I did it!!! I stamped something!!!

I have been working on these cute little tins for my nieces and thought I would show them to you today! I have been super busy lately...I'm sure most of you have with the holidays and extra kids at home and all, but I have also been packing...we're movig to Greece in a couple of moths and I am super excited...the mover come on Monday and then I move in with my paresn't...should be interesting...until we move in March! But I did get something done that I want to show you! I will have even more tomorrow...crazy I know...me showing you something 2 days in a row after being MIA for so long!

Anywho, you wanna see what I made? Of course you do!!!

This actually went along with todays LSC201 challenge over at www.splitcoaststampers.com to use some of your favorite things...I almost took it literally and used a stamp set by My Favorite Things and used the Isabelle Paper Doll set...I just LOVE this set... the girl is just too cute and the other images are soooo much fun to color!!! I stamped the girls with stazon black ink and colored them with water color pencils and then used a blender pen to get them nice and smooth...I then cut out the pretty papers and letters (using the Olivia Alphabet from Cuttlebug with my Big Shot machine) and added 2 coats of Modge Podge over everything to make sure it stuck super well...the girls are only almost 4 and 5...so they needed to be sturty and not too many layers or embelishments.I also used some old retire SU! papers...come of my faves that I have been hoarding...New Year New me...no more Hoarding! Here is the inside, you can see that I cut out all the little pieces after I colored them and then added Untra Thick embossing enamel to the front and back of each piece, be sure to just put one coat as the UTEE will start to crack if too many coats are added! I then attached a little piece of magnet to the back of each (I used a piece from a self adhesive buisness card I had laying around) and Voila!

Here is a look at the inside. I used more pretty paper on the left and adhered the girl and the dresser right to the paper with another coat of Modge Podge. Stamped the shoes and hangers directly on the "wall" and "floor" of the room. Thats about it! I kow my nieces will love playing with it as much as I have enjoyed making it!

Supplies:

Stamps: Fashion Statements (SU!) Isabelle Paperdoll (My Favorite Things)

Ink: Stazon Back

Paper: Whisper white, retired SU! designer papers, pretty in pink, pumpkin pie and chocolate chip

Accessories: Big Shot, cuttlebug alpha, modge podge, scallop boarder punch, water color pencils, blender pen

Thanks for stopping by!

May God bless you today and always!

Happy New Year!

Silvia

P.S. Sorry for the bad pics...I was having a time trying to take them!

Scallop Envelope Box

YUP you read that right! I made this super cute little box from the scalloped envelope die cut! Not only is it cute but it's super easy! And only a minimal amount of supplies needed!

***I got my big shot yesterday and it needed some lovin!!!LOL***

Lets get started! First cut your piece of 8.5 x 11 cardstock into 4's.

Line it up on the die so that everything gets cut...I recomend only doing 2 at a time, otherwise the crease fold gets cut with so much paper...ask me how I know! LOL

Then you fold it at the score lines with the pretty scallop out and the rest folded in.

glue the little flaps and fottom flats together and presto magic you have a box!

I decided to go very simple, I could add a tag, but for thi one I just added some designer paper...one sheet that measure 3x8 cut into 2x3 pieces and some ribbon! add some gel pen dots, some fluff and candy and you're done! Can be used for anything really!

What do you think? Love you love it?

Supplies:

Stamps: None
Ink: None
Paper: real red, Holiday Treasure Designer paper
Accessories: Big Shot, Scallop envelope die, ribbon, gel pen

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stampin

May God Bless you today and Always!

Silvia

Haloween Treats...

Hey there, Just wanted to share what I have been up to today! I was planning on doing today's sketch challenge 200, but other things got in the way...gotta hate it when that happens!

So I have a little Halloween party to go to tomorrow with MOPS in Culpeper Va and since it's my first time coming I didn't want to come empty handed!

I was already making some (40 to be exact) of these treats for DS's preschool party on Friday I figured why not! Right! So I have totally completed 30...cuz thats how many I needed for tomorrow and have almost all the rest finished...all bags are stuffed thanks to my lovely kids! and I punched all the black scallops and David and DH folded them and added them to the bags...David LOVES to staple anything, so this was a special treat for him...HAHHAAHAHA

These little baggies were super easy to make! Just 4 bags of candy corn and 70 glassine bags, 7 sheets of black cardstock and so far only 1/2 sheets of orange and wishper white...I still need to stamp 13 more cats and punch out 40 more scallop pumpkin pie circles and adhere them to the baggies...other than that I'm done...HAHAHA

Supplies:

Stamps:Batty for you

Paper: Pumpkin Pie, whisper white, basic black

Inks: black stazon

Accessories: small Glassine bags, scallop circle punch (SU!), Marvy giga scallop punch (for black circles...about 2-3 inches wide), 1 1/4 inch circle punch

So last yeat I used the pumkin in this set and this year I'm using the kitty, at this rate I have 6 more Halloweens before I have to buy another Halloween set! LOL

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'

May God bless you today and always!

