Joy's Life DT Thursday- Project 1

"Hi Friend" Card and Envelope...

Today is my first Day to participate on Joy's Life DT. I am participating along with some very talented Crafters! Please head on over to Joy's Life page to glance at all of the DT's Projects for Design Team Thursday. I hope you liked the project I posted for today. Love to hear from you and what you think of it.

Supplies Used:

Joy's Life All Around Sentiments Stamp- "HI FRIEND"

Loop Border Punch

Dollar Bin Polka Dot Ribbon

White Solid Cardstock

Purple Solid Cardstock

2" Scallop Circle Punch

1" Circle Punch

Circle Cutter

Stamp Block 2" Square

Small Foam Squares

Bone Folder

ATG 714 Gun

Scotch Glider Adhesive

Card Measurements:

*Base Card: 8 3/4"x 5 3/4" (Folded: 4 3/8" x 5 3/4")

*Envelope: A2- 4 1/2"X 6 1/2"

*Purple Solid Cardstock: 4 1/8"x 5 1/2"

*White Solid Cardstock: 4"x 5 3/8"

*Purple Solid Cardstock Border: 1 1/2"x 5 3/4" Before It is Punched

*Ribbon: 11 1/2"

*Scallop Circle: 2"

*White Solid Cardstock Circle: 1 5/8" Diam.

*White Solid Cardstock Circle: 1" Diam.

Directions:

*Card Base: Cut White Solid Cardstock to 8 3/4"x 5 3/4". Score with Bone Folder at halfway point. Fold and run Bone Folder through crease.

*Front of Card:

-Cut a Purple Solid Cardstock to 4 1/8"x 5 1/2". Adhere the Purple Solid piece of Cardstock to the Base Card for background color.

-Cut a piece of White Solid Cardstock to 4"X 5 3/8". Stamp with various ink colors the Joy's Life All Around Sentiment Stamp "HI FRIEND".

For a uniform look Stamp 1/8" to 1/4" apart. This technique gives the White Cardstock a Designed Printed Paper look.

Adhere the White Cardstock piece with Stamped background to the Purple Cardstock.

-Cut Purple Solid Cardstock to 1 1/2"x5 3/4". Take the Border Punch and begin punching the strip of Cardstock at the Center working to the outside edge.

Punch the same way on the other side from the center. Again working to the outside edge. Turn the strip of Cardstock to the opposite side. Follow the

same punching procedure starting at the center and work your way out to each edge. Adhere Border Punched Cardstock to Stamped Background.

-Adhere the Polka Dot Ribbon on top of punched Border. the ribbon is to go around the inside of the Card Base. Making sure both ends of the Ribbon meet where

the the Scallop Circle will be placed. This is to hide both ends of the Ribbon.

*Scallop Circle Embellishment:

-Punch a Lilac Solid Color Cardstock with the 2" Scallop Circle Punch.

-Ink the edges of the Scallop Circle with Purple Ink.

-Punch a White Solid Cardstock with a 1 5/8" diam Circle Punch or Circle Cutter

-Stamp the "HI FRIEND" All Around Sentiment in Purple Ink on this Circle.

-Ink the edges of the Sentiment Cirlcle with a Lilac Ink.

-Adhere it to the 2" Scallop Circle

-Stamp the "HI FRIEND"All Around Sentiment Stamp on a White Solid Cardstock Scrap in Orange Ink.

-Punch the word "HI" with the 1" Circle Punch.

-Ink the edges of the Circle with Orange Ink.

-Use the foam dots or squares to adhere it to the center of the white stamped in purple sentiment circle.

-Adhere the 2" embellished scallop circle to the card where the The two ends of the Ribbon meet. For a 3D

or raised look, adhere the Scallop Cirlce with foam dots or squares.

*Envelope:

Stamp on the bottom right corner the "HI FRIEND" All Around Sentiment with Purple Ink.


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Today I am posting a Project I had on my desk for a few Days. For some reason every element I would add to this Project was not to my liking. Finally, today I said whatever was added would be staying on it...lol!  I am entering this Project Here, Emma's My Creative Time Throwback Thurday's Challenge. So, here it goes... a Lil' Glimpse of My Project:

Thanks so Much for Stopping By and Have a wonderful rest of the week!


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Giftbox with I {HEART} You 3 Times Tag

Hi Everyone... Finally, my first video. I felt a video was a bit faster than written down instructions on how to make a 4x4x2 Giftbox with tag. Sorry, it goes a bit fast, but I wanted you to at least see how I create these cute boxes. Maybe, you can also create a couple of them before Valentine's Day. You might think these take a bit to make, but once you make your second or third one, you can do them with your eyes closed...lol. Well, maybe not, but they sure do go pretty fast. I hope you enjoy viewing my very first video. And PLEASE let me know what you think.

Thanks So Much For Stopping by.

