Stacy's Rantings

Happy Birthday Mike!

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:18:17 +0000

My brother-in-law is celebrating his birthday today. We tend to exchange money between all of us siblings. I decided to make one of these envelope gift bags that I saw here. They are so much fun! Gen shows you how to reuse your junk mail envelopes by covering them with printed paper. She shows you what to do so make sure you hop over and take a look. I decided to keep it clean and simple and I used for sentiments for PTI’s mega mixed messages set. I was looking around on eighteen 25 when they had this post about a Holiday bake, craft and sew along. So I went to the three blogs listed when I saw these subway signs which are super fun. This is my take on the subway sign but on a gift bag. I think the next time I do this I would add some color and birthday related images like presents and candles, maybe even just some dots. I punched a circle from black cs and put a black brad in the center for interest. By adding the circle it made it easier to see where the envelope was divided.

Here is a look inside the envelope bag. I used a black paperclip to attach the tag and money to a package of gum.

Supplies: regular white envelope, Stazon Jet black ink, PTI-mega mixed messages, black cs, 1 1/4 circle punch, black brad, adhesive

Happy Birthday Adam!

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:47:14 +0000

Our nephew celebrated his 5th birthday yesterday. I zipped up this drawstring bag for him. Inside of it are two boxes of Kinex vehicles and an outfit. I love making these bags because they can use them for other stuff or they can reuse it for someone else’s birthday. We try to be a little greener each day and this is one of my newest ways. The bags are simple to make and take no time at all to sew up. If you haven’t made one…give it a try. If you do make one I would love for you to leave me a link so I can see your project. If anyone needs step by step pictures and instructions just leave a note in the comments section and I can make a post on it.

Supplies: 1/2 yard fabric, black thread, rope, black floss, tag die cut (Sissix), circle punch, sentiment-PTI, balloons image-Dollar Tree, mini attacher-Tim Holtz

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your weekend! The boys wrap up swimming lessons tomorrow and next week is my last full week of summer before having to go back to work :( Summer seems to go by faster than the school year does. Well enjoy and I should have another post for you tomorrow

Brayden’s Baptism

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:46:14 +0000

I made this frame to hang in Brayden’s room. I love to make my own gifts for people. I love seeing the look of joy on their face as they open it. I pp for the background (same pp paper as on the card shown below). Then I cut a mat out of dark blue cs and then cut white cs in a 3.5×5 size. The middle rectangle is for a picture of Brayden and then the bottom rectangle is for his footprints. I just stamped a footprint image on the cs to show what is to go there.

This is the card I made for Brayden. Inside is a nice little saying about baptism. I just googled baptism sayings and baptism quotes and found several I liked. That is also where the saying in the frame came from.

Here’s the tag I made. I wraped the frame in white tissue paper and wrapped blue button twine around it twice and then tied the tag to it. I also had a book tucked under the tag but forgot to take a picture of it :( I believe the title was The Thank You Prayer. I stamped the cross image on a large mailing address label (on the left side of the label). Then I wrote on it saying that it was for his special Baptism day and love all of us. I have always written on the inside of the books when I give them as gifts. Lately I have been making label. I will have a post on those soon.

Supplies: white and blue cs, circle punch, button twine, frame (from Target), baby feet image-Hero Arts, cross image-D-2514 PSX, ColorBox inks, printed Baptism paper-Moxie-Faith-Baptism

Father’s Day

admin — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:45:14 +0000

So I was going through photos on my phone and came across these. I thought I’d share the tag and card I made for my dad’s gift. We went in on a raised garden bed for my dad with my sister and her family. He wants to grow strawberries so that’s why I made the strawberry tag and altered the container of strawberries.

For the jar of strawberries on the gift tag I stamped the jar onto transparency paper and then cut it out. Then I stamped the jar onto white cs and cut it out. Next I used the mask from the white cs and put the jar back in it. I then stamped the strawberries in black ink and colored them in my Copics. I used Aileene’s clear tacky glue to glue the transparency jar to the cs jar. I love the way it turned out! I also made that label cover for the carton of strawberries we bought to go with the raised garden bed. I wrote on both tags and stamped the 5 on the jar tag. Thanks for looking and have a great Friday! Stacy

Give yourself a partial pedi…

admin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:18:41 +0000

So everyone I know is getting pedicures and fun designs on their big toes. I decided to try it myself, using some of my crafting supplies. I grabbed my Recollections sticky backed rhinestones and my embossing tool (see picture below) and got started. Happy with how mine turned out I did my nieces toes when she was here last Friday. I included images to show the process .

First grab your nail polish of choice and paint the toes. Make sure they are completely dried before moving on to the next steps. Delaney pick this shade of green because it matched the outfit she was wearing.

