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

One More Birthday Card

This is a busy time of the year for me with lots of birthdays and valentine's day projects. Here is a birthday card I made for my sweetie. I have to say the card reminds of the 1950's malt shops.

Ingredients to make the card:

Stamp Sets: On Your Birthday

Ink: Basic Black

Paper: Taken with Teal, Basic Black and Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper

Accessories: Basic Black Grosgrain Ribbon, buttons from a local craft store

Tools: Scallop Border punch, musical die cuts from a local craft store and the Big Shot

Yahoo!

I am so excited, my card got chosen on the Stampin' Royalty blog to be this week's top pick!

Click here to check it out! Every weekly blog challenge picks 3-4 projects to be featured as the top picks and this week they choose mine!

Very exciting! What a great way to start my day!

My Nephew's Birthday Card

Inspired by this week's color challenge, I used two of the colors in my nephew's birthday card. I also used the scraps of paper I didn't use in the color challenge. I have to say thank you to Heather for her inspiration of the monkeys and using the vine from the Cheap Talk stamp set. She does an amazing work especially with the My Digital Studio scrapbook pages. Click here to check them out.

Ingredients to make the card:

Stamp Sets: Cheap Talk, Fox & Friends, Look who's turning, Short Order Numbers (retired)

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Bermuda Bay, Old Olive

Paper: Welcome Neighbor Designer Series Paper Pad, Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper, Whisper White, Bermuda Bay and Old Olive

Accessories: Pewter Hodgepodge Hardware (retired), Pewter Jumbo Eyelets, Hemp Twine, Bermuda Bay Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon

Tools: Crafter's Tool Kit

Inkredible Color Challenge

Here is this week's Inkredible color challenge: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive and Bermuda Bay. I have to say I am loving this color combo. I pulled out the Just Surfing stamp set again.

Ingredients to make the card:

Stamp Set: Just Surfing

Ink: Bermuda Bay, Rich Razzleberry

Paper: Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Series Paper, Welcome Neighbor Designer Series Paper Pad, Whisper White, Old Olive

Accessories: 5/16" Silver Brads, Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware

Tools: 1" Circle Punch, Paper Piercer

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

Stampin' Royalty Challenge

The challenge on the Stampin' Royalty blog this week is a Single Layer Project. I have to say this is not an easy thing. I wanted to do something that would still give a little wow, not an easy feat. Here is what I came up with a little notecard.

Ingredients to make the card:

Stamp Sets: Leaf Lines, Whimsical Words

Ink: Basic Brown, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry

Paper: Whisper White Card Stock

Accessories: Whisper White tafetta ribbon

Tools: Punches from a local craft store, Blender Pens

Mojo Monday #122

I have to say I love the way this card came out. Just perfect for one of my friend's who just moved into a new place.

Ingredients to make the card:

Stamp Sets: Good Neighbors, Congrats (retired stamp set)

Ink: Mellow Moss, Dusty Durango, Soft Sky (retired InColor)

Paper: Welcome Neighbor Designer Series Paper Pad, Mellow Moss, Whisper White

Accessories: Mellow Moss Buttons (retired), Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon

Tools: Big Shot, Ovals Sizzex, Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Folder

Inkredible Color Challenge

Here is this week's Inkredible color challenge. The colors are: Bermuda Bay, Real Red and YoYo Yellow.

Here are the ingredients to make the card:

Stamp Sets: Just Surfing

Ink: Bermuda Bay, Real Red and YoYo Yellow

Paper: Welcome Neighbor Designer Series Paper Pad, Whisper White

Accessories: Silver Brad, Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware

Tools: Circle Scissors Plus, Swirly Sizzlet, Slit Punch, Paper Piercer, Big Shot, 1" Circle Punch

Mojo Monday #121

So I'm a little late with Mojo Monday. Here is last week's sketch.

Ingredients to make the card:

Stamp Sets: Enjoy Every Moment, With all my heart

Ink: Real Red

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

Accessories: Red Corduroy buttons, Real Red Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon, Real Red Brads

Tools: Extra Large Fancy Flower, Scallop Trim Border Punch, 3/16" Corner Rounder Punch, Big Shot, Timless Type Sizzlets

Stampin' Royalty Challenge

I stumbled upon another great challenge blog called, Stampin' Royalty. This week's challenge is a color challenge. Here is the color: Eggplant Envy, Rich Razzleberry and Pale Plum. The challenge started out as a card and then I decided to make a wall hanging for my desk at work because I loved the saying.

