Paper Pleasing Ideas

Yes, You Can FREAK OUT Now !!

 

Yes, it was me who MADE those little teeny tiny roses. Prima look-a-likes, without the price tag and now in WHATEVER color I should so chose. I saw a few videos on youtube, but they were using much bigger flowers. I did not have that punch, so I went through mine, and decided to see if I could make anything work. As you can see, I did *big smiles* !!

 

This is what I made, a little journal (about 3 X 4), and it is covered with the Beau Chateau DSP (122357 - on special this month HERE). Then I used textured vanilla for my frame after running it through the Bog Shot with one of the Designer Frames embossing folders (123130). I punched out the center with the wide oval punch. The initial "E" is embossed with vanilla ink and clear embossing powder on Marina Mist CS. I rounded the corners of both layers, to keep with the feel of the oval.

The roses were made, and I added the two branches from the Bird Builder punch (117191) and then some adhesive pearls for a little extra beauty. A perfectly Victorian gift and absolutely feminine.

AND I AM GIVING IT AWAY !!

Just leave a comment in this post, and I will randomly chose a name to receive this in the mail. The draw will be on Tuesday night. Tootles, have fun and happy stamping!!

Obsessed Or Innovative ?

I had a light bulb moment, but I need to see if I am crazy or if it truly was a good idea.

 

Beautiful, hey? Keep going down ...

 

Sometimes when I get a leaf from someone, I put it in a cottage cheese, sour cream, yogurt, etc. container. I was sick of that screaming at me ever time I walked by, so I covered it up! It is amazing what a little DSP(patterned paper), CS and ribbon can do to something that should have gone in the garbage. It is amazing to me, how the most normal everyday things can be altered with a little paper. I don't think I ever stop thinking about paper crafting ... hehehe. So what so you think - obsessed or innovative?

Quick Gift Tags

I love having gift tags when I am giving a gift. I do it for birthday, Christmas, anniversary, whatever. While the ones I am going to show you here were for Christmas, this year, I do this for all gifts.

 

I buy address labels at my local $1 store and stamp on them for the ocassion that it will be for. Since this was for Christmas, I used snowflakes, but the possibilites are limited only to your imagination and the stamps that you have! Tootles, have fun and happy stamping!!

 

Quick Glitter Gifts

OK, I have tutorial for you. If you need any quick gifts, this is PERFECT. They only take a couple seconds per ornament, so you have TONS of time to get them done in time for Christmas!! And they are so super easy, Dylan and Jayden got to do the fun part.

 

First you need to gather your supplies - kids are optional ... hehehe.  I have some wooden word ornaments, ModPodge glue, a sponge paint brush, and glitter(I used the Stampin' Up! glitter).  I got my ornaments at the dollar store, 4 in a pack for a BUCK !! I also have really cheap cookie sheets covered with parchment paper for easy clean up.

 

Get a nice layer of glue on your brush, you don't want this dripping, just wet. Brush it onto the side of the ornament that you want to have the glitter on. This is the part of the work that I did.

 

Then let the kids go to town (or yourself - glitter is SOO FUN !) and dump onto the wet glue. By using the parchment, it became a easy funnel to get the glitter back into the jar. Let dry overnight.

 

Here is a close up of one of the ornaments, and all 12 completed.  Seriously, I don't think this took us more than 10 minutes for all of them. It took longer to get all most of the glitter cleaned up. Jayden went to school the next morning with glitter still on his face. They had a blast making the gifts for their teachers, and I had a blast together with them. SO pretty, and everyone loved them.  Tootles, have fun and happy stamping!!

Stenciled Thanks

I had this on my computer from my last stampin' class, and I thought I'd better get it on here before  forgot about it!  I have not been able to get to my craft room this week, but it will come, of that I am sure.  This week was a sit on the couch, watch TV, look at pictures, cry and sleep kinda week, but it IS all good.  I just really needed that.

 

If I could make one of these bags for each of you, I would.  It is really understated, but awesome in it simplicity.  I just used the Vintage Frames stencils (#120910) and sponged on the soft suede ink. The Decorative Label punch (#120907) was used to make the sentiment panel - 2 orange glued together and then the vanilla on top.  The sentiment is from the Word Play set (#120651, clear - #120308, wood) and it was stamped in old olive.  The ribbon is pumpkin pie and the button is another reitred one that I colored with the olive marker.