Silvia

October LPS Sneak Peek #1

So the Little Paper Shop is going to be having 2 releases this month...one being this Saturday in honor of world card making day and the other being on the 14th. Twice the excitement! I am super excited about both releases, but I super love the set we are previewing today...it's called Topiary and it is so stinkin cute! It's a 3x4 set and has this super cute tree you will see below and 5 sentiments...I just love how versatile it is! Great job Julia!!!

First I wanted to show you this super cute little box...It's called a mini Magazine bog but I can not remember where I got the instrcutions...blog surfing one day and I didn't write it down...shame on me! (if you know who created this please let me know so Ic an give proper credit please!) Isn't it just the cutest? I lvoe this little card set...the cards measure 3 x 4 and I just think they are precious! A perfect little thank you for a gift or kind gesture someone extended to you!

And this is a little side view of te box...cute huh! I love this because I can make another set using a different sentiment from this set and another box and line them up on a shelf...not only will they look pretty, but also convenient!

And this is what the cards look like! They are very simple...I lvoe one layer cards! But i think they pack a punch! They are not exactly one layer as they have a little trip of designer paper just above the scallop boarder, but the are still cute! One thing I love to do when I make a scalloped edge like that is add a snippet of designer paper to the inside, it adds such a nice touch!

To the topiary I stamped it in Wild Wasabi ink and colored the flower pot with my Chocolate Chip Marker and masked the edge and stamped...I colored the topiary part with an aqua painter and reinker adding different amounts of ink to vary the shade.

For the little flower pot I actually colored it in with river rock and my aqua painter fisrt and then went back and added color accents and highlights with my Tangerine Tango ink refill and aqua painter. Punched some holes, tied some ribbon and added glitter and this baby is done...after stamping the sentiment with Tangerine tango of course! (Tip: Stamp the sentiment BEFORE tied the knot...grrrr)

Thanks for stopping by! Julia has some awesome things planned for Saturday (World Card Making day!) so stop by the Little Paper Shop or the Little Paper Shop blog to see what's in store and to check out what the other design team members have made for todays release!

Thanks for Stoppin' by!

Happy Stampin'

Silvia

****Edited to add that you can find instructions fort his little Magazine Holder here at Inking Idaho...Thanks to Stacy for finding it for me!****

When you Wish upon a...

STAR...makes no difference who you ARE!!! Gosh I just lvoe that song...Disney is da MAN!!! I have a star to show you too, but it's a little bit of a different star...it's a star book! I made it for my husbands cousin Jennifer whowill be having a baby at the end of August. Wait till you see the AWESOME cupcakes she had there!!! The theme was sweet pea andlet me tell you those cupcakes were super sweet!!!

So you wanna see the star book? OKay okay here it is! Sorry these pictures aren't the greatest, but I was holding Bella and taking the pictures at the same time...realized before I left her house that I hadn't taken a picture of it! DUHHH

This is the front of the book, I love how it turned out! I used the simon lower chipboard letters from Stampin' Up! and covered them with Certainly Celery petal prints paper using modge podge and to make my edges so perfect I used Basic Greys precision tool kit...love that thing!
Here is a picture of the book open...you tie the front and back cover together and it looks like a star...hence the name...star book!!! And this is the book open so you can see what the pages look like. I used the stamp set Bundle of Joy (I don't think I can ever part with that one!) for the name, weight info and I used theSAB stamp set So Many scallops for all the inside pages.

And you know I had to have a matching card! Here it is...isn't it sparkly? I used the same papers and colors...gotta be matchy matchy!

And when that wasn't enough, I got out my beloved Bind-it-all and made a little advise book for her...isn't it cute? I just love making little gifts like these...of course I also bought her some clothes for the baby, but these are my most favorite things to give!

