Heart Yo Yo Valentines

Happy Saturday, my blogging friends! Today my great state of Kansas celebrates it's 150th birthday. I am so proud to be a born and raised Kansas farm girl. As Dorothy would say, *There's no place like home*. If I had ruby slippers, I'd be wearing them today!!

Today I have some sweet Valentines to share with you. Front and center are some sweet little heart yo yos that my mom has been cranking out. She's a machine, I tell ya! Stay tuned for a fun addition to my Etsy shop soon. :) The background papers for my cards are from Cosmo Cricket. The Dainty Doilies are from my Etsy shop. Especially love them for Valentines. (Note: The views on Etsy are looking weird right now...probably a technical difficulty).
For the main focal point of my card I used the new Mat Stack 3 Collection of stamps and coordinating dies. A 1-3/4" circle punch or die fits perfectly in the center of the Mat Stack 3 image. Love to add a burst of patterned paper in there as a background. Am also loving the little label images that come with this stamp set. I used the one with little buttons on it and stamped a sentiment from the 2010 Love Tags stamp set. I would love to see dies for all of these little labels, wouldn't you?
I finished off my cards with some sweet Lemon Tart Luxe Satin Ribbon. Oh how I love pretty little bows.
I hope you enjoyed my Valentines today. I noticed that Nichol Magouirk posted a card featuring the Mat Stack 3 stamps and die. You can check her cute get well card out here.

For the rest of the day.....my mail lady delivered a box today. My Papertrey box. Oh my craftiness, are you guys in for a treat for February!! I am super dee duper excited!! I'm off to my studio to start working on projects today. Also it's the KU vs. KSU game. Go cats. Alway a fun rival...especially since we're a divided family. Lots of yelling and fun stuff like that!

Attention please. Not too hard with a photo like the one below, right? Some of you had a keen eye for cookies and saw this photo in my Project Life albums. Deliciously sinful, I tell ya. The recipe is called Chocolate Chip Oreo Sandwich from Picky Palate. So good right out of the oven. I made them 4 at a time so that they would be fresh and ooey gooey each time. If those weren't good enough there's also a recipe for Candy Bar Chocolate Chip Cookie Sandwiches. Good grief, I think I hear the Reese's calling my name now. Think I'll try both of these versions out with the mini versions of the Oreos and candy bars. And to send you right into heart attacker mode, how about this newest cookie from Picky Palate called Peanut Butter Butterscotch Chippers. Good thing I'm showing some restraint and have been hitting the tread mill lately. Hope your day is saaa-weeet!