Baby Shower Gift ~ Diaper Cake

Hello fellow stampers and crafters:

My Sister Sheila and I are giving a Baby Shower for a friend this coming Sunday.  So I made the following Diaper Cake not only for the centerpiece but as Sarah's gift.  I used the little Giraffe from Fox and Friends stamp set along with Pretty in Pink and Melon Mambo cardstock.  For the trim I used the Backgrounds 1 Texturz Plates and the Eyelet and Scallop Edge Border Punches...wish now that I had used Melon Mambo for the bottom trim, the white doesn't stand out quite as much as I would like.  I think it turned out real cute, I should probably remove the tag from the baby giraffe before giving, right?  :O)  As always, click on pic for a larger view.

Sorry a little dim, my camera wasn't set for auto flash!

 Close up shot of large dots from Texturz Plate.

Gotta run folks, have cupcake pics and favors yet to make and the clock is ticking...Happy Stampin!

And more cards...

Hello Stampers!

Over the weekend I finished the cards my Sister and her Hubby's Mom wanted me to make for them and just sent them out the door via my Hubby!  I used the stamp set "Elements of Style" more than once using Sincere Salutations Stamp Set and in different colors.  I told John I think this is the prettiest stamp set we sell!

 Elements of Style used here, I so love this stamp set!!!

In Riding Hood Red and Early Expresso!

 My very favorite in So Saffron, so pretty!

 The Hummingbird card is also from the "Elements of Style" stamp set, don't you agree it's simply lovely!

 This is from our Sale A Bration promotion, love the colors!

 This is from a retired set called "Well Wishes" too cute!

 My final card is from the "Just add cake" dsp we offer and the Pennant Punch.

Finally this is from the ribbon share I am doing for Club, took a little time to break all these spools down but I liked the final product!  If you're interested in participating in a share too email me with your order, I am  offering shares in most of the ribbon collections!

Till next time happy stamping!

Cards, Cards and more Cards!

Hello fellow Stampers and Crafters!

It;s been a week or so since my last post.  Been very busy making cards, some were invites for a Baby Shower my Sister and I are given her neighbor Sarah, some were invites for a Easter class I'm giving (although I didn't take pics of these), one for my Brother-In-Law Robert's Birthday and finally some are for my Sister Lisa and her Mother-In-Law Yvonne who asked that I make some assorted cards for them to give this year.  Here are pics of them all, sorry to just throw them out all together but I simply don't have time to make separate post for each project since I've gotta run I just had a Stampin UP! order come in that I must process and about 20 more cards to make!   Check out the pics below and have a good day!

Baby Shower Invite

 Robert's B-Day Card

 The rest of these are the ones commissioned by my Sister and her Mother-In-Law:

VALENTINE'S

Hello my fellow Stampers and Crafters,

Here are my final postings for Valentines 2012.  First is my last Valentine Daycare Class where they made the same card as some of my adult classes using the retired stamp set " Have a Heart".  For Treats we made a cute little Tootsie Pop Butterfly along with an adorable candy I-Pod.  I found both these ideas online off a Family Fun website.  So cute!!!  Unfortunately I only got one pic of the kids working, I became so involved I set down my camera not thinking of it again until I was cleaning up, this happens to me a lot...which is why I don't do more scrapbooking, hehe! 

Children working on Tootsie Pop Butterfly

  

 Finished work of Arts!

 Now for the cards and little gifts I gave to my loved ones!  First are the cards and Stover Chocolate hearts boxes which I gave to the "Kids".  For the boys I left the boxes as is since they were already cute but for the girls I altered by applying thin red metal sheeting which I had ran through a embossing folder with the big shot. Adding black Organza ribbon with a silver heart trinket ~ Lovely ~  Then, I made cards using a punch art Valentine Bee I cased with very little change from mafercreations. Too cute!!!

 Jen and Peyton's card inside & out and candy

 Kim and Greg's Card is only slightly different

This is my Sweetie's Card.  I would like to say I was creative enough to come up with this concept on my own but I didn't, there are hundreds of Owls sitting in the moonlight out there but most are for Halloween and in Black and Blue themes.  Real Red seemed appropriate here, I kinda I liked it for Valentines, what do you think?  After all was said in done, I wish I had left room so that it could have read as "My" Love, but oh well, I think he liked it just the same. 

