Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! It’s snowing like crazy here and I had the urge to make something pretty and spring-ish. I came across this sweet little bundle of flowers in a drawer the other day.

The flowers were given to me by my daughter for Mother’s Day several years ago, along with a box of Godiva chocolates and a funny card. She was a senior in high school and we were going though a rough patch as she got ready to head off to college. When I see the flowers now, it makes me grateful for my three daughters. I love watching them pursuing their dreams and goals and am so proud of them.

To make this cheery wall hanging, I started with the ScoreBoard Notebook Pocket die, the Big Shot and 6″ x 13″ piece of matboard. I ran the die and matboard through the die cut machine (Big Shot). I folded the box up and used strong double sided tape to hold it together along the back tabs. The cool shimmery pink finish is a metallic adhesive sheet by JEJE Produkts which is cut to the width of the box. The pattern on the top was punched out using a Martha Stewart border punch. I peeled the adhesive backing off and lined it up evenly on the front and pressed it down and around to the back of the box. After arranging the flowers, I looped the pretty ribbon through the brad holes in the back to use as a handle and wrapped and tied the ends around to the front.

Check the Sizzix blog for another project using my fun ScoreBoard dies. Hope your Valentine’s Day is LOVEly!

This weekend we journeyed up to Watkins Glen, NY for the races. Honestly, there were a lot of cars and noise but I couldn’t tell you much about who won or what happened. What I can say is the weather was beautiful and my sister-in-law Allison and I got an afternoon to ourselves to spend in Corning, home of Corning Glass. The photo is a glass sculpture seen in the lobby. There was a museum, which we intended to tour, but never made it due to all of the glittering glassware tempting us in the gift shop. Several hundred dollars lighter, we emerged with bags of Christmas and birthday gifts and so proud that we had shopped ahead. Did I mention everything in the store was 30% off? So we returned to the races in a great frame of mind. Watkins Glen is located right at the end of Seneca Lake (one of the Finger Lakes) and is spectacular. We went down to town for dinner. Although they gave the table we had reserved overlooking the water to Eric Estrada (of CHiPS fame), the dinner was delicious and we forgave them. Made it back just in time for the best fireworks display I have ever seen. The camping crowd was definitely in a party mood- we took the RV and stayed right along the back stretch along with many others- and it was fun to see all of the cool set-ups: campfires, flags, viewing stands, etc. that people had constructed.

However, it’s great to be home and back into work mode. I’m busy trying to get a book proposal out before I leave again. Today I did a custom order and caught up on email. Tonight I get into gear for CHA– have to create for the Designer Showcase. Come see me at lucky table #13 🙂 Wednesday, July 29 in Room W204 from 12-5 and then stay for the Meet the Designer event from 5-7.