Owlways

I am loving the owl punch in the new catalog!!! How cute is he!

Ingredients to make the card:

Stamp Sets: Always, Admit It

Ink: Early Espresso

Paper: Sunny Garden Desiger Series Paper, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Poppy Parade

Accessories: Early Espresso Brad, Googlie Eyes, Stampin' Dimensionals

Tools: Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, Two Step Owl Extra Large Punch, Small Heart Punch, Trio Flower Punch, Paper Piercer

Wedding Card

Here is a engagement card I made that is a great card for any love occasion!

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets: Together Forever

Ink: Soft Suede

Paper: Very Vanilla, Thoroughly Modern designer series paper

Accessories: Gold Brad, Gold Cord (retired), Vanilla Organza ribbon (retired)

Tools: Big Shot, Heart Sizzex, Wide Oval Punch, Trio Flower punch, Paper Piercer, punch from a local craft store

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone! Today I want to share with you a scrapbook page I made that was inspired by page 59 of this month's Scrapbook Etc. It has this great monochromatic textures in it. Just simple elegance. I also loved last week's Pals Paper Arts color challenge combo and decided to use in the scrapbook page: Basic Black, Melon Mambo and Pretty in Pink.

So hope you have a great day with your loved ones! Here's my page with the two cutest valentines ever!

Ingredients to make the page:

Stamp Sets: So Very (retired), Just So Sayings (retired)

Ink: Basic Black

Paper: Pretty in Pink, Basic Black, Melon Mambo Textured Card Stock

Accessories: Black Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Black Button from a local craft store

Tools: Big Shot, Heart to Heart Punch, Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Hearts & Brackets Sizzex, Timeless Type Sizzlets, Stampin' Up! Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impression Folder

Scrapbook Page that Inspired my Creation:

Quick and Easy Valentine Treat

Here's a quick and easy Valentine's treat. It's easy only because my friend Diane made the heart cookie treat on a stick. All I had to do was the little tag.

Ingredients to make the tag:

Stamp Sets: Holiday Best

Ink: Real Red

Paper: Sending Love Specialty Designer Series paper, Whisper White

Accessories: Basic Black Button, Real Red Satin Ribbon, On Board Long Board

Tools: Big Shot, Hearts & Brackets Sizzex, Crop-a-dile

Valentine's Day Jar Topper

This week's Stampin' Royalty challenge is a project using the Valentine/Love theme. So what is better than a jar with my sweetie's favorite treats. Here is how I decorated the top of the jar for him.

Ingredients to make the topper:

Stamp Sets: Love Bandit

Ink: Basic Black

Paper: Real Red Patterns Designer Series Paper (retired), Night & Day Specialty Designer Series Paper

Accessories: Basic Black Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Real Red Brad

Tools: Heart Sizzlets, Naturally Serif Sizzex, Modern Label Punch

Another Valentine Tag

Okay, so I have to say my scallop trick from Gretchen is by far one of my favorite things! Here is another project using the tip.

Ingredients to make the gift tag: Stamp Sets: Always, Love Bandit
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Ruby Red
Paper: Sending Love Specialty Designer Series Paper, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink
Accessories: Vintage Brads, Chocolate Chip Wide Grosgrain Ribbon
Tools: Big Shot, Scallop Square Sizzex, Hearts & Brackets Sizzex, Modern Label punch, Stampin' Up! Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impression Folder

Pals Paper Arts Challenge

I am so excited by this week's Pal's Paper Arts Challenge. This week's challenge is a color one. The colors are: Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink and Basic Black. I couldn't wait to come up with some thing for this challenge. It let me used somre retired products, Love & Happiness rub-ons and the Night & Day Specialty Paper. I also was able to use the fabulous scallop square tip from Gretchen again!

Ingredients to make the tag:
Paper: Night & Day Specialty Paper, Pretty In Pink, Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Basic Black
Accessories: Love & Happines Rub-ons, Basic Black buttons, Basic Black Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Basic Black Brad

Tools: Big Shot, Scallop Square Sizzex, Small Heart Punch, Pinking Hearts Border Punch, Trio Flower Punch

2 challenges in one

Today's post I was able to handle two challenges in one, the Inkredible color challenge and the Stampin' Royalty challenge. Nevermind I was able to make a cute little container for my mom & dad's Valentine's.

I have to point out this wonderful blog I stumbled upon. Gretchen in this blog post shows how you can make a scallop square or rectangle in a variety of shapes using the scallop square. Now why didn't I think of this sooner!!! Love this idea! So easy!

