On Dasher!

I finally played with my new Christmas DSP tonight. The stripes come from the Merry Moments paper pack. Dashe was stamped in Chocolate Chip onto Very Vanilla cardstock. I used the mat pack to perforate around the edges of the layer then layered it onto Real Red and Old Olive; Mini Brads were added in the corners. At the bottom I layered the eyelet border punch in the three colors of CS and added the Sleigh Bells ribbon from the Holiday Mini Catalogue. The greeting is stamped and then punched out with the word window punch, and this is then layered and staggered onto word windows of each color to frame the image. The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes. Hope you like it!
Thanks for looking,

Sharri

Crimped Leaves

I fell in love with this card (http://stampingleeyours.blogspot.com/2009/08/crimped-over-top-autumn-days-tutorial.html ) by Lee Conrey, then she posted the tutorial for it and this is my take on the basic card. I used the leaves from Lovely as a Tree and the Dusty Durango, Crushed Curry and Soft Suede Stampin' Write markers to ink the stamp, The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes punched out with the word window punch then mounted on the Soft Suede Modern Label punch. This was then flanked with the antique brass Vintage brads; I find they go really well with Soft Suede.

I loved the results.

Thanks for looking,

Sharri

For Mia....

Mia is my grand daughter, she is 4 years old, soon to be 5 in November and even though she lives in Montreal, a days drive away, she keep us all on our toes. My husband will be driving through Montreal early next week so I made this card for him to take to her. She likes butterflies so, after casing the basic card from the new Holiday mini catalogue, I added them to the front for her.

It took me forever to figure out how I was going to make this so she could get the treats out of the card, I finally did after looking at several blogs to see how they were doing it. I eventually made a slider panel on the inside so it could be pulled out and the candy would fall out of the hole in the back. I made the slider by using strips of cardstock on 2 sides and the bottom that were popped up on strips from the sides of the dimensionals then the panel in front of the hole could slide in and out to retrieve the candy. This was my challenge for today.

I used Sweet Centers, Flight of the Butterfly and Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp sets, Mambo Melon and Bermuda Bay inks and cardstock, Whisper White cardstock and Mambo Melon Polka Dotted Ribbon as well as the butterfly and the scalloped border punches, and the new Sweet Centers cups all from Stampin'Up.

Hope you're enjoying your long weekend!

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

Stationary Box and Retired Birds

Stationary Box Closed











Opened












Three of the six cards












Three more cards and the four tags














3x3 note cards

I decided I would make this stationary box that I have seen on Splitcoast Stampers site. the tutorial can be found here: http://jackietopa.typepad.com/Stationary.pdf

It was time consuming but very gratifying. I love this blue and white paper but it is retired.

The stamp sets I used were Cheep Talk, TeenyTiny Wishes and Sincere Salutations. Pacific Point Textured cardstock and Ink(retired), Good Morning Sunshine DSP(retired), Whisper White cardstock and ribbon and miscellaneous punches. It holds six standard sized cards and envelopes, six 3x3 note cards and envelopes, 4 gift tags, an address book and pen, and there is a place to store stamps. Everyting you need!

Now I must take what I learned from this one and apply it to another.

Hope you are having a great weekend!

Thanks for visiting,

Sharri