Gift for Baby

I needed to decorate this bag for a baby gift.

I often buy these gift bags in bulk in a variety of colors to have on hand for gifts. They are inexpensive and handy, but need to be cuter. I often cut out something to decorate them, for this baby bag I went fairly simple.

I used my Gypsy to layout and design the cut. I used the "Gypsy Wanderings" images and cut the shadow and image for the Baby in GP white Cardstock and light Pink from GP Pastel cardstock pack.

I did have one problem when enlarging. This might be my fault...I will let you know later. When I went to match up the images the white was a bit longer between the "Y" and the "Bottle" on the pink piece..I fixed this by cutting the shadow piece and then adhering the white with a slight over lap. This may have been user error I will check that out tomorrow. I didnt select and enlarge the pieces at the same time and have them locked when I increased the size. Usually I do this together, but I decided on using a white shadow after laying out the rest of the cut.

You can see the over lap in the cut out picture if you look closely.

I cut 2 baby bottles one in Green and one in Yellow, from the stash scrap. I cut 2 so I could get a yellow nipple. It just didnt seem right for it to be green. I then trimmed the nipple and base of the bottle following the line the cricut cut.

Until Later....Happy Stamping!

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HEY, HEY, HEY, Blog Candy Players

I figure my blog candy will be awarded on Monday...My dear friend called, she does taxes and is very busy usually until April, SHe wants to go to the LSS. We never do anything until April usually rhus time of year..She has been having a rough few months..so it wouldnt be right to not go spend a day helping her get away from the world if you know what I mean,, and it wouldnt be right to go to this LSS and not get something! Its a huge store and carries everything ...so tomorrow morning I will be going with her to do some shopping...I figure I will probably buy something. She always feels bad when she spends more than I do, which is usually always! I also have some money burning a hole in my pocket from selling my little cricut & jukebox. Hoq can I not buy something! We will see...but I thought I would let you know.

I did start a project to post today...some jars filled with chocolates..I was going to cut vinyl for them...I misread the screen on my Gypsy, actually miscounted and put the vinyl an inch higher than I should have. Then I just ran out of time to get them finsihed. I was making them for friends that were coming for lunch.
I planned this lunch about a month ago..daye got changed etc...

We had an enjoyable time, and they did go home with jars of chocolate. This is why I have spent more time cleaning than creating...now my house is clean so I think I will create tonight.

I have a baby gift bag to do for my friends DD. I'll it at midnight, if I get it made!

Until Later...Happy Stamping!

P.S. Karen M you might want to email me your address, because It looks like you might have guessed the exact date...I tried clicking your ID for a blog or email but no luck. Looks like you might have guessed the very day..I will know for sure when I get home tomorrow...

Another Birthday Card

SO I have been busy..de junking and cleaning...seems I am too tired to create...or too cold..DH bought me a little space heater and I used that last night to keep my toesies warm while I made a card for SCS269.

I used some SU: DP retired from last years catty.

I pulled the Bashful Blue cardstock out na d embossed with D'vine swirl.as the base. I trimmed a piece of SU Only Orange to 1 1/2" then punched down both side with my MS Lattice Arch punch. I also emboseed a piece withthe flowers from "with Love" border embossers. I used my MS pastel teardrops tosponge the light blue color onto the flowers and added Pearls from "The Paper Studio". Finally I added a strip of Bashful Blue between the Orange punched piece and then began layering. The last layer on dimensionals is the sentiment piece, I stamped "Birthday Wishes" from SU:Sincere Salutations set in Only Orange ink., matting in So saffron and using my Marvy double corner punch. I would have posted this last night but thought I would tweek it today on this panel adding some squares or swirls....Today I decided between scrubbing the stove and scanning pictures, doing laundry.etc......It was fine how it is...Hope you enjoy it! Until later...Happy Stamping!

Another Pastel Beauty...I Guess

I am so glad I have finally got a routine going of getting around to making a challenge card andposting to my blog on a regular basis...hoping I can keep it up.

today I did the SC268 challenge on SCS. I wanted to do a mostly white card with a small amount of light pink. As usual what I start out "thinking I am doing" is not what I end up with.

