Today's card & project is something I made for Jessica's birthday last week. She loves the beach & loves going by herself to sit, read & just relax in the sun. I thought this Bella was so perfect & I paired her up with the beach chair scene from Gina K Designs stamp set called "You are my sunshine" & I'm so thrilled with how it turned out. She loved it! The bag is a template by Lauren Meader & you all know I'm a big fan of her templates & use them often for many of my projects, I even have some that I bought but never used yet! I have a link to her template with the picture along with a link to her blog so click on it & take a look at what this talented lady has to offer...you will be amazed with her talent, she's so crafty!!!
Well gotta go & get ready to go out with my hubby today! Thanks so much for stopping by & have a great day!
So sorry I've been absent for so long but I was sick. I had vertigo & trust me it is not something you wish on anyone! This was awful & I was in the house for over a week & finally felt normal & back to my old self by Wednesday. I finally went out on Thursday to my daughters salon to sell a few of my creations at their annual Holiday shopping event & it was a blast. This is a long post so prepare yourself & get a cup of coffee.
I finally put up my Christmas tree this weekend & decorated my house. Now I need to go upstairs & make my Christmas cards...I know I'm soooo late but with making items for the craft fair & being sick really set me back this year. After that's done I need to wrap gifts & finish my shopping. Thank God we are not doing dinner here this year. Marc & Sarah are doing Christmas dinner at their New home this year...Yippee!!!
Marc's friend has a little girl that I just fell in love with...she has the most gorgeous eyes (takes after her dad & mom too) that I have ever seen & I promised her that I would make her some reindeer food & when I told her the story about the reindeer food her eyes just lit up & she tugged at my heart with her adorable face. So I decided to make her a bunch of the items that I made for the craft fair & put them into a house box that I made just for her. I gave it to Sarah & Marc to give to her & I can't wait to hear how she liked it. Here are the pictures of Sydney's house.
I used Flower Soft on the tree
Back of house
side 1
side 2
Here are a few pictures from the Church craft fair. As you can see things were a little tight, the tables in this area were back to back with barely enough room to sit between tables but we all got through it & had fun. This was my first craft fair & I didn't do too bad, I sold about 1/4 of what I made. I also went to my daughter's salon last week for their Holiday Shopping event & sold a little more there. It was a learning experience...next year I will make something different & not so many of one item & see what sells.
Are you all cooking? Yep, turkey's in the oven & table is almost set. Just taking a little break before I finish & then I'll get myself ready.
Here is a box I made for the church raffle for the craft fair. I bought some Bath & Body shower gel, lotion & spray mist & also put in a post-it note holder with pen inside. Wrapped it with a bow & butterfly & it looks so pretty...I love it!
Well Jessica & I will be off early tomorrow morning for our traditional Black Friday shopping spree, I luv spending this day with her...we have a blast & we also go out to eat before either finishing up or heading home to take a much needed nap. I'll be getting up early again on Saturday for the craft fair. Hope I get to see you there!
Eat plenty of turkey today & have a great time with your families, enjoy!
Well here is my House box for the cards I showed you in the last two posts, isn't this just the perfect gift for a real estate agent? I sure hope she likes it! I hope to give it to her in the next week or two. I was thinking of putting a fence with grass (the grass would have been green flower soft) & I would have used the MS fence punch. I had envisioned that in my mind but then I would have had to search for the flower soft & didn't want to take longer in finishing my project, I'll do it that way next time.
I used Lauren Meader's Home Made template from Papertrey, I've had that for a whole year & this is the first time I've used it...can you believe it? Well I was waiting for a new printer so that I could print on card stock that's why I took so long to make this, Marc & Sarah gave me a new printer for Christmas & it's great! Anyway back to Lauren, she is amazing at creating & designing packaging & now has her own line of stamps to go along with her NEW packaging line & business. Go take a look at her amazing line click here to take a look, you will LOVE what you see, I promise!
I used the "Boards & Beams" along with the "Home Made" stamp sets from Papertrey, Inc.(PTI), all card stock for this project is from PTI. This was so much fun to make too...like building a house but a whole lot less muscle work, hee, hee, hee!!!
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed your stay? Have a great day!
