Treat holders

This month's theme for Verve Stamps' winter release project parade is "Triple Play"; create a trio of projects. There are such a wide variety of tutorials available online and I got a chance to use 3 of them to make these treat holders. Christmas is fast approaching and I thought these would be great to fill with something sweet.

Up first is the box in a bag.  There is a tutorial here.  I used Die Cuts with a View card stock from the Christmas Stack.  I used a Cuttlebug die to make the "present" tag.  The sentiment is an image from Papertrey Ink's mixed messages stamp set.

Next is the window treat box.  I used the video found here.  I used more card stock from the DCWV Christmas stack and this sheet has bits of silver glitter.  For the window, I used Spellbinders' Nestabilities labels 8 die and backed the opening with a piece of transparency.  The poinsettia is from GKD's AYear of Flowers stamp set.  I stamped and heat embossed it with silver embossing powder, sponged some color on it with Versamagic pixie dust ink and added rhinestones for the center.  I finished the box with silver metallic ribbon, curling the ends to resemble curling ribbon.

This last holder is a gable box.  I used the tutorial found here.  I used another piece of DCWV card stock that also has some bits of silver glitter.  I used a Cuttlebug die for the tiny tag and I adhered a piece of silver metallic ribbon behind it.  I also added a glittered brad I had in my stash.  The sentiment is a Dawn Bibby outline sticker.  For the closure, I punched two holes in the handles and tied with ribbon.  I added a Basic Grey button threaded with DMC floss to finish the look.

Mojo Monday 137

This weekend, I had a chance to get crafty and make a card for the Mojo Monday 137 sketch.


For the focal image panel, I used some scrap paper to hand cut some clouds to use for a mask. After placing them onto the white card stock, I sponged on the sea breeze ink to make the sky background. I used Verve Stamps' Miracles Blossom stamp set for the focal image on this card. I stamped the flower stems directly onto the panel and colored them with markers. I also added some streaks of grass to ground the image. I stamped, colored, cut and adhered the flowers to the panel. The sentiment is from Say it With Flowers from GKD. I embossed the strip of card stock with the Cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder and added ribbon that to tie in the color of the flowers and brads.

Supplies:
Miracles Blossom stamp set (Verve Stamps)
Say it with Flowers stamp set (Gina K. Designs)
My Mind's Eye patterned paper
Stampin Up card stock (tempting turquoise)
Brilliance graphite black ink
Versamagic chalk ink (sea breeze)
American Crafts ribbon
Marvy LePlume II markers (dusty pink-#66, yellow green-#52, lt. green-#11)
Making Memories brads
Cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder

Tags, Tins and Treats

The theme for this month's project parade at Verve Stamps is tags, tins and treats. I finally put to use a mailbox tin I purchased a few years ago. I altered it by decorating it with some My Mind's Eye patterned paper. The heart and sentiment image was a freebie previously offered from Verve called Regal Heart digi stamp set. I printed these onto cameo coral card stock. I cut out and adhered the heart images onto the mailbox flag and front cover. I also adhered a pearl rhinestone to the centers of each heart. For the two sentiment panels, I adhered some lace ribbon on the bottom edge and adhered one to the mailbox side and the other to the tag. I tied the tag to a bag of treats to go into the mailbox.

Supplies:
stamp images: Verve Stamps (Regal Heart digi set)
Mailbox tin
My Mind's Eye patterned paper
Stampin Up cameo coral card stock
self adhesive pearl rhinestones
ink: Stampin Up cameo coral
ribbon
Sizzix scallop tag die cut

Happy Valentine's Day

I used Mojo sketch 124 for this card.

Supplies and tools:
Stamp images: Verve Stamps (Regal Heart Digital set)
Card stock: Papertrey Ink (kraft), Gina K. Designs (pure luxury white), Stampin Up (real red)
Patterned paper: My Mind's Eye
Ink: Stampin Up (real red), Brilliance (Moonlight white)
Ribbon: Nicole
Tools: EK Success (double scallop edge punch), Marvy Uchida (scallop circle)
Other: crochet heart

JustRite 003

JustRite has some cute stamps and I made this treat box to participate in their Valentine Love challenge.

