Birthday Bouquet

Last week was Buffie's birthday, and I wanted to give her a gift card to Target, one of her favorite stores. While walking around the store looking for a cute card, I saw a bag of their gift coins. I instantly thought of making flowers, with the centers being the gift coins. This is how it turned out.....



The coins were quite a bit bigger than I expected, so I had to use my Nestabilities to cut out the circles and scalloped circles (I had been planning to use punches). Anyways, I'm trying to get back into the swing of crafty things, but wouldn't you know that I'm going on vacation this week. So we'll see what happens (or doesn't)....

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Hoppy (Belated) Easter!!

Hi there! Hope you had a great Easter!! I've been relaxing and not doing much crafting. Of course, I had to make something for Easter, but decided to just make more of the baskets that I made in my last class using the Two Tags die since I had a lot of leftover pre-cut cardstock pieces.

I wanted to share some items that I received at work for Easter because they are sooooo cute! I apologize for posting them so late, but I forgot them at work(!) last week. First is an Easter Bunny that was made by Korin and her mom Pearl, using the dress die box. Can you believe this was created using only punches? Beautiful!!



and this was made by Pat using the Sizzix takeout box. I love, love, love the color of the box! So spring-y, don't you think?



Anyway, I hope you had a nice Easter!!

Baby Shower Favor

Wow....can't believe I'm posting again so soon! LOL! Before I forget, wanted to share a pic of the favors I made for my friend Dana's baby shower last Friday. She's having a girl, but didn't want pink, so she chose lavendar. Great choice (my fave color)!!

Decided to make baby carriages that I saw on berkerblog (click here for her tutorial):



I actually had a lot of fun making these, and think they turned out pretty cute! We had tons of fun at her shower playing the dirty diaper and baby food in a jar games.

Supplies used:
Paper: Lavendar CS (American Crafts); Elegant Eggplant CS, Whisper White CS (SU!)
Other: Scallop Circle punch, 1-3/8" Circle punch, 1-1/4" Circle punch, Three Flower punch (SU!); Large Scalloped Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Swiss Dots embossing folder (Cuttlebug); Signo Uniball white gel pen; adhesive pearls; mini brads; 1/16" circle punch

Hope you all had a great weekend!

Last of the Class (Samples!)

Hi again! I'm back with the last samples from Dawne's class:



This was card created with the embedded embossing technique...this was another card CASE'd from Gretchen Barron. I love how the punched pieces look flat, like they were stamped, and not adhered to the Melon Mambo CS then run through the Big Shot with the Lattice textured impressions folder. Cool!



Besides the takeout box that posted about on Girls' Day, we also made this basket using the SU! exclusive Sizzix Two Tags Bigz die. I saw a tutorial on Dawn Olchefske's blog (click here to view it). I think I'm gonna make these for the office to celebrate Easter next month.

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More Class Samples

Hi there! Sorry I've been away a little longer than I planned....here are some other samples from last month's class:



I saw this card on a blog (I don't remember whose blog; I thought I saved a link, but can't find it) and LOVED it! My fave part was probably using the Chantilly lace trim. It is soooo easy to tie, and it always looks great!! This card was created with the free Sale-A-Bration Bliss stamp set.



I saw a sample of this card on a blog, and it created by someone named Nancy. I like how most of the card was created using different SU! punches. Doesn't it look yummy?



This card was a favorite with most of the ladies. The line of adhesive pearls really added a lot to the card. This was one that I found on Gretchen Barron's blog--one of my favorite blogs to visit!

The last card and the other project that we did will be posted next time. I'm pooped after staying up late to see the latest on the tsunami news and then having to wake up early to wrap gifts and prizes (talk about power wrapping!) for a baby shower I co-hosted today. Since I'm always last minute, I only finished the favors last night.

Anyway hope everyone is ok, and I'll see you next time...

Card Samples

Here are a couple of the cards that I did for a class last month at Dawne's house (thanks, Dawne, for always being a great hostess!!)...

A super simple (and quick!) card...



We just used the Very Vintage jumbo wheel in Crumb Cake at the bottom of the Very Vanilla card (mounted on Crumb Cake CS), and stamped a sentiment at the top. Added some Crumb Cake seam binding to balance it all out. Easy, right?

...and a "yummy" card...



I saw this ice cream card on tons of blogs and wanted to make one, too! After cutting the cone and ice cream scoop using the Petal Cone Bigz L die, we added texture to the cone using one of the Perfect Details texture plates. I didn't have the Tasteful Trimz XL die to do the bottom of the ice cream, so we used the Scallop Border punch to create it instead. We sponged the pieces to add dimension, too. Cute! :)

Hope you're having a great week so far....see you again in a few when I'll share some other cards from this class!

