Surprise Visit!

Once again my time just whips by.  Great things have been happening around here and that makes me happy.  Russ surprised me last Friday and returned home for the weekend.  It was great having him here and we were busy all weekend catching up on things around the house.  He was able to help me get the Christmas tree down (he did all the work! LOL!)  and then he took charge of our two large fish tanks that needed his attention, not mine.  The kids enjoyed daddy and I enjoyed having an adult to talk to. 

I did get a lot of stamping done and actually taught a few classes too.  I had a fun class on Saturday called A Trip to Lovers Lane.  This box and card set was super fun.  My downline and super great friend Christy helped me prepare the box.  She is just the smartest girl when it comes to math.  I failed that subject in high school.  We had orginally seen this box at Regionals in Phoenix.  It was a bit smaller and I wanted to make the box fit 4 x 4 cards.  I gave the task to her and she DID it.  Let me show you!

I used all kinds of products on this box.  Since it was a trip on Lovers Lane I wanted it to be soft and romantic.  I love the flower on the front of the box.  I hope to make a video soon.  My sweet friend and fellow Advisory Board member Jan demonstrated this at the Regionals and it just WOW'd me.  You know, one of those "eye's pop out moments!"  I inserted one of the new epoxy brads into the center.  I used lots of Kraft cardstock and used the Very Vintage Wheel (surely you have this…) and rolled it across the top of the box.  I also used the Charming stamp set and the Define Your Life stamp set.  I also used the I {heart} Hearts stamp set.  Whoo Hoo!  So many sets! 

Here are the cards that fit inside:

Each of the cards are using the Sending Love Speciality paper.  It's so pretty.  Lots of bling on it.  I used lots of sets on these cards as well.  I {Heart} Hearts is the main set used on all the cards.  You can see I used lots of embellishments from punches, epoxy brads, and buttons to add dimension to the cards.  The base cardstock on all the cards is Kraft. 

I will try to get directions for this box later in the week or over the weekend.  I hope your week is shaping up to be the best.  Time for bed for me.