Flowers, Flowers, Flowers

As the weather is slowly starting to change, I cannot help but think about the beautiful spring and summer colors. So, I decided that to help make it spring and summer faster around my home, I made a bunch of flowers from paper, ribbon, and an old pair of jeans. I am going to be offering the Hostess club an opportunity to learn to make these flowers. I think it will be lots of fun and it will help the hostess club ladies to create beautiful and one of a kind works.

Cards for Card exchange

This is a "congrats" card for a card exchange I am involved in. I used the square template for the cuttle bug and inked it with not quiet navy. I used the All About U stamp set, the U is stamped in Summer Sun and then I embossed it with clear embossing powder.

This card was for the Easter exchange. I normally don't send out Easter cards, but saw this cute Lamb idea on Split Coast Stampers and decided to give it a try. I used the scalloped circle punch for the body, the 1" circle punch for the head, the hair is a flower from a Cricut cartridge and the ears and feet are from flower petals from a Cricut cartridge. It was a little time consuming to make but after I figured it out, it does not take to long to make.

Drawer Ribbon holders

These are two old dresser drawers we found. My mom and I washed them to prep for spray paint. After all the drawers were spray painted and completely dried, I used mod podge for the scrapbook paper on the inside. I put the handles back on, we drilled holes on the sides for the dowels, and put all of our ribbon on the dowels. The ribbon fits great and I love the fact that I can see all the ribbon I have without searching through boxes. When drilling holes for the dowels be sure to measure the diameter of the spool other wise the spools will not spin. My mom found the idea from another blog, Blue Cricket Designs. Thanks for the great idea, it helped us get organized and it's a great way to display all the fun ribbon you own.

Gift Box

This is the bread box I decided to do for Hostess club this month. I found the pattern off Snippets of Paper blog. She used hers at Christmas time, but this box would work for any type of gift. The view above is an angled view.

Top view.

Full front view of the box. I used Chocolate chip card stock as the base and the Sending Love Speciality Paper from Stampin' Up's Occasions Mini Catalog. I love this paper.

I just loved the box after I seen it and decided I had to create it. I could not believe how easy it was to make. So, anything easy to make and turns out this cute = a keeper!

The bread inside is Lion House's Pumpkin Bread, but any type of bread would work.

Vintage Valentine Blocks

This block has four different vintage valentines. I just decided to show this side.

The blocks here are made with vintage valentine paper I bought at Keepsake Cottage in Burley. I love going into that scrapbook store to see what's new. I made these blocks hoping they would sell but if they don't, that's fine with me because I would love to have them in my house.

Thank You card for Stampin' Up Party

This will be the card for February's Stampin' Up hostess party. It's a really easy fun card to make. From start to finish it took me about 10 minutes to make.

Supplies needed:
Kraft, Crushed Curry, & Whisper White cardstock
Pumpkin Pie, Rich Razzleberry, & Chocolate Chip Ink pads
Small Pieces & For All You Do stamp sets
Whisper White 1/4 inch grosgrain ribbon
Paper crimper
Scalloped Edge punch from Sale-A-Bration catalog 2010

I loved making this card and it was fun and easy.

WOW!! It's been a few days, okay months

Well, it's been two whole months without Internet!!! Can you say, EEK!!! I am so happy to be back in the cyber world. I can't wait to show off some more of my creations. I am also really excited to get back in the groove of Stampin' Up! Well, keep watching and see what I have created for this months Stampin' Up! party.