Girls' Day

Hi all!

I know I'm super late, but just a quick post and pic of what I made for the girls in the office for Girls Day. I planned to make chichi dango to put inside, but went out for dinner the night before, so I had to buy goodies from Wholesale Unlimited instead (still yummy, though!).



This is a takeout box made from SU!'s exclusive Sizzix Petal Cone die. I saw a video online on how to make one and thought it would be absolutely perfect for Girls' Day! I also made this (different image, though) as one of the 3-D projects for my class last month. I'll share pics of the cards and the other project we did in the coming week.

Supplies used (all SU!, unless otherwise indicated):
Stamp: Easter Blossoms
Paper: Very Vanilla CS
Ink: Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Ink; Pink Pirouette and Regal Rose markers; Uni-Ball Signo White Gel Ink pen
Other: Sizzix Petal Cone die; ribbon (May Arts)

See ya next time!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day! Hope you had a great day filled with lots of love and eats. I think I gained at least 5 pounds today. Everyone at work baked or bought something sweet to share, and I had to partake because I didn't want to seem rude. LOL! :)

Anyway, quick post again today to share the card that I made for my husband. It was pretty last minute as I'm prepping for a class this weekend, so I haven't had much free time the past few weeks....



LOVE the new cling stamps from Dandelion Designs!! Still got cute images, but in a little larger size. I think this doggie's name is Max...isn't he cute?

Supplies used:
Stamps: Max with Heart from Lots of Love set (Dandelion Designs); Love You Much from Well Scripted (SU!)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); Melon Mambo (SU!)
Paper: Melon Mambo Textured CS, Whisper White CS (SU!)
Other: Copic markers; Melon Mambo Dotted Ribbon, Ticket Corner punch (SU!); Hearbeats Deep Edge Border punch (Martha Stewart)

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Favors for a Baby Shower

Hi there! Wow, time has sure flown by quickly....just wanted to drop in and share some pics of favors I made for a baby shower someone at work was throwing for a relative.

She asked for Pooh and/or Tigger. Luckily I had a Cricut cartridge that I could use as I wasn't looking forward to trying to create them using punches otherwise. I apologize for the quality of the photos. I took them with my iPhone since I finished them on break while at work. Here's one side of the favor...



...and here's the other side...



The other 2 sides of the mini milk carton were pretty plain....I just stamped "hello baby" on the side where the milk spout would open. The Tigger side that you see above was not in my original plans. I had to add the cloud behind him because I got my sides all mixed up when stamping "hello baby". That'll teach me to just visualize it in my head! But I think it worked out ok. What do you think?

The hardest part of the favor was putting together Pooh and Tigger. I had to cut them out at 1.5" on the Cricut so that they could fit on the side of the mini milk carton. That meant that I had to draw in the eyes and eyebrows because there were only tiny slits where they were supposed to be. Thank goodness my nails are pretty long right now, or I would not have been glue the tiny pieces on (I have a hard time using craft tweezers!).

My favorite part of the favor, though, is the tiny clothespins with ribbon I used to keep the favor closed. I found the clothespins (great bargain!) and the micro glue dots at Pineapple Cove, and the ribbon (just what I was looking for) was from Stamps & Memories.

Supplies used:
Stamps: hello baby from Teeny Tiny Wishes (SU!)
Ink: More Mustard, Bashful Blue (SU!)
Paper: Barely Banana CS, Certainly Celery CS, Basic Black CS (SU!); Gold CS (Worldwin Papers); Red CS, Orange CS, Pink CS (unknown)
Other: Grass punch (Martha Stewart); Pooh Font cartridge (Cricut); Ribbon (unknown); Mini Milk Carton die (SU!); Tiny Clothespins (Loew Cornell); Micro Glue Dots (Glue Dots International); black gel ink pen (unknown)

Hope you have a great weekend!!!

Happy Holidays!

Wow...Christmas sure came and went FAST, yeah? I barely finished making the calendars I gave away for Christmas. I had to make a bunch as favors for a Christmas luncheon earlier this month, but they were so much fun to make, I decided to make more to give away. I believe this was originally designed by Jean of Dandelion Designs, but I learned to make it at PhotoCraft during a Make & Take last month.

Here's a shot of several of the calendars....aren't they colorful?



The most challenging part of making these was finding cute decorate paper, since cardstock was too thick for the folding.

Supplies used:
Stamps: Hello Kitty (PSA Essentials)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); Copic markers
Paper: Printed papers (Doodlebug Designs); Cardstock (SU!)
Other: Calendars (AIP); 1-1/4" circle punch, 1-3/8" circle punch, Scallop Circle punch (SU!)

Hope you are having a wonderful holiday season with family and friends....stay safe!