Box Fold Card

Hey peeps!  I know it's been a couple of days since I posted.  Still lots going on with my daddy and we don't have a diagnosis yet.  Praying it's not anything bad, but they have to rule out all the really bad stuff first.  He is having a biopsy on Tuesday and then we still won't know anything more for a few days after that.  We just keep trusting the Lord.  Frank got a good report at his annual cancer checkup.  No signs of the cancer returning and he's in good health.  We are so thankful and praising God.  I'm doing ok although I am dealing with some fatigue, but I keep plugging along.  It felt good to get back in my stamp room after being away from it for a couple of days.

What I have to show you today is from a tutorial I found over on SplitcoastStampers.  I watched the video and thought I'd give it a try.  It's something a little different.  This card folds up like you would fold a box up.  You know under/over, under/over?  So without further ado.......

I put some punched out confetti inside so that when the recipient opens it, it will fly out.  How fun huh?  The inside Strawberry Slush piece is actually a card from the All Occasion Project Life Kit by Stampin'Up!  I've used the current hostess set Hello There once again on this card.  See I told you that you need to host a party so you too can own this adorable set.  Colors here are Lost Lagoon, Mossy Meadow, Daffodil Delight, Strawberry Slush.  The DSP is from the All Abloom DSP stack.  That stack is so cute and is only $6.95 for 48 sheets that measure 4-1/2" x 6-1/2".  The punched flowers are punched using the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack.

An update on the Blendie holders.  My dad has some of them cut out and has redesigned a little so that we can get it in a 12" box, which will really save on the shipping.  I will be contacting you shortly with all the details.  Dad has several made.

Well thanks for stopping by!
Blessings,
Renee

Hello There Hostess!

As most of you know I deal with Fibromyalgia and a few weeks ago and had a terrible flare up and ended up going to the doctor.  Well after a shot and some meds I was feeling better and have been on the upswing the last couple of weeks....just feeling great.  Well, I should have known it wasn't going to last for long I guess.  I could feel it coming on last night, but thought that with some rest I'd be ready to go this morning.  Such was not the case, I went about with my routine.  I went for my morning walk and well let's just say I didn't go as far as I usually walk and it felt like I was going up hill both ways.  I got back and thought a shower would do it.  Took my shower and then got started on a cake order I had for today.  It was all I could do to get through.  I'm just exhausted feeling, but I'm going to remain optimistic that I will feel better tomorrow.  Here's hoping and praying.

Well here is the cake that I made and I felt like I was making it in slow motion.  Thankfully I double checked the spelling on the name because I had made this young ladies graduation cake several years ago and spelled her name wrong and ended up going to her dad's house to fix it.  Silly me!

 

This is the card I squeezed in today as well.  Something simple, but simple is good too.  Not every card needs to take a long time to make unless you want it to.

I used two of our new In Colors for this card.  Hello Honey and Black Berry Bliss.  The Hello There is from the hostess set Hello There.  Not a surprise there is it?  The star is from the set Be a Star stamp set and cut out with the Star Framelits and the little stars I made using the Decorative Mask Hearts and Stars.  These are really easy to use and super inexpensive.  You get the stars and the hearts for $2.95.  There is another set called Dots and Strips as well.  I used Sponge Daubers to sponge the ink on the mask.  The Hello Honey piece was a leftover piece that I had used the Deco Labels Framelits on, so no waste with that piece of cardstock.  I colored the Rhinestones using the Wisteria Wonder Dark Blendies Pen.  The little heart is popped up on a dimensional.  The background is the Honeycomb Embossing Folder.

So that is it for tonight.  Time to relax with my hubby for a bit.  Tomorrow will be a busy day.  I have to take my dad to Bay City for a PetScan and then we have Bible school in the afternoon.

Blessings,
Renee

HOT Glue Dot Fun!

I had some fun a couple of days ago trying out the Blendies with some hot glue.  I scribbled on my SU! Silicon Mat with the Blendies and then squeezed hot glue onto the color.  When it was dry I could easily peel the glue dots up.  Here's a pic to show you what I mean.

It will stain your mat if you don't clean it off right away.  As you can see I cleaned right away with all of them except for the Melon Mambo ones that I did last.  Oops!  I haven't tried it, but it still might come off a little.  I used a bit of rubbing alcohol when I did the others and it came right off.  The Blendies came right off of my PJ top too using some rubbing alcohol. (Don't ask) LOL!  Anyway, if you mat gets stained it is no big deal.  It still works great as a non stick surface and it saves your table or counter top.  I don't think something like this is expected to stay looking new.  If it does then that means you aren't having fun! *Ü*

Here is the card I made using them.  Cute huh?  I used the set Amazing Birthday.  This is such a cute set and after I saw what Shelli (Stampin'Up! Owner & CEO) did with it at convention I knew I had to have it.  Shelli is amazing like that!

 

It is so much more than a birthday set.  Stay tuned for more projects using this set.  I haven't begun to play with it yet.  Oh and BTW I adhered the hot glue dots with some Tombo Mono Multi Glue (the green cap glue)  It worked great!

 

Lastly I thought I'd share a pic from my neighborhood.  I took this the other day on my morning walk.  It just seemed so pretty with the wildflowers, the green field of beans and sugar beets and the windmills in the background.  Truly some of God's beauty going on here.

 

Thanks for stopping by and I look forward to sharing with you tomorrow.