Pick your rhinestones out. On mine I used clear but Delaney wanted pink.

Apply rhinestone to toe and hold there for a minute. I was able to wear mine for a week (wearing sandals) before the rhinestones fell off. Delaney’s didn’t stay on as long but she went to the pool for an entire afternoon. I think I am going to try using a little nail glue to adhere them on next time.

Next, dip an end of your embossing tool into a contrasting color of polish. We used white. I dipped the smaller end into the brush a few times to get a skin on the metal ball. Then I started putting dots around the rhinestone, forming the flower. Here is a shot of the finished toe.

Once that was completely dry I went over the toes with a clear coat twice, giving plenty of time to dry in between coats. Thanks for looking. If you give yourself a partial pedi I’d love to see what you did! Just leave a link in the comments section. Make sure you scroll down I have added about 5 more blog updates.

Have a wonderful Wednesday,

Stacy

Happy Anniversary and Taylored Expressions 118

admin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:18:14 +0000

My aunt and uncle celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary this weekend. They had everyone down to the river and it was lots of fun…hot but fun. Their wedding colors were pale yellow so I made the card using pale yellow, black and a splash of blue. I also used Fridays sketch challenge #118 at Taylored Expressions. I found this quote online and hand wrote it…thought it was fitting with the two birds and the fact that growing up I remember my uncle singing all the time. I stamped the music notes background over and over again onto the yellow cs.

Supplies: cs: HL, image: basic grey (bought at archivers), background image: great impressions-j13, scallop border- cutterpede, ribbon, sharpies, oval cutter-creative memories

Next up is a tag I made for my mom and dad’s gift. She went with the color ruby which signifies a 40th wedding anniversary. She got them a bottle of red wine. This is the tag I whipped up to go over the wine bottle neck. I found this sentiment on the Internet too and thought it was fitting for a bottle of wine. I wrote the sentiment on the paper.

supplies: cs-HL, image-studio g, sharpies, ek success circle punches 1 3/4″ and 1 1/2″, ribbon-the paper studio, tim holtz tiny attacher, corner rounder

Birthday cards

admin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:51:56 +0000

I made 20 of these birthday invitations for a friend at work. She celebrates her daughters birthdays together and this years them was dogs. Both girls enjoyed there invites so it was well worth it :) Half had the purple cs strip and half had a blue cs strip, representing each of their favorite colors.

Supplies: sentiment: studio g, dog: sarah beise, ink: Stazon jet black, cs: HL, pp:the paper studio-bright blocks

Next up are three cards that I have not used yet…although I think I will be very soon! I am sorry that the pictures are blurry, my camera was acting up

Supplies: cs: HL, pp: HL the paper studio- bold stripe, die cut: spellbinders nestabilities labels 4- I used the largest one, image: BoBunny, ink: stazon jet black and colorbox chalk lime green, sentiment: PTI- Enjoy the ride, scallop: the paper studio -2 5/16″

For the next card I stamped the cake image onto a piece of transparency and then cut it out.

Supplies: cs: HL, pp: HL the paper studio- bold stripe, die cut: spellbinders nestabilities labels 4- I used the largest one, image and sentiment : studio g, ink: stazon jet black, black brad

This last one in the set is my favorite! I love the colors.

Supplies: cs: HL, pp: HL- the paper studio, die cut: spellbinders nestabilities labels 4- I used the largest one, image: BoBunny, ink: stazon jet black and colorbox chalk lime green, sentiment: PTI- Enjoy the ride, scallop: the paper studio -2 5/16″

Here are some birthday cards I gave to some friends at work before school was out. The first card I created the printed paper.

Supplies: cs: HL, ink: color box chalk paintbox- ocean breeze and stazon jet black, punches: the paper studio scallop-1 7/16″ and ek success 1 1/4″ circle, sentiment: PTI- mega mixed messages, ribbon, staple, border punch: MS

The last one is very clean and simple.

Supplies: cs and pp-HL, ink: stazon jet black, sentiment: PTI- mega mixed messages, punches: the paper studio scallops 2 5/16″ and 1 7/16″ and ek success circle punches- 1 1/2″ and 1 /1/4″

Happy Birthday Cameron

admin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:01:23 +0000

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

Wedding to do list

admin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:40:34 +0000

My cousin is getting married in October. With all the details that go into planning a wedding I thought she could use a mini notebook to hold all of her to do’s in. She is having a rainbow wedding and said that her favorite color is purple. It;s hard to see in the picture but the scallop is punched from purple cs and the button is also purple.

Hope you’re up and buzzin’ about soon

admin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:34:23 +0000

Here’s a little basket I made a filled with Hershey’s nuggets. My cousins fiance broke his ankle playing baseball a while back and I had whipped this up for him.