Hello Prince

This happens to be the very last challenge over at Wee Memories, I whipped up a card fit for a prince (or a king) which I thought an appropriate way to finish in style!

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I used a piece of scrap paper as my base and cuts 1/2" strips of Bashful Blue and Whisper White, lining them right up against each other. After I had the desired amount, I cut my striped background to the appropriate size, at a slant, before adhering it to Night of Navy. 

This is a trifold card and the belted crown slips off to reveal the inside.

A heat embossed golden Hello, paired with the crown is perfect to welcome a little 'prince' into the world...

don't you think so?

SU! product used:

Stamp Set - Artistic Etchings

Paper - Night of Navy, Whisper White, Bashful Blue

Punches - Scallop Border, Scallop Circle, 1-3/4" Circle

Other - Gold Embossing Powder, Dimensionals, Gold Super Fine Glitter

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Huge Giveaway over at Wee Memories...go check it out for your chance to enter!

Candy Stripe Soap Box

Crankin' out these soap boxes for an upcoming craft fair...this one is candy striped with 1/2" strips of red and white paper with a glittered bottom. A cool blue NOEL, embossed in white adorns the front of this little gift!

I'm entering this into this weeks Wee Memories challenge #79

"Holiday"

Would love to see your little soap box creations as well, leave a link in the comments! 

SU! products used:

Stamps - hostess Warmest of Wishes

Ink - craft White

Paper - Real Red, Whisper White, Bashful Blue

Punches - Scallop Oval, Decorative Label 

Other - Red glitter, sticky strip

Advent Trees

This year I made up these sweet little boxes for a new twist on our advent calendar. We had two bare trees sitting in front of our dining room window, so I just punched holes in the tops, tied a bit of hemp twine and viola, out of the babies reach and they double as holiday decoration!

My 6 and 4 year olds are very sweetly taking turns every other day and the boxes are filled with a little treat plus a note of something they get to do that day...

A few of the notes say....

Sing "Jingle Bells" while jumping up and down

Wrap a present by yourself

Make cookies with your Mom

Give away Christmas hugs today

Have someone tell you their favorite Christmas story and draw a picture of it

Color a Christmas picture and hang it on the fridge

the very last note...which is just a flat ornament #25, says this...

Sing "Happy Birthday" to Jesus, open presents, tell everyone thank you and know that God Loves You!

So far the candy of course is a bit hit but I'm also glad my kids are excited to see what their notes say!  

I'm entering this in this weeks Wee Memories Challenge #78

SU! products used:

Ink - Real Red

Paper - Whisper White

Punches - all seen are SU!

Bigz Dies - Candy Wrapper and retired small bag

Nuts for YOU

Since I had all of my supplies out covering our dining room table last night...I was determined to make one last card before stashing away my sanity to make room for dinner! So I meshed this weeks Freshly Made Sketches #11 sketch with the Woodland Animals challenge over at Wee Memories.

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I was hoping I had a large acorn stamp in my stash for the circular element on the sketch but alas, no...then I got to thinking with all of the punch art I've been doing recently...I went to the drawer where I keep my punches and wouldn't you know it, the ornament punch and the large oval make a PERFECT acorn! I was thrilled! I added a bit of brown fluff to the squirrels acorn top, he looks so fat and happy like all the squirrels in our neighborhood!

SU! products used:

Ink - Basic Black

Paper - Crumb Cake, Whisper White and Soft Suede

Punches - Ornament and Large Oval

EF - Square Lattice

Angry Bird Pigs

And so continues the Angry Bird Saga in our home...Here are the promised Pigs, that I made to serve as favor bags for all the little party goers. I stuffed them with some brown 'grass' and they will also house some Angry Bird stickers, home made puzzles and candy. If it were closer to Easter, I'd have some golden eggs too...bummer!

Instead of trying to glue or draw on tiny black circles, I used my Crop A Dile, punched a hole in the white of the eyes and then adhered a small strip of black to the back. I like the clean crispness of the circles, vs. drawing them on. After cutting out the helmets with my Big Shot, I inked the edges and bits of the middle with a small white chalk ink pad from my random stash. Popping the nose up with some HUGE dimensional stickers, also from my stash gives the little pigs an awesome snout!

SU! products used:

Paper - retired in-color (not sure of the green but I think it's Kiwi Kiss), Basic Gray, Whisper White, Basic Black, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive

Dies - Bigz Clear Circle, Bigz Fancy Favor

Punches - XL Oval, Small Oval, 1" Circle, 1/2" Circle, Word Window

Other - Crop A Dile, Sticky Strip

I'm entering these bad boys over at Wee Memories for their Birthday challenge which is still going on this week...

All for 1 and FREE FOR ALL

Couldn't help myself with the title of this post...

