My own August challenge

Last night as I lay in bed, unable to sleep due to all of the crafting ideas spinning through my head, I decided I was going to try and post a new project each day during the month of August.  Sounds easy enough, right? So I decided I was going to make it a little more challenging and create all of my projects using new items from the Holiday Catalog!  Here goes nothing!  I hope you have fun visiting my blog each day to check out all of the fun creations!  You may see a few of the same stamp sets through out the month, but I promise the designs will all be different :)

So, on to day 2!  I love, love, love the Perfectly Preserved stamp set!  But what I love even more is that it comes with coordinating framelits...no more scissor cutting shapes out!  So many of the sets in the Holiday Catalog have the option to bundle the stamps and dies at a discounted price.  Awesome!

With the help of a sketch idea from Freshly Made Sketches, I came up with this card.  As you can see, the cut little mason jar, the pear and the jar lid are all nicely cut out using the Cannery Set Framelits...love!  The new Festive Paper-Piercing Pack is so much fun!  Not sure how well you can see it in the picture, but I did pierce holes all around the Window Frame die and then crumpled the paper up to give it some added texture.  I looked to flat and boring before I did this ;)  It's always fun to try a simple trick to give your card that extra touch! 



FMS#46

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Very Vanilla, Raspberry Ripple, Lucky Limeade, Early Espresso, Island Indigo, Orchard Harvest DSP

Ink ~ Lucky Limeade, Raspberry Ripple, Early Espresso

Stamp Set ~ Perfectly Preserved

Other Supplies ~ Cannery Set Framelits, Window Frames Framelits, Bitty Banners Framelits, Finishing Touches Edgelits, Early Espresso Bakers Twine, Argyle Embossing Folder

Lots of fun new stuff used here!  Be sure to visit my Online Store today to get your fun new Stampin' Up! goodies...it's like Christmas in August!!!

Be sure to check back tomorrow for another fun creation from the new Holiday Catalog! 

Happy Stamping!

31 days of Stampin' Up! AWESOMENESS!

Are you ready??? 

It's finally here...the new Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalog!



This catalog is chock full of awesome new products and inspiring projects.  And best of all, Stampin' Up! now give you the chance to save a bundle with their new coordinated product bundles!  There are so many fun things...your list will be endless.

Click here to view the new catalog online or contact me today for your own copy.

To help you out with the endless list of Stampin' Up! products that you will be craving after looking through the new catalog, there is a great offer during the month of August.

 When you sign up and create your very own starter kit for just $99, you get $125 in any current Stampin' Up! products AND this awesome Howl-o-ween Printer's Tray project kit for FREE - a $60 value! And to sweeten the deal...if you purchase the kit and choose not to keep the demonstrator status, I will buy all of the demo supplies from you for $25. This means you get $125 in Stampin' Up! product AND the free project kit for just $74!!! Contact me today for more details.



Spooktacular Offer for August



Wait, there's still more!!

For those of you who love the digital side of things, MDS-2 is now available!  Not sure about going digital?  Try it FREE for 30 days.  Click here for your free 30 day trial of MDS-2!

During the month of August, select digital content is 31% off...this is a great deal! 

Click here to see what's on sale.

Whew!  That's a whole lot of awesomeness all rolled into one month :)  I hope you are able to take advantage of some of these great deals.

Now, on to a cute little project with a fun new Halloween bundle in the Holiday Catalog!

The Ghoulish Googlies Bundle is spooktastic!  Not only do you get the cute Googly Ghouls stamp set, but you also get the Ghoulish Googlies Designer Kit.

$20.95 ~ 129852 Wood-Mount Bundle

$16.96 ~ 129853 Clear-Mount Bundle

The bags are perfect for a fun Halloween treat for the kiddos, big or small, in your life! 

How cute are these?!?!?

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Howlstooth & Scaringbone DSP

Ink ~ StazOn Black

Stamp Set ~ Googly Ghouls

Other Supplies ~ Ghoulish Googlies Designer Kit, 3/16" Neutrals Brads

Sorry for the long post, but there is just so much going on today!!!  Have fun cruising through the new catalog :)

Happy Stamping!

What's a birthday party...

