Origami Box

This is my first challenge that I did from Splitcoast Stampers. It is the Origami box. I used Paper Adventures paper and cardboard. The instructions for the box part are in pictures so it is easy to get confused as to whether you should open the paper back up when you go to the next step. If you try it use junk paper first until you understand it. I wasted two good sheets of paper :-( The sentiment was done on the computer. The bee stamp is from SUs In Full Bloom and the flight trail is from PTI Little Lady set. I used my heart Nestabilities to cut and emboss. I used my SU markers and Copic Spica clear pen to color the bee. I will be making more of these for Daniel's (ds) Bible teachers. They look like they took a lot of time but are really easy. I am filling mine with Kisses!

Computer Sentiment Set

If you are like me you may have a hard time stamping perfect sentiments. It seems like they are the hardest thing to stamp with a solid clean print. Plus it is hard to find just the right sentiment in the right font. So I started using my computer for verses and sentiments. You can use any color and make as many as you want! For this set I used an olive type to match the Amy Butler paper. The hardest thing about computer sentiments is getting the right color since the monitor does not always match the outcome. The bracket label is cut from my new nestabilities labels set. The stamp is from Inkadinkado Bold Baroque set. Have a great New Year!

Ladybug Set

This gift was for one of the staff wives at our church. She loves ladybugs so I had to make her a set of ladybug cards. The paper is Bazzill and Nana's Kids. The ladybug stamp is Papertrey and I think the sentiments are Inkadinkado. The paper is glittered so I added a little more the the ladybug stamp with a clear glitter Spica pen. and of course I added a rhinestone on the ladybugs back on the folder.

My Christmas Cards

These are my Christmas cards for this year. I did not make too many because I did not receive many. Last year I made so many I ran out of paper. I guess people are cutting back. I tried several new techniques - new to me at least. This is my first card to heat emboss. I used the Illuminations set and Baroque Motifs from SU! I used SU brilliant blue and glorious green card stock. This is my first time to use SU card stock except for the white. It is so much richer looking than the card stock from my LSS. I am hooked! The two large brads on the corners were white. I heated each one and dipped it in embossing powder. Then it just takes a second or two more of heating to finish them in silver. The mirrored card stock is from Stampinscrapin.com . I looked all over for this. Lastly, I embellished each card with Swarovski crystal rhinestones. They are not really much more expensive than those acrylic stones for cards and scrapping and they make a big difference.

Gift Card Holder

I needed a few gift card holders this year so I started with this great technique from Becca Feeken's blog. She has a video tutorial here. Her blog is called Amazing Paper Grace and it is amazing. For the circle I used some sparking paper from Paper Adventures. The center is also from Paper Adventures. I did not actually stamp anything on this card. I embellished the center with some rhinestones. The white background paper was embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder. Inside I used my Cuttlebug to cut and emboss an oval and them used the computer for my sentiment. I am almost finished with my Christmas shopping and finished the gifts I am making this year last night. 3 more days!

Christmas Coffee Tag

My dh brought coffee back from Columbia for gifts for Christmas. I decided I wanted to make tags for the gifts so I used some Basic Gray paper from the Fruitcake line, kraft paper, Stazon Brown ink, Chestnut Roan Colorbox ink, Fancy Pants stamps and What's Brewin set by Stampin Up! I used the slot punch for the opening at the top. I used some really cute twill ribbon with coffee beans, some sheer swirl ribbon and some two-sided blue/brown satin ribbon.

Monogrammed Sets

I am working on some early gifts. The closer it gets to Christmas the more I want to do other things besides working on gifts and decorations. I know this about myself so I try to get everything done before November. Of course I always think of someone I forgot so...

I love PSX. They went out of business before I even started stamping. I have tried to collect this botanical alphabet but still need a few more. This is a card set with a folder to hold the cards and envelopes. I used my nestibilities to cut and emboss the letter and Stampin Up! markers to color the letter. In my first attempt last year I learned that Stampin Up black ink is permanent but the chocolate chip is not so you need to use Stazon brown if you are going to "paint" on the images. The paper here is Anna Griffin and the solid blue is Bazzill. I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder on the pink paper and punched the border on the print paper with the Treading Water punch by Fiskars. I so want a Scor-Pal. It would make the folder much easier.