"Chanel" Compact Notepad & Lipstick Pen

These are some items I made for a craft fair. I saw the idea online at Splitcoast Stampers and made my own template. Mine is a bit smaller than the other lady's was. I apologize for not remembering who had done it first.

 Here are the 4 colors I made. The colors were based on the 4 colors of lipstick pens that are available. I got these at a website called Shindigs.com   I bought the dozen so they send you 3 of each color.  I also got my circle notepads online.  Honestly, I won't recommend them because I bought $8 in notepads and spent $10 on shipping. Then when it arrived, it cost them $2.48 to ship it to me. I can't recommend someone when they rip you off with shipping like that.  The "mirror" is some of that aluminum type sheets that you buy for the Quick Cuts or Cuttlebug or one of those die cut machines.  I got it at Hobby Lobby. I used Nesties circles to make all my layers.  I ran the top 2 circles thru some of my embossing folders to give the tops some texture, as shown in the picture below.

Stampin' Up's Classy & Fabulous was used to stamp the inside. The saying is "A girls should be two things: classy and fabulous." and it is by Coco Chanel. 

I boxed these up in clear plastic boxes and made an insert for them to hold the lipstick and compact separate.   I tied a ribbon around it and included a tag on them.  I just LOVE how they turned out!!  I hope others like them too.

What's Up?

A Super Simple Card for upcoming craft fair.

I have been keeping my cards really simple but cute for my card rack at an upcoming craft fair....actually 2. I have cut myself down to just 2 this year...used to do several more but, boy, it's hard to find the time and energy to make stuff to sell. Plus, you just never know how it's going to turn out, so I pretty much now only make cards I like and will send out myself. When you are stuck with them, you want to personally like them!

This uses all A Muse Studio except I used SU brads and punches.  The A Muse stamp set is called Vintage A Muse and the paper is  Muse Cloud cardstock.  It's so easy to make a cute and fun card with ease.

Cup O' Joe

Here is a super simple but cute card using the pre-packaged card and envelopes from Michael's.

Stamp is The Perfect Blend from A Muse Studio. Woodgrain and Polka Dot cardstock is also from A Muse Studio.  Red/white Gingham Ribbon is from Stampin' Up.

Happy Bee Day!!

Vintage Style Bee Card. 

I made the sentiment on my computer.  The paper is Cosmo Cricket.

Buzzin' By

Hello Everyone!! I am finally posting something new!!  It's only taken me a month.  =)

As anyone who has done construction or craft fairs knows, they take over your life. Well, I have both going on right now. I have a craft fair this weekend that I have been trying to get things created for and I also am remodeling a bathroom/bedroom/etc.  That never goes smoothly!

I will be posting cards and projects made for my upcoming craft fair. I have been crazy busy whipping up cards and other stuff to sell. 

Here is my Buzzin' By Bee Card. I will show you my Bee-Day card tomorrow. 

Back from Work-cation & a Halloween Project

Hello Everyone! Wow, I can't believe I haven't been around in nearly 3 weeks...yikes!  I took some time off to do some clean up and work on my house and only half of that got done.  The clean up got accomplished, which I am thrilled about. I filled one of those huge dumpsters with junk...hard to believe!  My garage, basement and outdoor yard area is all clean and I am so thrilled. Unfortunately, I wanted to get my bathroom gutted so that remodeling project could start but had to wait because the appraiser didn't arrive to appraise my house for refinancing until the 2nd to last day of my work-cation.  =(  Oh well, I live to smash stuff up another day, right?

I have been working on stuff, some really really cute stuff, for an upcoming craft festival but haven't taken pictures of anything yet.  Will try to do that this weekend so I have new projects to show.  I really have been super busy and I apologize for not posting recently.  So today I will leave you with an old project I did that I think is perfect for this time of year. It could be adapted for a really cute Christmas luminaria, also.

 

Click on any image to enlarge.

This was a fun and easy project! You can make them for any occassion or holiday or just general ones, that would be great for display all year round. Here is what I used and how I made it:

Supplies I used:

Stamp Set of your choice for images in the windows
1/2 sheet cardstock (pumpkin pie) and various other cardstock (concord crush & My Minds Eye)

Vellum

StazOn Ink in black

Black Chunky Glitter

Stamp-A-Ma-Jig

Crystal Effects, Sticky Strip & Tombow Glue

Scissors & Paper Trimmer & Scor-Pal

Scallop Border Punch

1 3/4" Circle Punch

2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch

Tutorial:

* Cut an 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of cardstock in half, long ways (on the 8 1/2" side). This gives you 2 pieces of 4 1/4" x 11" cardstock.

* On the long side (11"), score at 2 1/2", 5", 7 1/2" & 10"

While shown on grid paper, this is
not the actual measurement to mark

* On the first panel, find your center and mark it with a dot.

* Use your 1 3/4" punch to punch your hole, lining up the dot you marked into the center of the circle of your punch. Punch your hole.

* Fold the first panel over your second panel and line up the hole punch over your existing hole you punch. Now punch through the cardstock, making sure your punch is lined up so that you are only punching a new hole into the second panel.

