Convention Goodies

Every year for convention I make a gift for my roommate.   I've been lucky to have the same roommate for the last 4 years and she is the best roomie!  This year we coincidently gave each other similar gifts.  We used the small wood boxes for our creations.  That's how much we think alike! 

My gift is the one on the top of the above picture.   I used the stamp set caked Oh My Goodies and the DSP is called Lullaby.  Even though we choose the same type gift the inside was completely different!  Mine is the one on the left and was full of goodies!  On the right she filled it with post it notes and a pen, which was perfect for note taking!

Happy Stamping!

Butterfly Post It Keychain part 2

Another quick post here to share the second version of my post it key chain. Everything is cut the same using the beautiful butterflies dies just changed up the colors to be more vibrant!! happy Stamping!!

Altered Mini Kleenex Boxes

I had found some super cute mini Kleenex boxes awhile back and has been carefully saving them for the right project. I decided to use them for a giftable swap I do with some demo friends of mine. I covered the box with card stock and dsp to create a fun bright colored container then I added some bling, ribbon and butterfly die cuts. It a super easy projects and they came out waaay cute and the gals said they loved them!! Happy Stamping!

Spicing It Up

This was one of those plain mini paintings and I thought it was cute the way it was but thought it could use a little spicing up!! (Always best to spice it up dontcha think?!?) I took the colors that were in the painting to decided how I would embellish it. So I added the multi layer rosette in Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie with some black wide ribbon and a button. Then added a few rhinestones done the bottom left edge and that was it .. but it sure added a nice texture to the painting!! Happy Stamping!

Creative Crew - March Holiday Focus

My fourth project I am sharing is the Holiday Focus one and is my Favorite project I've made for all the challenges so far!!

Here's the info if you would like to join us - CCREW0312HF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM -- Holiday focus: Let's celebrate national crafting month! Pull that idea you've been "wanting to do" out and create it. You can use any theme, maybe you have an Easter project, maybe you have a decor or centerpiece idea, maybe you've been wanting to do something with fabric? Any theme is okay, but show us your artistic, creative, involved crafty side. Use the first attached photo to inspire your creativity.

Isn't it pretty!?!?! I've had these jars for well a while (we won't say just how long) and have been looking for a way to alter them so I came up with this cute decorative jar. It went straight to my spring time vignette and I think I'll make a few paper flowers to sit in as well. I did a couple of different flowers; the yellow one is used the eyelet border punch and wrapping it into circles then spritzing with shimmer paint. The green one I did with scallop punches and the blue one I did with ribbon. All different looks but they work perfectly together!! I also used a bit of ribbon and if you look closely you will see some white waffle paper. Love it and hope you do too!! Happy Stamping!!

Mini Kleenex Box

I found this cute little Kleenex Box over at a discount store and picked a few up to alter into this

Isn't it cute!! I love it and I almost kept it but it made it safely into my secret sister's box last round! I used the DSP from the hostess level 1 pack for the topand the flower and blush blossom from the current incolors for the base. I also added some ribbon and rhinestone bling to finish the project off! Happy Stamping!

Spice it Up

I'm sure that most of you keep notepads around to use and who wouldn't want to dress them up? Here is one I did recently:


I used the single Butterfly Accent and Vintage Vogue. The smaller butterfly came from the Beautiful Wings Embosslit. The DSP came from Welcome Neighbor Paper Pad. I also added a bit of DSP to the pen to make a matching set. These are always quick and easy for gifts so I regularly keep notepads around the house just for this purpose. Happy Stamping!!

Christmas Giftables Class - Project # 6

Here is the last project we made. This is so much more glittery in person!


We took a notebook and altered the cover. We used the vintage ornament stencils and then added the dimensions with embossing paste sprinkled with glitter before it dried. You should see how much it sparkles!!

The next picture is of the little red tote I stenciled using our shimmer paste and then popped a rhinestone brad into to add a bit more bling.

This was part of the free gift everyone got for attending ... I had it filled it up with lots of goodies. Happy Stamping!!

Christmas Giftables Class - Project #5

Here is project #5. This was another fairly easy project ... well except for trying to cut circles out of tissue paper.

We took tea light candle and transformed them to be a bit more decorative by adding stamped tissue to the centers. Just lightly warm the candle with your heat gun until the tissue paper is absorbed. We punch a small circle for the wick before heating them. The box was made using the Christmas Cocoa DSP. Basically I just made the measurement to fit 3 tea lights. The top is made using our window sheets. Happy Stamping!

Christmas Giftables Class - Project #4

Here is project number 4! These are rather simple to make if you have a little patience.

