For mom

A couple weeks ago while I was at the store, I decided to buy one of the Magnolia stamps. I'm not too familiar with this line of stamps and I had no idea what I was getting other than it looked oriental. I used a Sizzix pro box called matchbox which my friend Gail sent to me all the way from Georgia. Thanks Gail! And because Mother's Day is coming up, I went with this stamp from Hero Arts because it reminds me that I'm always thinking about my mom. Here's a picture of the box opened and I filled it with a lot of Hershey kisses.
And this is what it looks like without the candy. It's quite big and you could probably fit cookies in there too.
Hope you're having a great week and thanks for stopping by today!!!

My so called "man" card

Here is what I ended up with while making my "man" card. I struggle with anything male because I end up making it look cute. So I stuck with keeping it simple. My hubby's birthday is tomorrow so this is actually his birthday card. He loves watching AI every week so I decided to go with this theme. I used Tyler from the Greeting Farm creepin set.
This card is actually a trifold which I saw and was inspired by Sue. Go check out her blog to see her cards. I changed the measurements on my card. This one is cut 5" x 11" and scored at 3 1/2" and 7". I used an old SU half circle punch to hold the card shut on the bottom right.

Have you finished your taxes? I'm still working on ours and wish I was done. Hopefully I will be by tonight.

Hope you're having a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by!!!

Ballerina Marci

I forgot about posting this card that I made over a week ago. When I was little, I always wanted to be a ballerina. I used to watch my mom sew everyday because she sewed kids clothes part time for a local manufacturer. So whenever she got off the sewing machine, I would get on the chair and pretend to sew a ballerina outfit. Which led to me breaking her sewing machine a couple times. Bad girl...I had to get this stamp called Ballerina Marci from Lala Land Crafts. It reminded me of those days when I tried to sew one of those outfits.

I used Spellbinders grand nestabilities large scalloped circles to make the base of the card. I'm still loving the gray and pink colors.

Thanks for stopping by today and always leaving me your sweet comments. I know I said I was going to post the card that I made for my hubby but I will do that tomorrow. Have a great day!!!

Happy Boy's Day

I know that Boy's Day is coming up in 3 weeks and I decided to make a little treat bag. When I was a kid, we never celebrated this day even though I had a little brother because my mom said her parents didn't celebrate this day. I remember seeing all the carps flying at our neighbors homes and thinking how I'd like to do that someday if I had a son. And of course, I did.To make this bag, I used the treat bag die by Lifestyle Crafts. Stamps used are Dandelion Designs. I made it very simple since I have a hard time making boy themed projects.

Thanks for stopping by today and come back tomorrow to see the "man" card that I made for my husband. Have a great evening!!!

Playing with punches

Last week while putting away my punches, I decided to make a little treat box using one of my older Sizzix dies called box #2. I used a Martha Stewart punch from last year called bunny hop which I found in the yellow tagged marked down bin at the store. There were a couple left when I last looked in the bin. I cut the cover flap part off of the die cut and punched right along the edge.
Here's a picture where you can see the punched edge. I used Dandelion Designs bunny stamp to decorate the front of the box.
Here's another one that I made using all the cherry blossom punches.
The japanese girl is a cling stamp also from Dandelion Designs.
Sorry my posts have been so far apart lately but I am still not feeling that well. My mojo has also been missing since I haven't been crafting as much. I will post the make & take project from the Ben Franklin Crafts paper party last month tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great evening!!!

5 minute Easter treat

I just picked up this new Sizzix die set called decorative frames last week and thought it would look great on this little diaper pouch. I used the bunny from Dandelion Designs to decorate the pouch.It was so quick and easy to make this and took me around 5 minutes. Although I did have the bunny lying on my craft table.
And if you have some time this Saturday the 26th, I'll be at Ben Franklin Crafts Market City doing a make & take from 10-11 am. We'll be using this same bunny but different project which is why I had it lying on my table.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you're having a great evening!!!

Paper blossoms punch

Here's a card I made using Leslie from the GF creeper set. I must of been in a purple mood because I usually grab for the pinks first. I wanted to sweeten her up a bit so I made a flower using the paper blossoms punches from McGill. This one is called azalea. You can find the punches at most of the craft stores on the island.
I also added this lace border punch from Martha Stewart. It reminds me of the days that I used to manufacture and sell toddlers and girls white eyelet dresses for spring to Liberty House.
Hope you're having a great Saturday even though the weather seems to be raining off and on. I am planning to work on my taxes and maybe take a break and craft. Thanks for stopping by today!!!

