Mom's Sour Cream Container

Hey ladies, so here is what we are going to be doing for our next workshop. Lately, I've been wanting to do "fancy" tags. I wanted it to not only be a tag, but I wanted to be able to take it off and use it as a book mark. I've noticed that just because I'm not a big reader, LOTS of other people are. So here you go... This is a closer look at how I used the hardware, and how I tied the ribbon. You can't see here, but I had a lot of stuff go through to the back so I had to use dimensionals and put another piece of brown card stock to cover all the stuff on the back. I really like how it made the tag feel. It's thick! It is a piece that someone would not mind using over and over.

And in this pic you could see the word MOM and how I played with that so it could look distressed. I rubbed the edges of the whole tag across the chocolate chip ink pad and I scribbled around the letters with SU's white gel pen. I used the crop-a-dile very gently and pushed up some dots with the eyelet setter. Then I rubbed the ink pad over that part also and scribbled around those bumps as well. Obviously, I did all the stamping parts before I assembled the pieces together. But you all know this...I hope you like it. If not, you will be able to show me your own creation on Sat, April 26. BTW, space is limited so RSVP ASAP! :)

It's A Boy

Hey everybody (i mean the 2 of you who are actually interested in this):) I have a little diddy here to show you. This is a card I made with this cute stamp set called Nursery Necessities. When I first seen this set, I had to get it cause I just fell in love with this little duckie! On this card, he's a boy. I'll be doing one real soon where she is a girl. I'm just waiting for the right ink, which will be here in a day or two (Stampin' Up!'s shipping is awesome!!). This was way easy to make. I clear embossed over the blue craft ink on the duck and simply punched it out with my circle punch and then layered it over other punched circles. Then put those on top of a square punch. Oh, you could probably tell but I need to mention that I did
not use any dimensionals cause the layering
of the circles was enough of an effect that
kept my card a simple one.
Enjoy....














These next pic's are from a workshop we had months ago. I still think that the work the girls did on these tiles are beautiful so I wanted to bring it up again. Great job girls!

Isn't it funny when you can tell someone's style. Okay, I wish this was my style but it's not mine. These two are from the regionals in Anaheim. I told you all that I took lots of pic's and I don't want them to go to waste. So I just do a little at a time. What I did miss out on doing is taking down names to whom these all belong. Bad "borrowing" technique!!!
No, this is not mine either ^. However, it may be a little closer to what I'd do, or should I say, to what I know how to do. I thought this is a good time to put this up cause Martha just got this set (and others) for free! Good job Martha!! So this is a nice manly card for her to copy I thought. So let me browse through and try to find something that is mine....
...I found a couple....yay! I started to feel like a blogging flake. I made this card when I was trying out my new corner punch and then I had to pull out this BEAUTIFUL set called Elegant Inspirations. I don't know why I don't use it all the time but it is definately special. I also used the poppin' pastels technique on the side of the card.

And looky here...more poppin' pastels:) I was playing with my scraps here and came up with a little card...kind-a-cute I thought. Maybe good for a teenage girl...I don't know...maybe my mom will come and take it off my hands one day. She sometimes comes over and goes through my cards. I'm always glad that she asks to keep at least one of them. The day that she goes through my little box and can't find something that she could use, my heart will just break! Just the thought of it makes me want to make about ten more right now. okay...a little dramatic but true!