09 December 2009

The Favor Boxes


Well I am getting a little tired of Red, Black& white but I am loving how things are turning out...I have been sewing for few daysa and making these favor boxes..I used the embassy black Cardstock at walmart 3.97 cents for 50 sheets..I used my Gypsy to layout 2 boxes from the Weddings Solution Cart to cut on one sheet., then I used my Expression to cutthem out. For a little more than 3.97, I got 100 boxes! A pretty cute favor at a great price...
The red is from a 5 color basic Paper Co package at Michaels and the White is GP white Walmart...the transparencies are from my stash...I used my SU 1 1/4" circle punch to cut red and white circles and cut them in half on my paper trimmer and I cut the transparencies at 1 5/8" square on my trimmer...cut 5 strips and then trimmed all five strips to 1 5/8" at one time...it worked really well, I have about 100 with white circles glued in place and about 25 of those have the transparencies in them. Next I will score all the lines folds, then I will make 50-100 with the red circle pieces if I feel like it..The DD's will assemble them and fill them with red, black and white M&M's and Nuts when they get home from college and after the Christmas clebrations...

Until Latere...Happy Stamping!

03 December 2009

Snowman Box Tower


Last week Holly aka
"Toy" on SCS posted the cutest Snowman tower on her blog really you should check hers out because it is wonderful and I think She did a much better job than I did making her tags and Cards. I also noticed today she made another box this week of a Santa, (He's very cute too...hopefully I will be able to make one of them too!) When I first saw the snowman I immediately thought of several people I would like to make one for. I finished up my Monday projects and I worked on 6 of them all day Tues., I waited for the "Wedding Dress" to show up in the mail.


I used similar colors but different products than she did when I made mine. They do take a little bit of time to make. I wanted to show them to you yesterday, but DD called on Tues. evening wanting 50 more wedding announcements so I had to make 30 of them yesterday, before I could finish up. The most amazing part of it all is that I actually made all of these snowmen using up my Stash...I didnt have to buy anything...except some M&M's.




Notions:


CardStock: GP White cardstock
SU Baja Breeze cardstock(mainly because I had themost of this light blue)
SU 3x3 white cards with envies
Punches: EK snowflake
Fiskars handheld 1/4"
SU Word Window punch
Adhesives: 3M ATG
Fiskars ultra thin med. Glue dots
Enbellishments: SU Markers,
light blue brads (I bought ton of last year for the wedding annoncements and then decided not to use)...
SU Silver strech cord, Ink: SU Baja Breeze
Pearls
Heros Art clear Gemstones
Assorted trio glitter tissue paper
Stamps: Autumn Leaves "Swirls 2"
SU "Snow Flurry" & "Warm Wishes"
Clear Stamps mini squares set for swirls on tags
Tools: Provo Craft: Cricut: Christmas (noel) Cart
Cuttlebug: Snowflake EF
ScorePal

30 November 2009

Holiday Birthdays


Okay dont go have a heart attack or anything...Yes I am posting a second post in November!
Yesterday I decided to do the Featured Stamper Challenge on SplitCoastStampers. I havent posted a challenge in a while , and CarrollAnne is a friend of mine. I came up with this little beauty based on this CARD in her Gallery!


Since I have 3 friends I have lunch with in December, all celebrating their Birthdays. ((I am the odd Woman out,only because mine falls in October....I was born a few months early...;).))

I made 2 more cards this morning using the same theme. I like it so much I might make a few more using the Holiday Greetings stamp from Sincere Salutations also.


I used the QuiKutz Retro Diamond A2 Embossing folder, GP White Card stock, Celery Grosgrain Ribbon, MS Bough Branch Punch, SU Autumn Days, SU Sincere Salutations, Red Gem stones, and EK 1/16"Dimensionals.
Until Later...Happy Stamping!

28 November 2009

Wedding Things & (Baby Quilt....shh)

Hello,

I just thought I should make a post and let you all know I am doing well, I managed to stay well this month but I have been very busy working on and getting things done for my DD's Wedding.

The Boutonniers', Corsages, and Bouquet done. My younger Dd's think I need to do flowers for them, so I might have to make a few more corsages...I am so thnkful for my firend Colleen , who has helped me get these floral things done for the last two years.