Supplies:

Stamps: So Many Scallops, Bundle of Joy

Papers: blue bayou, certainly celery, soft sky, soft sky designer paper, wild wasabi designer paper, certainly celery designer paper

Ink: blue bayou, certainly celery, soft sky, stazon brown

Accessories: Ribbon, silver eyelets, crop-a-dial, bind-it-all, scallop punch, glitter, coluzzle, jumbo eyelets



Thanks for stopping by and being patien with me and my non-posting self!



Happy Stampin'

Tuesday's Teacher

So here I am working on my post, and I have come to the realization that no matter how hard I try I can't get this thing posted in the Am on a Tuesday...the project was done yesterday! Pictures were taken and uploaded to my computer...why didn't I edit them and upload yesterday? Just lazy I guess! So here is todays perfect Bible verse:

The hand of the diligent man will rule, but the lazy man will be put to forced labor. Proverb12:24

Gosh isn't this so true! I really dislike cleaning up after dinner, or any meal for that matter, but if I clean as I go then I won't have much of a mess to clean up...same is true for my craft room, but I can't seem to get that concept down! Many of you have seen pictures of my craft room, it looks like a paper, ribbon, stamp factory exploded in there! Yet I keep on stamping...until I run out of room to stamp that is, then I have to CLEAN! I do this when I have about a 6-12 inch section of table to work on...just not enough space. So then what do I do? I clean...I'm forced to labor, and trust me it is HARD labor!

It's almost like this Tuesday's Teacher (and don't get me wrong when I say this because I LOVE to do these tutorials) but when I have procrastinated for too long and it's finally Tuesday evening I sometimes dread coming down here to post it...epecially when hubby is in bed waiting to snuggle! And the worst part of it is that it's really already done...Okay next week I'll be better! I did improve myself this week believe it or not! I did get the project done and pictures taken and uploaded on Monaday night. I just didn't finish editing and posting here.

So my point is, whatever it is you are procrastinating from doing...stop being lazy and get it done before it seems like a JOB! Now go on and do your thing (right after you learn how to make these super cute mini box bags!!!


Mini Box in bag Tutorial



Supplies:

1 piece of 4x4 inches cardstock

1 piece of 4x9.5 inches designer paper
Scor-pal or other scoring tool

punches (here 1 3/8 circle & scallop)

ribbon (wide real red grosgrain)

desired accessories ( Pretties Kit)

First you will want to take your piece of 4x4 carstock and score it at 1 inch and 3 inches...rotate it 90degrees and score at 1 inch and 3 inches again.

Next you will want to line up your paper on a diagonal line...point to point and score just the outer small square. Do this on all 4 corners. Once you have done that, fold at all score marks.

Your paper should look likt this now! Time for that super strong adhesive! If you have Scor-tape use it now!

you will want to apply your adhesive to one corner of the outer small square...once you have done all four squares flip your cardstock over and add adhesive to the opposite four squares.

The next step is to add adhesive to the bottom and up one side of the designer paper (make sure you add the adhesive to the same side of the paper)

Once you have added the adhesive it's time to add the box to the paper! I like to start at the corner and work my way out...with the adhesive up the side being the last thing I adhere

This is what the box looks like when you're finished adhering...pretty sweet huh?

And this is a look at the inside of the bag...I wanted you to see the cute little box inside...a perfect place for some candy! As Rachel w=would say...YUMMO!

The last thing I did was add some scalloped punches and squares, punches a 1/4 inch hole and then added some Pretties © from my Pretties kit (I dyed the flower red using my real red re-inker) added another flower and a half pearl tied a ribbon and called it a day!

And this is the finished mini box in bag...what do you think? Isn't it just the cutest? I think these would be great for bridal showers, baby showers or for plain ol gift giving...what a great presentation!!!

Gosh I think it took me longer to write this tutorial than it did to make the bag start to finish! LOL Now go make some mini bags and enjoy, but I wanna see what you make, so if you make one link it here so I can enjoy your creations!


Thanks for stopping by!
Happy Stampin'

Box, Bag and Card

So I have been working on some gifts for hostesses lately and this is one of the things I came up with...and when I say came up with I mean I say someone make some and decided to make some baggies too...aren't they the cutest? I was blog hopping and totally don't remember when I found the directions to these cute little bags, but if it was you or someone you know please let me a comment and I will give proper credit!

Anyhow I just think these bags are adorable and can totally see making a note pad and matching pens to go in there...great teachers gifts or anyone really!

