Note Card Tin decorated

My fifth post of the week and I am so thrilled with the outcome of this project.  If you would like to see the cards that went into this post, check here, here, here, and here.

 

I used "My Digital Studio" which is an old SU program but I still use it all the time, to go in and make the actual Layout you see here.  Once I printed it, I added the butterfly, the pearls, and then I added some sparkle by using the Clear Wink of Stella.  I just love that stuff and it is perfect to dress up any card or note card tin.  I used it on the butterfly, around the edges of the card stock and the flowers on the paper.  You can see it in the below photo if you really look.

 

 

And now to show you the inside and how nicely the note cards fit inside the box.  It is perfect.  The box actually is about 5.25 X 3.75 and the cards inside are the note cards 5 X 3.5.  I was meant to be where these little tins were selling out and got a great price on them.  They have been sitting in my home for about 3 years and it finally just dawned on me how to use them.  DUHHHHH! I have 15 cards in the tin, but you could probably add more if you would like.

 

Hope you enjoyed my 5 days of sharing how to fill a tin with quick and simple cards and then how to decorate a tin.  These would be a great craft show seller also.

 

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your weekend.

1st Birthday Card and Fall Decorations Theme

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Tuesday and you are not too excited to see a post from me.  Life is just getting in the way of my crafting, but that is OK for this season of time.

 

Today is my granddaughter, Ansley's first birthday.  We went to VA this weekend to celebrate it with her, so I thought I would share some of the cute things that were done.  1st, I will share with you the cute card I did for her birthday.  This is the front.

 

 

And this is the inside.

 

Then here are some things my daughter did to decorate her house with a fall theme.  She used my bigshot and oval dies for most of it.

 

How cute is this pumpkin.  My daughter got her good crafting sense from me.  Actually I think she is better than I am.  

 

How cute are the leaves! 

 

And she made the little names for each dish!

 

How creative is that? 

 

She did such a great job! 

 

And now for the main attraction!  Our little Birthday girl, Ansley!  So, so sweet!

 

Hope you enjoyed my post for today and enjoy the rest of your week!

Happy New Year Gifts

Happy New Year to all of you out there this morning.  What a beautiful day it is here in Wilmington, NC.  Skies are Carolina blue and we have some beautiful sunshine right now along with high in the 50's today.  Just love it.

 

I wanted to share with you today some Gifts I will be giving my co-workers when I return back to work.  I will not tell you what is in them as some of my co-workers do follow me.  But I made these cute little bags with the Trim the Tree Designer Paper Stack from Stampin' Up!  I have more to make so they will be in different colors.

 

 

Here is a close up of one of them.

 

 

One sheet of the 4 1/2 X 6 1/2 makes this little bag.  You gotta love it.

 

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you have a wonderful and blessed year.

 

My Paper Pumpkin October 2014

Happy Saturday Evening to you all!  Hope you are having a wonderful weekend.  Today I was finally able to put these cute little pie boxes together for Thanksgiving.  This is from the Stampin' Up's! October Paper Pumpkin.  I just love them.  We are going to my daughter's home in Virginia for Thanksgiving and I filled these boxes full of candy for little gifts.  I thought they turned out so cute.

 

 

And here is a close up of two of them.

 

 

In the kit there was 8 boxes and actually the yarn was to make a ball, but I decided to just tie a bow.  I just liked it much better.  So, I have plenty of yarn left to make some other items.  I also made a template of the box since I saw some cute items on Pinterest when making these boxes.

 

Today was also my granddaughter's 10th birthday and her party was at the skating rink.  I just had to add a few photos of her.  I can't believe she is 10.  Such a sweet and witty little girl.  I just love her.  She had an 80's theme to her party and she did a good job dressing the part.  She even crimped her hair.  Sweet!!  I remember those days.

 

You will see her birthday card on Monday!  Hope you all have a wonderful rest of your weekend.  I plan on it.

Wall Art for Baby's Room

As I have written in some of my past post, I am expecting my 3rd granddaughter at anytime.  Actually she is due next week, so I was rushing to get the canvases done for the baby room.  My daughter just finished getting it all together this past weekend, so I am not that far behind.  I finished last night and will take with me to Virginia when I get the call.  As you can imagine my phone is never far from my side. lol

 

So here are all four of the canvases together.  The "A" is for Ansley.

 

 

And to get a better view here they are separately except for one flower as they are pretty much the same.

 

 

I actually using one of my Stampin' Up! markers did the chevron pattern on the canvas.  And, I made the little roses on the corners of the "A" and the saying with the Originals Flower Spiral Bigz Die from Stampin' Up!  I used whisper white paper and once rolled, I then sponged the edges, and then smashed the flower down.  Love it.  The saying I got from a little book and then put it together using "My Digital Studio," printed it out on cardstock, cut the frame out and adhered to the canvas.  Easy!

