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!

 

Fun in the Sun! (At least we can hope for it)

Hello All, 


Sorry I have not been posting lately .. I have made a project (which can be difficult I must say due to Lily my mini-me wanting to help)  Once during her nap, I managed to get a card done!  Which I must say I am very proud of.  First one that I am really happy with.  Guess my Youtube video watching has paid off. 

My card: 

AND of course when looking at the picture I took of my card I realized that my daughter did manage to get a hild of my card and make a mark on my lil swimming *sigh*  I need to find a good craft area where she cant touch my projects .. anyone have any ideas of kid proofing there craft spot if they dont have a room dedicated to it! 

Supplies used for this card: 
Paper is all from Creative Memory packs I had left over from when I was a consultant YEARS ago.
Stamp Set is Penny Black Beach day Stamp set.
Ribbon - Saddle Stitch Ribbon I got from Walmart. 

Hello Thursday!

Hello All,

So provocraft has realeased 5 new cartrudges and they are SUPER CUTE!!  The new cartridges are:
Sweet Shop, Recess, 9 months, Love you a Latte, Country Fair   Lots of really cute cuts... so on my gotta get list!   

Hope you all are having a craftistic time!