This little card is for Sketch challenge 182 and I also used the color challenge for the week again... and Mondays challenge too! WOW 3 challenges in one...I mist be rockin'...too bad I didn't do today's challenge! bummer, missed a day!

For this card I used"

Stamps: Pun Fun, label classics

paper: shimmery white, taken with teal, hostess level one DS paper pack

ink: taken with teal, stazon black

accessories: aqua painter, refill bottle, water color wonder crayons, pretty ribbon from Sara!, square punches and rain dots by cloud nine

Thanks for stoppin by!

Happy Stampin'

Faith and Freedom

Our Church (Manassas Assembly of God) is having their annual Faith and Freedom rally...and with that rally usually comes an art exhibit...so this year I decided to enter. I am very excited and I hope everyone will like it...it's a mixed media project...I did some painting, some stamping, some gluing and glittering and also so wire to finish it all off! Here are some pictures of the finished project and some up close pics so you can see all the details.

Here is my submission! It's a 9x9 mirror that I got at Ikea and then I painted it white and added crackle finish to it then added the red white and blue...although you can't see much of the blue anymore! The paper at the top corner is mulberry and it looks soft and wispy IRL. I stamped the stars from background basics in real red and brilliant blue and punched them out using the large star punch, attached them using the big ole glue dots to wire that I had wrapped around different sized pencils and called it day...well with the exception of adding glitter of course!

Here is a close up of the sentiment...it's from Verve Visuals serenity stamp set...great set! A perfect sentiment to go with this theme since we can Do all things through God and he provides us with the freedom we need as long as we have Faith in Him.

Here is a close up of the top corner... I know that mulberry looks black, but it's actually a cobalt blue in real life... same color as the stars! I really like the dimension that the stars and the wire give it...not to mention all the yummy glitter!

My son saw me creating a "project" and wanted to make one to enter too, so I said...Hey why not! This is what he came up with...isn't it cute? He then stamped the sentiment "I'm praying for you" at the bottom...he's so cute! He's 4 years old and I can not wait to see the look on his face when his work is on display!

Thanks for stopping by!

As always,

Happy Stampin'

A cool container...and a card

Here is a container that I made for a friend as her house warming party...I was just going to wrap her present and then I saw todays inspiration challenge here and knew I had to make a container to put it in! Okay, so maybe I didn't make the sontainer itself, but I did decorate it all pretty and stuff! The container is actually a Be. Creative Container...I got mine at an LSS here in town, but they are now available at Michels and you can use a coupon!

Looking back at it now, I would probably paint the container before decoupaging it...but hey it's too late now, but for next time I'll know better!
I would give this project a 2 on the simple scale...it wasn't very hard to make and it went together very quickly... Just a couple sheets of designer paper and a couple sheets of cardstock and you're good to go! Doncha just love this Basic Grey paper?

This picture shows the back of the container, I wanted to show you how the crease looks when it's open.
Here is a look at the box open...when I had finished and had put her cute PJ pants in there it still looked too plain, so I added more Basic Grey paper...I really think this finishes the box nicely! I also tied the pants with the same ribbon used to tie up the box. The pants say "eat, sleep, scrap" and " Scrapbook Girl" they can be found here. Me and 3 other friends have them and a few of our other friends are getting some as well...we are going to have a girls scrapbooking weekend and we are all going to wear them! How fun!!!
This is a close up of the jumbo brads...I wanted the embelishments to be simple, but I still wanted bling...so I added some jumbo brads with my Crop-a-dial and then through the center of the brads I added some crytal brads my Making Memories. The check ribbon came in a kit that I had not used yet...thanks Wendy, lovin that ribbon!
I wanted to show you a close up of the ribbon threading...origionally this came with a black ribbon that was threaded from the inside with a knot to hold it in place...I still wanted it to close from the outside, but I wanted the ribbon to go all around the outside...what's a girl to do? I used my handy Crop-a-dial to punch another hole...this was the ribbon still comes from the inside, and it goes all around...gotta Love the crop-a-dial!

Supplies:
Stamps: none...GASP!
Ink: None
paper: Basic Grey Designer paper, Doublemates CS in Autumn red
Accessories: Jumbo eyelets & rub-ons (SU!) ribbon, Crop-a-dial, rhinestone brads (making memories)

Thanks for stoping by!


Happy Stampin'

Name Frames

So I made some name frames for two new baby boys that were born this year at my son's preschool...so I'm a huge slacker since the boys are already a couple months old and I just gave them to them yesterday! Ohh well, better late than never! I really like how they turned out, although I like one better than the other...not going to say which...I don't want to hurt any ones feelings!