Yipeee!

Here's a cute box I made yesterday with a stamp from "your next stamp". I used a Sizzix pro die called box with scalloped lid. For some reason as I was looking at these double sided papers from KI Memories, the gray and pink colors stood out so I went with these 2 colors.I took a photo of the box with the lid off so you can see it's quite roomy and can fit a bunch of goodies in it.

Thanks for stopping by today!!! Have a great evening!!!

Happy Easter carrot box

I've had this Sizzix die like forever and never got a chance to use it when it first came out over a year ago before Christmas, or maybe even longer. This die is called long triangle box and it's shape reminds me of a carrot so I decided to make it into a carrot box to hold Easter treats. I used Dandelion Designs new Easter cling stamp set for the rabbit.The green poof on the top of this box is tissue paper. I used Tim Holtz's tattered florals die to cut the green tissue flowers, squished it up and stuck a green brad in the middle to the box top.
Hope you're having a great evening! I'm getting dinner on the table so we can watch AI tonight.

Thanks for stopping by and check back as I have a couple more projects to share with you.

Harlow

I recently bought this GF creepin set and while stamping some of the images, I ended up coloring this one called Harlow. It actually took me several days to finish it because after I colored her, I realized that I didn't have any matching dark colored cardstock. So I just used what I had.The card base is cut from a Spellbinders die called Grand Nestabilities Label 1. It's a perfect size for these stamps. Little bigger than the regular nestabilities.
I used glossy accents on her goggles to make it shine like glass. It's kind of hard to see in this photo. And the fence is a Tim Holtz edge die which I embossed with his woodgrain embossing folder and rubbed distress ink over it.
Sorry that my posts have been so spread apart but until I get better, I can only sit for a short period of time. Thanks for stopping by and keep checking back because I do have some other projects to post. Have a great day!!!

Tweet

Happy President's Day! Here's another card that I made at the Sizzix booth during the CHA show in LA. I just noticed that this picture of the card is not that great. I hope you can picture what it looks like. The die we used is called card A2 with flap and should be in the stores next month. The background is an embossing folder set called cornflowers and posies. The cute little bird is a sizzlit set called bird set #2.We made a mini booklet for the inside of the card and used an embossing folder set called birds and wreath.
Hope you're keeping busy today. I have more cleaning to do in my craft room. It is endless because everytime I take supplies out to make something, there's always a big mess. And for some reason, you would think that by using up your supplies you end up with less items but it always seems to end up being more. Anyways, thanks for stopping by today and leaving me your sweet comments! Have a great holiday!!!

Yesterday's card and some previews

Please bear with me as I've been trying to post often but since the CHA show, it's been really hectic. Here's a card that I made yesterday between cleaning out old catalogs and putting away the new ones. This one is called "panda" from LaLa Land Crafts. I used a new nesting die for the background that isn't out yet but will be sometime next month. The bamboo is a McGill punch which I thought would be perfect with the panda.
Here's a card I made at the Sizzix booth using the new pop-up flower die. This is what the flower looks like when it's closed.
When you pull on the stem, the flower blooms open. It's so cute!
I have another one to share with you hopefully by tomorrow. Thanks for always stopping by and hope you're having a fantastic week!!!

Sweet Valentine

I'm finally back to posting. We just got back from LA on Friday and I'm so glad to be back home and sleeping in my own bed. All I can say is that the hotel we stayed at was very different and I was uncomfortable for the most part. Anyways, on to my card. I put this card together mainly to show one of the new dies that my hubby ordered at the show. It is the white heart shaped doily on this card. I'm not sure when it will be here but it is on my "to buy" list. The stamp is a cling stamp from Dandelion Designs and the pink heart is embossed with Sizzix's Valentine set #4.
Here's one of the make & takes I did on the last day of the show. The stamp is Chef Marci from La-La Land Crafts.
Hope your week is going well and thanks for stopping by! Have a great evening!!!

Be My Valentine

It seems like we just celebrated the New Year and now Valentine's Day will be here before you know it. Yesterday I ran downstairs to my craft room to tape up a box for mailing and couldn't resist making a card while down there. Here's my 5 minute card. I used another Dandelion Designs image that was colored and cut. I forgot the monkey's name but I thought he would look cute on my card.All the embossing folders are from Sizzix called Valentine set #4.
The border punch is from EK Success and I know you can't see it but the scallops have embossed dots on them.