The announcements are finished and mailed...these took hours to make and put together..My Dh punched out all the MS branches for me all 642 of them. My SIL helped me put the black covers on and tehn the oval Medallions the next week. Two trips to my house ...thanks Sheila. My DD#5 helped edit the photo for the return address label. it was printed too small to really appreciate so I thought I would uploaded it here. Then it could get fully appreciated.

We are still inthe process of editting photos to Black and White with a touch of Red for the table top centerpieces. I did finish making all 15 of the runners and buying the supplies for the Centerpieces. The fabric behind this picture is the fabric being used for the center pieces. I wrapped two of the blocks of wood cut for last years wedding with black gift wrap and I am using them for the centerpieces. I am borrowing mirrors from my friend so they aren't in the picture. This is just a rough up of them so I could show DD#1 what I had come up with.
I also designed a monogram that couldnt be used so I had to design the name medallion I used for the invites

It took several hours to perfect these, but I just tried to upload them but the file type won't upload.


Lastly...We purchased dresses but they are Black and White, Homecoming clearance..I got a great deal on 5 dresses, but DD#7, said I couldnt post pictures of her in it because she wasn't dressed up so I have to wait until after the bug day, she did say however I could post the pictures of the Shoes! So happy I am not wearing red shoes.



Hopefully, soon I will have more time to post the cards I have been making...




Lastly I have been workingon a gift for my New Grandson being born this coming month. I only feel safe posting it because my DD never checks my craft blog...Hopefully that is still the case. I am just going to upload some detail pictures and not the full thing.

Until Later...Happy Stamping!

Details for Invite: I used Royal Fiber White Text weight Paper, Embassy Black Cardstock , Jaffray Red SatinPirouette ribbon, Oval scallop and Lr andSM SU Oval Punches. Designer labels 4 largest one to trim the black CS and thenD'vine Swirls CB folder, the 5th Ave Floral Embossing folder on the vellum.

26 October 2009

Hello

Well its been over a month since I made a post..I have been under the weather again...I had about 10 days of being healthy and then I went out of town and came home sick and that has been the case since...using my energy to get things done that I had to do. I used mostly. Basic Black, Yo Yo Yellow, Perfect Plum, Only Orange, GP White, and Chocolate Chip to make a few Halloween Birthday cards a few weeks ago. The images are an old ghost and Witch from Hambo Stamps I got a few years ago, the sentiment comes from an KiCo Clear stamp set I got a year ago at Target...


I used all my Fall Cuttlebug folders and a few others...and My Martha Stewart Border punches, and Marvy corner punch.

My other DD got engaged and so I am working on her wedding stuff for her early Jan. wedding.
Someone asked if it was a new tradition in my family...I hope not!
I am hoping to feel well enough soon to get a routine going ..Its a little draining being sick so long... I hope you enjoy the cards. I hope to have more to share with you soon..I am just glad I found time to post them before Halloween.

Happy Stamping!

25 September 2009

Halloween Cards and Cricut Giveaways

I thought I would do a quick post...I never thought It would be so long before I got a post done...


I went out of town shortly after my last post for over 10days...and I have been very busy(gardening , Canning , cleaning) and Sick and recovering since I came back...this week is the first time I have had any time to creat any cards. I thought I would just share the two I made the last few days.


Hope you dont mind if I just post the pictures...
I also put some Links in my sidebar one to Cartridge Helper for help with cartridge options and one to win a Gypsy the latest Cricut Helper tool both links go to the same place right now youhave until If I remeber correctly OCt 15th to enter to win...I cant wait to save up to get one...Do you think maybe I might be able to win...We will see


Until Later...Happy Stamping!

19 August 2009

Bleached Upsy Daisy


Like I have been saying all month. I have had to make a lot of cards but have gotten a little behind posting them to my Blog. I posted this card to SCS the day I made it for the CC231. The challenge was to pick a color of card stock stmap it with Bleach and then use the color that shows up as the other color and make a card. I chose to stamp Upsy Daisy on a Piece of SU "Soft Suede" And thought it matched closely with "So Saffron". I chose to use White as my Nuetral. I had the strip of Soft suede left over after using a border Punch on it so I added the thin Strip on the
So Saffron panel after using my Swiss Dots EF in my Cuttlebug. the Sentiment is from SU "Teeny Tiny Verses" and I punched it out with my SU Word Window Punch..I have been doing that alot lately! Lastly I cut some Offwhite Jaffray picot ribbon and sponged it with "So Saffron" reinker...It seemed a little too Dark so I sprayed it with some stamp cleaner and sponged the excess moisture off it. I think It turned out nice.
Until Later ...Happy Stamping!

