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A buggy assignment

Ben came home with a project to make you buggy: create an insect model.  I asked him what he wanted to do, and he decided on a mosquito (!).  I went online to get some ideas, and found this one (it's about 2/3 ways down).  When I viewed the pattern, I realized I could use my punches to do the same thing without having to hand cut anything (I really don't like to hand cut much!). 

 

His body is basic black and made using the 1 1/4 and 1 3/4 inch circles with the word window for the tail.  The wings are punched from gable green using the wide oval punch and attached with brads.  Then Ben punched 1/8 inch holes using the Crop-a-dile to put on the antenna, legs and mouth.  For a mosquito, he's actually kinda cute!

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Easter treat

Thought I'd share a little something that will certainly brighten your table come Easter.  You can actually make these ahead of time (hence my reasoning for sharing them this early) and set them aside until you need them Easter day. 

Here are the supplies you'll need:

Stamps

• Eggcoutrements*
• Spring Floral Stampin' Around wheel*

Paper

• Bashful Blue card stock
• So Saffron card stock
• Whisper White card stock

Ink

• Bashful Blue Classic Stampin' Pad
• So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad

Accessories

• Bashful Blue 1/4" grosgrain ribbon
• Linen thread
• Sherbet Designer buttons
• Stampin' Dimensionals
• Extra Large Fancy Flower punch*
• 1" Circle punch
• Bamboo skewers

And since everything is from Stampin' Up! except the bamboo skewers, you know you'll be picking out a free Sale-a- bration stamp set with your order!  You can use my online ordering feature or send me an email.

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Another auction project

Yes, I was roped into another auction project for my kids' school, again for Grace (that's three years out of four, and I have yet to win one!).  After scrapping a couple projects, we came up with this one - it is easy, though time consuming, especially when adding 35 3rd graders!

Isn't this amazing?  The teachers together created the background with oils.  I brought my Cricut cartridges and dissected the Our Father prayer into 36 parts, then the kids chose what they wanted and the font they wanted to use.  After cutting out each word, I brought the letters to school and each child arranged theirs on wax paper.  Once I had laid them out perfectly, I peeled back a bit of the wax paper, laid the letters on the canvas, then peeled off the wax paper so that each student's letter layout was intact!

This is the certificate we are including with the auction.  The kids pray the Our Father everyday, so for the rest of the school year, they will be praying for the winner of the auction!  The base is creamy caramel, with creamy caramel, close to cocoa, and very vanilla inks rubbed across the surface in that order.  I sponged the edges of everything with chocolate chip. 

What do you think?  Wouldn't you love to hang that in your favorite room?  I hope to win it, but at least I know how it was made!!!

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Fancy folds with Fox & friends

Wait until you see this swap!  I couldn't wait to share it with you.  This is why I keep swapping with these gals - they make the most gorgeous cards!

This is the card flat (or at least as flat as I could get it!).  The cardmaker, Janice Rosenthal Rock, used our Tall tales Designer series paper for the panels.  She stamped the characters from Fox & friends on whisper white and more Designer series paper, which I never remember to do but always love when another stamper does!

This is the card open - beautiful isn't it?  I love the little dangling monkey, especially since I don't have the inclination to cut things out.  I really should - cut outs are so cute!

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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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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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Gifts galore!

Thought I'd share a couple more gift sets I created.  And Andrew added a teacher's aide, so I have to make a couple more of them! 

The first one uses our Tea Party Designer series paper.  The base is almost amethyst, and the cards use pretty in pink as a base.  I stamped the sentiment from Oval All with basic gray since that is the color of the outlines in the print.  This is a great spring set - should have saved it!

This one is the same idea as the above one, but uses our Razzleberry Lemonade Designer series paper and new In Color papers, inks, and ribbon!  The base is rich razzleberry, and the cards are crushed curry and melon mambo. 

So just curious, which one is your favorite?  I wish I could show you my favorite - it was made from our Autumn Traditions Designer series paper - just think, elegant eggplant, kraft, and always artichoke!  Just beautiful!

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Matchbook with CHOCOLATE!

I found this tutorial on Splitcoaststampers, and just had to incorporate it into this year's Holiday Gifts & Wraps class!  I plan to make it a bit larger so I can use it for a gift card!

 

I used my favorite neutral, kraft cardstock, for the base of the matchbook, then stamped the snowflakes from Snow Swirled in more mustard, ruby red and elegant eggplant.  The die cut is from our snowflakes set #2, which includes four sizzlet dies. 

This is the matchbook open, with a stamp from our Christmas punch hostess set.  You can find the directions, here, and if you make one, share it with me - I love to see what you create!

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