 Ok, guys that's it until next time...

Valentine Cards and Favors

Hello fellow Paper Crafters and Stampers!  I have been so busy lately with Valentine Classes and wanted to share our projects with you! 

This first card layers Whisper White, Regal Rose and Rose Red card stock.  I used Regal Rose Ink for the "I {Love} Love Jumbo Wheel stamp.  The Owl Builder, Heart to Heart and Small Heart punches were used in addition to the Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslits Die to create this sweet little card! 

These next projects showcase my Build a Bears which I used for Patricia Filyaws Daycare class.  We really had blast and the girls really love dressing up their Bears!  The card in the center is from a Retired Stamp Set called "Have a Heart", and think I liked this card so much I may give it to my Sweetie for "V" Day!!!  The little Treat Holders (Favors) were made using the Sizzix Pillow Box die and clear window sheets and Real Red CS.  If you click on the pic you can also see a close up of  the little Heart Treat Cup we carry with M&M's, so cute!!!  

Below on the left is a matchbook favor, the one in the back center is actually an envelope sealed, about 1 3/4' cut off the top and sent through my crimper.  On the far left the sweet little box is from the Sizzix Matchbox die and assorted Heart punches.  Can you see the cute little mailbox my upline Leader Linda Fisher gave me using cardstock and Hershey Nuggets, too cute!!!  And finally, the last two are M&M's in a 1x8 cello bag and a Tootsie Pop Flower. 

Ok, gotta run, I still have my family to make Valentines for and will post them as soon as I finish!  Have a good evening and Happy Stampin!

Catching up...

Sorry for the delay folks, I had just been so busy with the Holidays and now that they're over I have been playing catch up!

Here are a few pics of crafty projects I have done over the past few weeks including this cute little pillowbox sleigh we put the Kid's money in this year.  I saw one similar on PaperCraftProject.com, I didn't purchase the tutorial I just winged it since it look like a pillowbox was used for main body of sleigh.  They all looked really cute on the tree and the Kids loved them, of course it didn't hurt there was a $100 bill tucked inside each one. 

Next are some Wedding/Bridal Shower Favors I worked on some time back, they had  been over at the little Bakery I work for occasionally and I took them to get exposure at Alamance Community College to promote the Gift & Favors class I will be offering this semester.

The next two cards were requested by my Sister Lisa, one for her Mother In Laws Birthday, she said she was partial to purple so I thought Concord Crush fit the bill.  I cased the design from Dawn Olchefske, she had an adorable example last year with our Sale A Bration  Bliss Stamp Set.  The Bee card has a little bandaid stamp inside saying get well soon and was cased mixing card design and punch art from Robin Feigcht and Jenn Diercks blogs.  So cute!

The last is for my upcoming Hostess Club next week, the theme is Valentines of course.  I used the retired Petal Card die and made a heart basket. Love it!!! Haven't put the white basket shredded paper and little chocolate hearts inside yet, too tempting to eat (the candy that is)!  I used Rose Red, Regal Rose and Wild Wasabi card stock to create everything.  I went ahead and created all the baskets for the ladies since it is a little labor intensive and some may not like such a complicated paper craft. (Most are into Cards only).  Now all they have to do is basically decorate it...I also made all the paper roses since it too is complicated but mainly  because it must dry before attaching to basket.  I also designed a little 3x3 card to go with it, I like this project so much I may make some up to sell at the Chocolate Festival in February at Holly Hill Mall!  What do you think?  If you're wondering those are my clear acyclic blocks holding up my basket since I couldn't quite figure out how to make a flat bottom.  << heavy sigh >> 

Ok, that's it for right now, until next time...Happy Stampin!

Roxboro Community School Holiday Extravaganza

Hey Stampers!

Boy it's been a while since I've posted to my blog...been sooooo busy preparing for the craft fair in Roxboro this past Saturday.  We had so much fun and I sold most of all that I took!  See pics below for the projects I took (sorry, lighting stinks), I was so fortunate I just about sold out of everything!

                                











                                                                                                                                                               





 



Silent Auction Gift Basket



Take Care until next time...