Fun & Fast Notes Gift Box

One of my co-workers asked me to make a box of cards for a girl she knows who is going off to college. She is also the same person I made the Lovely as a Tree and Bella Rose stationary boxes for. I was thrilled when she asked for another one :) This time I decided to make the A2 card box I have been making recently. I also cased myself for the cards and use the shadow box technique I used for my aunt's get well card. The funny thing is that when I case something, I do it from memory. So my second version always turns out slightly different than the original. I also made the box to match the cards. The top was made from Ruby Red and the bottom (which you can't see in the picture) is Kraft).

There are six cards and envelopes inside the box and although there are two of each image, all of the sentiments are for a different occasion (with the exception of the birthday cakes--although I did use two different birthday greetings). Each also has a different textured background thanks to my Big Shot and Texture Plates, however, it's hard to see from the picture.

Also, on a different note...I heard back from Tenny about how my cards and Post It holders were doing at his store and he said that six out of the eight Post It's have sold and there has been interest in my card boxes, however, they haven't yet. I was thrilled that anything sold! I will keep you all posted :)

Stamps: Fun & Fast Notes, Sweet Little Sentiments, Crazy for Cupcakes, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Great Friend

Paper: Ballet Blue, Ruby Red, Mellow Moss, Chocolate Chip, Regal Rose, So Saffron (and coordinating DSP for all colors), Whisper White, Kraft

Ink: Basic Black

Accessories: Big Shot, Texture Plates, Large Oval and Scalloped Oval Punch, Eyelet Border Punch, SU Markers, Twine, Dimentionals

Bermuda Bay Birthday

Thursday is my grandma's birthday and this is the card I made for her :) I was browsing SCS for a layout and came across this card and decided to base my card off her layout. I've had the library clips for a while now but anytime I tried to use them I wasn't happy, so when I clipped it onto this card, I was trilled to see that I liked how it looked!

Stamps: Fun and Fast Notes, Crazy for Cupcakes

Paper: Bermuda Bay, Basic Black, Whisper White

Ink: Basic Black

Accessories: SU Markers, Blender Pen, 1 3/8, 1 1/2 and Scalloped Circle Punches, Large Oval and Scalloped Oval Punch, Scalloped Edge Punch, White Gel Pen, Bermuda Bay Ribbon, Library Clips, Mat Pack and Paper Piercer, Dimentionals

1. Score an 8 1/2 x 4 1/4 piece of Bermuda Bay at 4 1/4 and fold on score line.

2. Stamp bird from Fun and Fast notes onto Whisper White twice and watercolor using SU Markers and blender pens.

3. Punch one of the birds out with the 1 3/8 circle punch--you will cut off part of the flower.

4. On the other image, cut out the bird and flower. Adhere to punched out image using dimentionals for the bird and adhesive for the flower.

5. Adhere entire image to a 1 1/2 circle punched from Basic Black. Set aside.

6. Paper pierce a border around a 4 x 3 piece of Whisper White.

7. Punch the scallop border along a 4 x 2 piece of Basic Black using the Scalloped Edge Punch and "dot" a white gel pen on each scallop. Dry fit onto card base and then adhere together so that there is a 1 inch margin of Bermuda Bay at the top. Do not adhere to card base yet.

8. Wrap ribbon around and adhere in back. Take another strip of ribbon and tie it around the ribbon to form the bow. Adhere to card base.

9. Stamp sentiment from Crazy for Cupcakes onto Bermuda Bay and punch out using Large Oval. Adhere to a Basic Black punched Scalloped Oval. Adhere above ribbon using dimentionals.

10. Adhere bird image to card base using dimentionals (doubling them for extra pop).

11. Clip the library clip onto the side.

12. The inside contains a 4x4 piece of Basic Black and a 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 Whisper White matted in the middle.

Get Well Soon

This is a card I made for my aunt who just had back surgery. When my mom called me about it, she said "you should make her one of your pretty cards" :) My mom is definitely my number one fan when it comes to my card-making! Love ya mom!

I made this card using a shadow box tutorial that I saw on SCS. You take a 4 inch square piece of DSP and fold it in half twice. Fold the points down to themiddle and then fold each point

back towards the side. It was super easy and I love the effect it gives. The sentiment says "Take Care of Yourself" and is from Sweet Little Sentiments. The Bashful Blue piece was also run through my Big Shot with the polka dot texture plate. I love how it compliments the polka dots in the DSP. I also cut a strip of DSP for the inside and punched it with the Eyelet Border Punch.

Stamps: Fun and Fast Notes, Sweet Little Sentiements

Paper: Ballet Blue, Bashful Blue, Ballet Blue DSP (retired), Whisper White

Ink: Basic Black, Bashful Blue

Accessories: Big Shot, Texture Plate, Eyelet Border Punch, Large and Scalloped Oval Punch, Twine, SU Markers

Antique Store Set #4

I absolutely LOVE making these onsie cards! I know I've posted them before, but I'm going to post them again because they are so much fun! The link to the tutorial can be found on my first post of them. Everything is the same as that post except I used pink and blue brads instead of silver ones. I also used my scalloped edge punch on the little sleeves too (I usually just do straight sleeves)...that was Joe's idea! Thanks sweetie!

