Mary Kay Thank You

My sister sells Mary Kay, so as part of her Christmas gift, I made her some "thank you" cards and a small bag of "thank you" tags that she can include with customer orders.

12 Weeks of Christmas-Christmas Day

Merry Christmas everyone! My last entry for this series is using a stamp set that I really love but have rarely used, I'm not sure why. Probaby because every time I would sit down to create something, I would get creator's block. :) Anyway, here is my final project: a brown paper bag front. It was raining outside so the Old Olive snowflakes have a tint of gold to them...maybe that's the Dazzling Diamonds I used on the centers of them? Who knows? :)

Hope you have a blessed Christmas!









Ingredient List:
Stamp Set-Serene Snowflakes (Holiday Mini Catalog, Holiday Best (Hostess, Level 1)
Card Stock-Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Whisper White
Ink-Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive
Tools-Paper piercer, two-way glue pen, large oval punch, scallop oval punch, regular hole punch, stampin' dimensionals, adhesive
Accessories-Clear rhinestone brads, Dazzling Diamonds, 1/2" Polka Dot Rich Razzleberry Grosgrain ribbon

Sneak Peak-Vintage Vogue

I've been playing around with a new stamp set that is coming out in the Occasions Mini Catalog January 4. I really like this set and from the sneak peaks that I've seen, a lot of other people love this set too. :)

Here's something I worked on yesterday:

Cheerleader Punch Art

I've been busy in my craft room this week, as I'm on vacation until the New Year. Then I realized some of the projects I've been working on are gifts, so I can't post them yet. :)

Here's some cheerleader punch art that I made for a customer of mine. These were CASEd from Rubber Stamping Diva, who does fantastic punch art!

Thank you

Here's a simple thank you card I made for a couple of customers of mine. I love using the buttons for some extra bling. :D

Shadowing Technique

This was the technique card I made for my club members this month. It's a CASE from a card my upline sent me when I was in her club, but I changed up the colors. :)

It makes me ready for spring. ha ha

12 Weeks of Christmas-Week 12

This is my second to last posting for the 12 Weeks of Christmas...I will post one on Christmas Day. I hope that you have enjoying stopping by for some fun Christmas ideas and that you were able to find some inspiration to try your own Christmas projects this year. Thank you for making my blog one of your weekly visits. I appreciate it! :D

This week's project is one that I have been creating for about a year and a half. I make one of these each month for my club hostesses and thought since this was December I would do this month's with a Christmas theme. For instructions on how to make it, please visit Becky's blog and purchase her tutorial. It is well worth the $3.95. Trust me, I've used it so much, and I'm sure you would too! :)









Ingredient List:
Stamp Set--Holiday Lineup (of course, it's my favorite!; Serene Snowflakes
Card Stock--Real Red, Old Olive, Whisper White, Garden Green
Ink--Basic Black, Old Olive
Tools--Paper cutter with cutting and scoring blades; wide oval punch; 1-1/4" circle punch; 1-3/8" circle punch; scallop circle punch; regular hole punch; sticky strip; Real Red, Old Olive, Garden Green, Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa and Chocolate Chip markers; Stamp-a-majig
Accessories--1/4" grosgrain Chocolate Chip ribbon, 1-1/4" striped grosgrain Chocolate Chip ribbon

Purses

These purses are for a customer of mine. She had seen one that I had made for a class I held, and asked me to make some for her. She provided the paper, which is the only thing not Stampin' Up! They are perfect for holding gift cards, jewelry, or any other smaller item. And they are just so gosh-darn cute! :)

November hostess gift

I'm a little late in posting this, but here is the milk carton container that I made for my November club hostess. I love the little turkeys. :)

12 Weeks of Christmas-Week 11

Now that we are right upon the Christmas holiday and everyone is rushing about trying to get things finished up, how about something easy to make for your friends or to stick in your kiddos' stockings? Sour cream containers filled with goodies! The full tutorial on how to make the containers can be found here. I adjusted the size of the Designer Series Paper to make mine a little larger.









Ingredient List:
Stamp Set-Warm Words
Ink-Basic Black
Card Stock-Merry Moments Designer Series Paper
Accessories- 1-3/8" circle punch, scallop circle punch, small tag punch, regular paper hole punch, small oval punch, large oval punch, crimper, Cameo Coral and Basic Black markers, stampin' dimensionals, sticky strip

Sneak Peak

Here are a couple of cards that I made using some of the new items coming up in the next mini catalog (Jan. 4). I just LOVE this little stamp girl from the stamp set "Tote-ally Tess." :) The other card uses the new Designer Series Paper, satin ribbon and brads.

Loads of Love

I had a workshop last night and the hostess wanted to do something themed around Valentine's Day, so this is what I came up with. If you look closely, you can see the hearts stamped in VersaMark on the Real Red card stock. You could easily step this card up a notch by adding a band of ribbon between the truck and the punched white heart. :)

12 Weeks of Christmas-Week 10

So I know that I've done bag toppers as one of the "12 Weeks" items before, but in my defense, Christmas IS the season of eating, and well, my husband made cinnamon candy so I had to think of something cute to hand it out to friends and family. :) Plus, it's my blog and I'm allowed to do whatever I want on it, right? Anyway, on to the pictures! The first set are the bags of cinnamon candy (and apple too!), and the second set are cute little decorated Peppermint Patties using one of my favorite stamp sets: "Holiday Lineup." Enjoy! Three weeks until Christmas people!













