Halloween

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Start with a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" piece of black card stock & run it through the Big Shot using the Spider Web embossing folder. Spray it with some Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz. Place some sticky strip on two pieces of 5" x 1/4" Pick Your Poison DSP strips & adhere to the top & bottom edges of the card stock on the embossed side. On the back place sticky strip along one 4 1/4" edge & both of the 5 1/2" edges. Remove the red plastic from the sticky strips. Roll the paper to form a cylinder so the 4 1/4" edges are overlapping & adhere with the previously placed sticky strip. The roll will be similar to a toilet paper roll. Close one end & adhere with previously place sticky strip. Fill it with some candy or other small treat. Run a piece of Pumpkin Pie card stock through the Big Shot using the Tasteful Trim XL Die & attach that zigzag piece to the sticky strip on the top & close so it's perpendicular to the bottom. Stamp the "Boo!" from the set "Spooky Bingo Bits" in black ink on a scrap piece of Pick Your Poison DSP & punch it out using the 1 1/4" circle punch. Layer this onto a piece of Pumpkin Pie card stock punched using the 1 3/8" circle punch using sticky strip. At the top of the container use the Crop-A-Dile to punch a 1/8" hole through the layered circles & the container. Attach the sentiment to the container with a Brights Glimmer Brad. Enjoy!

It takes longer to type the instructions than it does to make ;) You can make these little containers for any occasion. They would make cute party favors too. :)

I'll be back tomorrow with another fun project. Hope everyone's having a great week!

What a week!

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Let me first start off by saying I am sorry for my long absence. Our kids have a 2-week break from school & last week we all went to San Diego for a family vacation. We went to the Miramar airshow, the zoo, Legoland, toured the USS Midway, & of course had amazing food all week. Since we've been home things have been busy again but our time away was a wonderful break. :)

This past Saturday was the huge Stamp Camp that a total of 11 of us demo's participated in; prepped 13 different projects for 80 people the past month or two. Now that it's over I'd like to share some of the projects we created. The first project I'm going to share is a cute take on a treat box for Halloween:

The base for this is a 4 1/2" x 11" piece of black card stock that was scored & folded to create a triangular box. The demo who created this particular project, Stephanie, has all the measurements & directions already typed out. If you would like them please leave a comment or email me & I'll post them for you. We don't do Halloween at our house but this is pretty stinkin' cute ;)

Hope everyone has a great week. I'll be back with more projects from the Stamp Camp. Stay tuned! ;)

A new week - Freshly Made Sketches #3

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Last week I had planned on completing the challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches but it didn't happen; time got away from me. However I managed to try it out this morning & I am really excited to share my creation with you today! :) It makes me smile just looking at it :)

I must say I haven't really been a huge fan of the vintage look up until now. But I confess I love how this went together & the colors I used. The card base is Baja Breeze & I stamped the sentiment from the set "Snow Swirled" in Soft Suede. I punched a piece of Pink Pirouette card stock using the Scallop Trim Border punch then sponged the edges with Pink Pirouette ink before adhering it to the card base using sticky strip. I cut a piece of 4 1/4" x 1 1/2" Very Vanilla card stock & created a pattern using the tree from the same stamp set, "Snow Swirled", & Baja Breeze ink. I also sponged the edges with Baja Breeze & adhered that using sticky strip. On a 3 3/4" x 2 1/5" piece of Very Vanilla card stock I stamped the girl from the set "Greeting Card Kids" with StazOn. I colored her in using a few markers (Baja Breeze, Pink Pirouette, Always Artichoke, & Crumb Cake, & Blush Blossom) & a blender pen. I inked up the mid-sized snowflake from "Snow Swirled" with Baja Breeze ink & stamped it twice. I then inked up the smallest snowflake from that set with Crumb Cake ink & stamped it a few times. The edges were sponged in Crumb Cake before being popped up on dimensionals on the card base. I used my Real Red marker & colored the tiny ornaments on the tree & added some Dazzling Details to parts of her hat & coat. I used the Doily Triple Layer punch set on the 2nd position & punched out "snowflakes" out of Baja Breeze & Pink Pirouette card stock. The edges were sponged in the coordinating color & popped up on a dimensional. I added a large rhinestone to the centers & a tiny rhinestone on the top of the tree.

I confess I'm starting to really like the vintage look the Baja Breeze, Pink Pirouette, & Crumb Cake create. I'm wondering what other creations I can come up with using them...? :) Hope this little card makes you smile too :) Have a great day!