Hi – Milk cartons were never this cute in the school lunch line!  I love this new die for the Big Shot.  The milk cartons are easy to assemble, cut in one piece with all the score lines made for you.  Here I’ve made two matching ones and put them in a little holder with a handle.  The colors are So Saffron with Basic Black and Whisper White.  The Designer paper is called Night & Day.  My stampin’ buddy and I made these earlier this week. Hop on over to Julie’s blog to see hers in Tempting Turquoise and Black!  The scallop circle stamp is a freebie set called Vintage Labels from the Sale-a-bration catalog – it can be yours free too with any $50 purchase.  In this set, the stamps all coordinate with a punch from SU!  Here I used the scallop circle punch on the holder and the front of each milk carton.  The little bird is a sizzlit die.  I cut out a ¾” circle from the front of each milk carton and covered it with acetate to give a peek of what might be inside!  White mints would be lovely in these or even chocolate covered raisins.  Hope you like them!   Holler if you have any questions and thanks for stopping by –

kirstin

Hi – Odd title, eh?  But it fits what happened!  I was cleaning up my stamp table and putting away all the new goodies that had come.  I picked up the corner scallop edge punch to unwrap it and thought I needed to try it out – right now, skip the rest of the  cleaning!! So the closest scrap was a piece of Pretty in Pink….and the rest is history!  And no, I never did get back to finding the tabletop again. :0)  Story of my life.  Start one thing, do six or seven other things and then end up with something totally different.  Oh well – I think the card turned out to be pretty cute! 

I used the Sending Love Specialty paper and then added the flowers to match it.  The big flowers are made with the new flower punch from the Occasions mini.  I even added glitter since that little scalloped frame in the back needed a little foo-foo boost on the front of the card.  Hope you like it too!

Thanks for stopping by –

kirstin

Hi – Here is another version of the box, this time in a Valentine’s design.  I reconfigured the box portion to better fit on the scallop square pieces.  I like it better with a little more of the scallop visible and it is still plenty big.  I cut the square from Chocolate Chip and layered Very Vanilla and a piece of the Sending Love Specialty paper on top.  The heart and “u” are chipboard.  The “u” was just colored with a marker in Chocolate Chip and Close to Cocoa.  For the heart, I glued a piece of the DSP on top, cut it out and sanded the edges.  The pretty little brad is an epoxy brad from the current mini.  The box measures 3½” x 3½”  and is 2” tall.  I fit 30 Tootsie Rolls inside – in case you’re as visual as I am!

Hope you like it!  Holler if you have any questions and thanks for stopping by!

kirstin

Hi  – This cute little box was a cooperative effort and I love the way it turned out!  While I figured out the box dimensions and how to score and fold it, my stampin’ buddy Julie did the design for the lid….in this case, two heads were better than one!  As Julie knows all too well (because I make her crazy with a ruler :0) ), I like to use whole numbers or at least reasonable fractions.  AND – I like to maximize the paper and not waste space.  I’m a little nutty that way.  Soooo, the top and bottom pieces are the square scallop die run through the Big Shot and the box is made from an 8×8¼ sheet of cardstock.  The box itself is an 8×8 sheet and the hinge is that little piece of ¼” on one end.  The sides are 2” tall so it’s a pretty deep box – big enough to hold two of the medium sized SU! punches.  We used the new paper pack from the Occasions mini and added the felt leaves and a punched circle of the polka dot DSP on one flower.  The closure is a tab punch that hooks behind a button.  The clear button is backed in a piece of the polka dotted DSP too.

I hope you like it!  Holler if you have any questions –

kirstin

Hi – Quick post today to show these cute Sweet-Tart  Treats!  They are very easy to make if you have these skinny cello bags.  I’ve seen them “out there” before filled with M&Ms but I thought these little candy hearts would be a great fit for Valentine’s Day.  The heart shaped toppers were stamped with the  “I {Heart} Hearts stamp set that coordinates with the heart punches.  Punches make everything easy-peasy!   :0)   I sandwiched the top of the cello bag between two hearts and on the back I stamped “To:  From:” so they could be given away.  Hope you like them!  Holler if you have any questions.  Thanks for stopping by!

kirstin

PS – Lots of inquiries about the cello bags!  They are from here.  Thanks!!

