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!

 

 



Back To School Pencils

Good Morning again and as promised yesterday I am back with something to go into the pencil box.  Here are some cute little pencils that I made using card stock and some of that wonderful sticky strip.  They were so easy to make and my granddaughter's just love them.  A tuturial is coming up, but wanted you to see them first.

Here is another photo of them.

And here they are in that wonderful pencil holder from yesterday!

A wonderful gift for a teacher's desk or for a student don't you think?

Now, I am going to try and do a tutorial if it will let me!

How to make a Flower Burst Pencil Topper

1. Here are the items you

will need to make this

topper!

Paper Cutter

Scissors

Sticky Strip

Card Stock

Pencils

2. I did not think about doing the tutorial until I had already cut my strips. So you will cut 3 pieces of Card Stock or Designer Paper 2" X 4 ½".

3. Cut each strip 1 ¾" with the scissors making sure you leave at least ¼" on

the edge as you see in photo here.

4. Then add the sticky strip to the ¼" side that is not cut. See same photo above!

5. Start by wrapping the first piece around the silver part of the eraser with the fringed part of the card stock up as in photo here!

　

6. This is what it will look like when you finish with the first layer!

7.   Do the same for the next piece except start ¼" below the first layer as in photo!

This is the finished second piece.

8. Repeat step 7 starting ¼" below the Second layer

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9. By using your fingers or one of the pencils pull the pieces downward to form the flower. You can use the pencil to kind of roll them downward.

Continue with each layer until they are all pointing downward!

Final Result!

10. Place finished Flower Burst Pencils into a pencil holder! How easy is that!

Now it is your turn! And please let me know if you made some Flower Burst Pencils.  I would love to see them and thanks so much for stopping by!

Wrapping using SU packaging paper/Nathan's Birthday

OK, I finally got around to sharing with you the packaging for my grandson's birthday present.  I used the packaging paper that comes in the Stampin' Up! orders.  And then using the stamp set "I Dig You", I stamped on the paper.  I decided not to put his card in an envelope as it could be part of the packaging.  You can see the card post here.

Here it is without the card!

And then for some other decorations I did for the party using My Digital Studio!  Of course they were my daughter's ideas that she got somewhere and I just did the paper work on it.

Following I just made the signs for the dishes!

And my granddaughter made these for her brother's party!  I thought she did a great job for being 7!

And now a picture of the birthday boy and his sister! Nathan was saying "cheese."  When he sees a camera now pointing at him that is what is automatic.

And the birthday boy relaxing in one of his gifts after getting out of the pool!

Thanks for looking and hope you have a wonderful day!

SU LateNightStampers Challenge/Go Green - Recyle

The challenge this week is to go green - recycle.  So when I was over at Splitcoaststampers, I saw where Jill Parker had made a flower using the dryer sheet and I decided to case her card which you can find here.  I used the Sizzix die Flower Layer #3 for my flower and the leaves are a sizzlits called "little leaves."    I did use the boho blossoms punch and a brad for the center.  I could not believe what a cute flower these dryer sheets made.  I will be making more.  I also made a spritz from the regal rose refill and added water and spritzed the flower.  I was not patient though and used my heat gun to dry the flowers.  Maybe because I wait to the last minute and have to get it done quickly. lol  Thanks Jill for this great technique and for your beautiful card.

Here is a side view of the flower!

I will do this again and now I need to keep all my dryer sheets.  Now on to the inside where I am trying to use up some old retired paper.

Remember this paper which was one of the celebration papers in 2011.  It had the regal rose and the green in it, so it worked out perfect for the inside.

All items used are Stampin' Up! except for the dryer sheet!

Stamp Set: Apothecary Art

Card Stock: Regal Rose, Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Ice Cream Parlor

Classic Ink: Regal Rose

Spritzer and Regal Rose Refill with water to spritz the dryer sheet

Flower Layer # 3 Sizzix Die

Little Leaves Sizzlits Die

Thanks for looking and hope you have a wonderful day!