 

I will say that Pinterest helped with the ideas of the "A" and the flower in the center of the canvas.  I love Pinterest!

 

Thanks for stopping by today and let me know what you think.

 

LNS Challenge 223 & TSSC264

Good Monday morning all and welcome to this weeks challenges.  Our challenge this week at LNS is to do a teacher gift/card.  And again, I combined that with my Technostamper Monday Lunch Time Sketch challenge this week.  I made some notes for my granddaughter's teacher and put inside a note card holder.  And the outside of the holder I used the sketch.  I was very happy with the way it turned out.  I actually used My Digital Studio to create the layered part of the front of the holder and used the kit Spring Break II.  I made the butterfly circle a 1 3/4 to match the circle punch I had on hand.  I thought it turned out great.  So here is my sample for both challenges this week.

Now here is how the stationary on the inside looks and I used the same kit and placed 4 of them on a 8 1/2 X 11 piece of White card stock!

Now for the inside view!

Now isn't that just the cutest set.  I used regular copy paper for the note paper.  And, I am sure you are wondering where I got these directions.  I actually got the first instructions back in June of 2008 when she originally posted the directions at Dannie's Designs.  What a talented woman she is and a great video along with the directions you can just print out.  So please stop by her blog and let her know I sent you.

All items used are Stampin' Up! except the envelopes

My Digital Studio for DSP and butterfly circle.

Kit used is Spring Break II (elements and DSP)

retired eyelets and retired ribbon.

envelopes are small and some left over from my daughter's wedding rehearsal RSVP's

Again, thanks for stopping by and hope you enjoy your Monday!

Feeling Sentimental

 

I made two of these cards last night for the guys who will be graduating from Gateway Landing, a ministry of our church.  We are so proud of these guys and I had to make this card X 2 for each of them.  I do hope they like it as this will start a new beginning for them.  If you would like to see what I am talking about, you can go to our facebook page here or our website here.  It is a healing place for men with life controlling issues such as drug and alcohol addiction.  It has been wonderful to watch these guys weekly grow in the knowledge of God and be set free from the addictions they had.

 

Here is the side view of the card!

 

 

and the inside!  I thought this verse was perfect for them.

 

 

And, today I have taken off to set up for the first Gateway Landing banquet and graduation which is tomorrow night.  We have over 125 people attending so we are really excited about this.  So I need to get this posted and get busy.  Meeting the others at breakfast at 9:00 and then on to pick up the rental stuff and on to set up the fellowship hall.  That is leading into the table place names that I made for the center of each table.  Some have names on it, but if you purchased a table of 6 it just has the last name.  For privacy purpose, I just used the card I made for our table.

 

 

Aren't these just the cutest!  Just enough for everyone to know which table they are at.  So we have 21 tables and I made 21 of them using My Digital Studio for the name tag.  It was perfect and the name is on both sides so you can see it from either direction.

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  All items used are stampin' up! except scripture verse was Our Daily Bread designs and of course the binder clips. Enjoy your day.

 

 

 

LNS Challenge 216/TSSC256 Monday Lunch Time Sketch

Wow, what a week I have had.  I think each day seems to get busier.  But maybe that just comes with getting older each day.  But I did have a chance to get my samples done and posted for this weeks challenges.  Whatever possessed me to take on two Monday Morning challenges? lol  Again I combined these two, but I also had to make two projects.  Why, because this weeks LNS challenge was to do a 3-d item.  So what I decided to do was to make a box for some cards I had been making to go into a basket for a raffle.  Now how great is that.  So this challenge actually helped me to catch up on some things I was going to have to do anyway.  And, you know the TSSC Monday Lunch Time Sketch is a "Sketch."  So the reason for doing two projects this week.  So without further ado, onto my project!  The first photo is with both of the projects together, the card and the box which will hold quite a few cards.

 

 

So you see I will be using this card as one of the cards for the box.  And, the card comes from the sketch that Mary Jo has for us this week on her blog.  Such a clean and simple sketch.  You really need to stop by and see all the great samples the DT Team has designed.  They are really beautiful.

 

So here is the card by itself and with better lighting I think!

 

 

Here is a side view of the card.

 

 

Now on to the box where I took the photo from the front!

 

 

Now from the side to show the depth of it.

 

 

And the back to show the closure of it.

 

 

Now how great is that.  I saw a tutorial that Tanya Bell had done for this box and fell in love with it and had to try it out.  You can find her post and video here!  Please check it out, you will love it as it is a one sheet card box and we both used the back card board sheet that comes with the Designer Series Paper.  So you can say this is recycling also.  Yea!!!!  And don't you just love how it closes in the back. Looks kind of like an envelope.