This week's color challenge: Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose and Basic Gray

Stampin' Royalty challenge: create anything that but a card

Ingredients to make the project:
Stamp Sets: Vintage Vogue, Hope Is (retired)
Ink: Basic Gray
Paper: Sending Love Specialty Designer Series Paper, Regal Rose Patterns Designer Series paper (retired), Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White
Accessories: Silver Brads, White Satin Ribbon, Regal Rose Grosgrain Ribbon, Cello Bag
Tools: Big Shot, Hearts & Brackets Sizzex, Heart to Heart punch, Scallop Square Sizzex, Mat Pack

Candy Jar

Here is a good-bye present I made for a co-worker. He is a chocolate fiend, so I decided to personalize a pretzel jar for him for his candy stash.

Ingredients to make the project:

Stamp Set: Tasty Sweet

Paper: Real Red, Sending Love Specialty Designer Series Paper

Accessories: Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon and Wide Grosgrain Ribbon

Tools: Big Shot, Timeless Type Sizzlits and Serif Essentials Sizzex as well as border punch from a local craft store.

Little heart chipboard album

Here is a cute little chipboard album I made as a thank you for one of my customers.

Ingredients to make the project:

Stamp Set: With all my Heart

Ink: Real Red

Paper: Sending Love Specialty Designer Series Paper, Whisper White, Real Red

Accessories: Real Red Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Silver Brads, Pretties Kit

Tools: Paper Piercer, Big Shot, Sizzex from a local craft store, Hearts Sizzlets, Small Heart punch, Stampin' Up! Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impression Folder

Inkredible Color Challenge

Here is this week's Inkredible Color Challenge: Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla.

Here is cute little wall hanging I made with a picture with my brother and his family. I have to say most of the paper and accessories are retired.

Ingredients to make the project:

Paper: Candy Lane designer series paper, Very Vanilla, Close to Cocoa, Pretty in Pink

Accessories: Chipboard coasters from an online store, Chocolate Chip corduroy buttons, Love & Happiness rub-ons, Chocolate Chip poly twill ribbon, On Board Simon Upper

Tools: Crop-a-dile, Big Shot, Naturally Serif Sizzlits

Valentine's Matchbox Photo Album

We are so use to seeing little treats inside our matchbox, well I decided to put a little pull out album instead.

To make the box that holds the photos, I took a 4.5" x 4" piece of card stock. I scored the outside border by 1/2" all around.

The box to wrap around the box is 7.5" x 3.5". Scored at 3", 3.5", 6.5", 7"

The sheet of paper that photos were put on is 9" x 3.5". I scored at 3" and the 6".

Ingredients to make the project:

Stamp Sets: Think Happy Thoughts, Teeny Tiny Wishes, You & Moi, Sweet Centers, Love You Much
Ink: Rose Red
Paper: Thoroughly Modern Designer Series Paper, Whisper White, Basic Black

Accessories: Black Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Black Brads
Tools: Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch, 1” Circle Punch, 1 ¾” Circle Punch, Paper Piercing Tool, Mat Pack, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Donations for Haiti Disaster Relief

Stampin' Up! has been known over the years for helping when disaster strikes... and this time they are offering to donate $2 from the sale of EVERY I {heart} Hearts set to help the people of Haiti!!

From now until February 28, 2010, $2 from every I {Heart} Hearts stamp set you buy will be donated to the American Red Cross’ Haiti Relief and Development Fund. The Red Cross is already well-established in Haiti, and this money will be used to provide immediate relief and long-term support through supplies, technical assistance and other support to help those in need.

I {Heart} Hearts – clear-mount (block D recommended)
Item No. 118571
Price: $18.95
I {Heart} Hearts – wood-mount
Item No. 117010
Price: $26.95

Valentine's Day Treats

Every Month our CEO, Shelli Garnder hosts a challenge. It is open to everyone, so click here to check it out and submit away your beautiful projects. Of course today's the last day and I procrastinated in typing up the instructions on how to make this project.

My niece and nephew love Dum lollipops and M&M's so I decided to make this cute little treat holder for the two of them.

I took a piece of 2 3/4" x 12" piece of card stock. I scored at 4", 5.5", 9.5", 11". Then I scored 1.5" across the bottom. Before I assembled the box, I made sure I punched across the top. This will be the bottom of the project.

