Hostess Gift #3

Happy Friday Friends! I am currently in the air headed to the Middle East for a business trip to Bahrain and Kuwait! I'll be over there a week. This is my first trip to both of these countries, and as I type this I'm currently going through my mental packing list and gearing up for a great trip! I'll post some pictures when I get back, but in the mean time--you came to the blog for project ideas, so let's get to it!

This is the final hostess gift set that I made. The clear stamp case cover features teh Spice Cake DSP, which has since retired from the Holiday Mini Catalog, but don't forget--you can still get the digital download for My Digital Studio!

The cards feature the "Hello, Doily" background stamp. I used the Rock-n-Roll technique for this card with More Mustard and Chocolate Chip.

Hostess Gift #1

Happy Leap Day to you! I got a little behind on my hostess gifts for my club. Here's one of the card gift sets that I gave to one of my hostesses.

These cards feature the "Just Believe" stamp set and the Spice Cake DSP from the Holiday Mini. The DSP is retired, but LOOK! You can still get the digital download for My Digital Studio! :)

Give Thanks

I know that Thanksgiving has come and gone, but talking about the Spice Cake DSP and color scheme yesterday reminded me that I had not shared this card with you that I made on my blog hiatus.

It uses the faux silk technique, but instead of the tissue paper, I used a coffee filter for a little more texture.

Luggage Tag

A few years ago, at my first Stampin' Up! convention, the delegate bag that we got that year turned out to be my absolute favorite travel bag that I've ever owned...and I travel a LOT with my full-time job. It was the perfect size, had the right number of pockets on the inside and it was made of canvas so it was sturdy and flexible about stuffing as much or as little as I wanted into it.

The bag is still in pretty good shape considering all the places that it's traveled to (it's always my carry-on so it never has to suffer through the tossing around under the cabin that my big suitcase endures). But I started thinking about how sad I would be if it ever finally croaked and I had to lay it to rest. So, for Christmas, I lent my favorite bag to my mom and asked her to replicate it for me so I would have another. So she did. She used the Spice Cake designer fabric and buttons for the color scheme and made me a chocolate colored (to hide the dirt) canvas (for durability) bag for me. She did an AMAZING job, and I used it for the first time when I went to Leadership.

Before I left, I decided to make a luggage tag to coordinate using the Spice Cake DSP. The AW are my initials, in case you didn't figure that out. :)