The first name frame was for Matthew... I like how his turned out, I Love the colors...although I strayed a little from what his momma told me were his room colors! The room colors were brown and blue and I just had to use this designer paper and so I added the wild wasabi in there... I think it looks good... I Love the designer paper and I super love the colors!

I made this one second...because you guessed it...he was born second! Although i did make them both the same day...as in yesterday morning before i had to give it to them! LOL...I'm a naughty girl! Good thing these are fast to assemble!

I asked his Manna what was the theme in his room and she told me Spider Man... I didn't have anything spider man-y so I went with the red, white and blue theme... I used real red, very vanilla, might of navy and cerise designer series paper...plain and simple...but got the job done and they both loved it!

If you would like for me to make you a name frame, they make excellent baby shower gifts and even birthday presents...send me an e-mail at mabieme1999@yahoo.com or leave me a comment!

Thanks for stopping by and as always,

Happy Stampin!

Cards are Packed!

We are going on vacation to the Outer Banks in August, now I'm very excited as I love the beach, but a little nervous because it qill be the first long car ride with all 3 kids! We drive an hour to mu parents all the time, so I'm hoping 5 won't be so bad!

Here is a close up of the box...easy decor...I mean the kids will probably have these ripped in no time!

Just in case though, I thought I would make the older kids a little travel game! I made the box myself...let me know if you would like a tutorial! I used my trusty Scor-Pal to help me! Then I simply made little little cards to go inside! the cards measure 2.5x3.5 and they are supoer simple to make!

I decided our game would be to look for the items on the cards as we are driving, and then I decided to leave the cards blank so that the kids could also color them...bonus! 2 for 1!!!

So what do you think? Do you like them?

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy stampin'

The B-I-B-L-E...

Yes that's the book for me! I stand alone on the word of God the B-I-B-L-E..so now that the song is stuck in your head I just have to show you what I just did! My sweet and awesome hubby got me a new bible on Friday (I wanted a pink one but they didn't have one in the NIV version) So he got me this one which is very nice and smooth and I just love the leatherette. Anywho I wantd to make it more me, so what makes things more me than stamping on them!!! So I did. I really like how thw baroque motif turned out, I stamped that using the timeber brown Stazon ink, and for the little flowers (which I'm still not too sure about!) I used lumier in the pearl shade...the stuff is a little messy to work with and it's a bit too splotchy, but what's a girl to do?

I also felt that the sentimen in this set was just absolutely perfect to stamp on the cover of my Bible, because there is nothing that you should treasure more than the word of God!

I do love my new bible! Thank you sooo much honey for thinking of me and loving me and being the best husband EVER!!!

Thanks forstopping by!

Happy Stampin'

Silvia

Moments to Cherish!

Okay so I am totally one of those people that totally says, "I am NEVER going to forget that!" and then low and behold I have totally forgotten what it was I wasn't going to forget, and I'm talking about those special moments. YOu know the cute little things the kids do or say...so I have decided to remidy that! My niece Meghan spent the night and we decided to get busy and alter some books that I got at Target this week. I got extremely lucky! I bought both of these adorable books for only $2.59 and that included the pen! Not to mention the fact that they are pink...my ULTIMATE favorite color! Anywho, when I saw them I totally knew that they would match Stampin' Up's Purely pomegranate cardstock and I NEEDED to get them right away! So I got one for me and one for Meghan...and being the totally awesome girl that she is... we picked the same paper to decorate our books with! I know I know she is the best! (I love this little gal!

Supplies:
No Stamps
Rub-ons: Eastern Elegance
Paper: Bali Breeze, Shimmery White CS
Accessories: purely pomegranate satin ribbon, chocolate chip grosgrain ribbon, scallop punch, 1 3/8 circle punch, 1 1/4 circle punch, sheer polka dot ribbon (thanks Sara!!)

We met when she was almost 2 and she is going to be 11 this year...where has all the time gone? I love spending time with her, she is very creative and a sweetheart...plus she loves the Lord, what more could you want from a girl (well, I guess the fact that she thinks I'm cool and likes to craft with me makes it even sweeter!) Anyways I hope you like the altered book! And here is a picture of Meghan and I...just so you can put a face to the names! Thanks for looking!



And here are some of the other things Meghan made while she was here...pretty talented wouldn't you say! She designed and created them all by herself!!!