Spooky Magnets & Bookmarks!

Good afternoon everyone! I hope you all enjoyed my last video tutorial! I apologize for not getting this one up sooner. I have been having some technical difficulties! I think I got the bugs worked out now though and should have more videos to post this week! :)

For today's video I wanted to share with you how I made these fun magnets and bookmarks for my nieces and nephew for Halloween this year. I just love making things for them and I figured maybe you would enjoy it as well!



I apologize for not having a picture of the finished projects. I actually gave them away before I had a chance to take any pictures. At least they are getting used and enjoyed now! :)

P.S. I just found the name of the alphabet stamp set! It is called Tenley Alphabet by Stampabilities.

Halloween Lantern

Good afternoon! I am so excited to announce that I have started a new YouTube channel where I will be posting video tutorials! I have always loved creating videos and I love watching stamping videos so I figured, why not make my own? :) So here's what I need from you. I need to know what you want to see. What kind of videos would you be interested in watching (techniques, projects, cards, etc.)? Please leave me a comment so that I can get a list started. I know there are many stamping channels out there so I am hoping to get some fresh ideas!

Anyway, on to today's project! I wanted to create something using my SU! Bigz Scallop Square die. I purchased it a long time ago and had hardly used it so I decided it was time! As I was brainstorming I remembered seeing a box (I don't remember where I saw it) that was made using scalloped squares so I was originally going to make one but then I thought it would be fun to make something for Halloween and somehow this lantern came about! :)

 I'm going to keep this fairly short because I don't want to bore you with all of the details when you can just watch the video to figure it out! However, if you do have any questions please let me know and I will do my best to answer them! Thanks so much for stopping by! :)

Here is the video tutorial showing how to create this fun lantern!

Life

I made this card quite a few weeks ago but I couldn't not post it! :) I love this Papertrey Ink set and it's the first time I have actually had a chance to use it! It's one I picked up at CHA this summer. Isn't it gorgeous? Anyway, I paired it with some Cosmo Cricket paper for an earthy color scheme. I stamped the flower and leaves on card stock and then sponged the edges for a different feel. Overall I really like how this card turned out!

Sovereign

(Front)

(Back)
Well I originally planned on sharing a different creation with you today but some things have come up and I decided to share something a little bit MORE uplifting instead! :D This is another page that I created for Patter Cross' "His Holy Name" challenge! I used some fantastic Verve stamps and paired it with my Making Memories felt stickers and Cosmo Cricket "Happy Camper" paper. I picked my verses by going through all of the ones that mentioned God being Sovereign. You wouldn't believe how many there are! :) Here are just a few of my favorites but I promise that there are more I could use! These are just a few that really spoke to me and I am amazed at how much they are speaking to me still! Oh how I needed to read them today! Our God is truly Sovereign!

How About Some Unity?

Here are the projects I created during my Unity Guest Design term last month! I love how both of them turned out! The stamps from the card are from the "Feel the Joy" set and the images on the box are from both of the September kits! Thanks so much for stopping by today! It's Thursday which means I'm almost done with my week! Yippee!

A Loving Hip Hop!

Hehe! I just couldn't resist! Since today's Hip Hop is featuring the fabulous new August Incentive Kit "Sending My Love", I decided to dedicate this post to just that...LOVE! If you sign up to be a Unity Kit of the Month member during the month of August you will get this kit free! Before I move on, you should have hopped over here from the very talented Robyn. If you didn't, make sure you start at the Unity blog!

Ok, now onto the details! I have two fun projects to show you today! The first project is this card. I used the ADORABLE mailbox as my main image and I paired it with some Honey Pie dp from Cosmo Cricket! The arrows on the paper reminded me of cupid so I just knew that I needed to use it! :D Anyway, I stamped the image on watercolor paper and then used my SU! markers and blender pen to color it in. I added some stickles to the flag, butterflies, and grass since I didn't want them to be black. I then sponged the edges of my paper with some Tim Holtz Antique Linen ink. I sewed around three edges of the card and threw in a button for some added texture.

The next project I have for you is a little gift bag that compliments the card! I used my Fancy Favor Bigz Die to punch out the bag, put it together, and closed it up with some ribbon. I then stamped the sentiment and punched it out with my circle punch. I stamped the envelope on some dp, cut it out, and popped it up on dimensionals. The circle was then layered on some chocolate chip card stock and I applied rhinestones around the entire thing!

Well, that's it for my projects! Next on the hop is that very creative Heather! Now, since I decided to dedicate this post to LOVE I am going to share some of the things I love with you!

My husband!

My family!My friends!
My job!
The mountains!4-Wheeling!

and...STAMPING!

Now that's not ALL I love, it's just a short list. Now you have a glimpse into my life and I hope you enjoyed it!

Isn't She Cute???

