Shoebox Stampers

The container makes the gift!

Every year I create something for each of my sister's and mom, varying mainly by color preference.  This year I decided to go with memory bracelets with matching earrings in each person's favorite color.  I didn't think I would have enough time, but my husband took the kids on the 23rd, so I took my chance and made these boxes.

This one is for my sister, Sam, whose favorite color is pink.  (Her bracelet was my favorite, though the others I would have gladly kept as well!) 

 
The drawer is melon mambo, with a chocolate chip sleeve.  The snowflakes are from Snow swirled in orchid opulence, melon mambo and rich razzleberry, which is the mat for the top.  I used the snowflakes dies with a rhinestone brad in the center in the same color as the drawer.  Then I added a "drawer pull" using our chocolate chip corduroy brads.  You'll find that the basis for all of these are the same so I won't repeat them.

The drawer for this one is tempting turquoise, with tempting turquoise, taken with teal, and certainly celery snowflakes with taken with teal as the mat.  

Mandy's favorite color is lime green, so I used green galore, garden green, and crushed curry for her snowflakes, with garden green as the mat.

Sher's is brilliant blue with brilliant blue, brocade blue and bashful blue snowflakes.  The mate is bashful blue.

My mom likes green, so I used the same colors as Mandy's but her drawer is garden green.  Her mat is green galore.

Fun, right?  The drawer is 7x7, scored at 1 and 2 inches on all four sides, then attached to form a box.  The sleeve is 3 in by 9, scored at 1 1/16, 4 1/8, 5 3/16, and 8 1/4 inches.  I used a 12 x 12 sheet, so was able to make all five out of one sheet.  If you decide to make one, send me a picture.  And have a great New Year!

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Anything mini is TOO cute...

especially our new mini milk carton!  I just had to order this die before it was available to everyone and I had so much fun making something to fill my sister's purse that I made for her! 

I cut the die out in melon mambo cardstock, then wrapped a strip of Designer series paper from our Razzleberry lemonade set.  I added the rich razzleberry dotted ribbon, then topped it off with a sentiment from our Christmas punch hostess stamp set.  I put a clip at the top to keep it closed after filling it with holiday M&M's.  How cute is that???  I can't wait to make some for Easter for the kids' teachers! 

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Ideas for the next holiday!

I know that Christmas is over, but there were several projects I finished right before Christmas that I wanted to share, and that you could use for ideas for holidays or birthdays coming up!

I created this for my tennis buddies.  I made four cards, two each of two designs, and covered four Nuggets with coordinating cardstock in chocolate chip, crushed curry, bravo burgundy, and not quite navy.  The base is chocolate chip.

This is the card that I put in the front - it was my favorite of the two.  A very simple card, it features the tennis balls from Just Tennis with the rackets in the background. 

I just love those tennis balls!  I stamped them and then punched them out with our 3/4 inch circle punch, then popped up the last one with a stampin' dimensional.  

I think I'll make another set for me (which I seem to rarely do) but with my favorite colors - elegant eggplant for sure, with regal rose and maybe so saffron...or old olive...or pumpkin pie...guess it's time to play!

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Scrapbookin' on Saturday - winter fun & love you

Oooh, I can't wait to start on this year's calendar!  What fun!

 

This page uses a combination of the Christmas Jingle digital kit and the Snowburst digital stamp set.  I have made this layout a couple times for my technique classes and scrapbooking samples, so it was a breeze to pull together. 

This one uses another digital kit called Summer Home.  It was very simple (almost too simple)!  I love how this kit has the perfect element - the Love you sentiment. 

You know, if you plan now, you could make a calendar page a month and have your gift ready in no time!  If you didn't get the software for Christmas, nudge that someone you love and tell them there's still time to redeem themselves and give them my email!

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What was Santa thinking?

