Welcome Journal and Bookmark

Good morning stampers! Thanks for stopping by!

So last month Stampin' up had an awesome starter special for only $75! I had two ladies join and I am so happy that I have a "group" now! :)

As a welcome gift I made each lady an altered journal with their initial on it to record business expenses or write notes in. Of course I forgot to take pictures of both of them but I remembered one!



On this one I used some Candy Lane DSP and some Ridinghood Red Striped Ribbon. The initial is from the Big Deal Alphabet set stamped in Ridinghood Red and punched with the Scallop Circle Punch. I added another two Ridinghood Red Scallop Circles to the sides to make it stand out more.

I added a bookmark to this one since it matched perfectly. To make the bookmark I sponged Ridinghood Red ink with a sponge dauber on a chipboard scallop square, then stamped it with the swirl image from the Trendy Trees set in White Craft Ink. I inked the whole thing up with Versamark and then covered it with Clear Embossing Powder and heat set it with my Heat Tool. The image is from the Bella's Bloom set and the ribbon is the Striped Ridinghood Red Ribbon. At the end of the ribbon I tied on a Filagree Brad. Super cute and functional!

If you haven't checked out the Last Chance List of retiring stamp sets and accessories you should! There are a lot of great items, some at 50% off and once they are gone, they are GONE! To see the accessories list scroll down to Monday's post.

Have a great day!
Hugs,
Elizabeth

More Teacher Appreciation

Good Morning Stampers! Hope you are having a good day!

Today's project is one I can definitely classify under super, duper, stinkin' flippin' cute! I saw this purse first at our Woo Hoo Stampers event last month done by Liz Miller. I knew I wanted to make one as soon as I saw it but didn't have the dimensions and wasn't sure if I could figure it out. Then my new blogger friend, Rosemarie, made some and posted the directions! Yippee, thanks so much Rose!

I made two of the exact same purse and cards to go with it. One is for a raffle they are doing for the teachers for Teacher Appreciation Week and the other is to make everyone else drool! ;) Hee Hee! Rose's directions were so easy to follow so I whipped these both out in about an hour or so. I used Baja Breeze for my purse stamped with the flowers from the Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set in the same color. The purse flap is a Top Note Die Cut in Close to Cocoa and then run through with a Cuttlebug Embossing Folder. I added some Velcro to keep the purse closed and added a Cherry Blossom Embosslit die cut in Baja Breeze with a half pearl from the Pretties Kit in the center. I used some Jumbo Eyelets set with my Crop-a-Dile and some Chocolate Chip Ribbon for the handles. The inside pockets are Stampin' Up's Large Cello Bags cut down to fit inside and holds four matching cards I made.




The cards were simple but turned out pretty nice I think. I made four for each purse. Two with a Baja Breeze base and two with a Kiwi Kiss base. I randomly stamped the same Fifth Avenue Floral flowers on WW and added a piece of Urban Oasis DSP, some striped ribbon and a sentiment and it's done!

What do you think? I'd love to hear from you!

Have a great day!
Hugs,
Elizabeth

More Stamp Camp Projects

Good Morning Stampers! Well Spring Break is officially over and I am sad to see it go. My kids did not want to get up this morning at all!!

I didn't have any time to stamp this weekend with my stamp camps and our trip to the lake yesterday but I do have the last two items we made at my stamp camps this weekend to show you. I will work on the Sweet Sunday Sketch and Mojo Monday so I'll have something to show tomorrow! :)

This was one of the favorites among my stamp camp guests. Simple but cute and super sparkly! We started with a Whisper White cardstock base, added a Baja Breeze panel that was punched with the Scallop Edge Punch and tied some Baja Breeze Striped Ribbon around it. Next we inked up the daisy image from the Upsy Daisy stamp set first in Baja Breeze ink and then used the SU Ballet Blue Marker to highlight the top edges of each flower before stamping it onto a WW panel. The highlight is very subtle but nice. We adhered that to a mat of Sahara Sand and then added 2 Way Glue Pen and Dazzling Diamonds to the daisies. Ooooh Sparkly! The sentiment comes from the awesome Great Friend set and the White Gel Pen doodle dots on the scallop edge finishes it off.

