Daily Archives: March 1, 2007

Sweets for the Sweet!

Posted on March 1, 2007 | 77 comments

I started writing this blog just over two weeks ago. It went live on Sunday February the 18th and my counter is already over the 5000 hit mark. I think this is a cause for celebration and a little thank you to you, my readers.

The inside of my little box is filled with Blog Sweets. Some ribbon, lots of embellishments, lots of fun. If you are interested in this little box….comment on THIS entry. Just go to the comment link at the bottom. You have until Friday midnight EST to post a comment. Just tell me one thing about yourself and what you like to see in a blog. One entry per person please! I will pick a random number…if you are that number, you win. I’m going to be pretty busy on Saturday so check back in on Sunday for the winner!

If you are interested in all the design details of this little box as well as some close-ups, just scroll down two entries…it’s all there!

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 Goodie List: mini dominoes, silver microbeads, snowflake brads, Brown velvet ribbon, celery stitched ribbon, Celery dotted ribbon, Prima flowers, Making Memories metal labels, mini safety pins, mini clothes pegs, Asian coins, office clips …all in my Sweet Box.

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Posted in Papercraft projects

Mix it Up!

Posted on March 1, 2007 | 1 comment

I made this card for today’s Ways to Use it Challenge. The challenge this week is to Mix up your product lines. There are so many cool new products out there, just released from CHA! Why stick to one?! The idea came to me when I came home from my local scrapbook store the other day. To play along in this challenge, the WT102 thread is here. All are welcome!

 Hula Celebrate

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This card is made with a top hinged black 4.25″ x 5.5″ card fold. The beautiful Crate Avenue paper was just calling my name so I had to play with it. I bought my paper from Jacksonbelle. This prima was sitting on my desk and I thought Hmmmm….pretty combo and thus this card was started. The Crate paper was stitched on my sewing machine and then I scruffed up the edges with my nails….very technical…grin. The hula girl is stamped on vanilla cardstock and watercolored with my inks and aquapainter. I sponged up the edges of the layer and overstamped it with a stamp from Itty bitty backgrounds (SU). The flowers are highlighted with a glitter gel pen by Sakura to give her some sparkle. The edges were then distressed with my little pink Heidi Swapp edge distresser….so cheap and well worth the money! The burlap layer adds a little touch of texture and warmth to the project. I just love the tropical Prima flower so I added that and attached it with my all-time favorite…We R Memory Keepers designer snaps and eyelets.

Supply List:

Cardstock: Black, Very Vanilla, Certainly Celery – SU

Patterned Paper: Crate Avenue – Crate Paper

Stamps: Do the Hula, EFP – SU

Ink: Close to Cocoa, Clack, Regal Rose, Certainly Celery, Blush Blossom

Other: Prima flower, Designer Snap, Crop-a-dile, sewing machine, ribbon – Michael’s, sponges, burlap – unknown source, eyelets – Making Memories, Thumbtack brad – Karen Foster Design, edge distresser – heidi Swapp

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