My silly husband asked me if he could borrow the card to give it to me next month. Ha!

We'll be leaving for CHA in a couple of days so I won't be posting anything until I get back.

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you're having a fantastic week!!!

Love Elliot

I made a couple samples this past weekend using Dandelion Designs stamps. For this project, I used Sizzix's milk carton pro die to make the box. I had colored and precut some of the images last week. The elephant stamp is from the bubbles and smiles cling set and the heart border is from the lots of love cling set.The embossed background is from the Sizzix curlique hearts folder set.
And I punched out the word love from the Martha Stewart alphabet punch set.

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Happy wishes

I must be on a "happy" roll these days being that my last project was a happy thought. This is another one of the new cling stamps that was just released from Dandelion Designs. The card is an acetate card and I stamped the flowers on a regular white card for the background and placed it in between the acetate.I stamped the little japanese girl on Xpress paper for copic markers and made her hair and the first balloon look 3-D. And added glossy accents to all the balloons. If you have never tried the copic paper, I highly recommend it. It is so crisp and clear and the colors don't bleed. I picked some up from the store.
I've been trying to finish up on a lot of things before we leave for CHA next week. I hope to post a few more projects before then.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you're having a great week!!!

Happy thoughts

I've been busy in my craft room the past few days, getting ready for another tv show taping. I usually stamp and color a couple of the same images and I had this one extra mouse image on my table and decided to make something with it. It's from a new cling stamp set called "Happy Thoughts".

I recently bought this new Martha Stewart punch called "rose window" and you can punch anywhere on your paper using this punch. It comes apart in 2 pieces and is magnetic and you place your paper in between the 2 pieces and punch it out.
I used Sizzix's XL popcorn box die and punched the middle of the box using the MS punch. Then embossed the box with the curlique hearts embossing folder. I wasn't planning on making a shaker with this but it ended up being one. The heart punch is also a magnetic punch called "studded heart".
And because I'm such a klutz (always tripping and walking into things), I dropped the box on my slippers at the top of the stairs and the glitter glue on the heart rubbed on my slippers. That is why part of the heart has no glitter on it.

Well, hope you're staying dry and warm today. Thanks for stopping by and have a great evening!

Hope you have a very special birthday

My daughter's birthday is coming up this weekend, so I told myself that I better start now and make her a birthday card. I just got some new Hero Arts stamps so I decided to use them for the card.I love this new wood stamp called "you rock". It's so perfect for her since she's always listening to music. The background stamp is a cling stamp from the Christmas release called music background. I stamped with VersaMark champagne and poured clear embossing powder over it.
I'm not sure why I chose these colors but I went through my scrap pile and decided to use these scraps up.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you're having a wonderful day!!!

Year of the rabbit

Happy New Year everyone and I'm so glad that I was able to make something today. I've been having some problems with my neck again and wasn't able to do any crafting since before Christmas. Anyways, since this is the year of the rabbit, I wanted to combine a Valentine's project using an older Hello Kitty die, Kathy bunny for the rabbit.
The picnic basket is a new Sizzix pro die. I embossed the lid with a texture impression set called curlique & hearts set. The red medallion is a Tim Holtz rosette die.

You can put a bunch of goodies in this basket since it holds quite a bit.
I glittered the bunny and used glossy accents on the red heart to make it shiny.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you're having a great evening!!!

Sizzix Triple Play Blog Hop Week 7 - Joy!

Happy holidays and welcome back to week 7, which is our last week of the Sizzix triple play blog hop. For this week's hop, we are using Eileen Hull's treat bag topper die. Please click on the navigation button on the right side of my blog to get to the next designer's blog. You can hop either forward or backward.

This die can make 3 different sized treat bag toppers. I used the biggest size to make my treat bag and kept it real simple.
I covered the topper with Doodlebug's holiday paper. Then cut out the phrase joy and poured chunky white glitter over it. The reindeer is a stamp from Dandelion Designs.

Supplies:

656774 - Scoreboard XL treat bag toppers die

656727 - Phrase, joy

Doodlebug paper

Dandelion Designs reindeer stamp

Chunky white glitter

Offray ribbon

Peppermint candy

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful holiday and Merry Christmas!!!