Thank you to my girls!!!

Thank you to my girls!!! My girls are my friends and family who meet with me every month to make cards and hang out. They have been with me for quite awhile now so this month I did a special thank you to them. We made three cards, and this 3D project. It is a 3x3 notecard box and cards to go with it. I also got each of them a stamp set. The project to the right is not one I created myself, it was actually found on split coast stampers - thank you to Elaine from Elaine's Creations for the idea that I borrowed for my girls. They loved this cute 3d project as much as I did. We made it completely together instead of me having everything ready for them like I normally would. So just one more last thank you to my girls - I love ya!!!!

Pun Fun

Ok, so here is my card for Ann's challenge this week. It is minimum materials. Three layers including the base layer, two embellishments, and dimensional, any theme. I used the Pun Fun stamp set - only orange, rose red, old olive, and barely banana paper for my three layers. Flower fusion orange flower, and green rhinestone brad for my embellishments, and my dimension is the barely banana square the hippo is on. Very quick, easy and cute. Thanks Ann for keeping me challenging myself and on my toes - also for making me get on my blog more by doing your challenges.

Dreams du Jour Box

Ok, so I really didn't care for the box that I made earlier too much so I decided for Ann's challenge to make something else. This is a different shape box that is a 1/2 inch thick and could hold pictures. I used the new pink pirouette cardstock for the box and added the new DSP Bella Rose for the roses. I used the stamp set Dreams du Jour and heat embossed the saying in the bottom left corner in black and the red center saying with clear embossing powder. The box velcros shut, but another look for it would be to use a belly band instead of velcro. Be sure to check out Ann's challenges and join in the fun.

Chipboard Flower Box

This box is for Ann's creative challenge this week. Her challenge this week was heat embossing. I used chipboard flowers and heat embossed white for the outside, and tapped it with mellow moss ink to add a little more color to it. The inside flower is heat embossed with yellow then stamped with real red ink. The saying is heat embossed with black and to make it not so plain I added a mellow moss taffeta ribbon. Not exactly my favorite turn out but it looks ok. Be sure to check out Ann's site and join in on her challenges.

Garden Silhouettes

I created this card as part of my friend Ann's getting creative with Ann challenge for this week. Her challenge involved the colors of Brocade Blue, Groovy Guava, and Wild Wasabi. I used the setting sun technique from Andrea Walford's tutorial. My stamps are Garden Silhouettes, Just Like You, and A Little Birthday Cheer. I embossed them and added some rhinestone brads from the pretties kit.
Be sure to check out Ann's website for her challenges and join in on the fun each week.

Stampin' Up!! Big-shot Die Cut Machine

Hey Everyone -
This week is convention week for Stampin' Up!! I unfortunately was unable to attend this year but they do some amazing and wonderful things at convention including showing off new products that will be coming out. Here is one of the products that will be coming out in the upcoming mini catalog, it is called Big-shot Die Cut Machine. You will be able to order the machine and die cuts starting September 2, 2008.

Cd box - tutorial

Supplies:

1 - 8 1/2 x 11 sheet white glossy cardstock

1 - 8 1/2 x 11 sheet scrap paper

some sort of cd

pencil, black marker, color marker to match

stamps and ink

embossing tool and ruler

scissors

apx. 30 inches of ribbon

sponges or cotton balls

First you want to start by tracing your cd onto your scrap piece of 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper.

Next cut that circle out, and fold in half one way and then the other way - I drew pencil lines to show where you needed to fold at.
Next lay the scrap circle onto your cd and move just slightly to mark a small mark with the black marker at all 4 points on the cd and then use your ruler to draw your lines all the way across your cd with the black marker. You can throw away the scrap paper circle as your cd is now the template to use. Set this aside for a moment.

