Hello Friend

hello friend vellum

This post was intended for yesterday but by the time I finished writing it, amid countless interruptions, it was early evening!  Ever have one of those days??

Several days ago I shared two cards that I made after cutting a piece of Painted Blooms DSP into six pieces.  You can see that post here.  Today I have another card from that same piece of paper.  This time there’s quite a bit more white space so I added a butterfly along with the sentiment. I stamped the butterfly from the set Butterfly Basics in Blackberry Bliss.  It is a bit hard to see on the card but it has a lacy look to it.  I cut another butterfly out of vellum with the Butterfly Thinlits and adhered it with glue dots.  The pearls I added hide the glue dots.

close up vellum flower

My sentiment comes from one of my Paper Pumpkin kits. When you subscribe, you receive an exclusive stamp set each month, along with ink, and paper to create fun projects!  If you want to learn more about Paper Pumpkin, click HERE!  There’s currently a sale on 3 month prepaid subscriptions.  Not only do you receive $5 off but you are immediately eligible for a Sale-a-bration product! Click here to see and/or order the special!

Next week I will be particpating in a Glitter Queens Blog Hop.  It will start on Monday and end on Wednesday.  Be sure to stop by right here on Monday morning!

Product List:   There are many different options with the Butterfly Basics stamp set/Thinlits, which I’ve listed below.  If you purchase a bundle, you save 15%.  Click on any of the pictures to be taken to my online store.

Glue Dots

$4.95

Weekly Deals & New Stamp Set

Here are the Weekly Deals for this week!  These prices are good until February 16th or while supplies last!

 

Stampin’ Up! has just released a new photopolymer stamp set called Lovely Amazing You!

Lovely Amazing You

Lovely Amazing You SamplesClick here to visit my Stampin’ Up! online store!

Thanks for stopping by!

Painted Blooms

Happy Monday!  I haven’t been able to post to my blog (or create in my stamp room) in the last few days as I’ve been babysitting my granddaughter. There just aren’t enough hours in the day, or energy, to get everything done.  But, this morning I was able to sit at my craft table for a few minutes.  I needed a few cards to send out today and these were very quick and easy to create.

As I have mentioned before, I love the gorgeous Painted Blooms Designer Series paper.  It is so pretty that I’ve been hesitant to cut it up, which is somewhat silly.  Fellow demo, Patty Bennett, suggested cutting it up to make six individual cards.  What a great idea!

Painted Blooms

Here are two cards I made this morning!

hello

thanks so much

After cutting the DSP and adhering it to my Blackberry Bliss cardstock, I just needed to add a sentiment.  E-a-s-y!  Once I punched out my sentiment I did sponge some color around it for some dimension.

I will be back tomorrow with the Weekly Deals and hopefully later this week with more cards from this one sheet of paper!

Have a great day!

Product List (click on the pictures below and you’ll be taken to my Stampin’ Up! website)

Gummi Bears

love box red ribbon

box side

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, I definitely have candy on the brain!  Really, who am I kidding?  I always think about candy.  🙂    I bought little packs of Gummi Bears and once my boxes were made I hoped the bags would fit inside.  I was happy when I was able to fit four in comfortably.   I bought them at Amazon and I will provide the link below if you are interested in getting some.

candy in box

I used the Stacked with Love Designer Series Paper Pack for the top of my box and coordinating cardstock for the bottom.  Here’s another one using paper from the same pack. I used Whisper White for the base.

black white box

Both the top and base of the box use paper that measures 5- 1/2 x 4 -1/2.   The difference is where you score them so that the top will fit on the box.  The DSP (top) is scored at 15/16th on all four sides and the cardstock (bottom) is scored at 1″ on all four sides.

If you are interested in the Gummi Bears in bulk on Amazon, then click here.

Below are the supplies I used for both boxes.  Click on any of the pictures and you’ll be taken to my Stampin’ Up! online store.  The Sweetheart Punch is on sale until Monday, February 9th (you’ll see the sale price when you click on it) and the Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper is also on sale.  I used silver on my project but they are very similar.

Thanks for stopping by!

Product List

Glue Dots

$4.95

Weekly Deals

The Weekly Deals are here!  I always like it when Big Shot dies and punches are on sale! If you would like to purchase any of these items or see more information about each product, just click on each picture and you will be taken to my online store!

Rocky Road Box

The other day while at the grocery store, I saw my favorite candy bar! Why the excitement?  It’s because I don’t see it very often.  I used to purchase them at the only store in town that carried them and then all of a sudden they were no longer on the shelves. When I saw ten of them at the grocery store, yes, I grabbed all ten of them! Who knows if they will be restocked so I did what I needed to do and into my cart they went!  Ever since I can remember, this was also my dad’s favorite so it really makes me think of him and smile.

RockyRoad

On to my project! For the last several days I’ve been playing around with my Envelope Punch Board and thought it would be fun to make a box (did you know that this punch board isn’t just for making envelopes???) that fit the candy bar perfectly.

It took a little playing around with it, but here’s what I came up with!

RR box

RR box belly band

Once the box was made, I did have to make a few adjustments so that the box would close. You can see the two ends that would normally be pointed but I cut off just enough so that the box would shut. I used the Stacked with Love DSP pack to make a belly band around the box.  Each of the sheets in the pack are 4 1/2″ wide but I cut my down to 3 inches.  After wrapping the paper around the box I tied it up with our beautiful organza ribbon.  I used some sparkly silver glimmer paper to attach my sentiment to and using white Baker’s Twine, I wrapped it around the ribbon.

Nothing says you care like giving someone their favorite candy bar wrapped up in a pretty little box!

Product List (Click on each picture to visit my Stampin’ Up! online store)