Papers, Stamps and Deals Oh, My!!!!

Papers, Stamps and Deals Oh, my!!!!

I can't believe how awesome the deals are on the Holiday Heyday!! From the comfort of your home you can shop and buy something for yourself (you are entitled to some spoiling) or something for that scrapbooker or stameper in your life! You can get stamps for as low as $2.00!! That is OVER 50% off the original price! You can get Level 2 paper pack for $6.50. Do you want more sassy strands...they are only A DOLLAR!!! Many items are 50% off, with some discounted as much as 80% off regular retail. The selection is incredible, too! There is a deal on shipping, too! For orders of more than $100 US/ $150 CAN and non-continental US shipping is only $5 US/ $10 CAN and non-continental. Quantities are limited to five per item.

Check out this awesome deal today...HURRY though supplies are only while they last and the sale ends December 17th.

December Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Here is a new SOTM called Notice the Details, a set of 40+ stamps. If you came here from Sarita Schraeder's blog you are in the right spot! This blog is simple...just click on the link at the end of the post and move on to the next one. Enjoy!!

I was going to do a card...but once I looked at the words more closely I realized that the "Celebrate the Everyday" stamp reminded me of the Disney trip my sister and I got to go on earlier this year. The theme for Disney is "Celebrate Today!" So I decided to do a Week in the Life of Tanya & Terri @ Disney...I will later journal what we did each day in the boxes where it belongs. Hopefully I will remember the little things we did...










Products Used:

CS Paper and Ink: Sunflower, Tulip, Dutch Blue, Clover Meadow, White Daisy, Black, Grey Flannel
Accesories: Animal Cookies Stickease, Window Charms, Computer Font: CTMH Treehouse
Stamp Set: Rustic, Hodgepodge Alphabet


Now "Hop" on over to Barbra Otten's see her work!

If you get lost on the hop or find links that aren't working, click {here} for a complete list of participating blogs.


Remember, the December SOTM: Notice the Details is only available until December 31st! Contact your Close to My Heart consultant today or check my website to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount or even free!

Wedding over...now what??

My family and I headed to California in September for my cousin's wedding. We had a GREAT time and it was great seeing everyone and being able to sightsee in Gilroy and San Francisco! Hopefully you will be able to see the layouts from those fun days here soon!

Here is a picture of my family, Grandma and Burt with the bride and groom.


Here is a picture of Melinda with her family.


But my focus of this blog will be on the cute wedding gift that I made for the bride and groom from my whole family! Which brings me to my title!

Weddings over...now what?? Just because you are now married doesn't mean that the dating is over!! We helped Melinda and Ruben out by giving them a date book to some popular resturants!!

I was able to get this idea for a mini album from Anna Jarnagin who shared directions with CTMH consultants to create a Flip Flap photobook. Thanks Anna!!

Throughout the album I was able to include a poem, pictures and gift cards. Note with the gift cards I was able to use the slogan from the resturant! I loved how the picture worked with the slogan!! I didn't even plan that!! Enjoy!

In the pictures above and the two pictures below I was able to use the hot pink ribbons from the table decorations! It helped add some color to these pages!! The reception hall was so beautiful with the black, white and HOT pink!!

We decided not to use a gift card for the above as there might be a favorite resturant or place that Melinda and Ruben may go to...Or they may want to go back to the place where it all started and since we didn't know where it was and not familiar with the San Jose area we decided to gift them money so I made a mini paper gift card pocket to the money in.







I was also able to make a cute little matching gift bag for the date book. It was easy to make. One sheet of cardstock cut and score to make this cute little bag!!


The gift was a popular gift and the bride and groom were happy to have pictures to show off while waiting for the photographer to get their pictures to them!! Here they are looking at their gift!!

November SOTM blog

Time flies when you are busy...hard to believe is it November already!! The beginning of the month also means SOTM blog time!!! Here is a new SOTM called Around the Block, a set of 26 stamps. If you came here from Nona Davenport's blog you are in the right spot! This blog is simple...just click on the link at the end of the post and move on to the next one. Enjoy!!

I am giving my first card to my close friend, Amy, from college. She just brought a house and I am so proud of her making that big accomplishment!! I call this card an accordion card as it opens up like an accordion.


In the middle I put a little gift card envelope with some money inside it so Amy can buy herself something new for her house!! I used a ribbon to wrap around the money so she can pull out of the holder.



