My Mama's Gift

Mothers Day is quickly approaching! Are you ready?

This is what I have made for my mom for Mothers Day! I bought the desk set tutorial from Becky Roberts you can view and purchase hers here. I added DSP to the back of mine and lined the inside as well. I am going to make one of my post it holders to match too. I am also giving her a bunch of misc. cards that I have so she will be prepared for whatever occasion comes her way! Now if I can just be patient and wait to give it to her!

I used the retired Spring Flowers DSP and Spring Bouquet Punch. Current items include the Chocolate Chip corduroy buttons and the half pearls from stampin' up's pretties kit, scallop oval punch, eyelet punch and oval punch. So Saffron 5/8" grosgrain ribbon and Choclate Chip 1/4" ribbon. Cameo Coral, Mellow Moss & So Saffron Cardstocks.

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'!

What a Great Day!

Its been so beautiful here in Ohio, I love spring!! Flowers are blooming, birds are chirping, the smell of freshly cut grass! Hmm...can you tell I am having a good day! I woke up this morning on my own, you see usually either my 2 year old or my 5 year old are standing beside my bed staring at me until I open my eyes. lol! So its a little refreshing when I have a head start on them and a cup of tea before the diaper changes begin! I also have a Stampin' Up order coming in today!!! yay!! I have a feeling today is going to be a great day!

Here is another version of my post it holder using the Friends 24-7 Stamp Set, Bella Birds DSP and Night of Navy 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon.

I am off to enjoy my day taking the kids outside to play and waiting for the UPS man to come!!

Happy Stampin'!!

Post it holder Tutorial

I am SO excited to share this tutorial with you! This is my very first tutorial. I will be showing you how to make a post it note holder that would be great for your desk or a wonderful gift for those business savvy fathers, mothers or teachers in your life!!! I do hope that I have made this tutorial simple and to the point! Any feedback would be greatly appreciated and I would LOVE to see what some of you come up with using this tutorial so leave a comment with a link to your creation!! Here I go!
Supplies:

-81/5 x 11 sheet of cardstock (I am using Sahara Sand)
-Your favorite DSP (I used To the Nines) cut at 3 3/8 x 4 3/8 (Front, under Post it holder) & 3 1/5 x 2 1/5 (Pen Holder)
-If you'd like to cover you pen you'll need a piece for that and you'll have to measure it out as pen sizes vary!
-Tombow Glue
-Bone Folder
-Craft Knife and Ruler or paper trimmer
-A Pen and Post-it Notes

Start by scoring the short side of your 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper at 2 1/2" and at 6".

I marked my score lines in black so they would be easy to see!

Turn your paper and Score again at 3 1/4", 7 3/4" and 10"

Glue your 3 3/8 x 4 3/8 sheet of DSP in the middle box, it should fit just inside the score lines.

On the opposite side, you will be cutting a 3 1/8" long line 1" down from the score line.

Make sure your paper is as shown with the 1" score line as the top of your paper!

Using a ruler or a paper trimmer cut your 3 1/8" line. It should be about a 1/4" from each sides score line.

Slip the back of your Post it notes into the cut on the side with the DSP.

Turn your paper over and fold all of the creases using your bone folder.

It should now look like this, now fold the other score lines towards the back of the post it notes.

Slip the long end into the opening on the short end. Turn over and voila post it holder! Now to add the pen holder on the top!

Score your the short side of your 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 piece of DSP every 1/2" or at 1/2", 1", 1 1/2", 2".

Go over creases with your bone folder.

put a little bit of Tombow Glue on one end and adhere to make a square as shown below.

This should be how yours looks, now put a little bit of Tombow Glue on the side with the fold and adhere to the top of the holder.

Hopefully this is how yours looks!

Wrap pen in DSP, embellish a little and your done! Easy, cute and usable!! I hope you liked my tutorial!

Thanks for stopping by and happy stampin!

The Inkcredibles Stamp Club Project!

My friend and fellow demonstrator Sherri came up with this project for her Stamp Club, which I LOVE being in! She always comes up with awesome projects and it is just so much fun!!

After doing this project, I fell in love with the Parisian Breeze Designer Series Paper. It was gorgeous!! I love the file folder we made as well, how cool would it be to have one for all of the different occasions....a girl can dream!! I am getting together this evening with some girlfriends to stamp so hopefully I'll have some cool things to share tomorrow!! Until then....

Happy Stamping!!

A gift from a friend!

Isn't this beautiful!! My friend Sherri made this for me as the hostess of her stamp club this month! I just love it!! I have it sitting here on my desk, what a wonderful gift and a great reminder that I have such a wonderful friend!

Tomorrow I will take pictures and post the project we did at Sherri's Stamp Club a few days ago!! It is sooo cool!

Thanks for looking!

Happy Stampin'!!

Look...No Stamps!

The winner from my last blog post is Heather!! Congratulations Heather!

This is a really quick set I did using just Urban Oasis DSP and some embellishments! I love the bag in a box idea which I learned from my upline and great friend at her stamp club! Here is the link for the bag in a box tutorial! Try it out, you'll be amazed at how easy they are to do!