Hi – This card is 4×4 and could be a gift card holder as well as a pop-up card.  It started as a gift card holder from a store and my stampin’ partner Julie and I took it apart and put our own twist on it.  The red strip with the flower on it is a belly band and it slides off.  Julie has more samples of the scallop circle flowers on her site here as well as how to make them.  Inside the card is a ledge with a slit that will hold a regular credit card sized gift card. It sits in the ledge and can be pulled out.  We chose to put in a “Like-o-meter” stamped on a 3×3 piece of Pretty in Pink instead!  The meter stamp is in the new Occasions mini for $8.95.  The paper also comes from the mini catalog and is called “Sending Love.”  Each sheet in the pack has a shimmery glittery side.  I’m not much of a glitter-girl, but this paper is beautiful!  Hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by –

kirstin

Hi there!  It’s been eons since I’ve posted anything – not that I wasn’t stamping and having tons of stamp camps though.  Just couldn’t get the finished projects photographed and posted before I was off to the next “thing”… But it’s time to get back in a groove and show some new and fun projects and cards!

Today’s card actually took me 2 nights to finish  because of all the layers and pieces!  I started out wanting to try to make a faux suede flower -which then became a layered flower -which then became this card. : )  I had 4 square white panels of the same size which then became 6 of different sizes.  Obviously I can’t make up my mind!!  In the end, I love the way it turned out with each panel being unique but they all seem to go together.  I used the Short and Sweet stamp set for the “love you” and the 3 mini hearts and the Razzle Dazzle stamp set for the background pattern of the lower right panel.  The inks are Pretty in Pink and Real Red.

To make the faux suede flower, I started with a scallop circle punched from Pretty in Pink.  Then I used a bone folder to ‘curl’ the edges and break up the fibers in the cardstock.  After curling all around the circle on both sides, the cardstock easily splits into two layers that can be peeled apart.  The suede look comes from using the inside of one of the layers!  It’s soft and fuzzy just like suede!  I did the same thing to the two smaller flowers, layered them and added that jumbo brad to the center.

I think this is my favorite panel!  I love the little heart stamped to blend in with the layer below but popped up on a dimensional for a little pizzazz!  Isn’t it cute?!  : )

That’s it for now!  I promise it won’t be weeks before I post again though!  Thanks for stopping by – Hope you like this card –

kirstin

Hi – It’s been a busy week of prepping for kids classes and stamp camps and I’m way past due on posting a sample or two!  This card uses the Patterned Pines stamp set from the current mini catalog.  I opted to use Baja Breeze ink on Whisper White cardstock instead of a more traditional green tree.  I just now noticed that the top of the tree on the far right lines up with the snowflake on the background paper  – ha!  What a lovely coincidence! :0)  The trees are dusted with Dazzling Diamonds glitter for a bit of sparkle.  Click on the photo for a larger version.  Very simple card to make.  Just a strip of ribbon across the middle with no bow to fuss over.  Hope you like it – I do!  Thanks for stopping by.

                                                           kirstin

Hi – Tonight’s post shows how just a simple thing like a pack of tissues can get all dolled up with just a few supplies!  Tissues aren’t exactly a glamorous thing, but when you need one, you need one!!  These packs are just the individual ones you can find to carry in your purse or car.  They happen to have a monogram on them so that will be a nice surprise when the recipient pulls one out – but any small pack will do.  I wrapped each pack in some DSP with a contrasting band around the middle, added a little ribbon and a tag.  I plan to give them to some coworkers (Colleen, you get a sneak peek!!) since we work together in a preschool and there are always sniffles around.  There wasn’t much room to put a message so I made that piece that pulls out at the top.  It’s just 2”x3” but enough room to write a short note.  The rhinestone brad and starburst stamp give it some glitz.  So find some little tissue packs and give them a shmancy look with some papers and ribbons – think how cute these would be along with some tea bags or chicken soup for someone who doesn’t feel well.  Thoughtful and practical!  Thanks for stopping by –

kirstin

Hi there – Today’s card is a filmstrip card.  There are lots of examples out there on the web.  I thought the Sparkly and Bright stamp set would be a good match for the three little photo spots.  I started with the snowflake stamp on the background in Versamark.  The filmstrip piece is 5”x2¼”.  I added the stick-on red rhinestones to each to sparkle it up a bit!  This is a pretty fast and easy card – the hardest part is punching out the spiral edge on the strip! This is a good card for a stamp camp since lots of punches are used and the stamps are solid images, stamped in one color.  For the sentiment I just inked it up in Real Red and wiped off the “may your season be” part with my finger and added Garden Green ink with my SU! marker.  A little messy perhaps, but it works! :0)  Hope you like it!  Thanks for stopping by –

kirstin