18 August 2009

Princess Cuts for DD


I was busy all afternoon cutting these princesses out with my Cricut Cartridges: Dreams Come True, Happily Everafter, and Tinkerbell & Friends.


Again they were cut out at 3 1/2"...DD wanted a Princess Chore Chart...tomorrow we need to figure out the background...I dont know if I will have time to post it before I leave to take them back to college, but we will see..This week is looking really busy..


Until Later ... Happy Stamping!

17 August 2009

"Belle Birthday" for Julia

I used my Cricut to make a Birthday Card for my
nieces Birthday. She loves
"Belle"! I chose to use my
"Dreams Come True" cartridge and cut Belle3 out for her! Tiny Princesses are definately a challenge. Her lips and the whites of her eyes were so tiny. I cut her out at 3 1/2"!
I usually don't cut them out so small, but it did need to fit on the card. I chose to use a gel pen to dot the one eye and the lips... all of the other pieces seemed to be manageable.
For cardstock I used: the white (leftover from the wedding announcements..it is ultra smooth and similar to Whisper White), "Black"and a "Yellow" both fromboth by cardstock package Ampad from Wal-mart Stationary, a brown from Paper Co Nuetrals package purchased at Michaels. Just a note on the "yellow",I tried using other Yellows like So Saffron and Barely Banana and Summer Sun but they didnt quite go together to give the "Belle" look... this one worked perfect with SU "Yo Yo Yellow" which I used for the trim. Her flesh is a beige' pink I picked up in single sheets at Michaels. Her lips a lovely Ruby Red. I think she turned out very cute. Behind her I used Certainly Celery and my Stylized Flower Embossing Folder. I then used Martha Stewart TearDrop pads in Dandelion, Melon, Bamboo, and to sponge the light color on the background. Then I used my Fiskars Squeeze Corner punch to dress up the corners. The Picot Ribbon is jafray and was tied around the panel before I attached it to the black base. I used my SU Word Window Punch and "Teeny Tiny Verses" to add the sentiment stamped in "Jet Black" StazOn. The white layer is mounted on Dimmesionals and a KCo. gem stone in light yellow was added.
Last of all, I used my pink 1/2" Bind it All corner rounder on the card base corners.

I hope my niece likes it...Until Later... Happy Stamping!

16 August 2009

Card For a Friends Mom


I told a friend I would send her mom a card...She was recently injured and needed some surgery, and a little pick me up.
I had this card base around from a previous stamping attempt and hadn't given uptrying to make it work. You'll have to let me know what you think. I am still not too sure of it myself.
The sentiment is from SU"Kind Thoughts", I punched a mask from Post it note and then stmaped the SU "Pocket Silhouette" image on the Very Vanilla base in Really Rust and Summer Sun, and Timber Brown StazOn. I am really starting to wish I had bought the ink pads for the in colors but I am very happy there are some alternative colors that come very close.
The base of the card was embossed inthe Cuttlebug using "Floral Screen" and Timber Brown StazOn, was sponged on and then lightened with bleach in a few places sponging also...Previeously I was planning on using this with a Bleached image card. I used a circle Stencil made by punching a 1 3/8" cirlce in card stock nd then sponged circels using my Dusty Durango and Crushed Curry Reinkers. I used soft suede to mat the Cardstock panels, the "just My Type" border set was used to put dots on the Crushed Curry 1" strip. The Martha Stewart punch was used to add the "Lattice Arch" to the mat trim. I used my Cricut George and Basic Shapes Cart to cut the Circle and Shadow at 2-1/2 " and then embossed the Dusty Durango piece withthe "Friends Forever" embossing folder. The Card layout came from SCS SC240.
Until Later ...Happy Stamping!