The top I repeated it, but 3" x 12" piece of card stock and repeated the scoring but I made sure to score at 1/16" less. So the first score was at 3 15/16". By scoring the across a 1/16" less, this makes the box just a little smaller so that the box top fits into the bottom. Before I assembled the box, I made sure I punched the holes on the top for the lollipops.

Ingredients to make the box:

Stamp Sets: Love you much

Ink: Rose Red

Paper: Welcome Neighbor Designer Series Paper Pad, Rose Red, Whisper White

Accessories: Rose Red double stitched ribbon

Tools: Heart to heart punch, Scallop circle punch, Crop-a-dile

I also made another one.

Here are the ingredients to make this box:

Stamp Sets: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Fundamental Phrases

Ink: Rose Red

Paper: Welcome Neighbor Designer Series Paper Pad, Rose Red, Whisper White
Accessories: Rose Red double stitched ribbon, Rose Red brad
Tools: 1" circle punch, Modern Label punch, Extra Large Fancy Flower punch, Scallop circle punch, Crop-a-dile

Stampin' Royalty Challenge

This week's Stampin' Royalty challenge is in a form of a sketch.

Here is my card I made for the challenge and the ingredients to make the card:

Stamp Sets: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Just So Sayings (retired)
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Tools: Sending Love Specialty Designer Series Paper, Whisper White, Pink Pirouette
Accessories: Chocolate Chip Twill Ribbon, Pretty in Pink Corduroy Buttons
Tools: Hearts Sizzlets, Big Shot, Two Tags Sizzex, Pinking Hearts Border, Heart to Heart Punch, Small Heart Punch

Pals Paper Arts Challege: Snowflakes

The Paper Pal Arts challenge for the week is make a project with snowflakes. So I paired up the snowflake with hearts to make a scrapbook page for this week's challenge. Here is a scrapbook page of me and my guy from Christmas.

Ingredients to make the scrapbook page:

Stamp Sets: Two Cool Dudes
Ink: Real Red
Paper: Real Red, Metallic Silver, Sending Love Specialty Paper
Accessories: 5/8” Jumbo Silver Brads
Tools: Small Heart Punch, Big Shot, Snowflake #2 Sizzex

Cute Little Valentine

Inspired by this week's Stampin' Royalty challenge's project. I decided to make this cute little valentine for my niece and nephew.

Ingredients to make the project:

Stamp Sets: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Love Bandit

Ink: Basic Brown, Creamy Caramel

Paper: Whisper White, Real Red, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon

Tools: Punches from a local craft store

Pals Paper Arts Challenge

This week's Pal's Paper Arts Challenge is make something that is anything but a card. So I decided to make this treat holder out of a standard envelope. I sealed the envelope and punched the border on top. The brad on the side is to keep the goodies secured inside.

Ingredients to make the project:

Stamp Set: Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Real Red

Paper: Sending Love Specialty Designer Series Paper, Whisper White, Real Red

Accessories: 5/16" Silver Jumbo Brad

Tools: Hearts & Brackets Sizzex, Big Shot, Word Window, Modern Label and Designer Label punch as well as punch border from a local craft store

Pals Paper Arts Challenge

This week's Pals Paper Arts Challenge comes in the form of a picture of delicious piece of chocolate! So I decided to make a treat holder.

Here are the ingredients to make this project:

Stamp Sets: With all my heart

Ink: Real Red, Chocolate Chip

Paper: Sending Love Specialty Designer Series Paper, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White

Accessories: Pretties Kit, Real Red Wide Grosgrain Ribbon

Tools: Small Heart Punch, Swirly Sizzlets, Flower Sizzex, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Stampin' Up! Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Folder, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Butterfly Punch, Big Shot

Last Week's Paper Pals Arts Challenge

I think after this card I am finally caught up on all my challenges. I am one week behind on the Paper Pals Arts challenge. Last week's challenge was a sketch one. I used the sketch but just changed it up a little bit and flipped it.

Ingredients to make the card:

Stamp Sets: Wandering Words (holiday mini, retired), Think Happy Thoughts

Ink: Soft Suede, Real Red, Pretty in Pink

Paper: Sending Love Specialty Designer Series Paper, Very Vanilla, Real Red, Pretty in Pink

Accessories: Real Red Wide Grosgrain Ribbon

Tools: 1 1/4", 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Scallop Border Punch, Small Heart Punch, Big Shot, Circle Sizzex