 

Items Used are Stampin' Up!

Card

Stamp Set: Tea Shoppe

Card Stock: Real Red, Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Story Time

Ink: Real Red

Box

Stamp Set: Secret Garden

Heavy Card Board from Designer Paper Packs

Secret Garden Framelits

Flower Brads (retired)

Apothecary Accents Framelits

Label Collection Framelits

 

Thanks so much for your visit today and hope you have a blessed day!

 

 



Box Card and Tag

 

This was one of my last projects I did this past week for Stampin' Fun and Friends along with a tutorial on how to do the card box, the band for the box and the tag.  The wonderful think about these card boxes is it can be any theme you want and you could just add a piece of jewelry or anything small.  I actually showed how you can decorate the inside of this one and add something besides a tag, or you can just keep the inside plain and add a tag.  There are so many options available.

 

Now here is the tag as a stand alone.

 

 

I love this designer paper as it gave it just the right amount of a distressed looked once I dded the sponging.

 

And now you get the see the box card closed!

 

 

And isn't this flower ribbon just beautiful! I am loving it.

 

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Set: Well Scripted, Embellished Events, He is Risen

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral

Tea for Two Designer Series Paper

Ink: Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral

5/8” Flower Trim ribbon

In Color Dahlias

Simply Scored Scoring Tool

Simply Scored diagonal Plate

Labels Collection Framelits

Scallop Trim Border Punch

Bird Builder Punch

Sticky Strip, Adhesive, Glue Dots

Thanks for stopping by today! Now I am getting ready to go see that new handsome grandson of mine.  I could just eat him up!!!!!  Enjoy your Sunday afternoon!

 

Spinner Valentine

 

Well this is for my oldest granddaughter who already thinks she is grown but only 9 years old, but boy does she love sparkle.  So I had to use some retired designer paper that had glimmer and then I used the red and silver glimmer paper to finish it off.  I really think she will like it just as she does those cute silver shoes she has.  Wears them all the time.  I was not too straight on the cutting and almost re-did it, and thought, she will love it anyway - No use to stress: Stampin' is suppose to be fun! lol

 

This is another idea I got from Stampin' Fun and Friends.  Here is a view with the heart moved to the center.

 

 

And a side view!

 

 

And yes, I worked on the inside also.

 

 

All items used are Stampin' Up!

Stamp Set: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Sprinkled Expressions (last year SAB inside)

Card Stock: Real Red, Very Vanilla

Designer Series Paper: Holly Berry Bouquet

Silver Glimmer Paper, Red Glimmer Paper

Large Heart Punch, Medium Heart Punch, 3 heart Punch

 

Thanks for looking and hope you have a great day!

I Dig You Valentine

Hello all!  This is a valentine I did for my 2 year old grandson on Sunday and finally got the pictures taken this morning bright and early.  I am really happy with it and this another idea I got from Stampin' Fun and Friends this past week.  I love to get inspiration from others.  The one I got the idea from really had a beautiful card, but for a boy you only need to go cute, not fancy!  Now one thing you may want to know about this card is it does lay flat to go into an envelope.  So here it is flat.  Still cute isn't it?  You will see my fingers as I was holding it down.

Now how cool is this.  I thought about cutting the animals totally out, but thought Nathan will not care if it is only half cut out.  He loves me regardless!!!!

All items used is Stampin' Up!

Stamp Set: I Dig You, Road to Happiness (hearts), Teeny Tiny wishes

Card Stock: Riding Hood Red, Whisper White, Marina Mist, Early Espresso

Designer Series paper: retired and uncertain of name, but in Christmas pack

Ink: Riding Hood Red, Marina Mist, Early Espresso

Markers

Bitty Banner Framelits

Corner Punch

Thanks for looking and hope you have a wonderful day!

My daughter's baby shower

I thought I would share with you some of the items that my daughter and I made for my other daughter's baby shower!  It was a lot of fun, but a lot of work. 

First my daughter made this diaper motorcycle.  Isn't it just the cutest.  Made with receiving blankets, socks, bibs, diapers, bottle and a stuffed animal.  Directions were found on pinterest!!!

This banner I made using my digital studio and the "on the go kit."  Printed it out and ran ribbon through.  Turned out wonderful!

And the little covers for the candy were also printed using the same MDS kit!

Also made some little flags for the cupcakes doing the same thing!

I also made this little corsage using baby socks!

Loved putting these cake pops together.

Also a photo of my granddaughter on the left (sister of the new baby), my youngest daughter and expectant mom in the middle, my oldest daughter on the right.  The other little girl is from my daughter's neighborhood and I am uncertain of her name.

And then a photo outside of me and my daughter!

Thanks for looking and hope you enjoyed the shower as much as I did.  Have a blessed day!