Starting to Feel Alive Again!

Aloha, all!

     Have you noticed a distinct lack of activity around Robin's Craft Room this week?  So has my dog, who has been able to lie anywhere he likes in there without my tripping over him several times an hour.  Yes, I was slammed to the ground by a nasty virus, and I'm wondering if it's ever going to give up!

     There was a little bit of a break yesterday when I pulled out a few Stampin' Up! tools to make my weekly challenge card for Create With Connie and Mary.  The break was that I looked at a piece of chocolate and actually considered eating it! 

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     The pieces of chocolate in question are this year's Valentine M&Ms, which are cherry flavored – and actually Cherry Cobbler and Riding Hood Red in color!  How perfect is that for a Stampin' Up! Card.  Well, as you can see, I never did get up the strength to pull out the Cherry Cobbler for this project.  But there's plenty of Riding Hood Red, along with some Blushing Bride and Whisper White.

     Of course any treat card I made this season just HAD to be made with the Hearts Framelits featured in the Stampin' Up! 2012 Occasions Mini Catalog.   And then there was also that oh-so-pretty Paper Doily Large Sizzlit Die and the darling stamps from P.S. I Love You.  A true Occasions Mini Treat Holder!

     To make this, I first cut the doily and got all of the little pieces out of it.  How, you might ask, did I manage that whilst not feeling well!  Easy to sit with a pin and some paper snips to get the last bit of the pieces out when you don't have the energy to get up and do something else!  Then I cut the Doily and a piece of Whisper White Card Stock using the 2nd to the largest Heart Framelit, and then the some Blushing Bride card stock using the largest of the Heart Framelits.

     I mounted the white heart on the pink one, and then set about fitting a 3" x 5" Cellophane Bag with not too many M&Ms in it behind the Doily Heart.  I attached the heart to the bag using Mini Glue Dots, and also use the Mini Glue Dots to hold the corners of the bag back behind it to fit the heart shape.  Before I attached the heart covered bag of candy, I cut a long piece of Riding Hood Red Taffeta Ribbon, knotted it at the top to form a loop for hanging and then made a bow at the bottom.  I added the greeting, and then used Sticky Strip to attach the candy to the background heart.

     Now it's ready to give to a good friend on Valentine's Day!  I'm hoping that I'm going to be well enough to go out and take some Valentine greetings to neighbors on Tuesday.  For now, I'm going to take a rest!  You'd think I'd been logging instead of Blogging!

     I hope you'll have a great weekend – and send some good thoughts my way!