Ingredient List:
Cinnamon Candy Bag Toppers-
Stamp Set-Sweet Season
Card Stock-Very Vanilla, Merry Moments DSP
Ink-Garden Green Classic Stampin' pad
Accessories-Big Shot (love this thing!), Top Note Die cut, medium cello bags, small cello bags, wide oval punch, 1/4" grosgrain chocolate chip ribbon, 5/8" grosgrain very vanilla ribbon, staples, candy

Peppermint Patties Bag Toppers-
Stamp Set-Holiday Lineup, Sweet Season
Card Stock-Real Red, Garden Green, Old Olive, Whisper White
Ink-Basic Black, Garden Green
Accessories-Big Shot, Top Note Die Cut, medium cello bags, wide oval punch, small oval punch, stampin dimensionals, staples, SU markers: Real Red, Garden Green, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, 1-1/4" circle punch, 1-3/8" circle punch, scallop circle punch, adhesive

XOXOXO

Is it too early for Valentine's? I don't think so. Quite frankly, I could use the break from all the Christmas stuff I've been doing. :) This card is in response to the Late Night Stampers Group Challenge: Valentine's. This couldn't have come at a better time either, as I have a workshop next week, and the host has requested a Valentine theme, so this will inspire me to prepare the projects for her workshop. :)

Mojo Monday, except Wednesday

Here's the clean and simple (CAS) design I did for the Mojo Monday challenge this week:

12 Weeks of Christmas-Week 9

Here is the 9th installment of the 12 weeks of Christmas. I made blocks that spell "JOY" and filled them with peppermint Ghirardelli chocolates. Once I had the template made, it was pretty easy to decorate them.







Ingredient List:
Stamp Set-Big Deal Alphabet
Card Stock-Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Garden Green, Merry Moments Designer Series Paper
Ink-Old Olive
Accessories-1" circle punch, sticky strip, clear rhinestone brads, jumbo snowflake punch

12 Weeks of Christmas-Week 8

Ingredient List:
Ornament Card-
Stamp Set-Pumpkin Patch (Holiday Mini Catty), Tree Trimmings, Short & Sweet
Card Stock-Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Bermuda Bay, Very Vanilla
Ink-Chocolate Chip, Bermuda Bay, Real Red, Old Olive
Accessories-Small oval punch, large oval punch, stampin dimensionals

Bag of Gift Tags-
Stamp Set-Christmas Punch (hostess set)
Card Stock-Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Bermuda Bay, Very Vanilla
Ink-Bermuda Bay, Real Red, Old Olive
Accessories-Wide oval punch, large oval punch, scallop oval punch, small tag punch, tag punch, boho blossoms punch, Real Red marker, Old Olive marker, Bermuda Bay marker, small cell bags, 1/4" Old Olive grosgain ribbon, Big Shot, Top Note die cut, staples, stampin' dimensionals

Challenge Week

I was reviewing some of the resource tutorials on Splitcoaststampers this week, and decided to try one that I have had my eye on for quite some time: the crimped envelope pocket card. I really had fun making this card set, again using two of my favorite stamp sets: the "Medallion" and "Friends 24-7."

Mojo Monday Challenge 113

Here's the challenge sketch, and my interpretation of the sketch below. I just love this "Friends 24-7" stamp set. It is one of my favorites. Funny, because I waited a long time debating whether or not to even get it. :)

Hotel Carpet Challenge

When I went to Convention in August, my roommates told me about a challenge that they had started last year: to make a card using the colors in the carpet of a facility--for them it was a restaurant (they said it was a hideous color combo). So we all had talked about doing the carpet challenge using the colors of the Salt Lake Convention Center carpet. For one reason or another, we never finished the challenge.

I really liked the idea, and with as much travel as I do with my (full-time) job, I thought it would be a wonderful challenge to start for all of the travel venues I use moving forward! One of the girls in my monthly club was with me on my most recent trip to Houston and we decided to take the challenge using only the colors in the carpet at the Hilton Americas Hotel in downtown Houston. If I'd been thinking, I would have taken a picture of the carpet to post so you could see where the inspiration came from, but I didn't. I will try to start doing that.

The Hotel Carpet Color Challenge included the following colors:
Taken With Teal
Chocolate Chip
Very Vanilla
Dusty Durango
Ruby Red
Old Olive

Here are the cards that we did. Mine is the first and hers is the second. We had so much fun doing these!!

12 Weeks of Christmas-Week 7

Gingerbread make me hungry! But that's the theme of this week's "12 Weeks of Christmas." I made little gingerbreads using only punches-no stamping. I've seen a lot of different punch gingerbreads floating around cyperspace, but I thought Patti's gingerbread is my favorite, thus my reason for creating them pretty much exatly like hers. :) Enjoy!





Ingredient List:
Gingerbread Card-
Stamp Set-Sweet Season
Card Stock-Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Whisper White, Old Olive
Ink-Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin' Pad
Accessories-White gel pen, 1-1/4" circle punch, Small tag punch, word window punch, heart to heart punch, 1/4" grosgran Chocolate Chip ribbon, glue dots, dimensionals, silver brads, wide oval punch

Gingerbread Treat Box-
Stamp Set-Christmas Punch (hostess)
Card Stock-Real Red, Close to Cocoa, Old Olive, Whisper White
Ink-Chocolate Chip
Accessories-white gel pen, 1-1/4" circle punch, small tag punch, word window punch, heart to heart punch, small oval punch, large oval punch, scallop oval punch, glue dots, dimensionals, Mistletoe ribbon