15 August 2009

Sympathy For a Friend


I needed to make a Sympathy Card for a friends Family. I decided to use my DCWV "La Creme " Designer paper. I love its flocked images and the subtle amount of color seemed perfect for this card. I trimmed the flocked images for the back panels and matted with Black. I tied the black Jaffray Picot ribon around the one panel and trimmed it short felt it needed little something but not too much the short knot ed ribbon seemed to do the trick. I looked through my Cuttlebug folders and found this Fancy Corner Folder and thought it went well withthe Flocked flowers so I embossed it and then rubbed it with a Midniight Black Dew Drop...I added the little pearl to the center, and some sponging onthe edges and matted wth Black Cardstock I picked up at Walmart in the stationary section. The sentiment was Stamped with "Jet Black" StazOn and comes from the SU "Kind Thoughts" stampset. The layout for the card is courtesy of Roxi and her Sketch Challenge SC241 posted on SCS.
Untl Later ...Happy Stamping!

14 August 2009

Melon Berry Card


I have been busy naking cards for a few days...I have so many August Birthdays with my friends and Family.
I created this Melon Berry Card for SC...LSC232...
I really like how it turned out. I did wish I had some of the SU Melon Mambo Polka Dot ribbon from SCS but I havent purchased any..still trying to use up some of the old Stash...so I chose this hot pink Offray ribbon from last years Camp creations. It goes pretty well with the Melon Mambo.The challenge required using a Edible Item or image with eating, and using Cardstock with food int he name. I used the new In Color Melon Mambo and Certainly Celery. I knew I wanted to do a strawberry. I looked at a few and decided to go with my old Papertray Green Thumb...image.
In my head I was goignt o use three images but decided on just one. I used my new MS punch Lattice Arch...I have been picking it up and putting it back for about 2 months and finally jsut said to heck with it and bought it..I love it. I added the D'vine swirl cuttlebugging after I decided the green would look like the top of the berry instead of a green basket like they used to come in. I thougth th eSwirls looked alittle like the ones in the stamped image. next I ran the melon CS through with Swiss dots...to mimic the Berries on the berry. I debated rubbing with white craft ink but decided to keep the image cleaner. I usually smudge when I try to sponge a bit.
The sentiment was stamped with Pink Passion also...I opted to only buy reinkers and an assorted pack of in colors from SU to save some money...I think I need to buy me a few stamp pads when I get some birthday money...After stamping the sentiment I punched it out with my SU scalloped Sqaure punch then lined up the oppsite end three scallops down and punched again to give me the cute rectangle...

Hope You like it ...Until Later ...Happy Stamping!

06 August 2009

White Ellie Box

THANK YOU, Riley!




I opened my Ellie Box! I waited about a week. Now we are well into week 2 of waiting so I am anxious to use some of the wonderful things she sent me. Rather than make a list I took pictures..they are good for a 1000 words each right!




First Picture is of the beautiful card she sent me, I love the colors in it they go so nice together.



This little figuring of the dancer is so perfect. I will always think of Riley when I see it. I put it up on the shelf with my other female figurines I do have a few. How did she know!







The next picture is of all the goodies..Lots right I totally love it I will use it all...







The last picture is of the white elephant in the box something silly and not quite wanted...I am thinking this must be the item, but I am unsure. I dont think I remebered to put one in mine.



So if its not the White Elephant gift I am sorry!

05 August 2009

God's Beauty: for beautiful cards


I was so excited to get this set. I hadn't been able to have a show to earn hostess points this last year because life was so crazy. I mentioned to my friend "Wendybell" on SCS that her cards made with this set were so pretty...and how I missed out on getting it because the catty changed. She had an extra set and sent it to me. isnt she a sweetheart! I just love everything about this set, especially the butterfly! one of my early Aug birthdays is my MIL so I made this card for her. I used Very Vanilla,Real Rust, So Saffron and Always Artichoke for cardstock in this card.
First I embossed the butterfly in black on the VeryVanilla and stamped the "Birthday Celebrations" form "Upsy Daisy" in Jet black StazOn. I used my H2O painters and so saffron and Only Orange reinkers to colro inthe butterfly.
I cut the Always artichoke strip and then used my SU scalloped border punch to trim both sides of it. I sent it and the So Saffron background piece through the cuttlebug using the textile embossing folder and one of the borders from the "Just my Type" set. I mounted the Butterfly and sentiment with 1/16th EK success squares Dimensionals.
Until Later ...Happy Stamping!

