Owl Punch.

A few weeks ago I broke out the owl punch I got from SU and started playing. I think this is just one of the curtest punch ever.

Here are all the goodies I made:

I covered these cards with the brown waffle paper from SU to make it look like a tree, then I punched a whole and put the owl on the inside to make him look like he was hiding in the tree.

 The inside, I stamped this owls belly with the Because I care set, to give him the pretty flowers. The sentiment is from stem sayings set.

 For the outside owls I stamped their bellies with sweet scoops, the senament is from Heard from the heart, and the background was cut using the top note die.

 More waffle paper tree owl cards:

Here are some owl book marks.

Notebook and matching book mark. I used the waffle paper to cover the notebook then cut a piece of very vanilla with the top note punch. The branch is actually supposed to be a flower from the watercolor trio set, and again I stamped this owls belly with the sweet scoops set.  

 For the book mark I used the Curly Label punch to give it a similar look.

 

Halloween Wreath

I saw some really neat Halloween wreaths at Target but thought they were over priced and figured I could make a better one for less, and I think I did. :)

This photo doesn't do it justice but you get the idea.

Day Of Gratitude Cards

I made these cards using StampinUps Day of Gratitude stamp set. The colors used are Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Cherry Cobbler, Cajun Craze and Early Expresso.

Septembers SU Club kits.

Halloween Card:

Supplies:

Stamps:
Fang-tastic

Paper:
Peach Parfait (in Color)
Elegant Eggplant (regals)
Basic Black waffle paper
Whisper White (neutrals collection)
Ink:
Basic Black ink pad
Basic Gray Ink pad

Other:
Spider Web textured embossing folder
snail adhesive
Stampin' Dimensionals


Pumpkin:

Stamps:

Day of Gratitude Set

Paper:
Whisper White Card Stock
Cajun Craze Textured Card Stock
Autumn Spice Designer Series Paper

Ink
Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

Accessories &Tools
Brights Designer Buttons
Neutrals 5/16" Jumbo Brads
Stampin' Dimensionals
Crop-A-Dile
Big Shot
Leaves #2 Originals Die
Spray bottle with water

Instructions

1. Cut Cajun Craze strips to ¾” by 6” Stack 12 to 14 strips, and punch holes in both ends using Crop-A-Dile. Secure strips together on one end using Silver 5/16" Jumbo Brad, and fan out into circle shape. To form into sphere, secure other end of strips together using second Silver 5/16" Jumbo Brad.

2. Cut Old Olive card stock to 1/8” by 8.5” Spray thin strips of Old Olive Card Stock with water, and wrap around dowel or Stampin' Write Marker. Allow to dry, then remove from marker.

3. Cut leaves from Autumn Spice Designer Series Paper using Big Shot and Leaves #2 Originals Die. Adhere leaf and curly stem from previous step to top of each pumpkin using Stampin' Dimensionals.

4. Stamp leaf image in Old Olive ink on Whisper White Card Stock. Cut out, and adhere one to larger leaf to the top of pumpkin using Stampin' Dimensionals.

5. Adhere button one to top of each pumpkin.

Tips:
~ I put the brads in upside down so the tops are inside the pumpkin
~ I secured them on both ends and then took half and pulled it around to the other side, then spread them out one by one. I found if you pushed the pile in a little it made it easier to get them apart.




Painted Canvas.

I found these really neat square canvases at Big Lots so I thought they would make great gifts. Its the 1st time I've used acrylic paints so I'm really happy with how they came out.

This one is for my niece Alyssia:

This one is for my nieces Nicole.

And this one is for my NSSS Becca:

Mosaic

Last weekend I had a girls day out with my mom and 2 nieces, and we went to Creative Sparks. Creative Sparks is a cute little ceramic shop. I couldn't decide what I wanted to paint so I decided to do a mosaic instead. Here's what I did:

Stampin Up Club 2

I've have a few more ladies interested in the club so I'm working on putting another club together. It will be very similar to the other club but will be 5 months instead of 6. here are all the details.




How the club works:

Each month a different member gets titled as the "host" and everyone in the group submits an stampin up order by the 15th, orders must be $30 or more (+ tax and $4 toward shipping, I'll pay the rest of shipping) The host that month will get at least a host level one gift and at least $15 in free product. The club will run from October - Feb

In addition each member will get

• A welcome kit, which includes

◦a '10-'11 catalog

◦current mini (any mini's that come out during the group will be sent as they are released)

◦A color chart (these are hand made and not something you can get from Stampin Up)

◦Plus some more but I don't want to give away all the surprises.

•2 project kits each month (one card, plus one other kit which could be a altered item, 3d project, another card, etc)

•plus a chance to win some other goodies.

If your interested or have any questions feel free to e-mail me at chrtob@msn.com

Stampin Up Club

I'm working on putting together a on-line Stampin up club, I already have 4 spots filled and I'm looking for 2 more to complete the club.

How the club works:

Each month a different member gets titled as the "host" and everyone in the group submits an stampin up order by the 15th, orders must be $25 or more (+ tax and $4 toward shipping, I'll pay the rest of shipping) The host that month will get at least a host level one gift and at least $15 in free product.

In addition each member will get

•  A welcome kit, which includes
• a '10-'11 catalog
• current mini (any mini's that come out during the group will be sent as they are released)
• A color chart (these are hand made and not something you can get from Stampin Up)
• Plus some more but I don't want to give away all the surprises.
• 2 project kits each month (one card, plus one other kit which could be a altered item, 3d project, another card, etc)
• plus a chance to win some other goodies.

If your interested or have any questions feel free to e-mail me at chrtob@msn.com
      

Wedding gifts

This past weekend my DH's cousin got married, and of course I waited until the last minute to do her gift so I couldn't find what I was looking for so this is what I came up with instead:

Her invitation, which was the inspiration for my card. (sorry this is side ways I tried fixing it twice but it keeps posting side ways)

My card:

Coasters - made from glass tiles:

Etched mirror:

Projects for my Not So Secret Sister

Each month we make something for each others package. Here are the goodies I made for July and Aug. It's also Becca's and her kids birthdays this month so I made them some extra special goodies.

Freezer shirts

This one is for her little girl:

For her little boy:

Can you guess who these are for?

This one didn't photograph well...

Each shirt got rolled up and tucked into a little tin that I found at target and then I added some other goodies, her are the tins that I altered.

Lastly I altered a picture frame for Becca. You can see in the background the gifts all wrapped up.