Now get your sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 white glossy cardstock, use sponges to put on ink and stamp to your desired look across the whole glossy side of the paper.
Flip this over and on the back side trace your cd, then line up 2 of your black lines with the lines on the circle and trace again.
Next move the cd to line up 2 lines with the lines on the circle and trace, do this all the way around both circles - the next picture shows what it should look like when you are done.
Now put your paper on something soft, with your embossing tool - emboss ALL of the inside lines only.
After you have done that, cut out the outside. Then picture below shows what it should look like after you have embossed and cut it out properly.
Now, start with the inside of both circles and crease along your score lines. Check the picture below to see how it should look at this point.
Then finish creasing all of your score lines. Now your box is done and looks like the picture below when opened.
Set this aside for a minute and get your ribbon. Use your matching color marker and color your ribbon, this dries fairly quick so you can use it right away.
Now put whatever you like inside your box, tie your ribbon around it and it is finished. Below is my finished picture from this tutorial.
If you are not able to understand somthing in my tutorial, please feel free to email me with any questions. I tryed to make sure I didn't miss anything by writing it out as I went as this is my first tutorial. Also, if you use the cd - you can get 2 boxes to a sheet but if you want a bigger box - you can use a cool whip lid and get 1 box to a sheet.

Bella Rose Card

This card was made with some of the new in colors that will be coming out. The basic card is Riding Hood Red. The Pink Pirouette had Bella Rose DSP on it w/silver brads and light pink grosgrain ribbon. I used a retired stamp set Watercolor Garden, as I had no current ones to match the roses. My saying is from the current set Carte Postle. I took a close up of the roses so you could see they are dimensional.


This card was a card sketch challenge from my friend Ann's blog - be sure to check out Ann's site.

Stationary box

Ok, so let me tell you about this project. It took me apx. one to two weeks to accomplish this project and should have only taken a few hours at the most. I tryed starting it at work a few times and could not get my measurements correct so got frustrated and gave up for a few days. When I finally came back to it, I got the whole box itself done in apx. one hour - I used all groovy guava and cream colors with the exception of one old olive spot. I used several punches, and the stamp sets time well spent and one of a kind. This picture on the left is of the project completed and closed.

When you open the completed project you can see that it holds cards, tags, love notes, an address book, stamps and a pen. All of them
coordinate well together.

Here is what it looks like with the whole inside taken out. I have a total of 6 cards (you can fit 8), 4 love notes (you can fit 6) and 8 tags (depends on how you make them) also the pen, address book and stamp holder. What a great project to give away as a gift to someone.

Box in a bag

My friend Ann did a blog candy challenge today and this was it. It is called box in a bag.

They are so quick and simple that you can get these done in apx. a half hours time. I

did them first thing this morning at work and used the Simply Scrappin' Secret Garden

pack on mine - no stamping at all. I had so much fun making these but this might be it

for awhile - I start training someone tomorrow for the next 5 weeks. I am so bummed that

I won't have as much time to work on my stuff but work is first when I am at work.

The one on the left I think is my favorite of the two but I think they are both so darn cute, they are both the same size but the one on the right was taken at farther away so it looks smaller here. I am going to try and make one a little bit bigger but just don't know right now when I will have the time to do so.

Becky's moms birthday card

My friend Becky asked me the other day to make her a card for her moms birthday (which is several months from now), she wanted flowers and sparkles - so today while at work I created Becky's moms birthday card using Time Well Spent stamp set. It is hard to tell in the picture however I used brown, and pretty in pink cardstock along with the rose red DSP. I colored in the flowers with a rose red marker and have dazzling diamonds on the edges of each flower along with in the middle and on each dot of the butterfly. This card turned out way better than I expected it to do but I really like it alot - way stinkin' cute!!!! Challenge yourself with creating something new and cool!!

Emergency Card in a box Kit

This is an emergency card in a box kit. There are 2 boxes and 12 cards w/envelopes when you are done. If you frequently forget a person's birthday, have ever procrastinated buying a birthday card until it was late - then this emergency kit is for you!! All you have to do is open the package, select a card, sign it - seal the envelope and mail it. All I needed to make this kit was one Simply Scrappin' kit, cutter w/scoring blade, scissors, adhesive, bone folder, and sticky strip. The whole project took me around an hour and you can get four boxes/24 cards with one Simply Scrapin' kit. This kit is a great gift for someone who is good at forgetting too.