Tri Fold Butterfly Card

Today's card is a tri fold card.  You are going to cut your
cardstock 4  x 11 and then score at  3 1/2  and 7.  Fold up
the card and have the long end on the right.  Take your
slit punch and punch it towards the bottom of the cardstock
on the right side as you see in the photo.  Then take your
large 1 3/8 circle punch and punch out the center of the
card.  Fold up your card and slide the piece under the slit
to hold it together.  Now start decorating!   The piece of
pumpkin pie cardstock on the outside of card measures
at 4 1/4 x 4 1/4.  I used the new embosslit butterfly folder
and the Well Scripted stamp set and Sweet Pea Designer
paper.  (I've got to use it up!)  xoxo

Easter Bunny Buckets

I saw these cute bunny tags here and had to case them! 
I made about 20 of these buckets!  They are filled with
pink and chocolate candy for Easter gifts.  I had the buckets
laying around for years and decided it was time to fill em up!
The designer paper is the Sweet Pea, the cardstock pink passion.
The Chocolate Bunny stamp, old olive and chocolate chip ink.
xoxo

Mojo Monday 132

It's Mojo Monday 132!  I haven't played along for about 2 weeks!  So

it is nice to get back to some stamping!  Today's sketch is made with

the ever so cute Sweet Pea designer paper, the very popular Chocolate

Bunny stamp, the Well Scripted stamp set, cardstock is Old Olive and

Chocolate Chip.  Enjoy!  xoxo

Chocolate Bunny Carrot Box

Look at these soooo cute carrots I found!  They are filled
with the candy powder the kids love.  Found at a local
dollar store......
Today's little bunny box is made with the SU! Box #2
die.  Note in the photo to cut off the two tabs.  Assemble
your box after you have stamped your grass on it. 
Also take the  3/4' circle punch and punch out all three
holes for the carrots.  Stamp a chocolate bunny or whatever
other stamp you have on hand and attach to the front of the
box.  The handle is 1' x 9' and was punched with the SU! scallop
punch and lined with the white cardstock.   xoxo

My girls in historical Roslyn

Here are a few picutres I took this weekend up in historial Roslyn. 

Shelby took the first one in the car, very creative!  We just walked

around town and found this brick wall to use as a back drop.

My girls look soooo grown up!  Hope you enjoy!  xoxo

Tulip Scrapbook pages

Started with these large chipboard flowers....

Used the large SU! Fancy Flower die to make the daffodil

flower and then just hand cut out the tulip.  The colors

are Night of Navy, Summer Sun and Old Olive and

the new scallop punch.   xoxo

Suprise Blog Award!

I've been out of town for a few days

to return and open my email to a lovely Blog Award!  How suprised

I was!  I received it from Diana  Ball-Seitz over at http://www.stampingmoon.com/.

Thank you Diana for thinking of me!  I am thrilled to be recognized! 

The rules for passing on this award are as follows:

1.Thank the person who gave it to you.
2.Copy & paste the award to your blog.
3.Link to the person sending you the award.
4.List 7 things about yourself.
5.Nominate 7 bloggers to present the award to.
6.Link to this posting on your blog.
7.Notify the 7 people you nominate by leaving a comment on their blog.
 
Seven things about me.....
 
1. Obviously I LOVE to craft! 
2.  Chocolate day or night or inbetween
3.  Friends- You can pick your friends but not your family!
4.  My little girlies-  Shelby 15, Shaelyn 9 - my bright spots of the day
5.  And I want to thank the academy for my...... Husband!  never forget your spouse!
6.  Love to Dance, Snowboard, Yoga, Scuba
7.  Inspire others
 
My 7 Nominees who inspire me are:
 
1.  Andrea Walford at http://andreawalford.com/
2.  Kirstin Davies my stampin BFF over at http://papertreelane.com/
3.  Patty Bennett at   http://www.pattystamps.typepad.com/
4   Janet Wakeland at http://remarkablycreated.com/
I am not the best at blog surfing so I don't have anyone else to nominate!  Sorry!