Ingredients to make the project:

Stamp Sets: Whimsical Words

Ink: Eggplant Envy

Paper: Cottage Wall Designer Series Paper, Eggplant Envy, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White

Accessories: On Board Long Board Chipboard, Pretties Kit, Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon

Tools: Extra Large Fancy Flower, 1" Circle Punch, Punches from a local craft store, Stampin' Up! Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die, Big Shot, 5/16" Silver Jumbo Brads

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

Vintage Vogue

Here is a sympathy card made with Vintage Vogue.

Ingredients to make the card:

Stamp Sets: Vintage Vogue, Thoughts & Prayers

Ink: Soft Suede, So Saffron

Paper: Thoroughly Modern Designer Series Paper, Very Vanilla

Accessories: Latte Designer Series Button, So Saffron Poly Twill Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

Tools: Big Shot, Circle Scissor Plus

Inkredible Color Challenge

More catch up for challenges. Here is the Inkredible color challenge: So Saffron, Rich Razzleberry and Sahara Sand.

Here is the card and the ingredients to make it:

Stamp Set: Of the Earth, Kind & Caring Thoughts

Ink: So Saffron, Rich Razzleberry and Sahara Sand

Paper: To the Nines Specialty Designer Series Paper, Whisper White, Sahara Sand

Accessories: Kraft Corduroy Buttons, Linen Thread

Pals Paper Arts Challenge

Here is last week's Pals Paper Arts Challenge. For some reason I am just a week behind on the challenges. Just too much happening in my life at the moment. The challenge comes in the form of a sketch.


Here are the ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets: Vintage Vogue, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: So Saffron, Chocolate Chip
Paper: Sweet Pea designer series paper, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Chocolate Chip Corduroy brads, Chocolate Chip wide grosgrain ribbon, Vintage Brads, Stampin' Dimensionals
Tools: Scallop Trim Border Punch, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack


Special touch: Flowers were stamped and cut out. Corduroy brads were put in the center of the flowers and were attached to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals. The vintage brads were attached to the card stock. The chocolate chip card stock was attached to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Another Scallop Square Card

A good friend of mine got a new job, here is a card I made to congratulate her new endeavor.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets: Island Blossoms (retired stamp set), Fundamental Phrases
Ink: Melon Mambo
Paper: Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Series Paper
Accessories: 5/8" Silver Jumbo Brads
Tools: Big Shot, Scallop Square Sizzex

Cottage Wall On the Pedestal

Here is a birthday card I made for my friend's birthday.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Sets: On the Pedestal
Ink: Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, Orchid Opulence
Paper: Whisper White and Cottage Wall Designer Series Paper
Accessories: White Organza Ribbon, Prettie Kit
Tools: Scallop Square Sizzex, Circles #2 Sizzex, Big Shot

More Baby Gift Cards

More baby cards continue. I needed to make a few gift cards for a baby gifts I need to give.

Here are the ingredients to make the cards:

Stamp Set: Fox & Friends, Nursery Necessities

Ink: More Mustard

Paper: Tea Party Designer Series Paper, Whisper White

Accessories: So Saffron Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, So Saffron Button,

Tools: Circles #2 Sizzex, Paper Piercer, Scallop Trim Border Punch

Baptism Card

My parents had to go to a christening on Sunday for a little girl. I felt so bad for the little one knowing she had to go out in the super cold weather. I apologize for the photo, for some reason everytime I try to take photos of pretty in pink, they never seem to come out as beautiful as the project itself.

Here is the card I made and the ingredients to make it:

Stamp Sets: Special Blessings

Ink: Pretty in Pink

Paper: Pretty in Pink Prints Designer Series Paper (retired), Pretty in Pink, Whisper White

Accessories: White Satin Ribbon, Pretties

Tools: Beautiful punch from the craft store

Inkredible color challenge

I am a little behind in my color challenge. The Inkredible color challenge for last week is Not Quite Navy, Rich Razzleberry. I decided to get a head start on my nephew's birthday cards for this challenge. I have to say I think my friend Colleen was inspired by my card last year I made for her son. Click here to see the card I made with the same color combo.