 This week over at Wee Memories, they are hosting a "free for all" challenge. We can choose our own inspiration, theme, etc for our creation. I know Halloween is almost here BUT my favorite holiday of all time is Christmas, so I decided to pull out some buttons and felt and create something cute! Christmas songs are already filling my head but I usually refrain from actually playing them out loud in our house till just after Thanksgiving. 

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I hand cut the glittery stiff felt to fit and then glued them onto my card. Thanks for stopping by!

SU! products used:

Paper - Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler

Accessory - retired Season of Cheer rub on

a little slow...

 Not sure if it's the move, being away from everything familiar or just my Mama brain BUT I'm in need of a serious pot of coffee and a regular school schedule for my daughter to get back on track, thankfully last week is starting to help all future dates look UP, hooray for school!

I made this little turtle card for a friend, better late than never, right?!
This weeks Wee Memories Challenge #67 is all about one layered cards and since this one's so flat (perfect for mailing!) I thought I'd give it a go and enter.

Punches used: Word Window

Stamp Set: Long Fellows

Colors: Whisper White, Basic Black & Lucky Limade

Sweet Baby PINK

Using this weeks Just Add Ink Sketch & Wee Memories Challenge #66, I created this sweet pink card for a dear friend who will soon be delivering her 3rd baby (second girl) in a far away country (where we delivered our  first born daughter)...so sending lots-a PINK vibes and prayers your way, Nat! Miss you and I know you're going to do AWESOME!!

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I've been tapping into my RETIRED stash of lovelies lately, not only because after unpacking everything, I'm remembering exactly what I have but also because it's best to use what I have to make room for more, hehe!

I wanted to keep this card very girly and PINK, which explains the monochromatic look. I used Regal Rose, Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette, Blushing Bride & Pretty in Pink. Three little strips of RETIRED DSP from the little demo paper sampler (I knew I kept it for a reason!) along the bottom of my card, topped with two pieces of already scrunched up ribbon (also retired) from the Fairy Tale line. My center flower was created with a 2-1/2" Circle with 6 little 1-1/4" Circles tucked behind. A phrase stamped in Versa Mark and Heat Embossed with Melon Mambo Embossing Powder, some PINK bling and viola!! Can't wait to send this card off to the new little princess once she arrives!

Thanks Dear

I made a dozen of these to use as my 6 year olds birthday thank yous, cute, no?! The colors were taken from this weeks Just Add Ink color challenge and my design was pulled from the sketch below taken from the Dutch Dare Card Challenges blog. 

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I stamped my little tree in Crumb Cake and then again in Old Olive (I tried using my Stampin' Write Markers directly on this stamp but it wasn't giving me the bold coloring I wanted) cutting out just the leaves and adhering them over top of my brown leaves to make them green. I love how they are now subtly popped up off the white, giving them a bit of dimension but not too much. I edged my Crumb Cake with the Cutter Kit tool. Corner rounding just one edge of my card and one of the pieces of Rich Razzleberry. My four Rich Razzleberry pieces were stamped with Craft White and heat embossed in White as well. The Thanks sentiment is from this years Sale A Bration So Happy For You, which is still available till the end of this month. I stamped my little deer directly onto Crumb Cake in Crumb Cake ink and then cut my little fellow out before attaching him to my card. Two simple brown buttons on the corners and viola, a cute little card. 

Wee Memories & Lawnscaping Challenges are having a "Cute and Cuddly" challenge this week, go check them out!

Punches Used: Corner Rounder

Robotic Love

 I wanted to make a hidden message shaker card for my son, since I had one for my daughter and I do have to say, I don't think I've ever taken so long to make one card but I LOVE how it turned out and I know he adored it this morning when he woke up. 

I started off with this weeks Card Patterns sketch challenge #102

and started stamping my little robots, aren't they cute??! I chose Basic Grey, Marina Mist & Whisper White as my colors and got to work coloring and cutting, something that if you know me well enough, I will sit and do for HOURS. Cutting out tiny shapes is super relaxing and my mind goes to a nice little "empty bliss box" as my scissors smoothly create a shape or form. 

This week at Our Creative Corner, they are asking for creations that are cut out using your paper snips, fussy cutting, paper piecing, etc. Figured this was considered fussy cutting..YUP!

 My little phrase wouldn't fit inside my little treat cup, so I decided to cut out portions of it like an old love note. In high school, I would sit for days cutting pictures, words & phrases out of teeny bopper magazines to create photo frames, collages or notes for my friends...see, told you I was a happy cutter but the good kind, hehe!

Since I'm pretty sure I broke my circle punch (trying to punch through too many pieces of paper at once) making this card AND the simple fact that I didn't get to bed till two cause I was making it, I decided to enter it into once more challenge. Wee Memories #43 is asking for creations based on life/living funny or Love themes and I do LOVE my little boy to the moon and back!

Punches used: 2-1/2" & 1-3/4" Circles