Chocolate Bunny Folder

Wow this week just flew by!  Here is a cute little folder for you

to try.  You do need the SU! Big Shot Fancy Favor Die to make

this.  Punch it out as you see in the photo then cut the one end off.

You should have the remaining piece as you see above.  Take

a punch of your choice.  I have used the 1 3/8' circle punch.

Punch out your center and then fold the two sides to the back and

the bottom up and hold together with sticky strip.  Once together

you can look down the center and it will look like a pocket.

Cut a center card piece that will slide into the folder.  Mine

is cut at 2 1/2' x 3.  I attached a mini chocolate bunny.

They are the new Hershey's mini bunnies.  On the front

of the folder I have used the scallop punch to make the flower

and hand cut grass.  I also made clouds using a cloud stencil.

The butterlies are SU! and are the new embosslite folder for

the Big Shot as well. Make sure you add a ribbon to the

top of the card so that you can easily slide the card in

and out of the folder.   Let me know if you have questions,

if you need any of the dies click on the right to order them.

They can be to you in 3 days.   Have a great weekend!

xoxo

Easter Bunny Card

Today's a card I made using the new SU! Well Scripted set.

I stamped the salutation word Happy Easter and turned it into

a bunny!  So easy and cute.  I added the cordouroy buttons in

pumpkin pie and the felt stitched embellishments.   xoxo

Daffodil Big Shot Flower Arrangement

This one's for you Susan!  Thanks for always cheering me on and up!

Here is another flower arrangement I put together by using these

little tins I had purchased after Valentine's day for a quarter.  I used

the XL Large Fancy Flower Die for the Big Shot and the new Butterfly

embosslit.  As you can see in the close up I went ahead and also embossed

the flowers with the SU! texture plates.  The stems are bamboo skewers

wrapped in floral tape.   You have to try one of these they are quick

and easy!  I promise!   xoxo

Owl Note for You...

A note for you!  My sweet little 9 year old had her

birthday yesterday and had such a great day!  We

sat down last night to make thank you cards for her

aunties and uncles and she decided we should look

online for some pictures to copy.  She's big into googling

images on the computer.  Soooo we found this cute

owl and decided to copy it onto copy paper and turn

it into our thank you cards!  Once we glued them down

she added SU! pastels to the flowers and glitter to

the owls eyes.  We punched out some of the SU1 flowers

and added them off to the side.  I think they turned out

adorable!  Hope we have inspired you today!  xoxo

(anyone else tired from daylight savings?  PHEW!)

Fancy Flower Bouquet

Good Morning!  Here is a fun beautiful project for you this weekend!

I have seen these flower arrangement all over lately also done with

folded paper flower too.  But here is a version with SU! XL Large

Fancy Flower punch.  Here are the supplies you will need:

1- 13' styrofoam ball

2 - 8' styrofoam balls

3 - bamboo skewers

green floral tape

3 - different colored push pins to match your cardstock

a vase

First take your bamboo skewers and cover them with the

floral tape.  Next choose three different colors of cardstock for

your flowers and matching push pins.  Start punching out all

your flowers.  I think I punched 25- 30 for each flower.

Then start laying the flowers on the styrofoam and push

pins into ball and cover entire ball.   When all balls are

covered then put into vase.  I have used a vase I had on

hand and put some floral styrofoam in the bottom so that

I could push the stems into it.  Once arranged you will

cut out leaves or use a punch if you have one and

use the Tombow glue to attach to the stem.