House front
back of house
right side
left side
House with all 8 cards & envelopes inside...isn't it soooo darn cute??? I luv it!!!
Onto project #2 tomorrow...see you then! Have a great day!!!
Warning...this is a really long post today. We celebrated my daughter-in-law Sarah's 30th birthday with a Clam boil & BBQ at her brother's house on Saturday. It was supposed to be a surprise party but in Marc's haste one day (a few days before the party) he left something on his desk in their home office & she saw it...so surprise was off, oh well.
Slide show of Sarah's birthday BBQ at her brother's house.
Sarah is a fantastic golfer & I bought this Bella stamp with her in mind & the sentiment fit her to a tee (pun intended)!
Card details
CS: PTI White, SU Whisper White, Garden Green & Lovely Lilac DP:Making Memories Argyle & Hot Off the Press Winter Dots Stamps: Teeoff Bella, TAC & sentiments from Stamping Bella Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU markers, Copic markers, glitter pens, SU Elegant Eggplant, Soft Sky classic ink pads & White gel pen Accessories: SU Oval punches, CB embossing dot folder (for golf ball), cloud mask for sky using MFT cloud die cut out, circle nestie for golf ball, MS icicle punch for grass (inside card), SU scallop border punch & dimensionals
Picnic basket is a template from Lauren Meader at Papertrey Inc, called "My Timeless Templates". Lauren now has her own business called "My Time Made Easy" selling her templates & she has ventured into stamping to go along with the templates, go take a look, you will be amazed at her talent.
another view of the basket...I luv the colors!
Sarah has been wanting my Starbucks mug for awhile & I wouldn't give it up. She likes it because she said it fits her hands just right & it's hard to find a mug like that...so watch out if it turns up missing someday, hehehe!!! So I figured I better find her one & wow I found it at a Starbucks on the way back to Vegas from San Diego while we were on vacation in April & bought it right away for Sarah...now she won't take mine!
I made a daisy flower with leaves for this basket top. click here for tutorial
This was the first picnic basket I made & it ended up being too small - so this one will be used for a future gift. So I went back to my printer & printed up a larger scale basket to fit the cup...I forgot to fill the whole page with the template settings on my printer.
Flower was made using the SU Flower Daisies #2 die & stamping CS with a script background stamp click here to see the video tutorial on how to make these.
close up of flower
Hope you enjoyed today's post! Have a great day everyone!!!
I wanted to make my Great niece Kim a card to put a gift card in to show our appreciation for her hospitality & I thought this card was perfect for it. All I had to do was do something in the inside to house the gift card & this is how I decorated the inside...what do you think? Cute ha??? I luv how it came out, I sure hope she likes it!
Well we should be leaving San Diego & my family today & heading back to Vegas. Our friend Barbara should be arriving tomorrow & we will be picking her up at the airport. I think Teri is also arriving tomorrow...who knows maybe we'll be bumping into her there if she's arriving at the same time. I can't wait to meet Teri & spend some time with her. Wow, I can't believe I finally get to meet one of my cyber friends that I've know for almost 3 years, I'm so excited!!!
Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!
inside Card details
CS: PTI Dark Chocolate, Melon Berry, Vintage Cream, New Leaf, SU Whisper White & Elegant Eggplant DP: Scrap pile Ink: PTI Perfect Match Berry Sorbet, Dark Chocolate & Memento Tuxedo Black Stamps: PTI Home Made Accessories: Roof is from Lauren Meader's "Home Made" template, SU scallop, word window, trio flower punches, MS butterfly & fence punches, Sizzix Scribbles Swirls (SU), paper piercer, rhinestones, SU green galore marker, ribbon & dimensionals
Today's card was cased from Dawn McVey, I just luv her cards...go take a look at her blog, she's fantastic!!! I luv how this came out & I had fun making it! I think I'm going to make a few more for a realtor friend of mine.
Have a great day!
inside Card details
CS: PTI Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream & Melon Berry Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, PTI Perfect Match Berry Sorbet & Dark Chocolate Stamps: PTI "Home Made" & "Boards & Beams" Accessories: Roof is from Lauren Meaders "Home Made" Template, swirl punch, SU scallop punch, ribbon & dimensionals
