at three of the cards you'll be making...I can't take credit for the one on the right...I found this on a blog and just fell in love with the simplicity, layout and colors!!!

You'll find out how to make this adorable KISS with one of the most unlikely punches - it's super simple:

Call or email to register!!!

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Fancy Chocolate!!!

 
Does this photo look a little "off" to you?  That's because I put all the cute candy bars upside down on the table when I photographed them - LOL!!!  So I had to flip the photo and now they look like they're on the ceiling - oh well, just a little curve ball!  I was in Minneapolis yesterday for the Stampin' Up! Regional Conference - and this is what I made for all my demo girls that went with me!!!

 
I took the idea from Becky Roberts and made a few adjustments....who wouldn't want one of these???  I used a regular sized clothes pin - the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch fits perfectly on the clothes pin.  And who isn't in LOVE with those adorable cupcakes???

Here are some of the products I used:

 
 
 
 
 
 

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Who Loves Taffy?

 

I DO!!!!  I actually chipped my front tooth snacking on the taffy I had left over after this project - DANG!!!  This is a cute and affordable Valentine gift.  I used a Starbucks bottle - had to have someone drink the stuff - I don't like anything that tastes like coffee!  I thought the Beveled Windowpanes were the perfect embellishment on my bottle.  And you have to love the Pinking Hearts Border Punch - it adds that "little something" to your project!  What's that shiny ribbon you might be asking yourself?  It's the Rose Red Seam Binding in the Occasions Mini Catalog - I just had to have all the new colors.  The seam binding is so sweeeet!

 

Here are some of the products I used for this cutie:

 

#121941 (Wood) $26.95 - #123057 (Clear) $18.95 Valentine Defined
 
 
 

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Gorgeous Vintage Valentine!!!

 

This is without a doubt my all time favorite Valentine!  I just love the vintage look and the pearls and the sponging and the tag (you all know how much I love the 2-Tags Die) and the First Edition Designer Series Paper and the stamp and the ribbon and the lace...oh my!  I received this swap from Carol Payne and I was lucky enough to run into her in Nashville at the Leadership Conference.  I told her how beautiful her swap card was too!!!  It rocked my world! LOL!

 
I just love the way she used the row of Pearl Jewels across the top of the tag too!

 
Here are some of the products that Carol used:

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

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Love is in the Air - Valentine Class

 
It’s all about LOVE next week!  Join me and make these fabulous Valentine cards! 

 2 LOCATIONS: 

Hobby Lobby in Oshkosh

DATE:  Wednesday, February 2nd

TIME:  10:00 AM or 6:00 PM

COST:  $15

 STAMP, SCRAP & YAP

622 Airport Rd, Menasha (next to Fox Stamp)

DATE:  Friday, February 4^th 

TIME:  10 AM 

COST:  $15

  

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Valentine Sucker Cone

 
Here's a super easy and fun treat holder for your Valentine!  This idea came to me from Heather Cousins in a recent swap - LOVE IT!  It uses the NEW Petal Cone Die from the Occasions Mini Catalog (pg 15).  The skies the limit for ideas with this die - I can see ice cream cones and you can turn it upside down and make a party hat!!!!

This is another project for my Technique Class Tuesday evening - you can see one of the other projects HERE.  If you'd like to join us - just pop me an email or call to register!

 
I stamped the adorable flamingos on the inside for a little surprise when you remove the sucker!

 
Did you know....you can color our Rhinestone Jewels with a Sharpie Marker and make them any color you want???  How cool is that???

 

Here are some of the products I used:

#121941 $26.95 (Wood) #123057 $18.95 (Clear) Valentine Defined

 
This die works with your regular size cutting plates too.

 

 
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Beautiful Medallion Valentine Card

 

Oh my.....I am in love with so many things about this card!!!!  First I love the new Glimmer Paper!!!  And then the Trinket Keys???  And how about his medallion???

This is just one of the cards we'll be making at my Technique Class on Tuesday evening!!!  You'll also enjoy making a punch card and a Big Shot card....if you'd like to join me - please call or email!!!

 

Here's a close-up of the tag - I used the Designer Label Punch and Modern Label Punch with a little sliver of black punched with the Pinking Hearts Border Punch and a little glimmery heart tops it off!  The saying comes from the You're a Gem stamp set - perfect for little tags like this.

 

The Trinket Keys are just precious...they're available in the NEW Occasions Mini Catalog!

 

BONUS:  And now - here's how I made the medallion!!!!

Cut a strip of our new First Edition Specialty Designer Series Paper 1 1/2" x 12".  Score at 1/4" invervals, from one end to the other.  Kinda hard to see in the photo...

 
Fold on all the score lines making peaks and valleys - add Sticky Strip to one end of your strip.

 
Adhere the ends together to form a circle.

 
Then you just flatten your circle into a medallion...

 
Put some hot glue on a 1 3/8" circle of cardstock and secure it to the middle of the medallion.

 
I sponged the edges and creases of my medallion with Soft Suede ink to make it take on a vintage look!!!

 

Secure your medallion to your card front with hot glue and WAAA LAAAA!

 

Here are some of the products I used to make my card:

#122268 $14.95 (Wood) #122270 $11.95 (Clear)

 
#121878 First Edition Specialty Designer Series Paper

 

 
 
#121790Real Red Glimmer Paper $3.95 (2 12" x 12" sheets)

 
 
 

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Secret Stamper Reveal Party!!!

 

 

Last night was PARTY NIGHT!!!!  We had a good time at the Secret Stamper Reveal Party!  I LOVE party food - don't you???

 
Here's the table where we shared all the cards that we received over the last 6 months...how fun???

 
And the Valentine Card swap was a HUGE HIT!!!  Aren't these beautiful???

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We'll be doing it again on July 11th!  If you'd like to join my Secret Stamper Group for the Feb-June session - just let me know!  You send 2 cards per month and then PARTY to find out who your Secret Stamper is!!!!!  I'll be sending out the registration form to all my local customers soon...but long distance stampers are welcome to join in the fun too!

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Filled with LOVE!

Who doesn't love free Stampin' Up! products?  When you purchase the "Filled with Love" bundle - you'll get FREE bitty buttons. These clear embellishments are the perfect touch to your valentine treats and cards!

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Here's the adorable stamp set:

 

 

 
 
From December 17, 2010, through January 24, 2011, your can get a FREE package of Bitty Buttons (a $4.95 value) when you purchase a Filled with Love Bundle. The Filled with Love Bundle contains the Filled with Love Stamp Set (in wood- or clear-mount) and the exclusive Love Patterns Designer Series Paper Pack. When combined with the Bitty Buttons, you'll have the makings for some adorable Valentine's cards & little gift ideas, like the ones below:

 

 

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