The perfect tool bag

Only two more days left of the Changing Of The Seasons sale!

Don't forget to check out this post to find out how you can have a chance at winning one of 4 stamp sets that are being given away for the Going Away Party!

I hope that you all had a wonderful weekend! On Saturday I was able to go stamp with my SU group. It was so nice to have some quiet time with friends without kids :) As much as I like some quiet time to myself every once in awhile, I sure do miss Matt and the girls when I'm gone!

On Sunday it was Matt's birthday so while he was out riding quads with his best friend, the girls and I decorated the house for his birthday party. We had a very busy day baking daddy's favorite cookies, going shopping, decorating and of course a little crafting too ;)

I was on the hunt for a masculine type project to give to Matt when I stumbled across this awesome project by Mel. It was a little time consuming but it turned out absolutely amazing!! I used it to put the cards in it that the girls and I made. Chloe was a little concerned though, she thought daddy might rip it when he put his tools in it because he wouldn't know it was paper ;). Yes, that's how well it turned out.

The tools and tag that I used on this project are just some scrapbooking embellishments that I have been hording for over a year. Boy am I glad that I had them, it was the perfect touch for this project.

And here is this weeks Week In Review winner!

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Comment #20 is: Pamela

Trinity's Designs and Photography said...
love the little eggies :)
Monday, March 23, 2009

Congratulations Pamela! Email me with your info and which card you would like and that will be sent out to you!

The perfect tool bag

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Carrot Box

The third Saturday of every month is my FAVORITE day of the whole month! Why, you ask? Because that is the day that I go to my stamp club! I made these little Easter treat boxes for my fellow stampers. You can find this super easy template HERE.

To make these, I printed out the template on my orange card stock and then stamped them with a swirl background by TAC. For the tops of the carrots I punched both a 2.5 and 2 in. scallop in green and stamped it with the swirl from Season of joy. I then cut them both in half taping the big ones on both the front and back of the carrot and using dimensionals to adhere the smaller scallop half on top of those. I stamped my image and colored them with watercolor crayons and a blender pen, punched them out with a circle punch and layered a green scallop behind them.

Carrot Box

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Sketch challenge and family tree project!

Today's sketch challenge was another easy layout. I absolutely love all of the cards I see in the gallery that have images colored with copic markers and have been trying to find the best alternative (for me) with what I already have. On one of our projects at stamp camp this weekend we colored our flower image with watercolor crayons and a blender pen. This is so much fun and so easy to blend! It is most likely going to be my way of coloring images from now on!

Here is the sketch challenge for this week

And here is my card-
The image was an image RAK sent to me. I just love Whipper Snapper stamps! I would love to get my hands on some more of these cuties.

Supplies: Stamps- Whipper snapper, Canvas. Ink- Bashful blue, black stazon. Paper- Basic grey, bashful blue, white. Accessories- Cuttlebug folder, ticket corner punch, rhinestones, ribbon, stickles, blender pen, watercolor crayons.

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And here is a project that I worked on yesterday. I picked up an adorable family tree frame at my local Dollar Tree this weekend and couldn't wait to play with it! I have had this designer paper by Poppet Places since this summer and thought that it would work perfect for a background.

I ripped off the frame stand because I didn't need it. I wanted to try to recreate the same type of texture as the paper so first I painted the tree with acrylic paints and then stamped (using my canvas stamp) with a light tanish color on top of that. When that was dry (which took a matter of minutes) I sponged a little bit of dark green on random parts of the top of the tree. Then I took pieces of tissue paper, painted them with a watered down light green acrylic paint and added them to different parts of the top of the tree. I then sealed it with an acrylic sealer.

I have had this box frame since May (it came in a set at Costco) and haven't been able to figure out what I wanted to do with it yet. Turns out that this 12x12 paper fit perfectly inside after a little bit of trimming.

Here is the finished product-

Sketch challenge and family tree project!

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Week in review (Feb. 10-17) & Card Give away!

There doesn't seem to be much in this picture project wise, but I really didn't want to add in all of the V-day stuff that I did this week also.




Here are the cards that I have available for this weeks give away! So if you would like one of these cards, leave me a comment and I will use a random number generator to pick a number from the comments left. I will get a hold of the winner to get their info and send them their card.

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Last night I decided to work on my last project on my alterable shelf. I picked up this chalkboard and chalk set at my local dollar store.

Here is the after picture. I used designer paper by K & Co. to cover the frame. I didn't like the idea of trying to cover the chalk boxes to decorate so I took the box apart and traced it onto True Thyme paper and then stamped Vine by TAC with acrylic paint. I also painted the eraser to match and sprayed it with acrylic sealer to help protect it. I used letters from a die cut letter pack that I got at walmart and inked the edges with Always Artichoke ink. I used a gold pen to add detail and of course added some rhinestones.




Here is a close up of the chalk boxes when finished.

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Yesterday was my stamp club. I love these days because I get to get away for a few hours and stamp with no interruptions from little monkeys!