I made this sweet box for the All That Scraps challenge from last week. I used Pixie Heidi for it and colored her with my colored pencils and OMS. I used some retired Stampin' Up! paper for the box form and added two scalloped chocolate chip strips along the top and bottom of it. The ribbon is also some retired SU! ribbon and the primas are from my stash! I really love how this box turned out and have officially claimed it as my new and improved candy dish! :D It sits on my desk now and I love it! :D

Well, that's all for today! Stop back tomorrow for another creation made by me! :D

The Baby Shower!

Good morning! As promised, here are pictures from Leanne's baby shower. We had such a blast yesterday but I admit that I am relieved to have it over with. I was definitely stressing about it. Sadly, I didn't take pictures DURING the shower, just before. If you would like details about any of the projects, let me know! The designer paper used for almost all of the projects is from a paper pack called "Nana's Nursery". It's adorable!

The cute and simple invitations I created.

The decorated table. The pinata is actually an inside joke among us teachers. :)

A detail shot of the diaper cake. Susan Liles is the genius behind this! You can find her amazing tutorial here.

A detail shot of the onesie boquet. This fabulous idea came from Lauren Meader. You can find her directions here.

A detail shot of the favors. I used the pillow box die to create them.

A detail shot of the rubber ducky centerpiece.

Well, that's it for today! I will have another card to share tomorrow. Have a fantastic morning!

January Verve Project Parade: Kid at Heart

Lots of posts today! Scroll down to see more! :)


Good Sunday afternoon everyone! I seriously cannot believe that today is Super Bowl Sunday! I officially met my husband 4 years ago at a Super Bowl party that we were invited to by some mutual friends (that was the year of Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake...hehe). However, the circumstances were not good and the timing was off so 2 years later we were re-introduced and actually hit it off! I seriously cannot believe how the Lord works in those situations! It's crazy! Ok...anyway...on to today's project!

I made this project for the January Verve Project Parade that is going on over on the Verve blog! Make sure you check it out! Anyway, I knew I wanted to make something for my niece so I grabbed this box that is from the Taylored Expressions store! Taylor sent it to me for Christmas and I am not finally getting around to using it! :D Thanks Taylor! Anyway, before putting the box together I decided to decorate it with my fabulous Verve set called "Hundred Hearts". I stamped the row of hearts in Versamark and then heat embossed it with my white embossing powder. I added a strip of Pink Pirouette card stock right about that and then tied some ribbon around the box. A heart brad was then added as the box closure.


I stamped, cut out, and glittered up a large heart to stick on the top of the box. I layered it on another piece of Pink Pirouette card stock and then added brads to the corner!





The last step I took when decorating my box was to decorate the inside by embossing this fabulous Winnie the Pooh sentiment and attaching it. I felt like I needed to include some kind of message and this was the perfect fit!







Once the box was complete I then made the magnets. I made them using the decorative pebbles that you can get really cheap at Hobby Lobby or some other craft store. I stamped the letters using my Stampendous Alphabet set. The heart is another image from the "Hundred Hearts" set. I then punched all 4 images out and stuck them to the backs of the pebbles with crystal effects. Once it dried I attatched the magnets. To make it look a little prettier yet, I then stuck the magnets in a brown organza bag that some of my Unity Stamps came in.

Well, I think that pretty much sums up this project! I hope you enjoyed it!

More Cuppie Calendars!

September Calendar Page

December Calendar Page

Good morning! I wanted to share 2 more pages of my calendar that I have finished along with the newly decorated stand! :D I actually decorated the stand AFTER I made the pages so I might end up taking the ribbon off the pages because I have noticed how much they clash with the stand! Haha! Anyway, the images are from the SASI set called A Year of Sweets 3. I used my Prismacolor Pencils to color in the images and layered them on some card stock. I then added some ribbon behind each image. For some reason my camera didn't want to take a good picture so I ended up giving up! Haha! I decorated the stand using my Chocoalate Chip ribbon and Baja Breeze ribbon. I then took Ana's idea and added some pretty flowers to the front of the stand! I really do like how it turned out and it matches the color scheme of my ever evolving craft room! Haha! Well, that's it for this post! Stay tuned because I will have a card to share a little later this afternoon! Have a wonderful day!

A Stamped Candle!!!!

Good afternoon everyone! I hope your weekend is going well so far! Today I wanted to show you the gifts that I made all of my family members this Christmas. I gave each of them a hand stamped candle! I learned how to stamp on candles from Michelle's video tutorial that you can view here. She did such a great job explaining it! The process was really quite simple, it just got to be time consuming because I made so many! :D Anyway, I used the retired Stampin' Up! set "The Snowflake Spot" for the candle stamping and I used the current Stampin' Up! Hostess set "Punches Three" for the little tag. I just love how these candles turned out and I seemed to get a great response from my family members as well! I am relieved that I can finally share this project with you! It was one I was truly excited about!

