Build A Bear

I was excited when I finally purchased the Build A Bear die and used it for some gifts I gave to my friend's kids for Christmas!


Supplies:

Ink: Real Red
Cardstock: Garden Green, Real Red, Close to Cocoa, Basic Black, Cameo Coral
Accessories: Big Shot Scallop Circle Die, Stampin' Up! Bear, Beary Essentials and Beary Girl Die, DSP from Country Living Holiday Kit from 2008, silver cord and Riding Hood Red Taffeta Ribbon.

She is just beary cute, isn't she?



Then I had a couple of giftcards to give, so I made some adorable gift card holders for them. I used some CD folders I had. Yes, a little big for gift cards, but I really wanted to use the Build A Bear and it fit perfectly on these!


This is the outside.

Supplies:

Ink: Real Red
Cardstock: Old Olive, Real Red, Close to Cocoa, Basic Black, Cameo Coral, Whisper White
Accessories: Big Shot Scallop Circle Die, Stampin' Up! Bear, Beary Essentials and Beary Girl Die, DSP from Country Living Holiday Kit from 2008, snowflake punch, Old Olive Striped Ribbon.


Here is the inside:

Happy New Year!

Has it been another month already? Apparently time is going by faster than I think, which is bad because I feel like it is just flying! Anyway, I have lots of stuff to share, so hopefully I can get caught up on my blog :)

Here is a banner I made for my New Year's party, isn't it the cutest?:

It was a teeny bit time consuming putting it all together, but it was worth it in the end. The best part is I can use it every year by changing out the last pennant and making a new on for that year!

Supplies:

Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White
Accessories: Big Shot, Silver Cord, Whisper White Organza Ribbon, Pennant Bixz XL Die



I used my Cricut for letters on this one, but Serif Essentials would have worked too.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Yes, I realize Thanksgiving was LAST week and my last post was a MONTH ago! Better late than never, right? It's the thought that counts, right? LOL I have been busy, busy, busy! Family, work, life, crafting, you know the drill! But I wanted to check in here and post something!!

These are a couple pictures from Thanksgiving day:

This is my Thankful banner that I created and showed you a while back. I hung it on the mantel over the fireplace! It looked so nice!












Next is my beautiful table! I spend as much time on my table as I do cooking!



















And a close up of the place setting:

The flowers are not real :( but I did fill the vase up with some shredded card stock to add some color!

I ran out of time to make the napkin rings, so I just tied a bow around the top of the napkin using Dusty Durango Polka Dot Ribbon. It looked great and worked perfectly with these napkins!

It was a good day filled with good food and family. Hope your Thanksgiving was as blessed as mine!

Remember Me?

I am alive :) Just been incredibly busy this last month. And of course we are embarking on the holiday season so it will remain busy. Can you believe it is November? Seriously? What happened to June, July, August, September and October? This year has gone so fast!

Here is a card I made recently. I hadn't done a criss cross card in a while and I had some of this paper left that I didn't know what to do with. This is a bright card!

I have more projects to post soon!

Thankful Banner

This is the last of my fall projects...a Thankful Banner! I used 4x4 coasters to make these.

It was very hard to get it all together, so I took pictures of two letters at a time. This was probably the hardest one to come up with because I had to decorate every square! LOL

Supplies for Banner
Stamps: Autumn Harvest
Card stock: Elegant Eggplant, Soft Suede, Ruby Red, Always Artichoke, Autumn Traditions DSP
Ink: Staz On Black, Dusty Durango, Crushed Curry
Accessories: Serif Essentials Big Shot Die, Leaves Big Shot Die, Scallop Square Big Shot Die, Button Latte, Linen Thread, Watercolor Crayons, Soft Suede Polka Dot Ribbon, Vintage brads, 5 Petal flower punch.

Fall Class Projects

Here are some more of my fall class projects. These are for the table settings. For this class I am going to let everyone pick which projects they want do do and pay per project!


First up is the VERY simple napkin ring.
Cardstock: Elegant Eggplant, Autumn Harvest DSP.
Accessories: Hemp Twine






Here is the place card:

Stamps: Autumn Harvest
Cardstock: Soft Suede; Whisper White
Ink: Elegant Eggplant; Dusty Durango; Crushed Curry; Soft Suede
Accessories: Dusty Durango Polka Dot Ribbon, sponge dauber



Next is a party favor.
Stamps: Matchbox Messages
Cardstock: Soft Suede, Autumn Traditions DSP, Elegant Eggplant, Always Artichoke, Whisper White
Ink: Dusty Durango, Soft Suede, Elegant Eggplant
Accessories: Sizzix Matchbox Die, Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, Soft Suede Polka Dot Ribbon, Linen Thread.


Now a centerpiece.

Cardstock: Always Artichoke, Soft Suede Ruby Red, Rich Razzleberry (oops, it was supposed to be Elegant Eggplant!); Autumn Traditions DSP
Accessories: Hemp Twine, Leaves Big Shot Die.

Happy Thanksgiving Card

I am sure I don't need to tell you how much I love My Digital Studio, but in the event you have not read any of my previous posts, let me tell you that I love Stampin' Up!'s My Digital Studio! It is truly a digital paper crafting wonderland! I was playing around one night and came up with an idea for a card for my upcoming fall themed class, but it was getting late and I didn't really feel like stamping (what???) it wasn't that I didn't feel like stamping, it was that I didn't feel like CLEANING my stamp room so I could stamp! You know what I'm talking about, right? Any who, I was already surfin' the net so I decided to open up MDS and put my ideas on there. This is what I came up with, basically a card sketch:

I made this a 6x6 card in MDS (not sure why) so, in my opinion, there is a lot of open space. My mission was accomplished!














Then a day later, when I did feel like cleaning, I decided to create it in real life! And here is what I came up with:
I did change the colors a bit and the stamp set, but the basics are the same. And I did make this a 5.25 x 5.25 card, which I never do!

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Autumn Harvest
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Always Artichoke, Elegant Eggplant, Shimmery White
Ink: Staz On Black, Chalks
Accessories: Blender Pen, Chocolate Chip Corduroy brad, Modern Label Movers & Shapers Die, Modern Label punch, Word Window Punch




Do you see how versatile MDS is? Don't you want one? October 1st is the day for customers!!!