My second card is the stair step cards. I have seen this card several times now and thought I would try it out with this stamp set. What do you think??
Closed View:

Front view:

Birds eye view:

The top step has the clouds. I also stamp Home…and finished the statement in the next step.

The middle step has some trees. I used the “clouds stamp” to make the trees and the wood rectangle to create the trunk and branches. I also inked the bottom of the steps to make it look like there is grass here too. I finished the statement on this step…where the heart is.

The bottom step has the house and a fence. I inked the bottom to make it look like grass on the bottom.






Products Used:

Paper: Colonial White paper, Background and Texture paper from Unforgettable, Enchanted, Stardust, That Amore,
Colors: Colonial White, Cocoa, Clover Meadow, Hollyhock, Crystal Blue,
Accesories: Heartfelt Collection Ribbon Rounds (retired), sponge,


Now "Hop" on over to Sheila Bennett's Blog to see her work!

If you get lost on the hop or find links that aren't working, click {here} for a complete list of participating blogs.


Remember, the November SOTM: Around the Block is only available until November 30th! Contact your Close to My Heart consultant today or check my website to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount or even free!

Directions for Fall Fun

I have posted the directions for the fall fun projects that we made at my Fall Fun for Everyone last weekend. I posted them below the post that was created with the sample pictures. Scroll down to see below!! :) Enjoy!!

P.S. If you see anything that I need to correct please let me know!! :)

Fall Fun for Everyone Part 2

Fall Fun is coming up pretty quick. I will also be teaching grade school kids some fall fun projects.

The first two projects has to do with circles!!! Lots of them!! I got this idea from two different websites...one was the CTMH's consultant artboard and the other is a website I go to when looking for ideas (http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/)

Pumpkins




Turkey for Thanksgiving








The next is a cute little project that has been posted over and over again as everyone is scraplifting it. I am not sure where the orginial idea came from but thanks for the great idea!! Here are my little pumpkin matchbooks I have put together.





Sorry about the blurry pictures. I need to get a new camera!!

***UPDATE Directions are posted in a new post below this post!! Thanks for looking!!

Supplies Used-
Spooky Smiles stamp set
Playful Petals stamp set
Autumn Terracotta, Orange, New England Ivy, Cocoa, Desert Sand cardstock
CMTH old style background and texture paper
Sunflower, Goldrush, Autumn Terracotta and Black Ink
Pivot Stapler and Staples
Eyelet from Cropadile case
Cropadile
Hollyhock photo clip
Lifesavers

Fall Fun For Everyone Directions for Kid's Club

Here are the directions for the three Kid's Club projects we made for Fall Fun for everyone.

Jack O'Latern Matchbook-

1. Cut 2 1/2 x 6 piece of cardstock
2. Score at 2 1/4 and 5 1/4 (if you are making alot do all the scoring first then cut!)
3. Stamp image on front cover. I used spooky smiles image.
4. Staple the lifesavers to the 1 in piece inside the matchbook.
5. Use a hole puncher to punch out eyes and glue eyes in middle of lifesaver.

What a simple project!!

Circle Pumpkin-

1. Punch out 10 circles of any size(this can also be an oval or scallop circle) I used three inch circle for my bigger circle and 1 1/2 in circle for the smaller one.

2. Sponge all of the circles with some cocoa to give it the brown texture you see on pumpkins.

3. Fold the circles in half. The side that you sponged should be in the inside of the circle.

4. Using the glue stick glue one half of the circle to the another half of the circle and keep going until all the circles are glued together. In order for the pumpkin to stand I cut off from the bottom a section of the circle.

5. Use a tiny strip of cocoa to make the stem and squeeze inside the hole.

6. Take some green paper and curl for the ivy and you can stamp a leaf using one of the leaves stamp set of if you still have the paper leaves from CTMH you can use that (it has been retired for some time now)

7. Decorate your house with these cute pumpkins or give as a gift! :) What an easy homemade gift!!

Circle Turkey-

1. Punch out 8 circles from your biggest circle puncher and 1 circle from the smallest. (this can also be a scallop circle) I used three inch circle for my bigger circle and 1 1/2 in circle for the smaller one for the face.

2. Fold the circles in half.

3. Using the glue stick glue one half of the circle to the another half of the circle and keep going until you have two groups of 4 circles that are glued together. One group will be for the front and the other group will be for the back. In order for the turkey to stand I cut off from the bottom a section of the circle

4. Stamp eight images from the playful petals stamp set onto colonial white or white daisy. I used three different yellow color for fall colors. One of my students did pink and purple another did blue and green. Use your imagination for the colors :) Cut out the eight images.

