Owl Thank you

I made this card as a thank you to my brothers for Christmas gifts. I wanted something not too "girly" so this is a pretty simple, no frills card. I started with old olive card stock for the base and decided to use the owl punch. I know some of you don't like this punch because it's a little tricky to glue all the little pieces together but I just can't help loving it! I punched out the owl and assembled him and I also die-cut the branch using the sizzlet Little Leaves die in the Big Shot.

Here's a close- up of the owl -- you can see I raised him up with some dimensionals..


I also embossed the blue with the polka dot embossing folder in the Big Shot. The "thanks" sentiment is from the stamp set Thank You Kindly.

stamps:Thank You Kindly
ink: Early Espresso
paper: whisper white, chocolate chip, Soft Suede, pumpkin pie, Rose Red, Tempting Turqouise
other: polka dot embossing folder, Owl Punch, Little Leaves Sizzlet, Big Shot, Dimensionals

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Simple Chocolate Card

Here is a quick and easy card using the Eat Chocolate Stamp set. I started with Pretty in Pink and Chocolate chip... I just LOVE these colors together...especially for Valentines! I embossed the piece of Chocolate chip using the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder in my Big Shot so give some fun texture to the simple card. Both of the sentiments I used are on the same stamp so I used markers to color it, first not coloring the "...I'm that friend" portion to stamp the top, then again, stamping just the "...I'm that friend" portion and punching it out with the word window punch. I thought it might look nice to separate them a little more than they are on the stamp.
I also used some crumb cake seam binding ribbon to attach the sentiment and add some sweetness to the card!

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stamps:Eat Chocolate
ink: Chocolate Chip, Rose Red
paper: whisper white, pretty in pink, chocolate chip, crumb cake
other: Crumb Cake seam binding ribbon, Word Window Punch

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Nature Walk

When I first looked at the Occasions Mini Catalog, I knew that I had to have this set. It's called Nature Walk and just has the most beautiful nature images in it. For this card I started with a Bashful Blue Cardstock base and decided to stick with the blue/brown palette. I Stamped the bird with Early espresso ink and then stamped a bashful blue birdcage over him. Then I used sponges with bashful blue and old olive ink to sponge around him. I used a distressing too to make the edges look aged.

Here's a close up of the image:
You can kind of see in the close-up that I also stamped birdcages onto the early espresso cardstock with ink of the same color. I used some more of the lovely seam binding ribbon in crumb cake to add some softness. I felt like it needed something else so I punched out a border using river rock cardstock and the Scallop ribbon Border punch.

One of the things I've decided to work on this year is to try to make coordinating envelopes more often... so here's one for this card-- I think it will make sending out cards easier and more fun with coordinating envelopes!!




stamps: Nature Walk
ink: Early Espresso, Bashful Blue, Old Olive
paper: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, River Rock
other: Crumb Cake seam binding ribbon, Scallop Ribbon Border Punch

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Eat Chocolate

At long last I am sharing some new stuff with you! I meant to post these days ago but the time has gotten away from me this week! Here's a fun card I made using the new Eat Chocolate set from the 2011 Occasions Mini catalog. I made this cute background by stamping the "so much Chocolate, so little time" stamp randomly over a piece of Crumb Cake card stock using early espresso ink. The main image I stamped by carefully coloring it with the brush ends of the markers and stamping it onto whisper white cardstock. Then I used a glue pen and some glitter to make it sparkly. Here's a close up-- can you see the glitter? It's kind of hard to see in the photo but it's super cute in person.


I punched out the image using the Decorative Label punch (this is in the new mini again so if you didn't get a chance to order it from the holiday one, you still can!)

This card also uses some of the seam binding ribbon. I ordered a few colors of this and LOVED it so I decided to do a share of it. Let me know if you're interested in participating in the share. This ribbon is really thin and sheer... the images in the catalog don't do it justice at all.

Hope you enjoyed this card... I think it would make a great Valentine!

stamps:Eat Chocolate
ink: Early Espresso, Pretty in Pink, Rose Red
paper: whisper white, pretty in pink, rose red, chocolate chip, crumb cake
other: Rose Red seam binding ribbon, dimensionals, Decorative Label Punch

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The last of the Holiday stuff!

Happy New Year!

Ok... I promise to start sharing fun new spring and valentine items, but first here are a few holiday items I haven't had a chance to post and share yet!

First: Snowman and Reindeer Poop!
The tops are made using the top Note Die with in the Big shot, folded in half to make headers

Here's what I put on the backs:




And here is another last-minute gift I made for a relative. It's a simple white mug that I purchased and added some snowflakes and the word "joy", both cut from vinyl sheets using the big shot (the snowflakes were from the Northern Frost Decortive Strip Die ). Then I added some soft mints to a cello bag and put it inside the cup and tied it with some ribbon... ta dah! An inexpensive, easy and super cute gift!


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Merry Christmas!...and some candle boxes

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!
I hope everyone is having a safe and happy holiday and
spending some quality relaxing time with their families..

Here are some candle boxes I made...some for the holiday craft fair and some for gifts. These are really fun to make... I made up all the boxes first and then stamped the candles. The hardest part was finding votive candles the right size to fit in the boxes. I had a bunch of boxes made and then I couldn't find more candles the right size....eventually found some but who knew that votives came in all different heights? I guess that's a lesson learned... make sure you have all the supplies you need for your project before making a bunch more!!

I made these in a bunch of different colors and stamp sets.

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Christmas Fudge

Here's a cute way to make some quick gifts and use up some designer paper! I just wrapped Hershey Bars with some leftover designer series paper (adhered with Sticky strip so it stays on) and then printed out this cute poem to put on the front! Perfect for last-minute gifts! Add some ribbon to make it even cuter!

Here's a close-up so you can read the poem:

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