Tonight at All That Scraps, C.C. Designs is releasing a new set called My Rubber Ducky.  Christine just keeps pumping out one cute set after another!  For this project I used the bear and one of the sentiments.  The set also includes the monkey in a tub, a rubber ducky (of course), 3 more sentiments and some soap bubbles.  Here I made a little gift bag and card using the directions floating around on the web for the “box in a bag”.  I’m not sure where it originated from, but you can find the directions here.  The double sided designer papers are just perfect for this bag.  And I used some of my long neglected fibers on the bag tabs and the card.  Remember when the fibers were popular and we just had to have them?  OK, fess up…how many of you barely used yours too?  ;0)

In this close-up you can see the slippers a bit better.  Now who wouldn’t love a pair of pink fuzzy slippers?  LOL. 

I applied some liquid glue and pink fun flock to make them fuzzy.  It’s easy to work with and any kind of dimension seems to stand out on your project.  Her towel and cap were paper pieced with the same designer paper.  And I used a white gel pen on the cap, to give her some freckles, and to color in the bar of soap.    

stamps- My Rubber Ducky- C.C. Designs

paper- White, Rose Red, non SU- Sand, Bali Breeze dp

ink- Black

accessories- eyelets, ribbon, fiber- EK Success, Copic markers, gel pen, Fun Flock, circle & Scallop Circle punches, Doily Lace punch- Martha Stewart, Round Tab punch, corner rounder

Is there anyone else who barely touched their Love & Happiness rub ons from SU’s Sale-A-Bration?  Or am I the only one?  ;) 

This is a stitched denim frame that I received as a prize at a shower a few years ago.  I still hadn’t placed a photo in it so I decided to alter it a bit with some rub ons.  Now I need to find the perfect picture to put in there! 

Not much else to say about it…no stamping involved.  Super simple project!

Check back on Thursday as I will have some sneak peeks for the August C.C. Designs images.  They are super cute! 

Edit to add:  Christine has been super busy with moving her inventory so the new sets will not be released until Aug. 11.  Check in on the 7th for a preview!

Hi everyone!  I can’t believe that 1 year of blogging has passed by already!  To celebrate I made this journal with the C.C. Designs Summertime Fun and Sweet Treats sets.  I love the sentiment!  Life has it’s ups & downs but it sure can be sweet too!   Yes, I know…there’s too many candles on that cake!  LOL.  Hmmm…..that gets me in a baking mood.

I actually made 3 of these journals and I’m donating another one soon over at SCS.  More info. on that later.  I picked the journals and matching ribbon up at Michael’s a year or so ago and I’ve just pulled them out to alter them.  Sound familiar?  LOL.  I used the circle Nestabilities on them and the image was colored with Copic markers.

I appreciate all of your comments and visits the past year, so I put together the blog candy shown here including the journal to say “thank you” for stopping by!  All you need to do is reply to this post and tell me what you enjoy about my blog, what you would like to see, or ask any questions that you might have.  I really appreciate the feedback!  I’ll use random.org to pick a winner on Monday. 

Journal deets:

stamps- Summertime Fun and Sweet Treats- C.C. Designs

paper- Choc. Chip, Saffron, Pixie, White

ink- Mustard, Black

accessories- ribbon, Circle Nestabilities, clip, silk flower, buttons, gel pen, glue dots, red line tape

Thanks for stopping by! 

Before I get to the project I’m sharing today I want to let you know that July 11 will be my first blogiversary!  Wow- it hardly seems that a year has gone by already!  So keep any eye out in the coming days for some blog candy to celebrate. 

I made this name frame a little over a week ago for some friends who are moving away.  They and another family came for dinner one night to say goodbye.  We had such fun!  Anyway, I was inspired by the frames that Jenn (sarsam) did and created this one for them.  I purchased the frame at Walmart.  Our friend found a nest of baby birds that fell during a recent storm and he has been watching over them but only one baby survived.  So I decided to include the bird and branch along with a bible verse.  These name frames are fun to create- thanks Jenn for the little nudge I needed to make them!   

stamps- Rough Texture wheel, Headline alpha, Fresh Fillers, Spring Solitude, Refuge & Strength

paper- non SU!

ink- Brocade, Navy

accessories- eyelets, ribbon, heart brad, square spiral clip

Before I start yakking about the pics here, don’t forget to check out the new C.C. Designs releases today over at All That Scraps!  

Here are a few of the projects we did when some of my friends came to stamp.  I will let them upload their own shoebox projects but I will share what Jenn brought for us to make since her sample was different than the ones we created.  Jenn brought frames and supplies for us to each make a name frame!  How cool was that?  :)   Karen went first to make Jenn’s project and since we all decided to do the word “welcome”, we pretty much cased hers.  LOL.  Hey, she did a great job!  We just changed a few things to make them our own.  We used various background stamps and the Headline Alpha to make these.   

 I bet you couldn’t guess that this was my shoebox.  LOL.  You’re probably getting tired of seeing these Peek-A-Boo cards.  I guess I need to move on…hehe.  They are just so much fun!  I used the A Little Birdie Told Me set and Bali Breeze paper.  In case you missed my earlier posts, here’s one with a link to directions.  And below is a pic of the card when opened.  This set is perfect for this type of card since it has words that can be used on both the front & inside of the card.

