Here's the Stationery Box that I made for Merrylene.....

back in May for her birthday. I got all my ideas for this project here! This next photo shows the box opened up. As you can see, I made a few changes, such adding an Address Book, a Note Pad and some Mailing Labels. I also glued the inner flap and added a decorative border.


Here are closeups of the Address Book and the inner pages of it and the Note Pad. I designed the inner pages using Photoshop and then did a "Print and Cut" using my Pazzles "Inspiration Creative Cutter".



And here are close-up photos of the six cards that I included with the box.



This project was fun, but it was also a lot of work, but it was worth it to be able to give it to Merrylene as a gift. By the way, she loved it!!!


Supplies

Papers: Bazzill and "Wild Asparagus" (all of the designer papers) by My Mind's Eye
Stamps: Anna Griffin "Flourishes Set 3" and Martha Stewart "Monogram and Frame Stamps"
Ink: "VersaMark Watermark" by Tsukiniko
Embossing Powder: Stamp-n-Stuff "Detail Clear Transparent"
Tools: Pazzles "Inspiration Creative Cutter", Zutter "Bind-It-All", Provo Craft "Cuttlebug", and "Scor-Pal"
Accessories: Fiskars "Sunburst" Border Punch, Ranger "Liquid Pearls", Tim Holtz "Distress Inks", Mark Richards "Crystal Stickers Pearls", Offray Ribbons, Spellbinders "Nestabilities", The Robbins Nest "Clear Dew Drops" (I colored them brown using Bic Marker), Bride's Flowers by Gartner Studios (purchased at Michael's and altered by me using a tiny paint brush and water color pencils)

I finally made time to create a card………….

Of course, it helped that I have a dear friend whose birthday is today and I created this card for her!!! She has been quite ill with congestive heart failure and lung problems…so if you could add Melitta to your prayers, I know she will be grateful!!!

I have been busy working on projects for Pazzles, plus my youngest son, wife and two adorable grandsons came for a visit, so since the holidays I have been quite busy!

The “Woven Frame” was designed by me using Funtime Deluxe 2009 and was cut using my Craft Robo. I used Adobe Photoshop CS3 for the sentiment. The bottom layer of the butterflies and all of the cardstock layers were cut using my Pazzles “Inspiration Creative Cutter”.
Finished Card Size: A2/4.25”x5.5”

Supplies

Papers: GA Pacific White CS (card base), Colorbok “Pearlescent Cardstock”
(Yellow & Lavender), Best Occasions “Metallic Paper Pack” (Gold Mirror
Cardstock used for Woven Frame), Wausau Paper Creative Collection Metallic
Cardstock “White Gold” (white shimmer CS used for label) and Canson Effects
Papercraft “Iced Gold” (bottom layer of butterflies)
Ink: Tsukineko “VersaMark Watermark”
Embossing Powders: “Winter Wonderland Opaque” and “Star Dust Transparent”
by Stamp-n-Stuff
Tools: Pazzles Inspiration, Quickutz "Revolution, Cuttlebug, Ranger “Heat It”, Fiskars
“Lace” Border Punch
Accessories: Spellbinders “Ribbon Tags Trio”, “Saginaw” font, Martha Stewart
“Monarch Butterfly” punch, Scor-Pal, Mini Flower Brads “Pastel”, Michael’s
“Rhinestone Stickers” (Gold Beads), Liquid Pearls “Lemon Yellow” & “Platinum”,
Offray Ribbon and the Paper Studios “Peel-Off Stickers”

Yesterday I posted a Wedding Card that I made for my friend Tina’s daughter, Sarah and this morning I made a vellum envelope with an embossed liner to match. Since I am going to be mailing this card, the whole thing is going into a bubble-lined envelope to protect it. Besides that, it has a long way to go…..all the way to the UK!

I used my Scor-Pal to make my vellum envelope. To make an envelope for an A7 (5”x7”) card, I use a letter sized piece of paper, I score each side at 5/8” (length-wise), then turn the paper 90 degrees and score at 2” and 7 ¼”…….then I folded and trimmed it and rounded the corners.

For the front of the envelope I used four of those beautiful “Silver Classic Photo Corners”, one for each corner. I designed three hearts, three different sizes and the largest one is scalloped. I did the design using my Pazzles software. I used my Pazzles to cut them. I embossed the scalloped one using my “Textile” embossing folder. The center heart is cut from some mirror type cardstock that I have on hand…do not know who it is made by and truthfully, I’ve had it so long that I can’t even remember where I got it from! I used my Pazzles with the Pen Tool and the "Edwardian Script" font to draw “Robert and Sarah” with my “EraserMate” pen, then I embossed it using silver embossing powder and my heat gun.

I cut a “liner” just a bit smaller than the envelope out of Epson Bright White Paper and also embossed the liner “flap” using my “Textile” embossing folder. I also cut a smaller scalloped heart using my Pazzles, embossed it and used it for a “closure”. I cut a “slit” in the back of envelope that the bottom of the heart fits into to fasten it.

I almost always make my own envelopes to match the cards I make!

Papers: Strathmore "Pastel Vellum", Epson "Premium Bright White Paper", Royal Brites (White CS)

Tools: Pazzles Inspiration, Scor-Pal, Cuttlebug, Ranger "Heat-It"

Accessories: Cuttlebug "Textile" Embossing Folder, The Paper Studio "Silver Classic Photo Corners" Peel-Off Stickers, PaperMate "EraserMate" Pen, Old Town Crafts "Ultra Fine Silver" Embossing Powder

Celebrate...................

This is the card that I made for yesterday's Splitcoast Stampers Technique Lovers Challenge called "Black Magic". For this technique you start with a dark cardstock and stamp your images with white or vanilla craft ink. I was not having very good luck...I think I need to purchase a reinker for my Moonlight White as it did not stamp very well and I wound up adding some "Detail White" embossing powder and using my heat gun and then I used my Prismacolor pencils and "Goo Gone" to color the cart. The rubber stamp of the "flower cart" is one that I purchased years ago from a stamp store that is no longer in business.....and I don't think that I've ever used it before!

I knew that I wanted to use some flowers in the cart and I decided to use a cutting file that was designed by Jennifer {aka/pokrplyrjn} at the Yahoo Pazzles Inspiration Group. I altered the file so that I could use my pen tool to make an inner line that I could emboss with gold embossing powder after the Pazzles cut all the flowers out for me! After they were cut out I used my Prismacolor pencil to color them and I used my embossing stylus to "sculpt" them. I punched some little yellow circles, dotted them with my brown Sharpie, "sculpted" the circles with my embossing stylus, glued them to the centers of my flowers and added "Crystal" Stickles to them. The leaves I used were some I had left over from another project. I used my Nestabilities large petite ovals. I used my Cuttlebug and my "Leafy Branch" embossing folder to emboss the blue metallic cardstock and then used my Scor-Pal for the embossed lines. I added the green ribbon flat bow and adhered the "faux" metal "Celebrate" sentiment, which I made some time back using a Studio G stamp. I want to add that because of the metallic elements on this card, it was rather difficult to get a really decent photo. Below is a close-up of the "faux" metal.


Finished Card Size: Custom/5.5"x5.5"

Stamps: Parked on Rubber (Flower Card), Studio G (sentiment)
Inks: "Queen's Gold" by Ranger & "Moonlight White" Brilliance
Accessories: Pazzles Inspiration, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Ranger "Heat It", Scor-Pal, Offray Ribbon