Again, I made the same box that I have been making the past few days. I love how it takes the presentation of all the sets to a new level! The one thing that is missing on all of them are envelopes. Each box will contain 4 envelopes for the 4 cards, however, I am waiting for those to come in :)

The scalloped oval sentiment is adhered directly to the acetate lid.

I have one more set that is almost done and will be posted tomorrow. Then my final project to take to the Market Place on Main will be a set of 3 stamped candles. I'm just trying to decide which set I want to use for them.

Stamps: Fun and Fast Notes, Sweet Little Sentiments

Paper: Bordering Blue, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Accessories: SU Markers, 1 3/8, 1 1/2, and Scalloped Circle Punches, Paper Piercer and Mat Pack, Brads, Scalloped Edge Punch, Large Oval and Scalloped Oval Punches, Dimentionals

Baby Shower Favors

Let me just start by saying that these were supposed to be Halloween favor bags...but, after opening all of my new goodies, I realized that the new Big Shot Die Fancy Favor only works with 12x12 paper! While I did buy a pack of the Halloween DSP (which is 12x12), I wasn't ready to use it just yet...so I decided to do a baby shower theme in honor of my cousin who's shower is in a few months. My aunt contacted me about doing invitations and favors, just haven't set anything in stone yet, so I thought I'd start throwing around ideas. These could also be adapted for weddings, birthday parties, graduations, etc! And they were SUPER easy to make! A 6x12 piece of paper and two pieces of Sticky Strip and you have this really cute little bag to fill with any kind of treat you like! You can also leave them open (without the ribbon) for an even bigger treat.

I used the retired Parisian Breeze DSP and the Fun and Fast Notes stamp set (which was one of the sets I got in my Starter Kit!). I made both of these in 10 minutes. Coloring the carriage took me longer than assembling the bag. Plan on seeing lots more of these!

P.S. I have been brainstorming a way to possibly use 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock. So if it works as well in real life as it does in my head, I will have a tutorial for you soon :)

Stamps: Fun and Fast Notes

Paper: Kraft, Whisper White, Parisian Breeze DSP

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Big Shot, Fancy Favor XL Die, Horizontal Slot Punch, SU Markers, Chocolate Chip Ribbon

Another Onsie Card

Ever since this post, these cards have been my most popular...in fact I have made 5 more since then! I decided to post my most recent one since the picture came out a lot better than the one in the linked post. I made this using Baja Breeze cardstock and Bashful Blue brads. I do wish I would have spaced the brads a little bit farther apart, but they are still cute. I used my mat pack and paper piercer to keep them straight. Next time I will pierce every other hole instead of three back to back. Up until I got my mat pack, I would just eye it up with a hole punch and they didn't always line up nicely (and since I'm a super perfectionist, that usually meant I would start the whole card over!) The carriage was colored using my blender pen and Baja Breeze ink pad and then detail was added using Not Quite Navy and Rose Red SU Markers. Click the link above for the full tutorial.

Stamps: Fun and Fast Notes

Paper: Baja Breeze, Whisper White

Ink: Basic Black, Baja Breeze

Accessories: 1 3/8, 1 1/2 Circle Punches, Scalloped Circle Punches, Mat Pack and Paper Piercer, Bashful Blue Brads, Blender Pen, Not Quite Navy and Rose Red SU Markers, Dimentionals

Stationary Box

This might be my most favoritest (is that a word) thing I've made--I say that a lot though! hehe But seriously...I got the idea for this stationary box from Amy Celona's blog and decided it would be a great idea to make one for our Administrative Assistant at work as Wednesday is Administrative Professional Day. It took me about 5 hours to make the whole thing...but that included coming up with how I wanted the cards and notebook to look like--trust me, I changed my mind 5000 times! Not counting "creative" time, it probably only took 3 hours.

Here is a picture of the Stationary Box, along with the matching notebook:

This is what it looks like when first opened:

And the whole kit and caboodle (2 standard size cards with envelopes, 4 little note cards, 4 matching gift tags, a Post-It note holder, and matching pen):

Closeup of the note cards:

Closeup of the gift tags:

Closeup of the Post-It note holder (minus the mini pencil that will go in the little slot on the left) and pen:

Instructions for the box itself can be found here. Instructions for the Post-It note holder can be found here.

Stamps: Fun and Fast Notes, Pocket Silhouettes

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White Cardstock and Sweet Always Designer Series Paper

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Stampin' Pastels, Blender Pen, Ribbon, Junior Legal Pad, Post-Its, Pen

Friend to Friend

This card was made for one of my employees who is having trouble with her third pregnancy. I am going to take it in tomorrow for all of the Health & Fitness Staff to sign. Keep her in your thoughts and prayers.

