Day 14 - Journal

Today, I decided to make a journal for a friend for her birthday.  I recently got a Cinch and so I was able to make this from scratch; however, rather than use the wires I used ribbons.   I also used retired paper, Walk in the Park.  This retired several years ago, but sometimes we just have to pull out paper and use it.  Doesn't do any good to keep it in a closet! 

I glued the paper to the chipboard and then punched the holes.  I cut Very Vanilla paper 5x7.5 to fit in the cover and punched the holes.  I used a variety of 1/4" grosgrain ribbon to make the ties.

I love the way the book looks on the inside with the ribbons .

So, my plan is to put some flowers or other embellishments on the front, but as I was clipping ribbon I snipped my finger and so it was all I could do to finish the ribbons today.  I still think it counts as my craft of the day!  I'll take more pictures when it's complete.

Go through your old papers, embellishments and make something fun today, well as late as this is tomorrow would be a better idea! 

See you tomorrow!

Day 13! Take a spin for your birthday!

Good Morning (CST) - Can't believe I'm posting before 11 PM - What a great day to craft a card! So thankful to be able to start my day stamping!

This is a brand new set from Stampin' Up! It's in the new Mini Occasions catalog (pg. 10) and it is fun and so very versatile.  It comes as a two box set for $20.95. The spinner hands are sold separately for a very reasonable $3.95 for a set of 12. 

Now for my card - I have a sweet young friend who is like a daughter to me - her mom was one of my best friends and when she passed away a few years ago I grabbed Kim as my own!  She is very special and full of life and fun so I thought she would enjoy this card.  I know I would love for someone to suggest I eat cake!  I hope it lands back on this when she takes a spin, but all of them are fun suggestions so you really can't go wrong.

Next I had to decorate the inside - it's hard to stamp on black, so I layered the inside too and used stamps from three more sets.  All of the supplies will be listed at the end.  Note this is a 5" square card.

The inside is stamped with a great cake to carry on the "eat a piece of cake" theme from the front and reminds her that this is no day to eat just a sliver!

Now for the supplies:

Stamps:  Take a Spin

              Birthday Bakery

              On Your Birthday

              Happy Moments

Paper:    Basic Black

              Melon Mambo

             Whisper White

Ink:       Melon Mambo

             Basic Black

Embellishments:   Game Spinner Hands

Markers:   Melon Mambo

                 Pirouette Pink

                 Daffodil Yellow

                 Silver Pen for cake plate (not SU)

Hope you enjoyed - see you tomorrow for Day 14!                           

Day 12 of 100 Blossoms Abound

Blossoms are back one more time!  This time I used the smaller petal and have a totally different flower.  For this flower I only used the Blossom Petal Punch and didn't use the stamp set.  These two are so versatile and I know I will be using them often; however, when I cleaned up tonight I put both away and am determined to use some other new old and new stamps for the next few days.

But now for today's card: 

I punched out the petals and used snail to attach them to the card and used a button for it's center.  I stamped the Hello, punched it out and ran it through the Big Shot with the polka dot embossing folder.  I sponged Pear Pizzaz on the edges and the center of each petal before adhering to the card.  This was very fast fun card to make - you really must add this versatile puncxh to your list of must haves from the new Mini Occasions catalog.

Supplies:

Paper:  Always Artichoke, Pear Pizzaz, Whisper White

Ink:  Pear Pizzaz

Ribbon: Old Olive 5/8" satin, Natural Hemp twine

Button:  Subtles (Certainly Celery)

Embossing Folder: Perfect Polka Dots

Stamps: Fundamental Phrases

Punch: Blossom Petal and Butterfly

Pop up glue dot, Snail, Sponge Dauber

Hope you enjoyed - pull out a punch or some stamps and make a card! 

See you tomorrow -

Day 11 - Blossoms Return

Welcome to day 11 in my 100 day challenge!  I'm finding this to be great fun, although I know there will be some tough times ahead when I'm trying to think of a new design and my mind is blank.  But today it was full of blossoms.  This is probably a desire for Spring to appear and send this cold weather packing!

Once again I pulled out my new Build a Blossom stamp set and Blossom Petals Punch to make two birthday cards.  Both cards I made today are most alike except for paper and ink colors so I will  show both cards and give complete supplies for the first card and just list color differences for the second.  So let's see these blossoms -

Supplies:

Paper:  Regal Rose, Pear Pizzaz, Whisper White

Ink:  Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, Pear Pizzaz

Stamps: Build a Blossom and Vintage Labels (retired)

Button: Subtles (Certainly Celery)

Punch: Blossom Petals Punch and Medium Punch (Holiday Mini)

Ribbon: Pretty in Pink 3/8" taffeta

This is a 5" square card (5 x10" scored at 5"), Regal rose layer is

4 5/8" square, and whisper white is 4 1/4" square.

Petals and leaves were adhered with snail, with dimensionals under the top layer of petals only. 

Paper:  Pear Pizzaz, Melon Mambo, Whisper White
Ink: Rich Regal, Melon Mambo, Pear Pizzaz
Button:  Subtles (Pretty in Pink)

Rest of card instructions are the same as first card.

These are both birthday cards, but they could be changed to most any sentiment.  I really love this new set - you will be seeing much more in the next few days - 89 to be exact!


Until tomorrow - happy stamping!

Day 10 - Black and White

Day 10!  Wow, who would have ever thought I would actually post 10 consecutive days.  Well, I have and it's a challenge, but it's also keeping me in my craft room and stimulating my creativity.

Today I made some small Valentine treat bags.  I must admit that the paper isn't Stampin' Up it's actually Christmas paper that I bought the day after Christmas.  The moment I saw it I saw crafting with it.  Actually black and white would never be my choice for Christmas, but it had crafting written all over it!  I love how they turned out and I hope you enjoy them too.

For the first bag I used the scallop bag die to make the bag and then cut a separate piece of Whisper White cardstock to fit the front of the bag.  I punched out a heart using the movers and shapers heart die and sponged the edges with real red ink.  I used the Scalloped Heart of Hearts embosslit for the red heart, tied a ribbon on it with the new Whisper White 1/8" taffeta ribbon and put some chocolate treats inside!  Treat bag complete.

For the second bag I used the same paper and die, but only added a white scallop on the front to add some interest.  This was punched with the 1 3/4" scallop circle punch and Whisper White cardstock.  I added some kisses and tied a ribbon with the 3/8"  taffeta ribbon.

Now after I was all ready to post these fun little bags, I discovered this die has retired.  I didn't realize that when I started the project, but since I've made a commitment to create and post each day I had to keep on going.  I hope for those of you who also own this die you will enjoy the inspiration.  For those of you who don't, we have several similar dies for making great Valentine treat bags and boxes.  Of course, I normally would use Stampin' Up cardstock, but these are treat bags that aren't meant to last a life time, so I had fun with this funky paper.  Don't be afraid to experiment - just as long as you are sure you use acid free paper for any treasures you plan to keep, especially scrapbooks.

Well, I don't know what I'll have for you tomorrow, but I will have fun planning and making something and you will be surprised when it appears. Until tomorrow - happy crafting.