Desk top box

While I was at the Friday night crop at Priceless last weekend, I just couldn't seem to do anything right! Everything came out looking awful, I was afraid to even try coloring, and I finally just gave up and decided to play with my flower Nestie dies and some scrap papers. They were the only thing that seemed to be right, so I just kept making flowers. Then I decided to try them with some of the new SEI dsp, but I used the lighter weight solid sheets. They turned out so pretty with a matching brad in the center!! It had been a really long time since I made one of these desk top boxes that were created by Karli, a fellow blogger, teacher, and crafter extroidinaire. I first saw them on her blog, Crafting with Class, last summer and made several of them. I decided to use the same SEI series of papers to make another of these boxes.

I had to adjust the measurements just a bit to accommodate this border/corner punch combo from Martha Stewart. The ribbon is from May Arts and is actually a perfect match for the pink in the papers and super shiny!! I used a Just Right alphabet stamp to make the monogram on the lid. Here is a shot with the box open. It would look better with something in it, but I haven't decided if I am going to use this at home or at school.

Maybe I'll just fill it with chocolate for emergencies!!!

TS Monday Challenge

It's another Monday and don't we really need something to make things a little more bearable? How about joining in with all the cool stuff happening over at Totally Stampalicioius? They are still taking entries for the awesome blog candy they are going to give away in April. There's a photo over on my sidebar, but they have added the most awesome packaging made by our very own Monique. There's a photo of it on the TS blog.
They are still looking for some guest designers for the upcoming release. You are going to flip over the new images coming soon!! All the deets about how to become a guest designer on the the TS blog also.
Now, on to my card and this week's challenge....
The challenge was to use a Totally Stampalicious image on your card or project. What?????? You don't own a TS image?????? Well, Becky and Joycelyn have a solution for you! If you hop over to the TS blog, you can grab a digi image from the latest release, Coffee Brawd, for FREE!! See? I told you there was a lot going on this week!!

I made a double pocket card using the tutorial from Splitcoaststampers. This was super easy to make using a 12 x12 piece of double sided dsp. I used SU!'s Tea Party dsp. The card stock is So Saffron, Pretty in Pink and Wild Wasabi. The images are the digital versions and were printed on GP white card stock and colored with Copic markers.
I used some Nestabilities circle dies to make my sentiment layer on the front. A Martha Stewart border punch was used to make the pink trim across the front. Lots of little blingies added to the centers of the flowers and another to the center of the bow.

The tags were cut using my trusty old Coluzzle. I love this old cutting system and don't think I'll ever give it up! These tags are among my favorite templates. My favorite part of this card is the fuzzy robe I made for Coffee Brawd. I used some of the new ultra fine Flower Soft to make it fuzzy and it turned out so cool! Here's a closer look...

This was so easy to do. Just put a little mono adhesive all over the robe and slippers and poured the Flower Soft over it. Push it down a little and shake off the excess.
Thanks for stopping in and I hope you have an awesome day!!

Gator Acrylic Memo Frame

This is just a quick little project I threw together for the teacher in the class next door who has many of the same kids as I do. We are always leaving ourselves little post it notes, so I thought this would be a little more economical for those little reminders we need next to the computer each day. You have probably already seen lots of these on the net, but just in case you haven't, I'll give you the simple deets.
I just bought a 4" x 6" acrylic frame at the dollar store and layed it down with the higher end in the back. I cut my papers to fit and added a mini tear off calendar to the bottom corner. A small piece of velcro closure at the top will hold a dry erase marker to keep it handy. I have also made these using stamped images and leaving off the calendar. Love how convenient these are to use. I can write myself a quick note and then just erase it. Having this near my computer is really saving me a lot of sticky notes!!

Childhood Memories

This card is for the Technique Lover's Challenge over at SCS to create a card based on a childhood memory. The memory I chose was living in the country, picking wildflowers (a few other flowers that I wasn't supposed to be picking) and chasing butterflies. I used a set that is new to me from Close to My Heart and Green at Heart dsp from Basic Gray.The card base is Wild Wasabi. The butterflies are from an embosslits die from SU!'s spring mini and the border punch is Martha Stewart. Thanks for stopping in!

TSMONDAY21 Hawt Dawg in Polka Dots

The challenge this week at Totally Stampalicous is to use polka dots and ribbon on your card. My first thought was to use one of the feminine images, but when going through my TS sets, I stopped on Hawt Dawg and so it began! I colored Dawg with Copic markers and stamped him out again on this cool orange dsp that I found in my scraps. It was double sided, so the coordinating stripes were easy! I used another dsp in a pretty teal color for my layers and Dusty Durango card stock for the base. The ribbon is from Bo Bunny and matched the other papers perfectly. Tucked a bone under Dawg's arm and a couple more for the sentiment, a few blings, and there he is! Had a lot of fun creating this guy. I'm thinkin' that someone has put something in my coffee lately to get me using all the bright colors. But I'm likin' it!!
If you want to play along with the challenge, head over to the Totally Stampalicious blog and use Mr. Linky to add your creation, or if uploading to SCS, use TSMONDAY21 in the keywords. TS is also having a guest designer call. All the deets are on their blog! Happy stamping!

Is it a mouse or a hedgie?

I made this card Friday night while I was down at Priceless Scrapbooks for a Friday night crop. The image is a from a set of Penny Black hedgehog acrylic set that belongs to a dear friend of mine. This is the only image that isn't a hedgie in the set. We thought it was a koala at first, but they don't have tails like that, so it must be a mouse. Whatever it is, it's cute!! I colored the flowers with Copic markers to match the Bo Bunny papers I used. Added some sparkle to go with the abundant sparkle on the papers....had to have them when I saw all that glitter!!
The card base is orchid opulence, a color I seem to be stuck on lately. The flower was made by drawing up one edge with a needle and thread of a lacey border I picked up at JoAnnes. Added a button with some crafter's floss laced through it to finish it off.
Thanks for stopping in....have a wonderfully creative day!!

A Daisy for Peggy

I don't what has gotten into me today with all these bright colors. I usually shy away from them except as an accent for other, more subdued colors. This is another card for the Queen for the Day game over at Splitcoaststampers. Today, the queen was one of the sweetest SCSers ever, Peggy AKA MarilynPrestonn, so I just had to play along! The card I cased was very much like the one you see above, except she had used some very soft and pretty pinks and blues. You  can see it here.
For my card I used:
Stamps:  Daisy by Sugar Nellie
Paper:  Tempting Turquoise, Gable Green, Whisper White,Euphoria dsp by Basic Gray
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black
Accessories, Copic markers, ribbon, glitter, blingy accents, dimensionals