5. Find a background and texture paper you want. Glue the images from above onto this paper creating a fan look. (I had a template for my kiddos to trace...if I had a scanner I would scan it for you.) Once you glue all that down cut around to make it look like feathers (one big piece)See picture below for my template I created.

6. Glue the background and texture to a cardstock and cut again around the feathers to create one larger feathery body. See picture below for my template I created.


7. Glue the groups of circles onto the body. One group will go on the front and the other group on the back.

8. With the smaller circle use the cropdile or eyelet tool to create the eyes on the top of the circle. Then use the brad to hold the photo clip for the bottom half of the circle. I ended up changing it for the kids and made the brads orange so it look more like a beak color and the pink photo clip became the wattle! Glue the head on the front side of the turkey just above the bigger circles.

7. Decorate your house with these cute turkeys or give as a gift! :) What an easy homemade gift!!

Fall Fun For Everyone including the little ones

I am having a Mommy and Me Workshop this week. I sometime struggle with coming up with projects simple enough for the little ones (3-5) to do so I hope what I have come up with will work!! :) Since it is fall time I decided to do something with pumpkin and candy! What a great combination!!

First is the many faces of a pumpkin. Here I made the pumpkin with two different oranges...

Here is orange-


Side view


Top view

Autumn Terracotta Orange-


Supplies Used-
Spooky Smiles stamp set
Autumn Splendor stamp set
Autumn Terracotta, Orange, New England Ivy cardstock
Black Ink
CTMH stapler and staples

Then the kiddos will have fun random stamping with the faces from Spooky Smiles or the leaves from Autumn Splendor to make decorated paper for the sour cream candy treat holder to hold their candy corn candy. This will make a perfect little gift to give to someone like mom, dad or grandparents. Plus you can put in their favorite candy to give as a special Halloween treat!






Supplies Used-
White Daisy Cardstock
Spooky Smiles stamp set
Orange and Black ink pad
special strong double sided tape (the red tape works best...sorry I forgot the name of it!!)
Candy corn

**UPDATE Directions are posted in a new post below!!!****

I hoped you enjoy these fun and simple fall projects! Want to find out more about my Mommy and Me classes please email me!

Fall Fun For Everyone Directions for Mommy and Me

I promised directions for the fall fun projects I posted. Here they are!!!

Sour cream candy treat holder:

1. Cut out the color cardstock you would like--size: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 or 4 1/2 (If you are planning on making more than one random stamp the whole paper first then cut!)

2. Random stamp the theme you are making the sour cream container for-- in my case halloween!

Remember when random stamping start with the biggest stamp first and work your way down to the smallest. This way you can fit the smallest stamp in the smallest areas.



3. Put the red tape down as show here...


4. Then peel off the "cover" for the tape that takes up the whole space...which would be on the left side in the above picture. Once done put the paper into a tube shape as shown below (sorry about the really blurry picture)


5.Then peel off the "cover" for the tape for one of the sides. Squeeze it together. Then stuff the treat inside.


6. Finally peel off the "cover" for the tape on the other side. Squeeze it the opposite direction that you did the top side of the container. You are done!! :)



Paper Strip Pumpkin:

1. Cut 7-8 1 in. strips. It can be any number whatever you prefer...I did 1 1/2 in. strips for my mommy and me class but I really think the 1 in. works better..but I think it depends on your preference!

2. Sponge some cocoa on all the strips to give it the pumpkiny look.

3. Lay all the strips out to make it into a star shape. Staples the strips together. I staples a couple times to make sure they were all stapled together. Optional: To give it the jack o'lantern look stamp the different images from spooky smiles.


4. Bring the strips up to form an oval shape and staples all strips together. I found that piecing opposite end stips and stapling them one at a time works.


5. Take some cocoa paper and put together with glue or double sided tape to make a
tube shape. Cut into the tube to get some strips to be able to glue the stem onto the pumpkin. See picture below.


6. Cut less than 1/2 inch strip of green paper and curl it using a pencil to get the vine feel. To make a leaf I used the Autumn Splendor stamp set to stamp an image of the leaf of green paper. Optional: You can crumpled the leaf up to make it look more real.

7. Glue the stem, vine and leaf onto the pumpkin. I ended up using the hot glue gun as what I was using wasn't working! Trim anything that didn't fit.