Travel Memory Keeper

We are soon off on an Alaskan Cruise Tour with friends. There will be 4 couples so it should be a good time.
I made these travel Journal/Memory Keepers for each couple to keep note and to journal about each day we are away.
I used Kraft/Crumb Cake Cardstock as the base and embellished them with Pumpkin Pie and Night of Navy card stock, the new Travel Journal DSP and Sentimental Journey stamp set both of which are found in the Summer Mini catalogue.
I made a belly band with the Scallop Trim border punch which will be available July 1st when the new catalogue goes live and found pens at the dollar store that I embellished with some DSP as well.
Inside are cards where the date and place can be noted and then space to journal about the place or events of the day.

I was really pleased with these and the recipients were as well.




If you would like to know where to find the tutorial on how to make these please email me privately at :

sharri@rogers.com

and I will send you the info.

Please be patient as I am going away but I will try to send it to you asap.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sharri

3D Paper flowers

I've had some fun playing with the 3D paper flowers that you are seeing everywhere. I punched 4 scalloped circles from Sending Love DSP in the Occaisions mini catalogue, spritzed it with some water and then crunched it up into small balls. I then straighten them all out and layered them one on top of each other. I made a hole with a paper piercer in the center and added a Pretty in Pink Corduroy Button/Brad to it, these are available as well in the Occaisions mini catalogue. Next I placed it on a card front cut from Sending Love DSP as well and stamped the Friend image from With All My Heart stamp set.
In the above picture you can see that I also made a flower from the Welcome Neighbour DSP in the SAB catalogue and put a punched flower in the center from a co-ordinating paper from the same pack.
These are simple to do but add so much dimension to your cards and projects. Have fun!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great weekend.

Sharri

Buggy Birthday

Our grand daughter Mia turned 5 this year and she was having a party with a bug theme......this is the card I sent her to go along with this theme. It uses the Large scalloped circle Bigz die, scallop circle punch, the 3/4 inch circle punch. The stamp set is the "Lovebug" hostess level 1 set from the current catalogue. Stampin'Up card stock in Real Red and Basic Black, ink is Whisper White Craft ink. I saw this idea on another blog and had saved the picture for inspiration, or for when it may be needed.
Sorry I haven't posted much lately, it's been busy and I seem to have come down with a cold and have had days where I felt very tired after work, so very little has been done. I hope it passes soon, so I can get caught up with the things that have been put on hold.

Thanks for looking,

Sharri

Bag in a box

I think this is what these are called....I love the look of them and they are so cute for small gifts or candy. They are created from a small box on the bottom the distance around should be around 11.5 inches total so you have a 1/2 inch overlap. You then take a 12x8-9 inch piece of DSP and wrap around the box lining it up at the bottom. I then took a strip of cardstock and used the border punches to create a decorative strip and again lined it up along the bottom of the box and wrapped it around the DSP(I like the narrower border better than the wider one). Punch out 2 round tab punches and fold in the center the place centrally on either side of the bag top to create a holder for the ribbon; try to align these so they are opposite each other. Punch a 1/4 inch hole just below the fold in each tab punch and thread a matching ribbon through and tie.
Decorate the bag as you would like. This worked up really quick once I decided on the DSP and color combo.
We're still under construction so I can't find anything...it all seems to get piled on my work table and then when I do get time to play I have to organize, soon to be done I hope.
Thanks for stopping by.

Sharri

Happy Halloween!

BOO!
This cute little treat box was so easy to create with my Big Shot and the Matchbox BigZ XL die. It's not my idea, but was cased from a website; not sure whose. I'll be more than happy to give credit to that person if you know who it is.
First I stamped the Boo onto a piece of vellum in Basic Black ink and set it aside to dry, this took longer than making the whole project. I made the matchbox using the tangerine Tango from last year's In-Colors collection, then I punched a 1 3/8" circle from the front of the cover. Next take a scrap of basic Black cardstock and punch a 1 3/8" circle from it, then use the scalloped circle punch to punch around the circle cut-out creating a scalloped frame in black. This you adhere to the front of the matchbox cover to fit around the hole you've already punched. When the ink is dry adhere the vellum to the backside of the matchbox cover so it can be seen in the hole on the front. Complete the assembly of the cover and fill with goodies.
I sent this one to my granddaughter Mia with nuggets in it.

Hope you don't get too spooked tonoght!
Thanks for looking,

Sharri

Post it Note Holders

Circle Circus, Razzle Dazzle, Forest Friends, Animal Stories

Forest Friends, God's Beauty(retired), Simple Friendship, Baroque Motifs

(sorry for the poor photography)

God's Beauty(retired), Simple Friendship, Oval All

I've had a great time lately making these great post it note holders. They are very simple and I found the idea on a youtube video by Dawn Griffith, it can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAsOkubiK0I

They were fun to do and give to friends. I loved playing with the new in-colors and new stamp set from the new catalogue. I must do some that are holiday related next

I hope you all had a great weekend.

Thanks for stopping by,

Sharri