I got the template for this box from Martha Stewart's web site. It's called Valentine treat box and it can be found in the Holiday and Seasonal Crafts section under Valentine's Day.

I printed the box onto Stampin Up's baja breeze card stock. After cutting and assembling it, I decorated it with My Mind's Eye patterned paper. I also added some detail to the blue paper by using a Fiskars heart edge punch. I printed the sentiment, a freebie digital download from Verve Stamps, onto Stampin Up's real red card stock. The pink heart is an embellishment that I crocheted a few days ago. I added a red rhinestone to the center for a little sparkle. A little ribbon for the handles and it's complete.

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Verve winter mittens

Verve Stamps offered a free download of their winter mittens digi stamp set that also has a few sentiments. Here is a card I made with the images.

I used patterned paper from DCWV's Christmas glitter stack and card stock from SU. I added a dot of stickles in the middle of the snowflake on the mittens as well as few on the sentiment square.

Verve's blog party challenge 2

Continuing with the Verve Thankful Hearts blog party, challenge 2 is a sketch challenge.

The card stock I used were Stampin Up's tempting turquoise, old olive, chocolate chip and really rust.

I adhered strips of My Mind's Eye patterned paper onto really rust. I then wrapped Stampin Up's So Saffron ribbon around these strips and tied off with some DMC floss.

I used my paper trimmer and scoring tool to make the criss cross design on the card base to mimic the patterned paper design and to spice it up a bit. It's probably hard to see in the picture but it looks good IRL.

I used my Cuttlebug to die cut the "Thanks" image. This die is in the Cuttlebug's "Olivia" font pack.

Verve's blog party challenge 1

Verve Stamps celebrated their November stamp release on Friday with a Thankful Hearts blog party and challenges.

This is my card for challenge 1, a color challenge. I used images from Verve's Miracles Blossom stamp set. I stamped the flower using Stampin Up's old olive and tempting turquoise ink and I colored in the images with the ink and my blender pen. I used my sewing machine for the stitching and my Fiskars edge punch for the scallop card stock pieces on the center panel. After I completed the card, I realized I forgot to about the thankful theme so I added a shrink film charm. To make the charm, I stamped the "thank you" image using black StazOn ink then cut out the shape using my Marvy scallop square punch. I used my hole punch to cut the whole before shrinking. I then had to use a needle to thread some black thread into the ribbon knot.
Materials:
Stamps: Verve (flower and sentiment from Miracles blossom), Inkadinkado (Thank you)
patterned paper: My Mind's Eye
card stock: Stampin Up (whisper white, basic black, tempting turquoise, old olive)
Ink: Stampin Up (tempting turquoise, old olive); StazOn (jet black), Brilliance (graphite black)
Other: white shrink film, Marvy Uchida scallop square punch, Fiskars threading water edge punch, thread, sewing machine, blender pen
ribbon: Morex
ink

Mojo Monday 89

I finally bought myself a Verve stamp set and just in time to participate in the current Mojo Monday sketch challenge.

Here is my card using the Mojo Monday week 89 sketch.

Images are from the Miracles Blossom set.

Materials:
Card stock (Stampin Up - rose red, summer sun)
Butterflies (large - hand cut, small - mini punch)
Patterned paper: My Mind's Eye (Everyday Tango)
Martha Stewart zig zag edge punch
Prismacolor pencils (hot pink, yellowed orange, apple green)
Colorbox ink (peony, green)
Brilliance (graphite black)

Belated St. Pat's Day

A Happy St. Patrick's Day card I made last month using a sketch from the Verve Stamps Blog. Even though I didn't participate in the challenge, I thought this was a fun sketch to use. All stamp images are $1 stamps I bought last year that I finally inked up. The green papers are from Hot Off the Press and I used my Fiskars threading water punch for the scalloped edging.

VLVFeb01

Here is a card I made using the Viva La Verve sketch. I used my paisley Cuttlebug folder to emboss the red card stock. The patterned paper is by My Mind's Eye. The flower and sentiment image is a Studio G stamp I found in the $1 bin at Michaels last year.