All you do is take the clear glass bulbs drop some reinker into and roll it around until it is covered entirely. It does talk a bit but well worth the wait. After the ink has covered the glass ball then you sprinkle in the glitter. I then added a bit of ribbon and a rub on. Happy Stamping!!

Christmas Giftables Class - Project #3

Here's project #3. This is one of those quick and easy gift ideas!! This would be perfect if you needed to make a bunch in a hurry!


I just covered the peppermint patties using my scallop punch and my circle punch. The stamp set I used was Delightful Decorations from our Holiday Mini. I then slide them into a pretzel bag that you can get at a craft or candy supply store. On the left you can see a close up of the tag I made. The little crystal is one of the crystal brads that I popped out of the brad. Happy Stamping!!

Altered Treat

When giving small gifts/candy I like to dress up the package a bit.

This was originally Lemon Ice Tea flavored Ice Breakers. I used the Eastern Bloom stamp set to decorate it up a bit. Happy Stamping!!

Postin' It Up

I'm am altering freak ... I love to take things and make something else. This was originally a magnetic picture frame and I changed it to this:

I miss Kiwi Kiss and loved it for this project. The center of the flower is done using microbeads and a large pop up glue dot. This is perfect for a quick and easy gift idea. Happy Stamping!

A Few Flowers

I would say I'm not too fond of flowers. Every every when we get the catalog I almost always comment that there are too many flower sets. But I ALWAYS seem to get a set or two of them, I just can't help myself. I do tend to stay away from them since I live in a household of males, including the two dogs and our cat. I'm involved with several secret sister groups which is a perfect reason to use my flower sets and of course the occasionally gift need. In this case I used Bud Basics (retired) to make this little thank you gift:

The color scheme came from the lid of the nuts, it matched perfectly with Rich Razzleberry. Happy Stamping!

The last project ...

Here is the last project I made for my friend to friend swap. The challenge for this one was to make something using a new technique. I know I'm a bit late on the whole bandwagon but I finally decided to try the technique designed by Crystal French. I can't recall what she actually calls it but I'm sure someone will remind me :) So anyways here is what I made:

Isn't it lovely!!! I used the Noteworthy stamp set on this one too. Along with my friend jumbo wheel. I left the glass out of the frame so show off the butterfly.

Here is a close up of the butterfly. I used so saffron and pale blue re-inkers for the colors and when they overlapped they created that pretty green. The embossing powder I used is one of the one's SU carried so long ago called Confetti Celebrations that has pink, yellow and blue in it.

I almost kept this one too! Well I know my SS Michelle loved her package and I hope you all enjoyed seeing it too! Happy Stamping!

Adding Some Bling

I participated in another Secret Sis group in which you had to create certain projects each week. This particular project's challenge was to Alter something. Now since I have that hoarding sickness I have plenty of these little canvas totes AND I convinced myself that I could spare one!!

Isn't it cute?!?! Well to alter it I added a "spare" Decor Elements flower to the bottom right. Then added a few flower fusion flowers with some brads to hold them in place. It added just enough bling without going over board! Happy Stamping!!

Candy Cover

Who doesn't chocolate?In my house you have to keep it hidden or it will be gone before you know it!! I live in a household full of guys so one of the best ways to hide it is to wrap it in a girlie wrap!! I did this one for a friend and sure enough they stayed away!

Happy Stamping!!

Another Frapp Jar

I needed a quick and easy gift and since I collect these frapp jars I figured I would actually use one. (I save lots of things to alter probably more than I should.)

I made the center using a long strip of DSP and the eyelet border punch, then I folded the strip front then back. I then made a circle with the strip then decorated it up. I'll have to try and make a tutorial so it'll make a little more sense. Happy stamping!!

Sassy Stamper's Challenge #8

I belong to a super talent blogging group and I do mean talented!! Well this month the challenge was to create a scrapbook page using 3 colors, at least one embellishment and the page had to be a 6x6 layout. SO I've been pondering this all month and finally decided on this cute little page:


I used my new favorite in color kiwi kiss ... it figures I would finally like this color and it'll get discontinued in June/July. Anyway to make the worn out gray piece I used some DSP paper from the sale-bration paper pack crumbled it and than ran my sanding block over it, lastly I add a touch of kiwi kiss using the small flower from Simply Said. I also ad a little background color using kiwi kiss with a bigger flower from the same set, I also used to flower to add a bit to my friend tag. And my one lone accessory was one the rinestone brads. Since I needed one more color I added a piece of white naturals to mat the picture with. Hope they all like it!

Happy Stamping!