04 August 2009

Birthday's for the Boys


I need 6 masculine Birthday Cards for the first 2 weeks of Aug...I was feeling a bit overwhelmed because I started working on them Aug 1st, some of them are going to arrive inthe mail a little late. I decided to make 6 of the same card! Did I ever mention I hate coming up with ideas for masculine cards!
My girls were at camp all week; it made me think of my "bear" from the "Under the Stars" SU Set. I love to water color this bear with H2O painters and my Watercolor Wonder Crayons..I love those things..I used Chocolate Chip, More Mustard and a bit of Creamy Caramel to ground him. I need to get where I cut out a few little mask for the teeth so they stay nice and white, or vanilla in this case, especially if I do 6 cards! I got a little lazy with the painting. I use a very thin color and keep adding more on the sides I want shaded darker until I get the color I want. I am pushing and pulling the color depending on how wet it is and sometimes the pushing gets a little sloppy.
For the cardstock I chose to use the new Dusty Durango...(I really like this color), Always Artichoke and Chocolate Chip. For the "bear" panel I chose to cut the Chocolate Chip about 3/4" longer than the image. I used my SU paper piercer guide to mark the edges of the cs every other hole starting one hole below the image. I wanted the SU linen thread to stay separated and be more defined. I then used my 1/8th circle punch to punch abt a half of the circle out on the edges where I marked withthe piercer. I really like the linen on Masculine cards. I used Very Vanilla Cardstock for the base of my card and all the stamped images...I think I have been doing that alot lately. I sent the Durango and the Artichoke through my cuttlebug using the mosaic and Leafy Branch folders. The sentiment comes form SU "Teeny Tiny Verses" set.
Until Later ... Happy Stamping!

03 August 2009

Anniversary Card

I have been busy making cards all weekend...In our Family August Celebrations are almost like celebrating Christmas. Between all the anniversaries and birthdays I needed 17 cards. I will have a few blog post to share with you this week.
One of the favorite cards were the Anniversay cards. I used the DCWV Designer paper I have been hoarding a beautiful black & cream with whites, grays and a nice black flocking on several sheets in the pack.
Its called "La Creme",

I needed 3 cards so I used the bottom half of a 12x12 sheet to make the 3 cards I needed. I used a light golden tan from a neutrals card stock package. I either picked up at Michaels or Walmart years ago it seemed to be the perfect color to go with the yellow tan on the page. I also used cardstock from a package of Black I bought in the stationary section at Walmart to mate the designer paper. Again ,I am trying to use my stash as stated earlier in the year. I also cut 1" strips of the black to emboss with my textile folder in my Cuttlebug, I managed to emboss all three strips in one pass. I used a strip of the dp from the top section of the 12x12 sheet and cut it at 1 3/4" and used my SU scalloped border punch and then layered the black 1" strip on top. I then layered a piece of 1/4" picot vanilla ribbon on the top third of the strip of paper and then layered it on the flocked bottom of the designer paper.

The last thing I did was use my Cricut "Storybook" cartridge to make the sentiment background. I used the Cricut Design Studio (CDS) software to layer two of the same tag on top of each other and then stretching the shapes to get a shadow effect I wanted. The Lighter layer was a piece of the same Designer paper. I then Stamped the Mr&Mrs Sentiment from my taggers Dozen Stamp Set white my Jet Black StazOn Ink. I enlarged that area of the card to show you some of the detail. I hope you like it what do you think?


Until Later...Happy Stamping!

31 July 2009

A Card for Baby Marah Beth

My dear friend Wendy posted the LSC231 challenge today for SplitCoast-Stampers! My other Friend Melissa Had her Baby Girl Yesterday, so I combined the two things and made this card for my friend.

I used my cricut for the Doily cardbase & lining(Wild Card) and Stars(George). I used Pink Pirouette, Very Vanilla, & Chocolate Chip cardstock.

I used my Cuttlebug "Textile" folder to add some embossing to the cut out Stars. and mounted them on dimensionals. I stamped with Timber Brown StazOn, using Papertrey Inks, Heavenly Medley Set.

Hope everyone enjoys it...
until later ...Happy Stamping

30 July 2009

White Ellie Box Items


On the CC thread at SCS we decided to do another quick swap of Items we all ready owned valued at 20$, Make a card and send a silly item(the White Elephant) and send it annonymous to the person whose name we were assigned...We were supposed to open our boxes on the 23 but have been waiting becasue a few were sent out late. This is part of the reason I havent had a post lately. I made this card( had to have and Elephant somewhere on it), and bath salt jar for my Ellie...