Enjoy the rest of your day! We finally have our house put back together after our new entertainment center arrived so I can officially start to relax! It's amazing how big of a process something like that can be! Especially when you are not ready to get rid of the old entertainment center but you don't exactly have room for it either! We ended up reshuffling three rooms to get everything to work AND look nice! Oh...my brother also moved in with us for a couple of months so we had to find space in our guest room for all of his stuff. My linens got demoted from that closet to the old entertainment center! Haha! Luckily the old one has closing doors on the front so no one will ever know...well...except you lucky ladies! :D Ok, I have blabbed on enough for one day. If you remember, will you say a quick prayer for my hubby today and tomorrow. He is giving another sermon at church tomorrow and he always gets extremely nervous! You girls rock! As always, thanks so much for stopping by! I appreciate each and every one of you!

SASI -- Love is Sweet!

Happy New Year! I seriously can not believe it is 2009. I just got used to writing 2008! Haha! Anyway, it's time for another Taylored Expressions sneak peek! Today we are showcasing the adorable set "Love is Sweet". This set is perfect for Valentines Day! I am also showing you some of the fun things that can be found in the Valentines Key Ingredient Kit! Included is some adorable dp, coordinating card stock, ribbon, heart brads, and glitter!


For today's project I made a card and bag gift set. I just love these adorable images! I couldn't decide between the kissing couple or the lip print cuppie so I used both! Anyway, I again water colored my images using my Crayola pencils and OMS! I then cut out the images and popped them up using dimensionals! Well, I have to run! I am posting this in a rush! I will be back later to add more details! Until then, stop by Taylor's blog as well as the other design team member blogs! I am sure they will blow you away!

Jami Sibley
Jen del Muro
Denise Marzec
Laurie Schmidlin
Carol Halvorson
Monika Davis
Charmaine Ikach
Sharon Harnist
Ana Wohlfahrt
Donna Baker
Terri Dodd

SASI--A Year of Sweets!

Good evening! We are back in Colorado and it is definitely a feeling of relief! We arrived home around 2 a.m. and slept until 11 a.m.! Haha! Well, I am FINALLY able to share some brand new creations! What better way to start than by showcasing some sneak peeks of the adorable Stamp a Sweet Impression stamps??? Anyway, since I was in Iowa the past two weeks and didn't have my new stamps (they were waiting here for me on my doorstep) I had to get everything done today. Let me tell you how stressful that can feel! I absolutely hate being behind! Well Taylor has certainly outdone herself with this new release! Not only is she releasing 5 fantastic sets, she is also releasing the new Valentines Key Ingredients kit, a new (fabulous) card stock, AND two different types of calenders! You can choose from a "Frame Your Imagination" vertical stand like the one I will be featuring OR a perpetual calendar! Isn't that awesome??? The release will be January 2nd so don't miss it!

Anyway, along with the vertical calender stand, the stamp set that I will be showing you today is called "A Year of Sweets 3"! My set has an image for September, October, November, and December. There are two other sets featuring the other 8 months as well and you can view those on the rest of the dt blogs! I didn't have time to create a calendar for all 12 months (yet) so I will continue to show you my progress over the next month. I am excited to see it all finished! I began by having my wonderful little brother spray paint the stand white. (I hope to decorate it in the near future.) I then started working on the pages. The two months that I did decide to finish were October (my bday month) and November! I honestly have no idea why I went with the Baja Breeze ribbon for October. I just thought the color looked nice I guess! Haha! The November ribbon was a no brainer. Anyway, I watercolored my images using my Crayola pencils and OMS. I then attatched my images to the calendar with magnets so that I can switch it out next year (just in case I don't have time to do this again)!

Well, that does it for today's sneak peek! Come back tomorrow for a peek at another adorable set! Make sure you remember to stop by Taylor's blog as well as the rest of the dt! They have all done a fantastic job of showcasing this new release!

Design Team Members Showcasing the Perpetual Calendar

Jami Sibley
Jen del Muro
Denise Marzec
Laurie Schmidlin
Carol Halvorson
Monika Davis

Design Team Members Showcasing the Frame Your Imagination Vertical Stand

Charmaine Ikach
Sharon Harnist
Ana Wohlfahrt
Donna Baker
Terri Dodd

Another Tea Bag Holder! :)

So check out this tea bag holder/card that I made! The front panel is the tea bag holder! Isn't that great??? I saw this week's Splitcoast Sketch Challenge and had this huge idea! :) Anyway, I used the There She Goes sets called Tea for Two and Tea for Two Special Blends! I can't tell you enough how amazing these stamps are!

Here is a side view of the card.

Here is a picture of the tea bag holder pulled off the card. I attached it with a magnet.

Anyway, this is going to be a short post because we are running errands today. I hope you are all enjoying your Saturday!

Recipe:
Stamps: There She Goes (Tea for Two, Tea for Two Special Blends)
Paper: Very Vanilla, More Mustard, Basic Gray dsp
Ink: Black StazOn, Close to Cocoa, SU! Markers
Accessories: Ribbon, Brads, Magnets