Valentine Mini Coffee Cups

I decorated these adorable mini coffee cups for Valentine's Day. So fun! These cups are made for espresso just to give you an idea of how small they really are.   Click here for cup holder instructions from Becky Roberts and Deb Valder will provide you with the mini coffee template.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great week!

Blooms and Butterflies Color Challenge #22

This color challenge definitely took me outside of my comfort zone especially coordinating 2 sets of gray tones. But after browsing through my stamp sets, I came across Rev Up the Fun which I have never used before :-(  and thought these colors would coordinate perfectly with this stamp set. I think one of Jake's friends would really like this card for their birthday!

Card Recipe Stamps: Rev Up the Fun Ink: Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Smokey Slate Paper: Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Basic Gray, Smokey Slate Accessories and Tools: Big Shot, Chevron Embossing folder, Neutral Candy Dots, Blender Pens, 5/8" Satin Ribbon Basic Black (retired), Scalloped Tag Topper Punch, Stampin Dimensionals
    Make sure to check out what the other talented designers have created using these colors at Brandy's cards   Have a great day!

Valentine Classroom Exchange

I wanted to do something different this year for Jake's Valentine classroom exchange so I immediately went to Pinterest for some inspiration. These cute, colorful heart shaped crayons caught my eye and were so simple to make!

Here is what you will need: Crayon pieces-I used 4 boxes of 24 crayons to make 18 cards Silicon heart mold Sharp knife Valentine card from the Nerd's Wife website Click here
There are tons of ways to make these but here are my directions: 1. Place your crayons in warm water to unwrap the paper

 2. Call Chris to cut them using a sharp knife, lol. Chris is my husband. Yes, I made this a family project.

3. Place heart molds on a baking sheet covered with foil and fill with broken crayon pieces. 4. Place in oven at 225 degrees for 10-20 minutes. These were done in 17 minutes. Here is what they looked like after they came out of the oven.

5. I let them sit out for about 30 minutes before placing them in the freezer for another 30 minutes. 6. Pop crayons out of the mold.   Here is how I packaged them using the Nerd's Wife printable.

 I also made sure to include this on the back (you never know):

Jake had fun making these too! Chris probably didn't but he helped out anyways. Stay tuned, my next Valentine project will be making teacher gifts.