Good morning and Merry Christmas!  Thought I'd share how our morning went...so we wake up this morning with a huge cage in our front room, with this letter from Santa:

After getting over the shock of the gift (we have resisted the pet idea for a very long time, even after my son stole, well, borrowed, a couple chicks from his kindergarten class last year!), I took a look at his letter and realized the images looked familiar.  Then I had that AHA! moment when I realized Santa must have My Digital Studio too!  What a computer savvy guy!  What a creative guy!  What am I going to do with a guinea pig???

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Bookmarks for my kids

No, not my kids, but for Grace's third grade class - they are constantly needing a bookmark, so I thought that would be the best gift, though I'll just bet several of them lose theirs before we go back to school!

This is the bookmark for the boys - I used crushed curry, ruby red, and night of navy with the snowflakes from Snow swirled, and the sentiment is from Refuge & strength.  

This is the one for the girls - rich razzleberry, melon mambo and crushed curry.  Half of these had the melon mambo dotted ribbon, while the other half had rich razzleberry dotted ribbon.  They were all on kraft cardstock.  They measure 4 in by 2 in, so I was able to get the entire class out of two sheets of 12x12 cardstock.

So what do you think?  Will they keep them through the holidays?

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Vintage labels swap

Here's my second swap card using our new Sale-a-bration set called Vintage Labels.  Getting this in our unmounted set makes placement a breeze!

Does this card look familiar?  I made one like this using our curly label punch kit (you can see it here) and figured this would be a great one with this new stamp set. The front is crushed curry with crushed curry dotted ribbon wrapped around and knotted.  I punched a window out of the front using the curly label punch.

I stamped the image and sentiment in basic gray (which was easy to line up!) and punched with our curly label punch, then punched the same shape out of the front of the card to make a window.  The flower is in basic gray with our three for you punch with a fire circle rhinestone brad. 

Meet my new friends...Fox & friends!

Here's a bit of a sneak peek of a stamp set from the upcoming Occasions Mini brochure.  I was drawn to this stamp set, Fox & friends, for a couple reasons.  I realized recently that I don't have that many sets that are kid-friendly, and it's just too stinkin' cute!

Isn't this just adorable?  I found this card sketch on splitcoaststampers using an alligator, and thought it would work perfect with this new set.  I used melon mambo and chocolate chip on a kraft background, with a bit of paper piercing (which I've never done!).  I'll have to make another with blue though - it seems that whenever I need a baby card, I have the wrong gender, so I am going to be proactive and make sure I'm covered!  

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DVD case full of..what else?...stamps!

Have I told you about our new unmounted stamps?  They are still made from our great rubber, but they can be placed on clear acrylic blocks for better stamping placement!  They come in DVD cases, which is great for storage!

 

The spines of the cases show the images included, and the covers show them full-sized. 

The stamps have to be punched out of the foam, and then you can use as is, or you can apply a label to them so you can see the image as you stamp.  It's a very simple process - I was stamping within minutes!  This set is Fox & friends, which matches our Decor Elements characters and is perfect for kids' cards!  These stamps and more will be available Jan 5, so make your list and contact me right away!

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Scrapbookin on Saturday - celebrate & sunny days

In case you are wondering, I did indeed finish my My Digital Studio calendar for the parents - it should arrive any day and I cannot wait to see how it turned out (the computer screen can only do so much!).  So I thought I would share a couple more months with you.

This one uses the Happy birthday kit, including papers, elements, and stamps!  I added brads and buttons for interest and color.  Like our physical stamps, papers, and inks, I love how everything coordinates and works together!

This one uses Sunny day digital stamp kit, just perfect alphabet, and schoolbook serif numbers. The background is from Sunny day designer series paper.  Do you see the staples at the bottom and top of the grosgrain ribbon?  Easy to do!  How about the "torn" edge of the chocolate chip cardstock?  That is actually a stamp!

Can you tell I am enjoying this software?  I can't believe how easy it is to use!  And I can't wait to see the final product!!!

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