The challenge this month was to use SU rub ons that my demo gave to us. I chose to use a small frame (they came in a six pack at my Dollar Tree, and it happened to be one of the things on my shelf to have altered this week) I added some rhinestones and rhinestone shapes that I got at my Michaels dollar spot.

Here are the treats that I made for all my stamp club friends. They are Bugles dipped in white chocolate and then dipped in red colored sugar. They are supposed to look like mini ice cream cones. They are so easy and so cute! I got this wonderful idea from Becky Fisher's wonderful blog.

*After re-reading this, I just wanted to clarify that this isn't MY stamp club, but a stamp club that I am apart of. The two following cards were designed by my absolutely wonderful demo Louise! I just added my watermark to the photo so that the pictures don't get "borrowed"*

One of the cards that we made at stamp club was using the Dahlia fold that I did a tutorial on a couple of weeks ago. I love how simple this is!

The other card we made was a lattice card using the new stamp Morning Soft. I can't believe that I have never tried this before! So very simple and very different.

Thanks for stopping by! I'll be posting a picture tomorrow of the new things on my alterable shelf to get done during the week so don't forget to stop by and check it out.

Week in review (Feb. 10-17) & Card Give away!

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Since my Cupid (Keri) already received the package that I sent her, I thought that I would share two of the things that I made. I found this gorgeous box at Michael's for $1 and just had to get it. There was also some matching ribbon that I picked up too. I just happened to have some paper that I thought would go really well with the theme of the box and made a matching card.









Inside the box I made a cardboard insert to raise the bottom up a bit and then covered that in the same patterned paper that I used on the card. I then decorated some nuggets using Papertrey's Limitless Labels and added rhinestones. I also added some cherry cordial kisses.

I have my stamp club this morning so tomorrow I will take pictures of the treats that I made for my stamping friends, the challenge I did for group as well as the card that we make today.

Have a wonderful Saturday!

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Challenge card and altered frame

Today's challenge was to make a non traditional valentine. No hearts, no flowers, no reds or pinks. Hmm... I had to think about this one for a minute. As soon as I saw my tiers of treats stamp I knew that would work perfect. One of my favorite color combos is teal with either black or brown. I came across the brown and teal designer paper and then went from there.

Supplies: Stamps- Tiers of Treats, TAC gift with purchase. Ink- Black stazon, chocolate chip. Paper- DCWV, Chocolate chip, Cool caribbean. Accessories- Rhinestones (duh!) Stardust gelly roll pen (another duh!), ribbon, corner rounder.

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I made this yesterday for the ways to use it challenge. The challenge was to incorporate dots into your work. This frame was the last thing on my "things to be altered" shelf, and I had picked out this paper specifically for this project. This challenge was just perfect for the extra push to get it done. I just love the way that this turned out! It must be one of those things that looks better in real life cause it didn't get many comments on splicoast lol!

Supplies: Paper- S.E.I., Creamy caramel, cool caribbean, bordering blue, very
vanilla. Ink- Versamark. Accessories- Clear embossing powder, sticker from Me
and My big ideas, scallop punch, rhinestones, silver brads, Chipboard.

Challenge card and altered frame

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Jelly Jar Tutorial and Mailboxes

I don't know about you guys but every time that I see those Goober jelly jars by Smuckers, my mind takes off about how I can alter them! Here is a quick idea that I came up with to decorate one.

Supplies- Goober Jelly Jar (thoroughly cleaned and label removed)
Glittery Valentine Rub Ons (found for $1 at Michaels)
Scallop punch
Circle punch
Gelly Roll Stardust pen

Step 1- Apply scallop and circle punches to lid of jar. Color with stardust pen for extra sparkle.

Step 2- Apply rub ons

Finished! How quick and easy was that??

If you remember the pictures of my craft room, I showed a big bin of alterable items and also two shelves that held alterable items and supplies that I wanted to use by Valentine's day. Well, I have altered everything by a picture frame and the supplies will be used when I'm done making valentine cards for my family. It feels so good to complete something that I set out to do! I will be adding more stuff to those shelves on Monday and will take a picture.

Here are the mailboxes that finally got finished! There are a total of seven. Five for my family and two for my friend and her baby boy that will be staying with us for awhile. They are going to be used to put special valentine's in.

I used THIS wonderful tutorial by Emily

Jelly Jar Tutorial and Mailboxes

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I received this adorable tin from my secret elf Wendy who wasn't such a secret lol! The tin was full of chocolate when I got it but was gone shortly after. Funny how that happens.... So I went out and bought some more nuggets to alter. I used the PTI set Limitless Labels for these. I made them to match the tin that I made for my husband. He loves chocolate so I know that these aren't going to last long at all. Maybe I can salvage those rhinestones before it goes in the trash... hmmm.......

Supplies- Clear lid hinged tin, Hershey Nuggets, Paper Trey Ink Limitless
labels stamp set, Flourishes stamp set by TAC, Black card stock, address label
stickers, rhinestones, Sahara Sand ink, black stazon ink

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