PTI - Ancient Rome

Our next challenge is Mock Mosaics.  Susan and I changed things up a bit with the die and cut a "stencil" from paper for the mosaic portion.  I stamped the butterflies first, used Versamark ink and clear embossing powder with the stencil and it all came together perfectly!  I used the Life is Beautiful stamp set, and the mosaic die from the PTI kit, along with PTI Wet Paint Cuts dies to

finish if off.

PTI Morning Timer Challenge

Loved this challenge! We had a choice of several layouts and several color combos, the card is to be completed in 20 minutes.  I probably could have made 2 of the same card and still had a little time left! Love it!

The colors used are Summer Sunset, Limeade Ice, Terracotta Tile, Smoky Shadow & Soft Stone. Great layout, super easy to put together, and turned out really cute!

Stamp-A-Faire

Stamp-A-Faire Opening Activites!

 

So excited for this day to be here!  We are starting all of the fun activities that Papertrey has in store for us.  Here's a pic of the little giftie items I have for my friends who are joining me for this fun event!

The theme is traveling, so the gable box is an assortment of candies from year's past.  The purple sheet you see is a Candy Travel log which gives the history of some of the candies in their box.  They also received a luggage tag, embellished notebook and pen!

Paper Pumpkin

Paper Pumpkin is a fantastic way to create some fantastic projects without a lot of effort! Each kit comes with detailed instructions, inks, stamps, and precut supplies.  You just supply the scissors and adhesive! You can prepay for a 3 or 6 month subscription, or month to month. The month to month subscription can be cancelled at any time! Right now, new subscribers can receive 1/2 off their first two months! I'm here if you have any questions!

Here's a link to subscribe: https://mypaperpumpkin.com/en/?demoid=44503

2014 Memories Jar

Hello Everyone!  Just thought I would pop on to show you a quick project I made to start the new year off!  This was an idea I had seen on Pinterest, but fancied it up quite a bit because I wanted it to be gift worthy!  Sorry, it's not my best picture skills, but I forgot to take a pic before I left home.

So, the jar is just a quart canning jar, I used a die to cut a piece of pattern paper for the lid, and then used SU! Banner dies to cut my Rich Razzleberry and Pool Party papers, and also added a little splash of color with some retired SU patterned paper.  I printed the "instructions" on the Pool Party and then die cut it with the die.  This is the what it says:

Starting January 1^st, write

 good things that happen to

 you on little pieces of paper:

µ  Surprise Gifts

µ  Accomplished goals

µ  The beauty of nature

µ  “LOL” moments

µ  Memories worth saving

µ  Daily blessings

On December 31^st, open the jar

 and read all of the amazing

 things that happened to you in 2014!

 

 

 

Gift Card & Ornament Set

I've seen tons of these super cute espresso cups all over the blogs I look at!  They are so stinkin' adorable, that I just had to order some and try them out.  I love how they turn out, and I think I can totally take credit for turning the cup into an ornament!  At least, I haven't seen it done yet anywhere else! This is a pic of one/two of our stamp club projects this month:

 

Isn't it adorable?!!  So, we started with a pattern of the outside of the cup, stamped the SU Endless Wishes photopolymer set on it, which unfortunately is no longer available :(, apparently it was very popular.  We used Bermuda Bay, Rich Razzleberry, and Silver Encore ink to stamp the pattern and then adhered it to the cup.  The gift card holder uses the Pop & Place card base, then it's score to create a pocket on the inside.  I think this would make a great gift for teachers, co-workers, you name it!  The cup would be perfect filled with chocolates, or maybe some type of a coffee flavored candy.

Happy Card Set

The next class I will be holding is for a cute note card set.  The set is packaged in our new chevron bags with a cute embellishment to keep it closed.  The set contains 5 notecards and envelopes, as seen below.  This would make a great gift for someone's birthday, or the upcoming holidays!

The class will take place on Thursday, September 26th at 5:30.  Cost of the class will be $14.00, and includes a package of rhinestones for you to keep after class.  If you would like to make a second set of notecards, just pay an additional $5 and you can take home 2 completed sets!  I will need your RSVP and class fee by Wednesday, September 18th.