Here is the ingredients to make the card:

Stamp Sets: Look who's turning, Big Bold Birthday (retired)

Ink: Not Quite Navy, Rich Razzleberry

Paper: Textiles (retired) & Cottage Wall Designer Series Paper, Rich Razzleberry, Not Quite Navy, Whisper White

Accessories: Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon, Not Quite Navy Brads, Hemp Twine

Tools: 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Circles #2 Sizzex, Scallop Circle punch, Corner rounder punch, Timeless Type Sizzlet, Big Shot

Special touch on the card: I folded over the edge, punched the corner rounder and tied the ribbon

Mojo Monday #120

Lots of baby boys are being born, so here's a card I made for the two little guys.

Here are the ingredients to make the card:

Stamp Sets: Nursery Necessities
Ink: Bashful Blue
Paper: Delicate Dots Designer Series Paper (retired), bashful blue, certainly celery, so saffron, whisper white
Accessories: Bashful Blue double stitched ribbon, 5/16" whisper white jumbo brads
Tools: Circle Scissor Plus, Scallp Circle #2 Sizzex, Big Shot, Scallop Border Punch

Mr. Twigster stopping in to say hello

Here is a card made with retired designer paper and an old favorite, Mr. Twigster. I have to say I miss this guy as well as the designer series paper, Frosty day.


Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Set: Mr. Twigster
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Only Orange, Bashful Blue
Paper: Frosty Day designer series paper, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla
Tools: Scallop Square Punch, Scallop Border Punch
Accessories: Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon, Close to Cocoa Buttons

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

Mojo Monday #117

Here is one more mojo Monday sketch challenge! I pulled out the retired Parisian Breeze designer series paper for this challenge. I love the way this card came out. Perfect for the men in my life.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Set: On Your Birthday
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Paper: Parisian Breeze designer series paper (retired), Old Olive, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Chocolate Chip Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Latte Buttons
Tools: Scallop Edge Border Punch, Scallop Circle #2 Sizzex, Scissor Circle Plus, uni-ball Signo Gel Pen

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Mojo Monday #118

I am playing catch up with all my Mojo Monday sketches, here is #118.

Ingredients to make the card:

Stamp Sets: With all my heart, Love Bandit

Ink: Always Artichoke, Chocolate chip, Real Red

Paper: Whisper White, Real Read, Chocolate Chip, Chocolate Chip Patterns Designer Series Paper

Accessories: Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon, Playground Buttons

Mojo Monday #119

Well I have been a little behind on all the Mojo Monday sketches. Here is last week's. It uses an old In Color Purely Pomegranate. I was going through my card stock scraps and thought it was Rose Red and I have to say I like the monochromatic combination. Purely Pomegranate is one of my favorite InColors!

Ingredients to make the card:

Stamp Sets: Vintage Vogue, On Your Birthday

Ink: Purely Pomegranate

Paper: Purely Pomegranate, Whisper White, Thoroughly Modern Designer Series Paper

Accessories: Rose Red Double Stitched Ribbon, Rose Red Button

Tools: Scallop Edge Border Punch, Circle Scissor Plus

Another Inkredible Color Challenge

I think I am finally caught up on my Inkredible color challenges. Here is this week's colors: Kraft, Rose Red and Basic Black.

Ingredients to make the card:
Stamp Set: Best Wishes & More
Ink: Basic Black
Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Rose Red, Thourghly Modern Designer Series Paper, Kraft Patterns Designer Series Paper (retired)
Accessories: Basic Black Wide Grosgrain Ribbon
Tools: Scallop Edge Border Punch, Small Heart Punch

January Open Workshop

This month's open workshop the theme is getting ready for Valentine's day! So stop by on
Sunday, January 17th 3 p.m.
and make these 3 fabulous projects:

1 gift package to put treats inside

1 gift package to hold a pack of gum

1 wall hanging

Workshop Fee: $20

Place a 50$ order or more and your class fee is waived and earn free products!

Yes, Sale-a-bration starts January 5th! Click here to download the brochure and see all the things you can earn for FREE!

Please RSVP as soon as possible for all events so that the card stock is ready for everyone to start stamping when the event begins.