Stamps: Fun and Fast Notes, Pocket Silhouettes

Paper: Not Quite Navy, Apricot Appeal, Whisper White Cardstock and Sale-A-Bration Designer Series Paper

Ink: Basic Black

Accessories: Stampin' Pastels, Blender Pen, Ribbon, Brads, Hole Punch, Dimensionals

1. Score 5 1/2 x 8 piece of Not Quite Navy cardstock at 4 1/4 and fold along score line.

2. Stamp bird from Fun and Fast Notes onto a 3 x 3 piece of Whisper White. Stamp it again onto a scratch piece of paper. Cut out image from scrap paper.

3. Use a piece of tape to temporarily adhere your "scrap" bird over the "good" bird to create a mask. Then stamp the vase of flower image from the same set slightly to the right but allowing some of it to stamp on top of your masked bird. Peel off mask.

4. Stamp sentiment from Pocket Silhouettes in lower right corner.

5. Color images using blender pens and Stampin' Pastels. Use sponge dauber to rub Not Quite Navy pastels around the outer edges of the Whisper White.

6. Mat Whisper White to a 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 piece of Not Quite Navy and then mat that onto a 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 pice of Apricot Appeal.

7. Wrap a piece of Apricot Appeal ribbon around a 2 1/2 x 4 1/2 piece of Designer Series Paper. Use a small piece of the same color ribbon to tie a knot around ribbon strip. Adhere DSP to top left corner of card base.

8. Using dimensionals, adhere matted image to lower right of card base.

9. Punch three holes above image and attach Apricot Appeal brads.

10. The inside was covered with two 4 x 5 1/4 pieces of Apricot Appeal

Thank You Card from Cervantes

As you may, or may not know, I have an 8 month old Rottweiler named Cervantes. We had been having trouble recently keeping him in the basement at night since he could easily open the bi-fold door. I was telling this story at work and one of the Member Service Staff, Annie, offered me her old baby gate from when her kids were little. It works PERFECT! He doesn't even try to paw at it. I think he likes that he can see what's going on. To thank her, I made her this cute gate fold card with a picture of Cervantes behind his baby gate.

Stamps: Fun and Fast Notes

Paper: Apricot Appeal, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White Cardstock and Sale-A-Bration Designer Series Paper

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Stampin' Pastels, Blender Pen, Corner Punch

1. Score 4 1/4 x 11 piece of Apricot Appeal cardstock at 2 3/4 on each side. Fold in.

2. Adhere a 2 1/2 x 4 piece of DSP to each flap.

3. Stamp image from Fun and Fast notes onto 2 1/4 x 3 piece of Whisper White cardstock using Chocolate Chip ink and color with Stampin' Pastels.

4. Mat Whisper White onto 2 1/2 x 3 1/4 piece of Apricot Appeal. Mat that onto a 2 3/4 x 3 1/2 piece of Chocolate Chip.

5. Adhere only half of the matted image to the left flap.

6. For the inside I punched the corner of a 4 x 5 1/4 piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock using a punch I had from Michael's. My picture was cut at 3 3/4 x 5 and under it is a 3 x 4 piece of Whisper White cardstock where I wrote my message.

Acetate Wedding Card

I decided to try this technique called "floating" using a piece of acetate as the base of the card. I think it turned out pretty cute...still not sure if I like the white ribbon on the side or not? If I had white Stazon I would have stamped some sort of swoopy or flower on the acetate, but I don't and anything else just smears. (I might have to add that to my next Stampin' Up order!)

Stamps: Fun and Fast Notes, Congrats

Paper: Whisper White, Cameo Coral Cardstock

Ink: Chocolate Chip Ink

Accessories: Acetate, Stampin' Pastels, Blender Pens, Ribbon

1. Cut and fold acetate to form a 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 square card. 

2. Stamp wedding cake from Fun and Fast notes onto 2 x 2 piece of Whisper White. Color with Stampin' Pastels and blender pens.

3. Adhere to center of acetate. Adhere 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 piece of Cameo Coral to the inside of the front of the card, sandwiching the acetate between the two pieces. Stamp "welcome to the wedded bliss club" from the Congrats set.

4. Adhere 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 piece of Whisper White to center of the inside. This is where the written message will go. (When the card is laid flat, all three layers should match up as a 1/8 border).

5. Tie ribbon around crease and tie in a knot.

Onsie Cards

Aren't these the cutest things ever? I found the tutorial online and couldn't wait to have an excuse to try it! Luckily, I got an order last night for two new baby cards--one for a boy and one for a girl! The inside says "Happy New Baby."

Stamps: Fun and Fast Notes

Paper: Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White 

Ink: Chocolate Chip Ink

Accessories: Stampin' Pastels, Blender Pen, 1 3/8 Circle Punch, Scalloped Circle Punch, Brads

As I said, I found the template for these online and want to give credit where credit is due. For directions on how to make them visit http://laurenm.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2008/02/05/ They were surprisingly easy to make!