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 Bows, PolkaDots, and Posies 

Today's project was definately... Made For Her. With bows, polka dots, and posies. There is no doubt about it. Not to mention the color splash... greens, pinks, and whites.

 

This cute box all started with a Glue Shopping Spree this past weekend. I was not too happy with the outcome of other adhesives and glues, I had used on my previous box projects.  So, this is what I came home with:

I was very happy with the outcome of this glue from Beacon.

The Scallop circle was punched with a 2" EK Success punch. The circle was cut out at 1.75" from the Fiskars Circle Cutter. The Butterfly/ Dragonfly is an emebellishement I purchased at my local Dollar Store.

After I cut the the square for the Lid, I decided to punch a border with the EK Success Border Punch.

The last piece I added to the lid was the posies square. I chalked it with a coordinating color on the edges. Then, used my New Fav Glue (3 in 1 Craft Glue from Beacon) to adhere it to the Lid.

Thank you so much for taking a glance at my post for today. Please let me know what you think.

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Celebrate 2011 in Pink

Bottle and Card Giftset

I really liked how this giftset turned out. I wish the giftpaper color showed up better in the pictures. We were invited to a friend's house for a dinner celebration for NewYear's Eve. So, I quickly threw together a card and dressed up the bottle. I really cannot remember exactly what supplies I used but I will do my best to post them (since I did the set before we left to the dinner and had no time to write down notes). 

I cut the left over wrapping on the top into strips and curled them down with scissors. I wanted to give it a diff touch other than putting a bow out of ribbon.

The Tag is what I had the most fun doing. I used my Gypsy Girl to design the Bottle Tag. Lacy Labels  Cart was the cart I used to make the base for the Tag.

The Pink and Striped Gift Wrap Paper I found at my local Walmart and it is the Support Breast Cancer Paper. I used it to wrap the bottle and as background paper for the Tag and Card.

The glasses on the Tag and Card were cut from an Accetate Sheet.  The glittery paper was a pack I bought at my local dollar store. the company who made the paper is CRAYOLA. The ribbons are the dollar ribbons you can purchase from the dollar bins at Michaels.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I hope Everyone's New Year's Eve and Day was filled with alot of joy and laughter as well as LOVE! I wish every single one of my Bloggy Family and Friends many Blessings and Adventures for 2011!
 
Sweet 2011 Creations...
 

Happy New Year... Bloggy Friends

 

Party Time... Happy New Year...Bloggy Family and Friends!

Enjoy and Stay Safe.

Bring it On 2011! New Adventures To Be Had!!!

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A Warm Blanket made from Scraps for a Sweet Chihuahua

This is what I made from scraps. My Mom and I made My Daughter's Nursery Bedding 10 years ago. I can't believe I still had all these scraps! Being in the Military and moving every 1-3 years, you tend to do away with alot of stuff. I was happy to see something that I had made with my Mom ten years ago (awesome memories).

It all started yesterday with me taking out my Sewing Machine for a quick cleaning and tuneup. I had a comforter that was in line-up for re-hemming.

Once I re-hemmed the blanket and my sewing machine was tuned up, I could not store it away and not Create a Fabric Project! I looked in my fabric scraps bin and found to my surprise sweet memories. I have many sweet memories in that bin of my Mom and I, when I lived close to her and enjoyed making lots and lots of projects together. It has been quite awhile since I made a project with fabric let alone a Blankey (as my Daughter still calls them).



I wanted to also try out a project using My Cricut IMAGINE Machine. I received some carts for this machine, but was not able to use any of those because the images did not go with the fabric. So, I used a Cart that came with the Machine Bundle: NURSERY TAILS (Lamb and Sweet Dreams). I also used the BLAST OFF Cart for the Imagine (Scalloped Blue Square).

The Moon and Stars Fabric was missing a corner and decided to add a corner made from one of My Daughter's Receiving Blankets that I had saved along with the scraps. It looked too bare, so I decided to add an Iron-On sentiment from the Nursery Tails Cart.  I thought it gave it a lil' added touch. 

I used the remaining material from the Receiving Blanket, to make it coordinate with the opposite side corner, where I added the Sweet Dreams Sentiment. Plus, it makes it a bit warmer for My Daughter's Sweet Chihuahua. Which, She is Always Chivering (Brrrrr)... especially this time of the year.

When I was done, I put it in a bag and decorated the front of it with the cut I had made with Cardstock (Image Test for Correct Size) before I printed and cut the image from an Iron-On Sheet.

My Daughter opened it this morning and quickly wrapped her Best Pal (Lucy her Chihuahua) in the small Blankey (as she calls them). Lucy seemed to like her brand new Blankey.

Thank you so Much for stopping by and glancing at my post for today. I hope everyone is doing fine after this amazing and wonderful Christmas Holiday. Enjoy this coming New Year and be safe!


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