For this card I used SU:Basic Gray, Pink Pirouette and GP White cardstock. I really like how it turned out. I heat embossed the two ends of the image from SU:"Bothway Blossoms" and the "Happy, Happy, Birthday" sentiment from SU: "All Year Cheer II" with Ranger White Detail Embossingpowder and Versa mark. Then I used a sponge to ink with my MS teardrop pastle inks in "PinkDahlia". After this dired I trimmed the images andmatted with Basic Gray. I used the swiss dots and Victoria EF's again just love this look , anyone sick of it yet? then I adhered the layers and put the sentiment on EK: dimensional squares(1/16"). I think it turned out very cute and wentto gether very quickly.

Until Later...Happy Stamping!

Perfectly Plum Day

I finally had some time today to do a couple of challenges on SCS. I really wanted to make the little matchbook candy holder from TLC260, and use the Color Combination from CC258. I really liked the colors so I used them for both the Card and the matchbook. The color combo is, PerfectPlum, Pale Plum and Soft Suede. I really love Perfect Plum so it surprised me that I used more Pale Plum on my projects.

The Birthdy Card uses SU:" Sincere Salutations" for the sentiment, and they both use the stemmed flower from SU:"Embrace Life". The "Thinking of You" is an individual Stamp byPaper Salon I picked up at a LSS years ago. I used Victoria EF again..I just love the soft look of its embossing. The ribbon is a Plum Offray grosgrain I purchased at Wal-mart. I made a hole with SU: slot tool punch to tie the ribbon on the sentiment panel. Then I raised it up on Fiskars med. Pop Dots.

The matchbook candy cover was fun and quick to do. If you need Directions for the matchbook please follow this link to TLC260.

There is a link to a tutorial in post #1.


I loved how the bottom edge of the Matchbook turned out. I layered a small strip of Soft Suede, with pieces of the 2 plum colors and then punched with my Martha Stewart "Arch Lattice" and SU "scalloped" border punches. I tied the 1/8" stitched ribbon around the layers. The flower images were stagger stampped in Timber Brow Stazon and the painted with a H2O painter using Pale Plum and Perfect Plum Watercolor Wonder Crayons. I love how you can keep layering them to get the look and darkness of color. I did add a tiny bit of Mellow Moss along the stem.

Until Later...Happy Stamping!

Please see the Blog Candy post in January

if You are interested in the Blog Candy for the Year...

I keep thinking of things I want to buy, but so far I am hanging in there and using my Stash...seriously I have alot of stash. My Firends keep tempting me and sending me emails of all the cool stuff out there...

Please comment on that post if you would like to be in on the action

there are still hundreds of days available!

A....Birthday Card of Sorts

I have a friend on SCS who has had a cast on for a few weeks...her Brother hs been bugging her for his birthday card, because she is a little behind schedule...he has been teasingher and wantinghis card...SHe got her cast off on Friday last week and was mentioning how muchhe wanted his card...so a few of us said we could send cards too, because he likes them so much.

This si the card I made to be honest I am not feeling it today so this card lacks a little of its Wow factor. I used my Gypsy and layed it out then cut it. I think I made everythingthe perfect size for a scrapbook page but a little large for a card. So I kepts angling and adjusting & trimming all the pieces until it fit on the card...It doesnt look like anything I had pictured in my head... My head also has went blank as to what Cart the Cake came from? I used D'vine swirl to decorate thefrosting and Swiss Dots ont he background..I also used SU:Scalloped Square Punch and Word Window Punch to make the sentiment treatment...the stamp is from teeny tiny verses...

Cardstock is Chocolate Chip, Barely Banana, Baja Blue..Ink is Timber Brown StazOn....I think thats all I got today

I had a big "How Old?" I wanted to put on the frontside... I had to move to the inside of the card.

Oh well Its hard to make a card for someone you dont even know...Hope you enjoyed it. I resized the template so I can try making another card later that looks like the vision in my head..Until Later...Happy Stamping!

Valentine Giftbags

I needed to make some quick gift bags so I can get them ready for my kids today. When I went Blog hopping I found this cute Idea by Dawn. Lucky for me she has a tutorial with pictures!

I decided to give it a try. The bags were very easy and went together quickly. I decided to use my Cricut again. Seems to be the thing for me lately. I used my Gypsy to layout 3 mats. one withthe hearts and the grass and one with Lady bugs and one withthe animals. The images came from differnet carts. Grass and animals from Everyday Paperdolls and the Heart and Ladybugs from Doodle Charms.

Until Later ...Happy Styamping! & maybe I should add "Cricut"ing