Some Baby Cards

Today I wanted to share with you some really cute baby cards

that I made in December that I never got to post on here.

They are made using the baby line from Simple Stories by Memory Works.

I cut apart a few paper doilies and pleated them to get the lace look

along the legs and for the collar. Added a cute little pearl bow by Darice.

The sentiments are from Close to My Heart and the banners they are on

are from Papertrey Ink. I can't wait to make some more of these I loved

how they turned out.

Have a great day!

Jennifer



Valentine Bookmarks

So today I have to show you the sweet valentine bookmarks I made

yesterday for Jake to take to school for his class.

I thought they are at least practical and the kids always are

in need of a bookmark.

So I made 30 of them so there will be a few extras.

The valentine paper is from K & Co. from last year. The valentine sentiment is

from Papertrey Ink, the shape punched for the sentiment id from Stampin' Up!,

The postage shape that the little puppy is mounted on is form the Cricut cartridge

by Close To My Heart - Art Philosophy.

I tried a new technique that was over on Papertrey Ink's blog this past week.

Where you stamp or in my case print the image on colored cardstock and

then you color it in with copic markers using shades that will

compliment the cardstock. I thought these turned out pretty well and

after coloring in 30 of them I had a great time with this technique.

And the oh so cute puppy who's name is "Silver" is from a new

company that I stumbled upon yesterday called http://www.tiddlyinks.com/

and they have a great selection of all sorts of digital stamps.

Which I love digital stamps because you can do so much with them

and it usually is a small investment. Like this little guy was $3.00,

but I feel like I already got my moneys worth with him with

these valentines and I printed out some other ones to make my kids

 Valentine cards with and colored him to look like our puppy Champ!

I'll be showing you those later this week.

Well I hope you have enjoyed my little share today and I will be

bask soon with more to share.

jennifer



Happy New Year!!!

So I hope you are all off to a great start in the New Year!

I have decided to get a head start on Valentine's Day

projects since we never know what life has in store for us.

So I made up these Teacher Valentine's for the kids to

give to them.

These are the envelopes that I decorated to go with the cards.

I used Papertrey Inks - Heart Prints for the images & sentiment.

These are the cards. I used a new digital purchase from Jessica Sprague's website.

It is the Project Life Digital kit from Becky Higgins. I printed out the background

in a 3.5 x 5 size and then the journaling cards in wallet size.

The Heart punch is also from Papertrey Ink it coordinates with the Heart Prints

set from them. I also used the Teacher's Apple set for the Teacher sentiment.

Well I have some more Valentine projects coming this week so stay tuned for those.

Have a great day!

jennifer

Wine Bottle Tag

I meant to post this before and just realized that I had not

done it yet. My friend Leslie had me do a special order for her for

the wine she was giving out at Christmas to family and friends.

She wanted it to be something different and special...so this is what

I came up with for her...

I used Stampin' Up! cardstock, Close to My Heart - Art Philosophy cricut

cartridge to cut out the name tags and some tiny candy canes & holly that I

found at Michael's. The die is from Papertrey Ink for the wine tag itself.

I really enjoyed making them and thought they turned out pretty good

for never having made them before.

Bee back soon with more things to show you.

Jennifer



Moving Away Gifts

So my very close friend Gabriella is moving away next week.

I can't believe that it is already here, as she told me back in

the middle of October that they had sold their house and

would be moving after the first of the new year.

Time sure does fly!!!

So I wanted to make her some special going away gifts that she would enjoy.

I made her a fashionable backpack which is a Becky Roberts tutorial I bought

and enclosed a set of cards in it that matched it.

All supplies used were Stampin' Up! The paper is Spice Cake and

I think it is one of my favorite lines. I love the colors! The sentiment is from

Papertrey Ink and the ribbon is rayon seam binding.

Then I wanted to make her one more special gift that would last her the

whole year and remind her of me when she used it.

I made her a Gratitude Journal using the same Stampin' Up! paper.

I think it turned out pretty good. It is a work in progress and she

can add whatever she would like to it to make it her own.

So that was just a small sampling of some of my favorite things about the

journal. I put it in one of those small 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 binders from Staples.

I used lots of stamps, tags, graph paper, guest checks, envelopes,

punched shapes, ticket stubs, paint chips, washi tape and more....

So maybe this will inspire you to try this for the new year and

write something you are grateful for. It can be a day by day thing

or just a random throughout each month type of deal.

Wishing you and your loved ones a  very

Happy & Healthy New Year!!!

Jennifer

 



Holiday Gifts

So its been a while again since I have been able to post on here.

It seems life is way too busy!!!

So I thought I would try to get this one up today.

I have been busy getting Teacher's gift baskets ready and

wrapping gifts for the little ones.

I decided to try and dress up some of the gift cards that

were going to be handed out.

Here is what I came up with...

This one uses the font & center die from Papertrey Ink,

Paper is Stampin' Up!,Sentiment is PTI, twine, flowers, rhinestones

and a cute little sparkly jingle bell.

This one uses a glassine sleeve that I covered with Stampin' Up! paper,

some SU! ribbon and another cute little jingle bell.

This uses another glassine sleeve, Stampin Up! ribbon,

handmade candy canes from chenille stems & a glittered snowflake.

So I hope you have enjoyed seeing my little creations and I hope to be

back again real soon.

Happy Holidays



Thanksgiving Cards

So I thought I would share with you the Thanksgiving cards that I mailed out this year.

I have to say I am shocked at myself for doing this only because I don't normally send out these cards.

I talk about it every year and before I know it the holiday has snuck up on me.

So I commited this year and did it. I mailed out 20 cards!!!

 Some of you received this one using a CTMH set that was new to me this year.

And some of you received this one using a new DeNami Designs pilgrim chickies stamp.

I was happy to hear from quite a few of you that you had received them

already and loved them.

Watch my blog over the next few days for peeks of what I will be selling

at the Victor Methodist Chuch Home Party Open House.

Saturday, December 3, 2011 from 9am to 3 pm.

Have a happy Gobble, Gobble day!!!

Thanks for stopping by.