I used my own lunch bags, punched with the scallop edge, but you can get them premade in the Holiday Mini Catalog (#121031). The one I used is a full size lunch bag, and the premade ones are mini sized, though.  I'm thinking with the right holiday sentiment, this would be a perfect way to package up the teacher gifts I will need this Christmas.  Tootles, have fun and happy stamping!!

 

Cinnaheart Art

Russ is having a hard time with everything.  Yes, I am too, but I am not in the position that he is in, so there is no feeling sorry for myself.  I do what I have to do, and lean on my Almighty God at ALL times for the strength to get me through.

One of the hardest things for Russ is eating.  He is so hungry, but he has an awful taste in his mouth.  One thing he does is suck on mints to help.  He has always loved cinnamon hearts and so I crafted for him today.

I took a Sea Salt refill bottle and covered it with the new Love Letter DSP (#117162).  I used 2 new ribbons from the SU catty, Victoria Crochet Trim (#118481) and the black 1/8 taffeta (#119261).  The red CS strips on the top and bottom of the DSP are  from a new Sizzix Die in the mini that STARTS TODAY !!  It is called Tasteful Trim (#120893) and it cuts 4 different strips appr. 12 inches long!!  The black rhinestones are also in the new mini (#120987).

Here is a close up of the tag that I created.  The red layer is punched with the Decorative Label (#120907) and then matted on black.  I cut that layer by hand, and then added the eyelet to it for my ribbon.  The sentiment was stamped in black from Oval All (#113790), and I used my white gel pen (#105021) to accent the letters.  I stuck on one more rhinestones and then adhered it to the botte with dimensionals, so that it wouldn't move around.

This will hopefully be a nice surprise for his desk this morning.  Tootles, have fun and happy stamping!!

 

Best Of 2009 - Part Deux

Here are the next 4 months projects that I loved, just as much now as then!

May 2009

This one just may have been my favorite of the YEAR !!!

June 2009

July 2009

August 2009

I should NOT have showed this one, since it just reminds me that I should get this template up.  But, it IS my favorite thing I created that month, so it is good to have a reminder!  More blog treats to come, have fun and happy stamping!!

 
 

 

Minty Milk

WOOHOO - I can hardly wait or the new mini to be available to you guys!  You are going to have so much fun.

I used a the new Milk Carton Die, and the Love Bandit stamp set to make this adorable box.  The patterned paper is from the Sweet Pea pack, and it is AWESOME!

Dylan immediately grabbed this when I was finished, and so I had to make another for Jayden.  Dylan, ever his mother's son, tore off th tag and proceeded to glue it onto the front.  "I didn't want a tag, I wanted it decorated".

This box is about 3" high, and 1.5" on each side, perfect for party favors OR VALENTINES!  Kids would have so much fun decorating them for their friends in school. 

More peeks coming your way this week, and BLOG CANDY for my 3 year Blogiversary.  Have fun and happy stamping!!

 

Sparkle Purse - FREE Tag Page!!

Here is the purse from the tutorial yesterday, but I added the tag.  I also put a ton of stickles on the white snowflake.  This is for the Sparkle Challenge over at the ATS Blog!

  You can click on it to see it better.  On the tag, you can see that I had to fuzz out the name, but I made it specifically with the space at the bottom to write your information.  I also made it to be a free template to print off, so you can make some too!  It will do nine at a time, so one sheet may be enough for you.

  To print off the tag, click on the picture to pop it out in its own window.  Then right click on it and save it to your computer.  Then print away!  It should print perfectly on a full size sheet of plain paper or CS.  It would also be cool to stamp a snowman image on the back and color it it, to follow though with the whole theme!

So, make sure to get crafting, I hope you have fun and happy stamping!!

Another Purse :)

Here is another quick teaser!  I have to post the tutorial in a bit, because now Jayden had chicken pox.  He did get the vaccination, so I'm hoping that it won't be as bad as Dylan.  The pictures are all edited, I just don't have the time to type it all up right now.  Come back in a bit and it should be up, or sign up for email notification on your left under my picture ...

You can see I changed the lid a bit for this one.  Instead of using the punch along the bottom, I marked 1 inch in from each corner, and then I cut it off on the diagonal.  Just for something different and pretty.  

I'll go deal with Jayden and then I'll be back, have fun and happy stamping!!