I mentioned recently that I'm working on some cute boxes you'll like. Here's a peek at the front of two of them! I promise I will show you the inside very soon, hopefully tomorrow. I have one of these boxes complete, however, I am trying to finish 4 more before I show them to you. I think you're going to be surprised when you see the inside!! Don't forget this Friday night (May 29) is PMS night. Come work on your own projects or catch up on classes/clubs at your own pace. There is a cost of $5 to cover the pizza and other foods. If you are planning to attend an RSVP would be helpful Continue reading
Cork & Post It Message Boards
I spent a good part of my day today working on items to sell at the Markets at Shrewsbury as well as the Etsy shop I am getting ready to start. Once I have the Etsy shop up and running I will put a link here on my blog so you can visit it. In the meantime, one of the items I worked on today was my message boards. Here are pictures. Continue reading
Chipboard and Ribbon Coaster Boxes
I thought I'd share a couple boxes I have made in the past using coasters. These are the coasters they put under you drink at some restaurants like Chilies. (I understand you can also purchase these coasters without any writing on them from various sources.) This first box with the Pick a Petal stamp set was actually a stamp camp project I did with my stamping ladies way back in Akron, OH before moving here to PA. The colors on this particular box are old in-colors and no longer current. A couple months ago I was again inspired to create a couple of these boxes. This second box was made Continue reading
Our Teacher Appreciation Gift
This afternoon I wanted to make a little something for my son's preschool teacher as a thank you gift. Tomorrow night is preschool graduation at Little Lambs Preschool in Stewartstown, PA and I want him to give it to her then. Here are pictures. I made her eight of these cards using some retired designer paper, So Saffron ribbon from the Sale-A-Bration ribbon bundle and the Oval All stamp set and corresponding Oval Scallop Punch which are in the current mini catalog. I cut the butterfly on the Big Shot with the Beautiful Butterfly Stampin' Up! exclusive die. The cards are tucked away Continue reading
Wedding or Princess Dress Napkin
I had fun making up a bunch of these today for a bridal shower on Saturday. Isn't it so cute?! This is a napkin and then I used the Stampin' Up! Round Tab,1/2" Circle, and Trio Flower punches to create the bodice with Whisper White and Pretty in Pink cardstock. A piece of Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon holds it together. Very simple and very elegant! When I held one of these dresses up and asked my five year old son what it was he said a "princess." That made me think that this could easily be used for a little girls princess party or birthday party as well. For that matter, Continue reading
God's Beauty Butterfly Pin
This pretty little butterfly isn't finished yet but I wanted you to see what I was working on today. (This is the same butterfly just pictures from different angles.) I am making a butterfly pin using the butterfly stamp from the God's Beauty stamp set. I love this stamp with all it's detail! This was my very first attempt at making one of these pins so I'm certainly not going to claim to be an expert! It's going to take me a few more tries before I learn to shape the butterfly just the right way so it looks more realistic. It was fun though and I thought you might like to see. Someday Continue reading
Flower Pot Gift Box
I was cutting cardstock for wedding invitations today (done by special request) and had to take a couple breaks to let my legs relax and brain create! This is what I made! I'm very excited about it! This cute box is just the right size to hold eight 41/4" x 5 1/2" handstamped cards and coordinating envelopes. On the front of the box I made one of the flower pot cards and stuck it to the box. My favorite part is that you can actually pull the flowers out and write a note for the person receiving the gift (see the 2nd picture). This would make a great mothers day gift or really a gift for Continue reading
Playing with Baskets and Blooms
I took some time to play with the Stampin' Up! Baskets and Blooms Bigz XL Die today. I've seen people making a new sort of basket with the die and figured I could do it too! Here's it is! I made the basket out of Chocolate Chip cardstock and then used some scraps of Designer Series Paper (DSP) to create the flowers on front. I used the 1 1/4" Pink Pirouette grosgrain ribbon to tie the top of the basket together. As you can see, I tucked some Hershey Kisses inside the basket and I think I might just give this to my hostess tomorrow night as little thank you for all her hard work. Continue reading
Learning to use the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig
Here is the third and last handmade item we made in class on Friday night. To make this little card holder we used textured Baja Breeze cardstock along with the Parsian Breeze Specialty DSP and the A Rose is a Rose stamp set. My goal with the fun project was to teach how to use the Paper Cutter and more specifically the scoring blade on it. I also wanted to teach how to use the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig. The Stamp-A-Ma-Jig is wonderful for helping to line up stamps exactly where you want them. It's great for using alphabet stamp sets to spell out words or for 2-step stamping. Tomorrow is the Continue reading
Keeping track of those handmade cards
I'm very excited about the items I was able to make today! These are so neat! A piece of 12x12 cardstock a little designer series paper and some hodgepodge turns out these cut little magazine filers that are just perfect to put cards into! Making four of these made me so excited to make cards to get them filled up!! (No, I didn't make all these cards today, these were ones I was able to find around - not at all organized like they are now!) Maybe, just maybe these cute little things will encourage me to keep up with having a stock of cards ready to give out! If you haven't already signed Continue reading
Stampin' Up! Ribbon Spool 3D project
I hope you have had a wonderful Easter with family and friends! Here is another look at the project from yesterday. As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I made this from the Stampin' Up! narrow grosgrain ribbon spools. I simply took out the plastic middles and then covered the cardboard circles with cardstock (Green Galore and Pacific Point) on both sides. I found it was very easy to use the Circle Scissor Plus to cut circles the same size instead of pasting on the cardstock and then cutting by hand. Some people like to purchase chipboard coasters to do this same sort of work, however, I Continue reading
Recycling the Stampin' "Trash"
Have you ever wondered what to do with the leftover spool from your ribbon? I like to use the little plastic piece in the center to wrap up smaller pieces of ribbon but after the ribbon shares we did I had so many empty spools I thought there must be a use for the cardstock pieces too. Today I sat down and came up with something to do with these things! Here's what I did. I will give more details tomorrow. Continue reading