Blessings,

Renee

 

 

 

 

 

A Little Early Christmas

I know many of us don't like to hear it, but Christmas will sneak up on us quicker than we like so today I'm going to share something with you that I made last Christmas, but the great thing is that most of the products used to make them are still available for purchase.  The only things that aren't are the DSP and the little Frosted Flurry Embellishment, but I'm here to tell you that there are new things coming in the upcoming Holiday Catalog that will work for those two things.

 I made these as gifts for my daughter to give to her co-workers for Christmas last year  In this picture you can see that they are back to back.  The stamp set Festive Flurry and the Festive Flurry Framelits Dies, while not in any catalog are still available and you can still get them as a bundle.  You can make beautiful ornaments, cards, scrapbook pages and so much more with this stamp set and dies.

• Wood mount (131778) is $39.95
• Clear Mount (131781) $29.95
• Festive Flurry Framelits Dies (132193) $24.95
• Wood Mount Bundle (133284)  $54.95
• Clear Mount Bundle (133285 $46.95

As far as we know right now these will only be available until August 28 so don't delay if you want them.

This is a little angel that I made using the Gift Bow Bigz L die and some round punches.  The Gift Bow die is available in our current catalog and was a carry over from last years Holiday Catalog.  You can make so much more than just a standard bow with this die.

• Gift Bow Bigz L Die (129977) $32.95

For those who have inquired about the Blendies holder I will be getting with you shortly.  After figuring size and shipping, my dad is going to do a little modification to get it more affordable to ship and yet still hold your Blendies in the same way and look the same and be just as great.  Mine was actually just a prototype.  So look for information from me soon.

Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings,
Renee

A Blendie Holder

Well I'm late in getting this posted today.  Seems like it's been a busy day just getting things done around here.  My dad stopped over earlier with a project that I had him working on for me.  As you know already I'm really in love with my Blendies and I wanted some way of having them at my disposal and not have to dig through a container to get at them.  I told my dad what I was thinking and he went from there and this is what he came up with.  Very similar to my ink pad storage he made me several years ago, but this one is for the Blendies.  My dad is so awesome! 

 He made it bigger than the amount of Blendies that are currently available.  Does he know something we don't?  Yeah he knows how we are and planned just in case Stampin'Up! comes out with more colors.  Now wouldn't that be awesome?  If you are interested in something like this contact me and I can get you fixed up.  Price is $38 and comes unfinished. I'm not sure on shipping if you aren't local, but I can look into that.  I had him just put a clear coat on mine.


Note the ones we are shipping now hold 78 markers.  We made them slightly smaller than the one pictured here to make them cheaper to ship.  They measure 12" x 5" x 5-1/2".  Please feel free to contact me if you have questions.

Here is a little project I completed a week or two ago.  These are 3 x 3 cards and a little box holder for them.  The box was made using the Stampin'Up! Envelope Punch Board.  Yes, the envelope punch board isn't just for envelopes.  It makes great boxes too.  And speaking of boxes.............I have a class scheduled where we will be making a box that will hold 5 cards and envelopes just like this.

 

I know only 4 cards are shown here, but you will be making 5.  The class is scheduled for August 19 at 6:25 pm.  You need to bring your own adhesive and if you have them a bone folder, scissors, paper trimmer and the Envelope Punch Board.  The cost of the class is $20 and if you place an order that night the class fee is $15.  Please RSVP by August 14 so I can plan accordingly. 

 

Well that's if for today.  Time for supper and some time with my hubby and my daughter who happens to be here tonight.

 

Blessings,

Renee

PS  The next person to place an order on my Stampin'Up! website will receive the little 3 x 3 box and cards.  So who's it going to be?

Bachelorette Stamping Party

Well this past Saturday I did a bachelorette party.  This was a whole new avenue for me, but I have to tell you I really had fun and the ladies who came had fun too.  Recently I had a friend's daughter get married and where she lives they went to a place and painted a canvas as their party.  I thought that was a cool idea.  Anything crafty always sounds like fun to me.  Well it wasn't too long after that that I had this lady approach me about doing a card making party for her daughter's bachelorette party.  I was like, sure sounds like fun.  Well here are the projects.

 Here are 4 of the cards and then they made a fifth one to give to the bride.

 This is the card box to store their cards in and we made the cute little belly band to keep it closed.

This is a little corsage I made for the bride.  Inside the bag was a mini Christmas scrapbook for her to use for their first Christmas.  Everyone had a great time.  I would love to do more of these so if you are getting married or know someone who is getting married and you'd like to do something a little different, please contact me for further details.

I will also be offering this as a class her at my place so it you are interested, please let me know.

Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings,
Renee

August Special

Good afternoon!  I'm not sure what is going on with Blogger today, but it will not let me add a link to the picture of the special I've got posted on the left.  Hopefully I can get it to work later, but for now here is the link to my store.

http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ItemList.aspx?categoryid=2001&dbwsdemoid=27350

Don't forget that today is the last day for this past weeks weekly specials.  New ones will be posted tomorrow.

 

You just might want to pick up that Gift Bow Die now because I will be teaching a class this fall on how to make these.

 

Remember these fun little guys?  This will be a fun class that you won't want to miss!  Well thanks for stopping by and I will be posting later with all the info about the bachelorette card making party and the projects we made.

 

Blessings,

Renee