For the card I used Pink Pirouette and my Cuttlebug to emboss with the "Argyle" A2 folder. I cut the little ellie using "New Arival" cut from a neutrals package from Michaels and Paper Co. I used pastels to add some color details. I used the sentiment from teeny tiny verses...really loving this new SU stamp set. and rounded the edges of the 3/4" circle punch to trim the Gray matting. The sentiment was punched with the Word window punch, and I added some little Gemstones fr the dots ont he "i"s. The Elli and sentiment are mounted on Dimensionals.

The wonderful ribbon used ont he Jar was in my Cricut box I recieved a few months ago..I picked the colors from it for cardstock to decorate. Now honestly I didnt have to buy anything to make these bath salts..I had saved the left over ones form making some for my cricut swap box and my Mothers day box for my mom. the jars I bought last year when Wal-mart was clearing them out to use for Lotion I never made last christmas becasue of being busy with my Dd's Wedding. I did discover that the SU 1 3/4" circle punch makes a circle that fits perfectly on the metal lid indent. The cardstock is some old SU pink and Some Michaels Paper company assortment in Blues close to Tempting Turquoise but slightly lighter. the Purple is Lovely Lilac, and the white GP cardstock from Wal-mart. I cut the flower from the Lifes a Beach cart with my Cricut. The pearls were sent to me in the cricut swap stuff also...Thanks again Diana!
tomorrow I will do a special thank you post for my Ellie box...
Until Later ...Happy Stamping!

29 July 2009

Secret Sister Jewelry


My DD#6 made some very pretty jewelry for her Secret Sister at Camp...It turned out very nice so I asked her if I could post it here on my blog she said,"sure". I honestly think she could sell the stuff. this is just a short quick post to share it. The necklace didnt get justice laying on a flat table with no light behind it, but I was lucky I even got a chance to take a picture of it...


Until Later...Happy Stamping!

28 July 2009

Faith Candles


I got up very early this morning because I forgot that yesterday I found this package of votives for 7.95 at Michaels in the wedding isle...I Saw them and thought I have white vinyl I could decorate these really easy and help my friend fill the box I posted earlier.

I used CDS(Cricut Design Studio) to LO and cut the objects quickly..I thought I was going to have to type "Faith" with a font and add the welded swirls myself, but the "Home Accent" cart had the word already for me..so I just sized it to fit and cut out twelve of them on a 6X12 mat. then on a second page I Used the "Indie Art" cart and cut out the 12 Butterflies.
I originally used one ot the Butterflies from home accents but my mat wasnt sticky enough...Oops and the cut out pieces kept balling up mostly cause the vinyl wasnt stuck down well enough and because it had a lot of little intricate swirls...

For Camp this year the theme is "Round Up of Values"..our wards value is Faith, and the color for Faith is White.. I would have definately use a contrasting color of vinyl if this wasnt the case. My friend was using a butterfly as a symbol of Faith. I put three candles together in the first picture so you can see what the whole image looks like...they were all cut at about 2" I sized it in CDS so I dont know the exact height it was cut at.
I would recommend doing something similar for a party favor they went together very quickly..I was able to put them together in about an hour and a half ,it took longer because I had to layout & recut the butterflies...I think 12 in an hour would be very doable!

20 July 2009

A few Simple July Birhtday Cards




I have been meaning to do a few challenges on Splitcoast for the last few weeks. One I made a week ago and the other one I finished up today...They are probably way to late to post on the challenges but they are simple easy cards and I thought since everyone seems to be busy I would share them.


Both Cards use a very similar style. I used kraft paper for the base of both cards...I also used aqua painters and reinkers to color in the images. On the first one Certainly Celery and Old Olive were used to add a bit of color to the dragon fly.

I used some Cuttlebug folders on the cards also Twigs, and Mosaic...I reversed the mosaic on the the first card just to have a different feel. I thought the reversed impression looked more like a snake skin and went well with the buggy theme of the card.

The first card was originally for "Wendybell"s LSC226 called "Chinese Take Out" but I inadvertantly put the ribbon on the card and goofed. I used Teeny Tiny verses for the Sentiment.

The second card I made using the CC225,"Krafty Saffron Nights"! I used the "Flitting By" wheel and a Sentiment from "For a Friend" to make the second card. Some cardstock scraps of So Saffron and Night of Navy were used also. I cut and used the aqua painter to color the butterflies and curled the wing tips around a pen. I then mounted them on dimensionals.

