13. October 2009 by admin.

Here is a gift bag and notebook that I altered for my niece for her birthday.  I also made this little 3×3 card.  The bag is a lunch bag that I cut down with my cutterpede scallop edged blade.  I also stamped the tissue paper with ColorBox chalk rouge ink and the castle stamp.  The images are all by imaginisce- fairest of them all collection-carriage, crown and castle.  I used Stazon jet black ink.  The little images on the altered notebook along with the letters are from EK Success- DSP001 Princess ABC (Disney).  Ribbon is from the Paper Studio.  Rhinestones are by Queen & Co.

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10. October 2009 by admin.

Here is a card I made for my co-worker in my classroom.  Her birthday was on Wednesday.  I used 2sketches for you 36  http://www.2sketches4you.blogspot.com/   Stamps and Smiles project Tuesday     http://sasprojecttuesday.blogspot.com/ .  I love how this little gift card holder turned out.  This is the first time I’ve made this style of card holder, and boy was it fast and easy! 

Supplies:  button from Bag O’ Buttons by the Paper Studio, twine from Papertrey Ink, ribbon , birthday wishes stamp from Hero Arts- Birthday Messages, EK Success 1 1/4 inch circle punch, the paper studio 1 7/16″ scallop punch, cs from HL, pp from HL made by My Mind’s Eye  Bloom & Grow (checkered paper is Checking out, floral pp is Spring in Bloom), ink is ColorBox chalk- Olive Pastel.  Thanks for looking and feel free to leave a comment.  Have a great Saturday…we have snow on the ground here :) 

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5. October 2009 by admin.

Well, things didn’t go as planned.  I only got one card made yesterday.  It’s a birthday card for a co-worker whose birthday was this weekend.  I had lost my mojo and I think it’s because I have been still using my summer colored papers.  When I was digging in my stash and came across these, I started getting it back!  This sketch was from last weeks 2sketches for you #36.  I am very happy with the way this card turned out.   Thanks for looking.

Supplies:  cs was from a pack that was in my stash…came from Michael’s.  Image is $1.00 set from studio g, pp was in the stash and it’s from We R memory makers- country flowers, twine from Papertrey Ink, button was in my stash, ink is Colorbox petal point alchemy.  I used my 1 3/4 circle punch and 2 5/16 scallop punch.

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22. September 2009 by admin.

Here is a birthday card that I made for our school librarian.  I took a picture with the chocolate nuggets that I give out with each card.  The bird image is from the set birds galore by inkadinkado.  The ribbon was in my stash.  I think I picked it up from Michaels.  I used colorbox chalk ink.  The bird is lipstick red and the edging is blue iris.

I just stamp the Happy Birthday image on an address label and wrap it around a nugget of chocolate.  Who wouldn’t want to get to pieces of chocolate on their birthday? The birthday stamp is a clear $1 set from Studio g (Kolette Hall series 24).

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19. September 2009 by admin.

Here is the card I made for the PPA8.  I also made it for a co-worker for her birthday.  I have made it my personal goal to make a birthday card for every co-worker in our school.  I started in September and I think we have had 10 or so birthdays.  I need several for October too.  I have decided that whenever I participate in a challenge I will make a birthday card so hopefully I will have a stash built up again.  Plus, then I have to participate since the card is needed for work, right…:)  The purple background paper was in my stash.  I got it several years ago in one of the paper stacks for Christmas.  The flower like image is from a newer set of my by American Craft-clear stamp sentiments, which I am loving!  I stamped it several times across the white cs.  Our local HL is carrying them and there are several more sets that I wouldn’t mind picking up.  I stamped the image with Colorbox chalk wisteria.  It’s a petal point set, primary pastels.  The butterfly is from my bridgeport set by s.e.i.  I stamped the solid butterfly in blue and the detailed butterfly in the same purple again.  The blue is from Colorbox Paintbox chalk- ocean breeze and the color is ice blue.   The ribbon came from HL in their floral section.  I used my corner rounder for the white cs.  Then I used my 1 7/16 scallop punch on the purple cs from HL and my 1 1/4 circle punch on the butterfly.  This was a very quick and easy card to make.  What do you think, I ‘d love to hear your thoughts.  Thanks for looking and have a great Saturday.

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19. September 2009 by admin.

Good morning all,

Here is the birthday card I made for my mother-in-law last night.  I have been wanting to use the ESS52 sketch and finally did!  The card also meets the Color Challenge 236 on SCS which are pretty in pink, soft suede and whisper white.  The third challenge is for ssnotime105.  You can only stamp your image in black or brown ink…no color.  I used Colorbox chalk chestnut roan.  THe image is from Inkadinkado- Stamp it, girlfriend.  I used white and pink cs along with the pp that was in my scrap box.  The ribbon is from American crafts.  The brad was also in my stash of goodies.  The inside sentiment is from Printworks-clearly defined.

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16. September 2009 by admin.

Here’s a birthday card for a girl.  I stamped the white cs scallop with lime pastel ink.

Supplies:  white cs, pink cs, pp from paper studio (found at Hobby Lobby), ribbon was in mt stash, 1 7/16 scallop punch, present image (A-3436  PSX), happy birthday (rubber stampede 3329k)

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10. September 2009 by admin.

So things continue to be busy here.  I am trying to post at least once a week…would like to do it more often than that.  Here are some more things that I have created in the last month or so that have been waiting to enter blogland :)  This is a bag and tag that I made for my mom to give to my great Aunt on her birthday.

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30. August 2009 by admin.

We have a birthday party for our cousins kids tonight. Here is the card I made for their 16 (I think ) year old boy.

The money holder was made by adhering a strip of blue cs to the inside of the card. I then put a strip of poke-a-dot paper over it and added a staple to two opposite corners. The pictures below are the card and gift I made for their three year daughter. I had this baby paper in my wrapping stash. I don’t use it because it has a defect going through the middle of the paper throughout the entire roll. Instead of recycling I opted to reuse it. I flipped it over and stamped the happy birthday image all over it using colorbox chalk rouge.

Then I decided to use the card I made as part of the packaging rather than sticking it in an envelope.

What do you think? I challenge you to find something to reuse before having it going into your recycling bin. I’d love to see what you create…share it in the comments section. Thanks for looking.

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13. August 2009 by admin.

Sunday was my dad’s birthday and I made him some of his favorite candy. I created the boxes for his sweet treats to go in. I created the printed paper by stamping the circle print in alternating colors of blue and gray. Then I came back and added color with a dot stamp in orange and red. I scored my kraft paper after decorated. Then I centered my oval cutter in the middle of the lid and made the window. I cut a larger oval out of transparency paper and adhered that to the inside, creating this window. The small box utilizes an entire sheet of 8.5 x 11 paper and the large box uses a whole 12×12 sheet. I wrapped them with twine and added a button (both from Papertrey ink). I hand wrote enjoy on the blue oval and used a glue dot to attach it to the box. My dad liked the boxes… because of what was inside them, of course

I also made him a matching card. What do you think? Thanks for looking and have a wonderful Wednesday

Materials Used:

8.5×11 kraft cs, 12×12 kraft cs, Daisy buckets- bubble stamp, ki memories- baby time stamp (little dot), we r memory keepers mvp opaque ink pads #41150-5(they are a set of four), twine from Papertrey ink, vintage button- Papertrey ink, printworks clearly defined- Q002 great birthday

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