...without goodie bags???  I recently subscribed to the Create with Connie & Mary New Catalog Edition 2012 and came up with this fun idea for goodie bags after I saw one of the tutorials.  If you haven't had a chance to check out their site, do it today! 

 http://www.createwithconnieandmary.com/create-with-connie-and-mary/

They have great challenges and offer the chance to subscribe to their exclusive tutorials from the annual catalog as well as the mini catalogs.  There were some great project ideas in this last round!!!  One of the weekly challenges during the New Catalog Edition was to create a project using the Big Shot.  I made a fun box using the largest die in the Apothecary Accents set.  You can check out that box in an earlier post seen here:



http://craft-somniamomma.blogspot.com/2012/07/its-over-100-degrees-and-im-dreaming-of.html

I took this idea and made it into a more simple design for goodies boxes for Owen's 1st Birthday party.  I hadn't had the chance to download my picture and short tutorial for this, but this weeks challenge over at HandStamped Sentiments got my rear in gear and I got it done!  The challenge is to create some kind of party favor, but it could NOT be a card! 

http://www.handstampedsentiments.blogspot.com/

Here is my fun little goodie bag! 

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Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Polka Dot Parade DSP, Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Big Top Birthday DSP (retired)

Ink ~ Real Red

Stamp Set ~ Itty Bitty Banners

Other Supplies ~ Apothecary Accents Framelits (largest die), 3/4' Circle Punch, Bitty Banners Framelits, 1/4" Daffodil Delight Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, 3/8" Brights Glimmer Brads, Simply Scored, lollipop stick(not a Stampin' Up! product) 

For the party I filled some of the 4" x 6" cellophane bags with jelly beans, stickers and a pencil.  The kids loved them!  

Goodies all wrapped up!

Here are some instructions on how I created this fun little goodie bag:

Cut two pieces of DSP or card stock using the largest die from the Apothecary Accents. 

Score and fold each piece across the second little scallop on one side (marked with a black line)  This will create the bottom of your bag.

Cut a 4" x 3" sheet of card stock or DSP

Score at 1" on all sides (marked with black line)

Fold on all score lines

Along the 4" side of the paper, cut down towards the other 4" side to the 1" score line

Flip over and apply adhesive to the small flaps that you have cut (I found that Sticky Strip works best)

Apply adhesive to the bigger flaps on the opposite side (side facing down in this picture)

Fold flaps in to create box

Overlapping the flaps you made from scoring the Apothecary cut outs, apply adhesive to one side to form the bottom of the treat bag

Attach the box to the inside of the Apothecary cut outs 

And there you have it!  Quick and simple way to create a fun little goodie bag for your next party or to use as a small gift bag.  Should you choose to do any stamping on the outside, be sure to do that before you glue all of the pieces together :)  I punched a hole in the top and tied a quick ribbon to keep the tops of the bag together.  You could also attach a cute punch flower or something fun with a brad! 

Happy Stamping!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

A huge thank you to all of our family and friends who helped us celebrate Owen's first birthday!  It was such a fun day and he loved every minute of it!  The amount of gifts this little man received just goes to show how loved, and SPOILED, he is!!

I sat down last night after all of the kiddos were in bed and got to work on some thank you cards.  I knew I needed to keep things simple since I had quite a few to do.  The Moving Forward is such a fun set for any kiddo related card, so I pulled that set out and got to work.  Added a few different embossing folders for some added texture, some fun Polka Dot Parade DSP and this is what I got:

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Midnight Muse, Gumball Green, Marina Mist, Polka Dot Parade DSP

Ink ~ Midnight Muse, Gumball Green

Stamp Set ~ Moving Forward

Other Supplies ~ Embossign Folders: Perfect Polka Dots, Chevron & Stripes, 3/16" Corner Punch

Sweet, simple and very quick to put together!  Just what I need with everything else I have going on.  I just decided to set up a booth at the Dayton Fair at the beginning of September...eek!!  Lots to be done to get ready for that, in addition to my clubs and swaps to be made for the Tacoma Regional at the end of September.  I guess one could say I will be one busy Stampin' fool these next few weeks!!!  Good thing my stamping keeps me sane :D

Happy Stamping!

Happy 1st Birthday Owen!

My sweet and silly Owen is ONE today!  This past year has gone by so fast, but has been filled with so many fun times and tons of memories have been made!  Owen has the ability to wrap anyone around his little finger with just one smile...love my sweet boy :)

I had so much fun making all of the fun decorations for his party!  Some of them were a bit time consuming, but so worth it! 



Pinwheel Cupcake Toppers



Happy Birthday Banner



This banner was FUN!!!  I used the largest Apothecary Accents die for both the banner,the goodie boxes and part of the cupcake display...so many fun and different things you can do with this die!!!

Goodie bags



Cupcake stand topper



A big thank you to all who helped us Celebrate Owen's 1st Birthday!  It was a fun day and he absolutely loved it!