You are now done!  Now get crackalackin  to

make this cute spring bouquet!  xoxo

St Paddy's Hat

Isn't this stinkin cute!  A luck of the blarney stone!  I was
visiting a store yesterday and they were showing these so
they are not my creation.  Totally CASED!  But now you
get to see and made them too!  So the little hat holds two
reese's pb cups.  The sizes that you see are as follows
for creating this little paddy hat.  You need a 2'scallop
punch, a 1 1/4' circle punch a piece of cardstock foir the
hat cut at 1 1/4' x 4 1/4, and for the black trim you will
cut 3/4' x 4 1/4'.   I hand cut the buckle by punching with
a very small square punch and then cutting out around it
to make the small buckle.    So to assemble take the scallop
punch and put two glue dots on the bottom and add the first
pb cup,  then add a glue dot to the top of that one and add your
next one. They both should be stuck to the scallop now.
Take the body of the hat and add sticky strip and wrap it
around the reese's tight but not to tight that you cannot lightly
lift it.  Add the black trim now with adhesive and buckle.
Lastly you will take a glue dot and put it on the top reese and
add the circle punch.  I did trim down my circle just a bit so it
would fit just right.  Now the hat part should just slide up to see
the candies as you see in the photo above.
 Soooooo Cute!  Have Fun!   xoxo

Beautiful Butterfly

Got invited this week to play along with Stampin Up Connections

weekly card sketch challenge.  Since the week is passing by quite

quickly I thought I better get crack a lackin!  Here is my card

for the challenge.  Used the SU! textured impressions polka dot

envelope on old olive, pink passion and summer sun cardstock.

Punched out the butterflies from the Big Shot Die Beautiful Butterflies

and sponged some pink passion ink on to ink.  Chocolate chip

base to the cards and summer sun cordouroy button.  xoxo

Fancy Favor Purse

Today's post is a cute little purse box made from the

SU! Fancy Favor Box Die.  You will need the die

to make one of these.  As you see in the above

picutre you will cut one out and cut the deckel

edge off the top so it is smooth.  You will need two

3 1/2 x 3 1/2 coasters for each side.  Start by putting together

your box with adhesive.  Then take the coasters and cover

one side with matching cardstock as the box the other

with designer paper.  I have used the cute Sweet Pea

with the birds.  After I attached the paper I went back and

cut out extra clouds and birds for the 3D look and added them

to the paper as well as a sun that I cut out of a 1 1/4' circle

and then drew the yellow sun rays and added the googlie eyes.

I used dimensionals to pop up the birds and clouds.

The ribbon is stitched chocolate chip and cut at 8 1/2' for

both pieces.  Make sure and attach them BEFORE you put

the coasters onto the box/purse.   There you have it!  xoxo

Mojo Monday 129

Good Monday Morning Ladies!  Mojo Monday 128

Again had to get out the Woodgrain stamp!  also

used is the new Garden from the Heart from the

Occasions Mini catalog.  Cardstock is the eggplant

envy, certainly celery and kraft.   xoxo

New! Fabulous Five!

Well here is something new to my website!  For as long as I have been a demonstrator for SU!  I have always shared this idea with my downline at my meetings.  I have always introduced a new stamp set with the idea that they need to make 5 things with the set.  Somewhat of a challenge for

them. Sometimes we get a set and make one thing and away on the shelf it goes! This way you actually challenge yourself to make more things with it! 

So the pictures you see here are the Fab Five for this month,  I will be posting one a month.  The set is Good Friend in the SU idea and catalog 2009/10 book on page 112.  If you do not have it you can order it by clicking on the catalog to the right.This set of 5 is available in a kit that you can purchase to the right as well.

Some of you already have the supplies you need for this others don't so

the kit will have everything you see ( candy not included!) to put your cards and projects

together.

You will  nned to have or purchase the Good Friend stamp set in order

to complete this kit..  So here goes to something new!

Hope you all like it!  xoxo

FAB FIVE GOOD FRIEND KIT - $25.00       (click button to the right)

Kit must be purchased via paypal and you must include shipping of $4.85 with your order.

All orders will be processed  7- 10 days of payment clearing though paypal.

US ADDRESSEES ONLY....

INSTRUCTIONS ONLY AVAILABLE - EMAILED TO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD - $7.00

This will include 5 pages instructing you how to make the four cards and 1 project shown in photo.

There are 15 kits available..... get yours today!