2. June 2010 by admin.

Yesterday my baby sister had her first child.  Her and her husband were blessed with a beautiful, healthy baby boy.  We drove up to see them yesterday and here are a few of the many pictures I snapped of him.  Look at all that hair!

Here is the card and onesie I altered for him. 

I couldn’t resist this blowfish…isn’t it just adorable!  He is going to look so cute in it

Here it is packaged up with some ribbon, twine and a tag.

Supplies: card: blue, brown and off white cs-Hobby Lobby, printed paper -imaginisce/baby powder-king of the crib, onesie image-studio g/katie & co.

onesie: onseise, blowfish-imaginisce/ snag em’, ColorBox Chalk inks-chestnut roan and lime green

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2. June 2010 by admin.

I took this picture last year on the 4th of July.  My oldest son and his cousins found a mud puddle and decided to paint themselves and bathe in it.  They would get themselves full of mud and then run to the lake side chanting “let’s get clean, let’s get clean” and jumped off the dock into the lake.  Then they ran pack to the the muddle puddle saying “let’s do it again, let’s do it again”.  We all had so much fun watching them do this for about an hour.  Anyhow :), here is a layout that I did of  my son(I am working on the rest of the photos from this fun-filled weekend).  I put it on two challenges: The Pink Elephant scrapbook #9 -summer theme and Little Red Wagon #31-altered embellishment.  I inked the white floss with butterscotch ColorBox chalk.  Thanks fo looking.  I have some more posts to share with you hopefully later

Supplies:  pp-the Paper studio/boy multi block, white cs-the Paper Studio, colored cs-making memoreis, carefree & fun sentiment-studio g, embroidery thread-Sullivan’s (was white), ColorBox Chalks-butterscotch, chestnut roan, dark brown and charcoal, title-scrappy cat/twist of lime, mud drops-recollections/splat, journal tag-Kaiser Scrapbook/kid’s zone

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24. May 2010 by admin.

Two teachers at my school had babies and there was a combined shower for them.  They both had girls so I decided to make the same gift for both of them.  Here is a picture of the whole package…sorry the photos are dark again.  We had several weeks of cloudy skies and rain.  I stamped the bunny image onto a onesie with ColorBox chalk rouge ink and then heat seat it.  I just love this image.  The set has other cute images too.  It’s a shame I had to get it in Omaha because out Michaels does not have a very big collection of stamps.  They are just started to re do it and it’s about time!  The first time I saw this set was when we were at the Sioux City, Iowa Michaels….which has a huge collection of stamps.  I bought the boy set because it’s mostly boys in our families.  But then I continued to think about this girl set and really wanted it.  We took the boys to the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo for Gaven’s birthday and I was able to swing in to one of the Michaels and pick this set up!  I am so happy I did…isn’t it just the cutest image Then I stamped some labels and wrapped them around the nuggets.  I stamped the pink image several times on white cs, punched it out and then stamped congratulations on it.

Here is a close up of the onesie and chocolates.

Here is a close up of the tag I stamped.

Supplies: twine- PTI, Colorbox chalk rouge ink and StazOn jet black ink, EK punch, clear bag, ribbon was in my stash, onesie, image and sentiment on tag-studio g, bunny image-Sandylion girl clear stamp set

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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.

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

Posted in Nestablilities, ColorBox ink, Creative Memories, Sizzix, Epic 6, the Paper Studio, recycled, feel better soon, American Crafts, studio g, altered project, Papertrey ink | No Comments »

6. March 2010 by admin.

Wow, I can’t believe it’s March already.  I feel as though I blinked the last two months away.  While I haven’t been blogging I have been busy crafting.  I will start uploading everything this morning.  Here are some sympathy cards that I made.  The brown poke dot paper was from my scraps box, brown cs is from HL, twine and button are Papertrey Ink, with sympathy stamp is Kolette Hall for Studio G, cattails and dragonflies stamp by  Stampabilities and ink is chestnut roan colorbox chalk..

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11. November 2009 by admin.

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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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3. October 2009 by admin.

Here is a card I made in honor of National Card Making Day.  We have been busy around here today so my plans for doing nothing but making cards was scratched.  But…I plan on doing some card making tomorrow.  I am hoping to complete all four challenges over at Nichole’s blog (Capture the Moment on my side bar) with Papertrey Ink. The sketch is from Caardvarks Saturday Sketchfest sketch found here  http://caardvarks.blogspot.com/2009_09_01_archive.html.    I will have to list all the supplies when I get back tonight.  I wanted to share at least on card today so here it is.

Supplies: pp paper is spooky dots from the Paper Studio,  cs is Trick or Treat fashion pack colors from the Paper company, orange grosgrain ribbon is from Offray, Colorbox petal black ink, stamps are studio g ($1.00 stamps).  Buttons were in my stash…I pick them up in packs at the local fabric stores and Wal-Mart in their fabric section.

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1. October 2009 by admin.

So I worked on these little gifts until midnight.  I had fun with them.  There is one more project I want to do but my creative flow was slowing down.  Maybe tonight I will get to it!  The first one up is for my little sister.  She is in town today for work and I will see her tonight for Girls’ Night Out…love these nights and they only come around once a month.  Anyway, this project is over at Stamps and Smiles for project Tuesday http://sasprojecttuesday.blogspot.com/.  I used pp from the Paper Studio (currently at HL), solid paper is from the paper pack Trick or Treat by The paper company.  Black grosgrain ribbon was in my stash and the BOO! ribbon I just picked up at HL and it says Halloween crafts on it and is made by HL????  The ghosts and goblins stamp is by katie & co. for studio g.  The jar is filled with graham cracker crumbs, ghost peeps and Halloween colored m&m’s.  The baking directions are glued onto the bottom of the jar as I did not want a tag hanging from the jar.  Make sure to head over t Project Tuesday for all the directions on this fun little number.

Up next is a little comfort cup for my principal.  SHe was out sick yesterday and I thought she could use a little cheering up.  The cup is from The Dollar Tree.  I filled it with travel Kleenex, hand sanitizer, chapstick, a little chocolate and some honey vanilla chamomile tea.  The card is 3×3.  The images are all from Papertrey Ink, on my couch set.  The ribbon was in my stash (I know it came from the $1 bins at Michael’s awhile ago).  The button is from bag o’ buttons from the paper studio.  Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your Thursday.  It looks like it’s going to be wet and cold here today.

Stacy

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