The last project we made was a flower seed packet holder made out of an envelope! I love it when great ideas come from simple things! We used the Blooms and Bulbs Wheel with a Certainly Celery ink cartridge for continuous ink. We wheeled our sealed envelopes, cut off about 1 1/4" off the side of it and then ran the two pieces through the Crimper. We ran the bigger part (the pouch) through with the opening to the side and the smaller part (the lid) with the opening facing us. Next we stamped the wheelbarrow and flower images from the Blooming with Love stamp set in Black Stazon on WW. We colored them in with our fabulous SU Markers and set a Jumbo Eyelet with a Crop-a-dile in the wheel of the wheelbarrow. We matted it on Certainly Celery and adhered it with Mini Glue Dots since the surface was ridged from the Crimper. We wrapped some retired Certainly Celery ribbon (sale-a-bration)around the lid and stamped the watering can image in Sahara Sand and the sentiment in Black over top of it. We punched it out with the 1 1/4" Circle Punch and layered it onto a 1 3/8" Circle Punch of Creamy Caramel and then onto a Cetainly Celery Scallop Circle with White Gel Pen doodle dots. We tied it to the Certainly Celery Ribbon with some Linen Thread to finish it off. Cute huh?

Ingredients #1:
Stamps: Upsy Daisy, Great Friend Paper: WW, Baja Breeze, Sahara Sand Ink: Baja Breeze, Ballet Blue Marker Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Baja Breeze Striped Ribbon, White Gel Pen, 2 Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Dimensionals

Ingredients #2:
Stamps: Blooming with Love, Blooms and Bulbs Wheel, Paper: WW, Certainly Celery, Creamy Caramel, Envelope Ink: Certainly Celery Ink Cartridge, Sahara Sand, Black Stazon, SU Markers Accessories: 1 3/8" and 1 1/4" Circle Punches, Scallop Circle Punch, White Gel Pen, Linen Thrread, Certainly Celery Ribbon (SAB), Crimper, Paper Cutter, Mini Glue Dots, Jumbo Eyelets, Crop-a-dile

I hope you liked my projects today! Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you tomorrow!
Hugs,
Elizabeth

Scallop Envelope Purse and Last Day for SALE-A-BRATION

Hi there! Thanks for stopping by!
Today I am going to show you a project I CASED from Barbara at her Creative Stampin' Spot Blog . I won her blog candy a few months ago and it included this super cute purse with matching chapstick. It's made with 2 scallop envelopes and the Circles #2 dies. It took me a little while to figure it all out since I did not want to take the one I got from Barbara all apart. I used a piece of magnet to keep it closed but some velcro would work much better. Another tip-do not use DSP that has a pattern like mine- You can see how it looks crooked because the lines don't go straight across! I realized it after I had it all put together and said whatever and left it that way!

Ingredients:
Stamps: None Paper: Ridinghood Red, Candy Lane DSP, Very Vanilla Ink: None Accessories: Button Bouquet, Magnet, Scallop Envelope Die, Circles #2 Die, Pretty in Pink Grosgrain Ribbon, Ridinghood Red Striped Ribbon, Slit Punch, Crop-a-dile Sticky Strip, Chapstick

As a reminder, this is the LAST day to place orders and get FREE stuff with the Sale-A-Bration promotion. Click here for more details.

Hope you liked this project!
Hugs,
Elizabeth

Valentine's Gift Class

Hi there Stampers! Hope you are all having a terrific day! I just finished prepping for my upcoming Valentine's Gift Class and thought I'd post all the projects we'll be doing.
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I am looking forward to this class and spending time with some of my favorite people! It's going to be fun!
Have a great afternoon and thanks for stopping by!
Elizabeth