23. July 2011 by admin.

challenge 3.  This challenge called for punching a window in your card and tying ribbon or twine from it.  I decided to run the cover through an embossing folder first, then punched the circle.  I traced the circle in pencil very lightly so I couls see where to stamp my image.

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14. June 2011 by admin.

First up are some goodies I made for my birthday peeps.  Two gals have the same birthday as me at the school I work at.  I made them these little stands, mini cupcakes and card for our special day.  The inside of the card said ‘big wishes to my birthday peeps’.  I had just gotten this stamp and loved it! You will see I used it again for Easter.  I got the idea from the tomkat studio.  They were inexpensive, fast and fun to make.  I will be making more of them.

This is a card I made for my nephew who turned 1!

Next are some easter goodie bags and tags for my nieces and nephews.  I cut the tip of the pins off after I had them tread through the bag and tag. I used Stazon pumpkin ink to stamp the dots onto the lunch sack. The tag was cut with my Sizzix Tags, Scallop combo #2 and my Epic 6.

And of course some Mickey Mouse cupcake toppers for Gaven’s birthday!  He loves Mickey Mouse (right now he’s in to Yogi the Bear).  I used my Mickey punch and a circle punch to create these.  I typed up and printed the words on my computer.  I cut them apart, stamped them with some blue circles and attached them to the red circle ( 1 3/4 inch punch), layered the Mickey head and then adhered them to a toothpick.  The tooth pick is sandwiched between this and another red circle on the back.  The punches came from Hobby Lobby.   I made a fun birthday banner to but can’t figure out where the picture went….

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30. June 2010 by admin.

I’m always looking for ways to be greener.  When our cousin’s sons birthday party was coming up, they said he was really into Legos.  It seems like you buy this huge box with only about a 1/4 being used to house the Legos.  Then over time the box breaks down and Legos are falling out everywhere.  I decided to pull out the sewing machine and stitch up this drawstring bag (that I learned how to make in middle school)for the Legos.  I put the box of Legos inside the bag (not knowing if he had this set already) and used the bag as the gift wrap and then explained that the Legos could be stored in there once opened, making it easier to take them with him to a friends’ house and such.  Next I whipped up a simple boy looking tag for the bag.  Both the Legos and the bag were a hit!

Supplies:  fabric and cording from Wal-Mart, sentiment: PTI Enjoy the Ride, Sizzix: tags, scallop combo #2, EK Success: 1 3/4 circle punch, thread and staples

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6. March 2010 by admin.

My cousin turned 21 and this is a little survival kit I made her.  It’s full of things that she can use anytime.  The yellow paper tells her what it is all for.

Here’s a close up of the tag that;s hanging on the bucket.  The stamp is Studio G ($1 set that I picked up a year or to ago…St. Patrick’s Day theme).  Brad is spare parts by the paper studio.  I used DMC floss to tie the tag to the bucket.  All the paper was from HL out of my scrap box.  The tag is from the scalloped tag combo set #2 by Sizzix.  The punch border is Martha Stewart.  I colored the image with Sharpies.

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6. March 2010 by admin.

Here are some white lunch bags I stamped on and filled with goodies for my boys. The monster is from My Little Monsters from Recollections.  The hearts are from Bo Bunny Love birds.  Do you see that vase on the left?  My oldest made that at school for me!  So sweet and it’s made using a recycled glass bottle!

I just love this stamp set.  These little monsters are so fun! These containers are a mini version of large ones that my mom, brother, sister and I have.  We use them during the holidays to hold all our baked goods.  I thought these would be fun to have to either fill with candies or when they just want to bring a few cookies along to someone’s house.  They hold more than you would think .  There’s two trays and each tray held 10 cookies!  I was very surprised by this.  These are filled with monster cookies which is their favorite cookie that I make :)  I re-used the twine from the original tag that was on each container.  I used the largest tag in the Sizzix scallop tag combo set 2.  The little hearts were done with the love birds set mentioned above and colorbox chalk dark brown.  Then I wrote 2 little monsters love u!

Here’s a closer look at the tag on a different container.

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6. March 2010 by admin.

My aunt had surgery and this was a little treat we brought her.  I re-used a peanut butter jar and filled it with mini candy bars.  The dot paper was in my scrap box (I know it came from HL…thinks it’s paper studio).  The button is paper studio and twine is PTI. The scallop circle was done with Nestabilities large scalloped circles.  The ovals were done with Creative Memories oval cutter.  Image is American Crafts clear stamps sentiments.  I stamped the image twice.

A friend of mine had her daughter in the hospital for several days as they were trying to figure out was making her so sick.  This is a little care package I made for her.  It’s filled with a variety of her favorite chocolates.  The tin I re-used, it once had chocolate pretzel balls in it.  Paper is all the same from the above project.  Stamp is from Inkadinkado. Felt flower, brad and ribbon in stash.  Nestabilities large scalloped squares.  The cream tag was done with Sizzix tags, scallop combo #2.

The card was tucked inside the box, I used up scraps for this too.  The stamp  is Kolette Hall got Studio G. 

Thanks for looking.  I hope your weather is better than ours.  We have ran which is freezing can causing accidents all around town.  Maybe it will help melt the snow as we warm up today!  I don’t know about you but I am ready for spring and green grass to play in

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