Pinwheel watercans

A couple weeks ago I was in my favorite section of target, the Dollar Spot when I spoted these super cute little pinwheels. I had to get some for the office as I thought they would be a fun way to decorate for spring. As soon as I had picked up one of each I relized I was going to need something to put them in and thats when I spoted the brightly colored wateringcans that just happened to match, so I grabbed one in each color also and then headed on my way. Later I went to Joann's in search of some more supplies to finsh these off so they didn't just look like a pinwheel flopping in a watercan. That's where I came up with the final idea of what these where going to look like and I don't think they could have come out any cutier, and all together I think they cost about $6-7 each to make.

Supplies:
Pin wheel
WaterCan
Stirefoam
Fake Grass
Silk Dasies

Some close ups:

Doctors Day Card

I volunteered to make the thank you cards for Doctor's day this year. I wanted to keep them simple as most of our psychiatrists are males. This is what I came up with.

Supplies:

Paper:
Bashful Blue
Early Espresso
Wild Wasabi
Very Vanilla
Crumb Cake

Ink:
Staz on black
Certainly Celery (marker)
Early Espresso (marker)
Tempting Turquoise (marker)

Stamps:
Chocolate Therapy By Inkadinkado

So Many Thanks Stampin Up
I printed Happy Dr's Day on the card stock before I cut it down.

Way to go! Card

This card I made special for one of the teenage girls that comes to our office for treatment. She sufferers from really bad anxiety and had basically dropped out of school. She recently went back to get her GED and has been working through the anxiety. Unfortunately she doesn't get a lot of encouragement at home so I wanted her to know we were all proud of her so I made her this card and told her how proud of her we all were and that we wanted her to keep up the hard work.

Supplies:

Paper:

Rich Razzeleberry

Brights Patterns Designer Series Paper

Very Vanilla

Melon Mambo

Bashful Blue

Ink:

Melon Mambo

Rich Razzelberry

Orchid Opulence (retired)

Tempting Turquoise

Early Espresso

Stamps:

Take a Spin

Butterfly Prints

Other:

Butterfly Punch

Nestabilities Scalloped Circles

Game Spinner Heads

A little Thank You for those in my SU club

Thank You Card:

Supplies:

Paper:

Basic Black

Very Vanilla

First Edition Patterned paper

Ink:

Basic Black

Stamp: 

So Many Thanks 

Candy Bar Treat:

Supplies:

Paper:

Brights Patterns Designer Series Paper Pack

Ink:

Early Espresso

Stamp:

Eat Chocolate

Side Step Card - SU Kit

Supplies:

Stampin Up Paper Colors:Very Vanilla
Daffodil Delight
Old Olive

Brights Patterns Designer Series Paper Pack

Stampin Up Ink:
Daffodil Delight
Basic Gray
Rich Razzelberry

Stampin Up Stamps:
Bring on The Cake
Aviary
Stampin Up Punches:
Build a Blossom Punch
1" Circle punch
1 3/4" Circle Punch
Word Window Punch


Others:
Brad
Hemp twine

I love side step cards, there a lot of fun to make. Here is a link to a great tutorial, http://www.juliedavison.com/Tutorials/0909_SideStepCard.pdf

Cupcake Card With Gift Card Holder - SU Kit

Have you seen the spring Stampin Up mini? If you haven't you need to check it out, its my favorite mini yet. The Cupcake on this card was made using the Create a Cupcake stamp set and Cupcake Punch. 

Outside:

Inside:

Supplies:
Stampin Up Paper Colors:
Crumb Cake
Very Vanilla
Regal Rose
Brights Patterns Designer Series Paper Pack

Stampin Up Ink:
Daffodil Delight
Real Red
Melon Mambo (cupcake sprinkles)
Basic Black
Crumb Cake
Early Espresso

Stampin Up Stamps:
Create a Cupcake

Stampin Up Punches:
Dotted Scallop Ribbon Punch
Build a Cup Cake Punch
Word Window Punch


How to make Gift Card Holder:

Start with a 5 1/2 X 11 piece of paper

Step 1 - Score at 4 1/4", 5 1/2" and then flip and score at 4 1/4"

Step 2 - Fold so it makes an M shape

 Step 3 - Put adhesive on the inside of the M to glue the folds together.

Step 4 - Mark 1" from each end and then using your window punch, punch slit for gift card. Only put punch half way down.

 And then their you have a gift card holder:



Yeah I finished Changing over my Stamps!

Hi Everyone. So I finally finished changing all my wood block stamps over to clings. I can't believe how much space savings this has made for me! 

Before:

After:

How to make your own cling stamps.

I'm really excited about this one. I'm running out of room for my wood block stamps, but don't like unmounted rubber stamps with Aleene's tack it over and over, so I thought wouldn't it be great if I could make my own clings! So I started searching the net and found Cling Vinyl at Create For Less. I've started changing them over and its been fantastic, so I had to make a video to share with you all. I hope everyone enjoys it.

(Sorry its a little shaky to start, I was holding it so I could show you my storage, I do put it on the stand 1/2 way in, hope I don't make anyone sick)

Since I made the video, I did have a few stamps that the adhesive wasn't as sticky so I just coated it with a thin coat of my zig pen and that worked fine.

Also I was carious if anyone else has done this since I haven't heard of anyone else doing this and I did find 2 other videos, one person is using this stuff that also comes with the foam and is about $5 a sheet (that's a little bit much for my budget) and the other women scans her stamps and then prints them, not a bad idea but I think its quicker to just stamp with the staz-on. The nice part of the Grafix Cling Vinyl Sheets is both sides cling where from what I read about some of the others is only one side clings

DIY Gifts for my Not So Secret Sister

I made these a little while ago but wanted to wait to post them until she got.

Black & White Thank You Cards

I was in need of some simple thank you cards so I made a few of each of these. If you haven't noticed by now I LOVE black and white so it should be no surprise that I absolutely love these cards, and the little flower on the 2nd card, so much fun to make. I have another project that I made one of those flowers for that I'm absolutely loving but I have to wait to post until the person its going to gets it as they may check my blog...

Supplies:

Basic Black

Whisper White

Basic Black Taffeta Ribbon

Very Thankful

Black ink and Black embossing powder

heat tool

Spots and Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder

Supplies:
Basic Black
Very Vanilla
First Edition Patterned paper

Basic Black Ink
Simply Thanks Stamp
Nestabilities -Labels Three
(For Flower)
First Edition Patterned paper

1 3/8" circle punch
1" circle punch
basic black glitter brad
basic black ink