Jenn's Birthday gift

Jenn at just4crafts had a birthday this week and I didn't make it over to give her her gift in time so I decided to hold off posting just in case she checked it out here first. This is made with 5 long envelopes that open on the end. I made a chipboard cover and bound the envelopes to the cover using waxed linen. The J on the cover is from SU!. The paper used was from a DaisyD premium pack. I used an old dictionary to pick out words that described Jenn.




Some of the words I used were create, gardener, Dove (Jenn's middle name), celebrate, life. I missed her age by 3 years but which way I will not tell. Let's just say I was kind...LOL.

This page folded up and fit into one of the envelopes. I used a dauber to make the polka dots.

The card I gave her said " I heard you were having a belated birthday this year, I bet all those other fools sent you a card on time." Oh well, Jenn, hope it was happy!

I made this little TicTacToe board using a DVD tin from Just4funcrafts . I used SU! Halloween paper from a mini catty, the Stamp sets are SU! Web Wishes, Booglie Eyes and $1 stamps from Michael's.

Panties......

My friend Rachele emailed me yesterday to tell me the first thing she saw when she opened her new

Little Lady set from PaperTreyInk, the first thing she saw was panties. I thought that was a hoot so I asked her if she minded if I made some cards with her idea & posted them. These are the three cards I came up with. The 1st one is using the small solid ladybug body and the other two are the big body. The flip flop stamp is SU! A Little Love. The sentiment on the 1st card is Karen Foster snap stamps and the other two cards were made with the computer. The red one says " Do these make my butt look BIG?" and the 2nd one says "I didn't realize you meant shoes".

Today I get to play most of the day so I am pretty happy. I may even try some challenges & card sketches. If I am successful I will post more later.

This card was so much fun to make. The set is Little Lady from PaperTreyInk.com and the inspiration came from Julie Campbell . Julie's blog has really cute stuff on it. Great ideas. I used the swirl background wave that Debbie inspired me with on the following card. The sentiment is
made using Karen Foster snap stamps. It says "grouper hugs". I used a corner punch without the guard for the bubbles & then cut them up. The cardstock is Cool Caribbean. The fins & head of the fish are Taken with Teal stamped on SU!'s new River Rock & the patterned paper is some I ordered from Overstock.com.





Debbie Olson inspired me for this card. She has the best ideas..I loved how she used the swirls cuttlebug folder to make the waves. SU! Crab & Co is the set I used for the crab & sentiment. The paper is SU! Cool Caribbean and the new Groovy Guava inked with Real Red.









I ordered this cute stamp from GinaK and the scallop outline is from her new line of stamps that she recently released. I used SU! Cameo Coral and White CS, the background is a TAC background, I am drawing a blank on the sentiment.

This stamp was a freebee from MissyB's. I was really excited that she threw a free stamp in with my order. I shouldn't try to color when I don't have my contacts in....LOL. Thanks Missy!

Today we all got together at Laura's and oohed & aahhhhhed at the new catty for most of the morning. Then we only had time to make 2 cards so I thought I would post the card that we made that Sam came up with. This is a TAC set, the card is done like a file folder with lined paper on the inside. The monkey set was last months SOTM. That is it for today......can't wait til July 1 now!

What I have been doing...

* The stamp site for the large paperbags is http://www.stamponthis.com/. My good friend Rachele (who is also one of my enablers.....bigtime) sent me the correct info. Thanks!!!!
I have been busy this week finishing up some of the gifts for my niece Becky's baby shower. These little shoes are her card, I made them like the flip flop card but used baby sandels instead. The front of the sandels have little blue & purple butterflies on them so I carried that out on the inside of the card.

This is a Sonic drink holder that I altered. First I "painted" it with the colored mod podge that I made using reinkers. I based the whole box to make it more sturdy. I then added paper & punched out flowers, added rhinestone flowers to the centers of the flowers, leaves punched from a Martha Stewart punch and lots of ribbon.

On the goodies inside I just made a band to go around the product and added flowers & ribbons.

I did use a jumbo wheel to roll some leaves onto tissue paper & stamped little pink flowers randomly on the leaves. I used the tissue to take up space so the bottles would not shift when I was carrying it.

This is a large lunch sack that I bought a long time ago at a place that I think is out of business. I tried to find the link but am unable to locate it. It was called somethingtostampon.com but that leads to nowhere. Oh well I took the scallop circle(giga) punch to cut the scoop neck out. The sleeves are done by opening the fold on the side and folding it out straight, measuring down 2 inches & cutting just to the fold. You then tuck the bottom side back in and leave the sleeves out. I hope that made sense. I punched a circle out & glued it to the inside where I wanted my ribbon to go & using the double circle punch made an opening to tie my ribbon thru.

Well off to go get ready for the shower. Happy Saturday!

Retired accessory link

Thought I would share with you.

http://www.stampinup.com/us/documents/US_CA_retiredaccessories.pdf

MissyB Stamps

These are two stamps I got from MissyB's Designs . I just love these little bugs. On the ladybug card I used Real Red, Basic Black and White cardstock, all from SU!, The ribbon is hard to see but it has little ladybugs on it. My SIL and I found this little ribbon store in Gilbert or Mesa, I can't remember what it is called but if you want to know email me & I will get the info from her. They had a nice selection of really cute ribbon.




This little bee was made with Summer Sun, Basic Black and White, The just because sentiment is from Michael's $1 Bin....

The SU! retired accessory list is out, not sure what they are up to but
discontinued accessories are available until June 30, or while supplies last. Quantities are limited to stock on hand, so once they're gone, they're gone!
Stamps and wheels will be available through June 29.
In addition to discontinued items, Stampin' Up has a number of items that will be offered in a different quantity or assortment in the upcoming catalog. This year, we're offering the following items differently in the Fall-Winter Collection 2007:
Select individual color packs of 12" x 12" card stock
Confetti White & Kraft Tiny Takeout boxes & tags
Select embossing powder colors
Select 1/4" grosgrain ribbon colors
Corner Rounder punch . We will see what up shortly because I believe the new catty's have been shipped. At least that is what I am thinking since I haven't ordered anything else from SU! except new catties and I received a confirmation that my order was shipped yesterday. Hope your day is inky!

I finally found my battery charger!!

I made these 2 cards the other night but when I went to take a picture, my camera battery was dead. I couldn't remember where I decided to put my battery charger that had my spare battery in it. At the time I thought it was a good place & I wouldn't forget where it was....HA, I guess age is catching up. If it keeps up like this I guess that saying will be true about me being able to hide my own Easter eggs. Anyway. This 1st card is made from a CTMH set called Dino Roar. I just love it even if I grabbed the wrong colored pencil for his head. My grandson won't even notice I am sure!

My second card is with all SU! supplies. Delight in Life is the stamp set. I used Only Orange, Summer Sun and White cardstock, Only Orange and Versamark ink, White Gel Pen and Certainly Celery marker.

This sweet card is from Doris Garvey, It is a SCS-Brak. Doris lives on the other side of Phoenix and our birthday's are 2 days apart.

My friend Sam Hartford made this cute little card for me, She has a little convertible also which happens to be gray too. With temps being 110 degrees+ I guess we won't be riding around with our tops down......the top of the car not our blouses! Just thought I would clarify that. I have another card in the making. I just got my shipment from MissyB's. She has some darling stamps. Well I am off to go take my 92 year old MIL to the Dr. Happy Stamping!