Just a few simple cards I think my FIL and SIL will appreciate this week for their Birthdays.

Until later ... Happy Stamping!

18 July 2009

Value RoundUp..Scrapbook Box

I have been very busy..I could probably make several post up if I took the time. My finger has been acting up the last few weeks makes it a little difficult to type adncraft..today we also worked on DD's Room..All I have to do now is pick up some longer braces for the valance rod the ones with the rod were only an inch deep and we need at least an 1.5"! I guess I'll pick that up on Monday. we did get all the outlet covers on and the mirror hung and the vent and heat duct and mini blinds hung.

A few weeks ago I was talking to my girlfriend who has taken my place at the girls camp I did the last few years. I asked her what seh was doing for handouts and she told me how she wasnt doing any becasue she couldnt make anything as nice as I have done in the past..quite the compliment but it made me a bit sad to think the girls werent getting a special momento from camp. I told her I could make these little 4" square boxes if she coudl come up with some thing to put in them..she got excited t the thought. I thought I would share the boxes and details with you. The theme is Value Round Up...a cowboy theme...the girls have an 8 value thing they work on for Church projects during there teen years. I pulled out my Cricut Paper Dolls Cart and went to town.

I picked up some double sided Bohemian Paper that used a "Baja Breeze Ridinghood Red" color. the one side was pretty much a solid blue and the other the Red with Small Blue Polka dots. I cant remeber the title of the paper I picked up at Michaels this week...I trimed the edge and DS emptied the garbage before I remebered to write it down. I stamped the paisley from the Polkadots and Paisleys SU set on the solid blue side and on some"Baja Breeze" squares cut to 6" for the lids of the box. I have posted this box before, but basically score the 6" square about an 1" on each side.. The 12" Dp is scored into 4" squares making 9 squares on a sheet.


I cut out the cowgirls figure and accessories using th efollowing SU colors..Very Vanilla, So Saffron, Night of Navy, Riding hood Red, really Rust , Chocolate Chip. Iused my pastels to dab some pink on the cheeps and some Dark Brown to the Boots and the Hair. I assembeled using tap runner and my Zyron "X". then mounted on the page with my ATG. I then printed the snetiment on a piece of Very Vanilla Card stock and punched it out with my SU scalloped Square Punch. I sponge the sentiment with some Ridinghood Red Ink.

For the outside of the Box I used my George Cartridge and cut the "Star" using the slotted tags feature, on to a Medium Weight coaster using the multicut 4times. I sitll had to use some scissors cause I havent bought a Deep Cut Blade yet!.. I then Sanded and finished the stars by wiping them on my Going Gray ink pad and then dabbing with my Silver Dew Drop...I used just the silver on one and decided I didnt have that much silver ink.. The gray got absorbed and made the silver ink go further. My friend is picking up rafia to tie the lids on, but I used some Twill so you could get he idea.

I cut a Whisper White cardstock piece and matted with Ridinghood Red for Journaling in the center... and 6 other horseshoes at 1 3/4" to use to dress up the page in the other value colors...the colors are blue, orange, green, purple, yellow, gold,..White and Red(used int he matting...these were cut and then ran throught the "X" to make stickers and left on the backing until the girls have puictures t o add and dress up the page... I hope you can see all the other details in the pictures I used scraps to cut the horseshoes ... some previously mentioned SU colors and some less expensive Michaels assort pack colors...Until Later...Happy Stamping!

10 July 2009

I have been very busy...

We started a room project over a year and a half ago...



I have been working hard on the room,
and on my scrapbook.
The scrap book is mostly finished,
now...a few days ago I took pictures to share with a friend.

Some of the pages still needed a few pictures, but I
thought I would share them with you.

On the first page I did painstakingly take a pair of scissors and a xacto knife and cut out the swirl from the page in order to slip

the matted image behind the swirl on the page.


If you click on the images they will enlarge so you can see them!





I already mentioned what I used on the pages in earlier post.













I think that my DD and her new husband will love looking at it for many years to come.

















I dont think she has ever mentioned coming and looking at my craft blog, so I think I will share it with you..















I can get them all in this one post.
I decided to load all of them as small images.
I am hoping you will still be able to see the pages



Until Later... Happy Stamping!




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