new product - but not much!

Well I did get to play and stamp with my new stash of goodies, but Jordan (you can see her hand in the above pic!! - I need to sort my photo taking out!! lol) decided she needed to play too! Which is fine normally, except she had a friend with her. Which is also fine normally, but they are MY NEW TOYS and i want to play with them FIRST!!! Anyway, I decided to play nice, and we created a little handbag with some 3x3 cards to go in it using the new set Great Friend. I got the idea from splitcoast - i'm sorry i can't remember whose it is - but this one uses baja breeze textured cardstock and urban garden DSP with baja double striped ribbon. Love those brads! how cute are they? those aren't new - but there are some coloured ones just like that with my name on them!

This is the inside - each little groove slides a card in perfectly :)

And here are the cards that go inside close up. they are 3x3 whisper white, with baja breeze ink and cardstock.

chocolate box holder

better late than never! This is a project from WeStamp - well kind of! Michelle did a guylian chocolate box cover, but she used the long box - well i had a square one! So i took her idea, and just changed the measurements to fit my box. My finished product is really boring, but seriously, after working out the measurements I was over it!! Gives me a whole new level of respect for those who can come up with projects like this on their own! Having said that, I'm sure I will have another go now that i know what the measurements are :)

This uses pale plum and perfect plum, and the butterfly from Dreams du Jour.

Becky's valentine's box

This is a tutorial I bought from the amazing Becky at Inking Idaho. Those two empty sections held chocolate - but that didn't last long!

Inside there are 4 tags using the Top Note pattern (I SOOOO wish we had the real thing - it takes AGEs to cut them out!!) with the truck from "loads of love" paper pieced on to it.

There is also an acetate box with chocolate kisses in.

This uses the retiring Ginger Blossom paper from the Summer Mini - so cute!

Makeesha's treasure box

This is a project from Makeesha - an amazingly talented Aussie demo - from the last round of UStamp. (don't know what UStamp is? Check the link on the side bar of my blog) Anyway, Keesh decorated hers with stamps and glitter, but the lady I have in mind for this is not a "bling" person. She says "why do I need all that gumph on it?" So I left all the "gumph" off! (anyone know what gumph is exactly???) (not that Makeesha's looks like gumph - it's stunning, but each to their own I figure!)

Here it is open ('scuse my fingers!)

fantasy/stepper box

Ok, I have no clue what these are called - so I used both names I have seen. I got the idea from my upline Sharlene AGES ago, but the tutorial came from here. (not coz Sharlene wouldn't share! I didn't ask!! The paper used is Berry Bliss, which is retiring soon - but I'm bummed coz I used the papers the wrong way round! I was meant to put the pomegranate flower one on the outside, instead it is plain brown! boring ;) So I didn't take a picture of that bit!! Jordan has totally nicked this one - last seen somewhere on her dresser with "girly stuff" (read: junk) in it :)

card gift box

This is another UStamp project - from the very first one actually! but it has taken me until now to finish it!

The box uses a 12 x 12 sheet of chocolate chip, and then the card bases are also choclate chip. Each card uses a different in-colour, and the stamp set is say it with scallops. Love it! (actually, I have to be honest - I have only inked up 2 of the four stamps in the set, but those two make up for the other two!)

Here is one of the cards up close - oh the background is boho backgrounds :)






sorry it's blurry but I had a helper! This is one of the sproglings that comes with my FM :) She is 3, and LOVES my punches!! Not that she used them on this card! This is her birthday card for her mum! (that's water by the way! Just in case you weren't sure!)

long time - no post!

In my defence, I was getting ready for a workshop, and got totally carried away!! I will schedule posts for the next few days to show you what I got up to when I was MEANT to be cutting cardstock!! :)

Everyone else is talking about the retiring list - so just in case you have missed it, go here and check it out! It's HUGE!! I am pretty lucky - only losing 5 sets (not including my summer mini ones) but I don't really own that many to start with, so there you go!

Anyway, enough about that! Here is the first project I got sidetracked with.

I forgot the third birthday in a row (yes, I know - only February and still not on to it!!) so I decided to use up my retiring (oh no that word again!!) In-Colours. This was made from a tutorial by Beate on Splitcoast. I used the spiral punch from Stampin' Up! and then used a wire coil to bind it. Took AGES doing two holes at a time, but what can you do?? lol

end of school holidays!!

Well..... these holidays went sooo fast! I can't believe it's back to shcool and work tomorrow!

During the holidays, my daughter had a few of her friends over, and they were going through my non-SU stash of goodies, and my templates - and decided they wanted to make stuff! LOTS of stuff!!

These are made using a template from Mel (seriously check this blog out! she has lists galore of templates and tutorials on all sorts!)

Some of the card stock is Stampin' Up! but most is $2 shop packets. The embellishments are mostly non-SU too.

I did play with my embossing powder though. On this white bag, that tag is actually a piece of cardstock that has been cut out using a cuttlebug die, and then embossed using silver embossing powder two or three times, to make it look like metal. So cool! So easy!! There is a tutorial on splitcoast :) (Obviously!! lol) 'scuse the photo! the girls were bouncing around wanting to take them home!

bonus post!

Ok this is a bonus post coz it needs to go on today for tomorrow.

A friend at work is from the US and as it is Thanksgiving there tomorrow (Thursday) I made her this little acetate gift box with a turkey on the front. Please excuse the terrible pictures - they were taken with my cellphone. The acetate gift box I saw here and the turkey - actually I'm not sure now - I think it might have been Heather Summers - she has a lot of videos on youtube, so check there! She also has an awesome reindeer one that I will be doing in the next couple of days!

So the acetate box uses regular acetate (or OHT, OHP whatever you wanna call it) from Warehouse Stationery, Real Rust Cardstock, eyelets (not SU, coz I have NO CLUE where those have got to - so I raided my daughter's stash!!), and whisper white grosgrain ribbon. The turkey is stick ont o a basic black tag, then made up of scallop circles cut from real red, summer sun and pumpkin pie, with a close to cocoa 1 3/8 inch circle body, and a 1 1/4 face. Googly eyes, summer sun beak and real red dangly bit!!

So cute, so easy and so fun!

So, anyway, Happy Thanksgiving, and for my part, I am so grateful for all the amazing people I have "met" so far through my stamping - you are all an inspiration and please ....when I blatantly copy your stuff without giving you credit, take it as a compliment and let me know I nicked it!! I would love to give credit where it's due!

tart and tangy paperclip

we also did a tart and tangy class. I saw this set in splitcoast and was so hoping we would get it, and yay, we did!

this is a bookmark made using a giant paperclip from OfficePlan

shoes shoes and more shoes!

Ok, so after making my shoes from the other day, I was blurfing, and on Trudi's blog, came across a baby booty, and I just couldn't resist! How gorgeous is this?? The pattern is here. It's pretty fiddly, but easy to do. I have a friend who is pregnant with a boy right now, so will fill it with goodies and leave it on her desk :) (and by "fill" I mean pop maybe two chocolates in it!! It's not big!! lol)

uses DSP from brilliant blue pack.

the latest craze...

Ok, you have probably seen these elsewhere, but they are just SOOO adorable.

These shoes are made out of one sheet on A4 paper, and so simple to make. Simply cut around the template and score the other lines, and stick together. Ta da! One amazingly cute gift for anyone you like :) Just add chocolate or other bits.

my picture is not the best, but they are hard to photograph!

supplies used:
Summer Picnic DSP
gold brads