Hot Cocoa Sliders

Hello Fellow Crafters,

Here are some more crafts that I have been up to recently.  Yes I know, I am posting again this week its a Miracle.  My goal and I guess New Years Resolution, is to post on my blog more actively and do more crafting projects, since my dream would be able to do what I love as my job, which is crafting.   So I figure I should start here by showcasing my work, and then we will be able to see my work as it improves, since there are still a lot of projects that I make that I am really not happy with, however I am still learning, with all my Youtube watching, and planning to attend more card making classes.  (Especually since there is a new AWESOME local craft store.)


Anyhow, I had first seen these hot cocoa sliders from Kerry's Paper Crafts, and if you have never checked out her site, you definitely should as she is very talented, and has LOTS of great ideas.  I find her a real inspiration, among many others in the crafting world that I follow.  Here is a link to the hot cocoa sliders she did this year .. they are beautiful. 

Here is a picture at my first attempted at hot cocoa sliders, I tweaked the measurements a bit to fit my hot cocoa since they were Starbucks Hot Cocoa and they were taller than the ones Kerry used.   I have since made other ones using regular hot cocoa, which will be for the kids in my family the Starbucks ones will be for the adults. 

Here is a picture of my first made sliders (not very happy with them, but I can only improve Right?!)

Supplies:

Cardstock -- Creative Memories - Jewel Cardstock
Designer Paper - BoBunny
Stamp Set - Inkadinkado

Very First Stamping Up Class - Christmas Cards

Hello My Fellow Crafters,   

I am very sorry that I have not posted in a while however life has been crazy busy, with moving, christmas shopping, and all the crafty presents that I have been making when my child is not home.  (Some were attempted when she was, however it always ends up giving me a few more gray hairs.lol.)  

On December 2nd 2011, I finally attended my very first Stampin' Up card class with my local demostrator, and I had a BLAST!    We made 4 cards , 2 cards with 2 different designs, and we got to make a bonus card which inspired me to create when I got home, as well as get the stamp set "snow much fun" lol.  

Here are the photos of my beautiful cards:

First card we made -- all Stampin' Up Product

Here's to show the dimension.

Bonus Card - Using Snow much fun stamp set

Second Card we made using Northern Flurry embossing folder, and bird builder punch, with the red glitter paper.

Inside of the second card .. LOVE the Glitter Paper, sooo beautiful.

Supplies :  (All Supplies are Stampin' Up) 

My day of craftiness with my friend.

Hello Fellow Crafters,

I finally got some time to have some crafty fun, on Monday and Tuesday, since my daughter is with her dad until Thursday, and there had been a bunch of techniques and stamps that I had been dying to try out, which were my new sweet pea stamps, which I LOVE LOVE LOVE.   If you want some awesome artsy stamps you should definately check them out.

Post-it Note Holder

Hello Everyone!

Lately I had been watching a lot of videos on making Post-it Note Holders,  however none of the measurements really worked for the pad that I had, so after trying a few different measurements I finally decided to it a bit different.  I made my post it note holder more like a book, since I couldnt get the scoring the right way. 

I cut 2 panels at 3 1/4 square, then I cut the designer paper at 3 1/2 x 7  (next time I will do it a tad bigger to make it easier to wrap it.     The peice of the same designer paper was cut 3 1/4 v 6 1/2 ish.   Sorry I sort of just looked at it and then checked to make sure it would fit well before sticking it down.  To get the width of the post it note holder I took the post it notes and stuck it on its side then marked it with a pen since it was going to be covered up anyways.  then put it down a hair.

Since there were some mistakes, as this is my first one ever I decided I will give it to a friend of mine who loves birds she has about 30 of them. 

Note: Paper I used was fairly thin - so may not work with thicker paper like Papertey ink. 

Here are the pictures:

Supplies:

Stamp set - Inkadinkado - True Friend
Paper :  Dollar Giant Paper 5 for a $1.25
Punch: EK Success - Scallop Boarder
Markers: BIC Mark-It Markers
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black and  Tattered Rose Distress Ink

Thanks For Stopping by.. have a good day!

Treat Cups ---

Hello Fellow Crafters,

Well lately I have had a little more time on my hands,  so I wanted to share some things with you.  One I saw a video today that has inspired me to make a treat cup to go with my nieces birthday presents.   I watched this video from Kerry's Paper Crafts.   If you have never checked out her blog you definately should she is super talented, and has lots of great ideas.   The template for the treat box is from Waltzingmouse Stamps who has a lot of great templates.    I will update with photos when I am done.

Hope you are inspired by something today. Bye for now.

Budget Friendly Markers - Alcohol Markers

Hello Fellow Crafters, 

Today I am sooo excited to share what I found out today.  I had seen them in the stores and wondered about them however watched my usual videos today and saw one in particular that got me thinking.   I saw the StampTV video today where she was using the BIC Mark it permanent markers, which are alcohol based markers.   They certainly don't replace the Copic or Prismacolor markers however they are a good alternative while you start to build your Copic collection, and who knows you may like them better.  

So after watching that video I wanted to try them so I went out to Walmart and found them in the stationary section and picked up 36 marker set for around $20.00, then got home and decided to try them with the printer cardstock I had which is 100 sheets for $7.00.   So far I really like them, since they blend nicely, and give you the streak-free colouring affect, which I LOVE,    So if your interested in how they work check out Gina K's video on stamp tv using the markers.  Part 1 HERE  Part 2 HERE

Papertrey Ink

Hello my fellow crafters,

Hope your all have been having a great summer!   I am really liking this sunny cooler days, I think as I am getting older fall is becoming one of my favorite seasons. Which I am sure I will be looking forward to more and more once my 2 year old daughter is in school. lol.

I am so very excited to say that I finally got my first Papertry Ink order at the end of last month.  Yes I know took me long enough to post about it, however since being a single working mom, my posting/creating time is very limited.    I did manage to get some time last night while my daughter was sound a sleep, to play with my new stamps and dies some more.   I can say now that I have now fallen in love with my Fruit Fusion stamp sets (apple, pear, berry, grapes, melon) and dies from papertrey ink. The only one I didn't get from the sets was the Cherries, however with the next time I order I think I may just get it.  These stamp sets are only $5.00 each, and they have lots of versatility.

Here are some pictures of what I did last night:  (just realized that I didn't play with my berry one stamp set)  I was mainly just practicing getting them lined up and took me a bit to get the hang of, however once I got it I loved how my apples turned out.  The apples were the only one that I cut out the others I just stamped. 

I also got paper trey ink paper sampler pack, since I was not too sure about it.  I had heard lots of good things about it so I figured why not.  So far the only paper I had a chance to experience was creative memories as I used to be a consultant yeears ago, so had lots of it left over for solid paper, and for pattern paper, I have bobunny, k&company.   I am developing a paper addition, however I have a very hard time using it.  They look so pretty I don't want to ruin it by cutting etc. lol. I can hardly wait till I do another order with Papertrey Ink.  I have a huge wish list of stuff I want from them. 

Happy Crafting All!