Below is a progressive card we designed together, in a round robin way.  Jenn went first, making the background of words.  Then Karen made the flower with the oval punch and Primas.  They were passed around the table and each person added something.  Karen had these great words from Stampers Anonymous.  I also liked the way Judy added black speckles to the flower center and punched the corners on the sentiment!

We also used my Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder and Rose Frame die, along with Pomegranate ribbon to make these cards.  They were all just a slight bit different.  Mine has the eyelets at the bottom but I still didn’t like the placement of the ribbon, so I have since slid it down a bit on the card.  Thanks again ladies for a fun day!

I am behind on uploading a few projects.  This is a 4 x 6 oval mirror that I altered with the SAB rub-ons.  I found it at Michael’s and they come with the holes for hanging already drilled in them.  The ribbon attached was rather cheap looking though so I replaced it with some of my own and added a flower from Walmart.  The edge of the mirror has a scalloped look to it and I added some stick-on cell phone phone bling to each scallop.   Love the cell phone bling!  They are tiny, but they stick well with their self-adhesive backs.  The cost isn’t too bad either.  Have you priced the packages of gemstones lately?  They are quite expensive I think for the amount you get in a package.  But there are quite a few gems in the packs of cell phone bling.

Not a lot to say, except it is a very quick and easy project.  This was part of a gift swap I participated in a couple of weeks ago. 

No stamps, paper or ink.

accessories- ribbon, paper roses, SU! Love & Happiness rub-ons, cell phone bling- Walmart

Just a quick post to share my 3-D swap project.  I still have a lot to put away and catch up on here so this will be short.    I found these 4 x 6 1/4 wood clipboard frames at ACMoore.  I painted the backs and sides of them and covered the fronts with Ginger Blossom paper which was applied with Mod Podge.  They were pretty easy to paint & cover since all the hardware is removable with screws.  After they were completely dry, the words were stamped with Stazon and ribbon was attached with Red line tape.  The butterfly was stamped onto the scalloped circle and again onto white cardstock.  The wings were watercolored and cut from the white, then attached onto the green piece.  I applied a light coat of Mod Podge over the circle to help protect it.  You have to be careful to avoid smearing the ink.  When the circle was dry, it was stuck onto the ribbon with Red line tape so that a photo can be tucked underneath.  Some Stickles was applied to make it sparkly.

stamps- Time Well Spent

paper- Ginger Blossom dp, River Rock, White

ink- Stazon Black, Guava, Ruby, Cameo

accessories- scallop punch, Guava ribbon, red line tape, Mod Podge, Stickles

Wow- another gorgeous day outside to finish off a fantabulous weekend!  The Western New York gathering was so much fun!!  Tracy and Holly did an awesome job pulling it together!  I met some great new friends and enjoyed seeing the ”old” ones too.  We had so many laughs.  GREAT food (thanks, Greg!), great friends, great fun! 

Here’s some pics of my project for the gift swap I was in.  Each participant makes and wraps a gift of a $5 value.  Then the gifts are picked up from the table or “stolen” from someone else until all numbers are called and each person has a gift. 

I found these cute test tubes in a clear stand on clearance at Target after Valentine’s Day.  If you click on the thumbnail below, you can see the original packaging.  They held hot cocoa and marshmallows.  I thought they were cute and would be great to hold embellishments!  I applied some Berry Bliss paper to the back and bottom of the clear holder and also decorated the tubes.  The second thumbnail pic below shows the labels on the top which were printed on the computer and punched out. 

Enjoy the remainder of your weekend! 

stamps-  Boho Backgrounds

paper- Berry Bliss dp, white

ink- Pretty in Pink

accessories- circle punch, ribbon, Scor-Tape

Here’s my shoebox project for the WNY gathering.  It’s a little 3 3/8″ Karen Foster chipboard book.  The cover is a pretty blue…close to SU’s Soft Sky.  And it came with the word “happy” embossed on it.    I didn’t want to cover the word, so I worked around it.  When I was finished the word just didn’t stand out enough though, so I traced the letters with a black pen.  The background was stamped with Bordering Blue ink and I added the black cardstock and ribbon (which matched perfectly- yay!)  The inside of the covers were pretty ugly (plain chipboard) so I covered them with white cardstock.   The flower was embossed with black embossing powder and watercolored with Twinkling H2O’s for some shimmer.  An eyelet was inserted in the center and the flower was raised on dimensionals. 

stamps- Embrace Life

paper- white, Black

ink- Versamark, Bordering Blue

accessories- Black embossing powder, Twinkling H2O’s, eyelet, pop dots, ribbon 

Tonight I needed to make a *super quick* treat and this idea popped in my head. Aren’t they cute? I love when things work out just as you imagine them to be! I haven’t seen any like this, so I took a quick pic to share with you. I started with Cami’s awesome peppermint patty idea (covering them with the scallop punch-outs). Then I stamped & cut out the ears with the Pick A Petal stamp set. I just drew on the faces and colored the center of the ears and they were done! Easy peasy! My faces are a bit sloppy since I was in a hurry, but I’m sure the kids receiving them won’t care. The part they want is on the inside.

stamps- Pick A Petal
paper- white
ink- Basic Brown, Pretty in Pink
accessories- Scallop punch