* Fold over first 2 panels to be over the 3rd and 4th panels, with the 1" flap left on the end of the 4th panel being folded in over the 4th panel, also. (You are going to need to punch through this small end panel as well when you punch the 4th panel)

* Punch these holes out now, using the same technique you used before, making sure to line up the hole punch over the existing hole. Now you have a strip that looks like the picture.

* Cut 4 pieces of vellum measuring 2 3/8" x 4". Place a piece of vellum over the panel and draw a light circle on the vellum, drawing outside of the hole you punched so you have an area bigger than the hole to line your stamp in. I used my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to stamp my images so I could get the alignment I wanted within the circles.

* I used {ippity} stamp set That's Creepy, using these 2 images to stamp. I thought they would look really cute in the windows of the luminaria. I used black StazOn ink, let it dry for a bit on the vellum and then I erased the circles that I had drawn. I stamped on the opposite side of the vellum that I drew my circles on so that I wouldn't smear the ink when I was erasing the pencil markings.

* Apply sticky strip to all 4 sides of the vellum. (Note: Before I did this I made sure that my images lined up where I wanted them in the circles and then if I needed to trim the vellum, I did so.)

* Here are all the panels after they have been put on. If you wish to add a strip of paper around the top and bottom of the luminaria like I did, it's easiest to do so before you glue it into the square shape.

* I cut my strips different widths because I realized that my holes were a little higher and not exactly centered. My top strip is 1/2" and my bottom strip is 3/4". (You may need to do this or your holes may be centered then you can make them the same width.) I used the scallop border punch and cut it the length of a 12" paper so that I would have room to fold it over. I glued one panel at a time so I could fold the strip on the score line. Then I glued down the next panel, until all 4 panels were glued down.

* I am ready to glue down the 1" flap and complete my luminaria. After gluing the flap underneath the first panel, I then cut off the excess of my strip. Now I can decorate it! I used concord crush (purple) to make a scalloped circle around my holes and I used black glitter on the strip and around the circles to add some sparkle. I used Crystal Effects (Glossy Accents is the same thing) as my glue since it dries clear and I could put a nice thicker line on it and the glitter adheres so well to it.

* I wanted to show you how I did my scallop circle. The easiest way is to punch your center out first. In this case I used the 1 3/4" punch since that is how big my luminaria hole is. Then I punched out the scallop and I could see exactly wehre my hole was so I could line it up and make it even. Then I just glued the scallop onto the panel.

Here are some different views of the luminaria with a light in it. It is best to use one of the battery operated lights in there so you have no chance of fire. If you are using a tea light, make sure to put it in a glass container! Finished size is 2 1/2" sqaure and 4 1/4" tall.

Thanks for stopping by my blog and I hope you enjoyed my project and I hope the pictures helped! I am a visual learner so I like pictures to go by. =)

Spooky Haunted House

Hello Everyone! Today I am sharing a project that is a bit in advance of when I was going to share but thats okay....I think many of us are thinking about cute Halloween projects already...so here it is!

It's a Halloween Haunted House Box and mini cards and tags set.

This is the box.  I made my own pattern so that it would hold my mini cards and envelopes that I am loving making right now.  This uses mostly A Muse Studio product, so I wanted to be able to make the box out of 1 sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 woodgrain cardstock. 

Here is a view of the box with the lid lifted. As you can see, the lid lifts open and you can put your mini cards and tags inside. It would also be so cute filled with candy or other items!

Here is the set of 4 mini cards and 4 tags that go inside.  Again, I used A Muse Studio stamps and products.  We have an awesome new stamp set in our holiday catalog called Too Cute To Spook.  I also used our Web Background stamp. Below are pictures of the cards and tags closer up so you can see details. Click on any picture to enlarge it.

This project started out as something in my head a couple of months ago. It was a birdhouse card box. I made my template and kept changing it to suit my needs.  Finally, my final template was complete and worked perfectly!  Then I decided that I wanted to make a haunted house with the mini cards inside, but instead of doing 8 mini cards, I did 4 cards and 4 tags, which I like even better!  Next up will be Santa's Workshop...cant wait to make that one!! It's going to be darling!  =)

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.  I truly appreciate each and every one of you who visit!  I will try to keep posting while I take the next 2 weeks off from work to do some remodeling around my house, but there are no guarantees. As those of you who have done remodeling know, it consumes your life. And especially when I have to pack up my scrapbooking/computer room and all my supplies.  My son wants to have his bedroom downstairs in what is currently my scrapbook/computer room.  So that gets remodeled, along with the bathroom downstairs.  Then I have to do some work on my bedroom, like ripping up carpeting and painting the wood floor underneath, then I get to paint and do some work on my son's old bedroom, which will become my scrapbooking room.  All the while trying to make cards and stuff to sell at upcoming craft fairs! I just don't know if I can get it all done and retain my sanity! This is one of those times I wish I had a husband to help do stuff!! LOL

I have a few cards made already and will try to get them photographed and posts sheduled this weekend before the work starts on Monday.  Wish me luck!!  I am going to need it! =)