Thanks for looking, and happy stampin'!

Explosion Box Class Coming Up!!

Thursday, April 23, 2009 1:00pm - 3:00pm

or

Sunday, April 26, 2009 1:00pm - 3:00pm

whichever is more convenient for you!

My House!

Cost is $12 or FREE with a $25 Stampin Up order!

Invite your friends! Just please RSVP no later then 2 days prior to the class date! Each class date is limited to 8 seats so make sure you reserve your seats quickly!!

614-302-5247

Sorry I have been a bit MIA lately, my family and I went on a nice and much needed vacation down to Ft.Myers Florida! We had so much fun although my son Logan soaked up a little too many rays and was hurting for a few days! I can't wait for the nice weather to reach me here at home in Ohio!! I am excited to be having my 2nd Stampin Up Class! My first one was so much fun! I have a few projects lined up to share with you in the next couple days so keep checking back!

Happy Stampin!

Tote-ally Cute!!!

Isn't this tote-ally cute?? I got the tutorial from Becky over at Inking Idaho. She has some amazing ideas!



It was way easier then I had thought it would be and I'll definitely use Stampin Ups textured designer card-stock next time because it is a bit thicker. I love it and can't wait to get some new CS and give it another go!

The INKcredibles March Stamp Club Project

These are the projects that were done in my friend & fellow Demonstrator's Stamp Club which at our last meeting we so happily named ourselves The INKcredibles!! I love it! Heres a little history... my friends name is Sherri and at first she was just my neighbor across the street, very friendly & sweet. She came over once when she saw me out raking an extreme amount of leaves and helped me out! How nice is that! She quickly became someone I am glad to call a friend! Ok so there is a point to this...she introduced me to Stampin' Up shortly after I had moved into my house in 2005. Geez...I can't believe its been so long ago since I first learned to stamp, I'll have to post the first card I ever stamped soon, yup I still have it! I was excited to find out about a stamp club she was doing and joined without much thought. I have since moved across town, which is a total bummer because we can no longer walk across the street to borrow stamps!! On the upside, I no longer have any leaves to rake!!

Although I joined the Stampin Up family last month to be a demonstrator, I will continue to go to Sherri's Stamp Club same as always!! Hopefully someday I'll work up to having some stamp club's of my own too!! Scrapbooking and Cardmaking for me is such a wonderful creative outlet, I just love it!! So thanks Sherri for being a great friend and for teaching me the stamping ropes!

buzzz....

After playing with the new "just buzzin by" stamp set, this is what I came up with. Isn't the milk carton just adorable?? I saw the card on SCS and just HAD to CASE (copy & share everything). hmm...now if I can just find the link to give her credit....and here it is! I made the milk carton to match to make a cute set.

All Stampin Up Supplies:

Stamps

• Just Buzzin' By

Paper

• Kraft Cardstock
• Basic Black Cardstock
• Close to Cocoa Cardstock
• Whisper White Cardstock
• Autumn Vine DSP

Ink

• Basic Black
• Chocolate Chip
• Versamark
• More Mustard Marker
• Really Rust Marker
• Close to Cocoa Marker

Accessories

• Chocolate Chip 5/8" grosgrain ribbon
• Linen Thread
• More Mustard Brads
• White gel pen

For a friend

Yay! I'm getting some posting done. I'm expecting my Starter Kit to come soon, I can't wait I ordered all the stamps from the new "Retro Fresh" line that just came out! I keep seeing some of the cutest things made with those sets, I'm excited to dig in and see what I can come up with!

For the pictures posted...this is the box I put the birthday cards in from my last post. I recycled a jelly jar for the candy and here is where I got the A2 card box tutorial.

All Stampin Up Supplies:

Stamps

• Party Hearty
• Short & Sweet
• Tags so much

Paper

• Regal Rose
• Pretty in Pink
• Whisper White
• Chocolate Chip
  

Ink

• Regal Rose
• Chocolate Chip
• Pretty in Pink

Accessories

• Chocolate Chip 5/8" grosgrain ribbon
• Pretty in Pink 1/4" grosgrain ribbon
• Whisper White 1/4" grosgrain ribbon
• Scallop Circle Punch
• Scallop Edge Punch
• Tag Punch
• Coluzzle Circle Cutter
• 1" & 1 1/4" Circle Punchs
  
• Stampin Dimensionals
• Clip from Hodgepodge Hardware

Summery Birthday Gifts!

I thought I'd post these gifts that I made last summer, I was just organizing some pictures and was excited to see that I took pictures before I gave them to my cousins! So here they are all bright and summery! I used the Stampin Up Tart & Tangy stamp set, I got the ideas for the purse, bookmarks and push-up pop from SCS, Its been so long I don't have the links to those but here is the link to SCS. I purchased the bins from Big Lots for $1! I stamped some plain white paper (from a paper roll) for the presents and I threw in some candy too! I'm off to try a new challenge, I'll post what I come up with later today!