This is just a silly tea light with wire “fireworks” and punched stars – dorky but cute on a picnic table!  Hope you are all enjoying a picnic and some fireworks today too! 

Thanks for stopping by –

kirstin

Hi – Tomorrow is the last full day of school!  Kids are cheering, moms are…cheering too! :0)  Here are a few year end teacher gifts and cards.  Julie and I stuck our heads together and came up with these “Fab 5” made with the First Day stamp set.

Well, that’s 3 out of 5!  They are:  a bottle of hand sanitizer (and what teacher doesn’t need plenty of that!), a notepad with a magnetic closure and a tri-fold “Good Student” coupon holder.  Isn’t that worm a hoot?!  On the card, I used the word window punch to make the book shapes that he’s perched upon.  Check Julie’s out at www.thoughtsthatstick.blogspot.com. They are slightly different since we get to yakkin’ and forget what we’re doing! 

Here’s the inside of the coupon holder plus the two cards to round out the 5 projects.  Hope you like them!  Holler if you have any questions –

Thanks,

kirstin

Hi there – Isn’t this an adorable little palm tree?!  Who knew that a clear tube could take on a new identity as a deserted island tree complete with monkeys, coconuts and a bikini!  I took the tubes over to my stampin’ buddy Julie’s house and this is what we came up with…too fun!  I found these clear, plastic tubes at a local craft store.  They are about 7½” tall and maybe an inch and a half across.  In the photo you can see I have coconut Frango’s in there so they are plenty big enough to hold wrapped chocolates. The palm leaves are made out of the Flower Folds die for the Big Shot.  We punched a circle out of the middle of each flower to fit it over the tube, sponged the edges and snipped them to more resemble palm fronds.  The coconuts are the ¾” circle punch, punched 4 times from Chocolate Chip paper, folded in half and glued together with Tombow to give them a 3D look.  The monkeys are from the Fox&Friends stamp set.  The bikini and towel are just hand cut from the Island Oasis DSP.  If you lived somewhere warmer than Western Washington is right now, these would be a great kick-off to summer gift for a friend.  Up here, we just hope for sun and stamp while it rains!  Thanks for stopping by –

kirstin

Hi – Here’s a little something I made with my stampin’ buddy Julie a while back.  I found these cute little baskets at the store and we dressed them up with these big flowers.  They were cut with the Flower Folds die for the Big Shot, first from chipboard and then DSP.  The center has a treat cup in it with a few yards of So Saffron grosgrain ribbon coiled up.   Then I pushed a Pumpkin Pie corduroy button through the top.  The whole flower hangs from a book ring through a jumbo eyelet.  The crop-o-dile set the eyelet right through the basket.  Add some ribbon to the handle and it’s cute, cute!  Thanks for stopping by –

kirstin

Hi – Here’s the sample shown in the tutorial!   It’s Tempting Turquoise and Island Oasis DSP.  The flowers on the flaps have white craft ink on the edges.  The front pocket is large enough to hold a Ghirardelli Chocolate!  Hope you like it. Thanks for stopping by –

kirstin

At long last I’ve got a new backpack to show and a tutorial to go with it.  It has lots of photos in it for those who like a visual to go along with the measurements and words.  I’m quite visual myself so I think a picture is easier to follow than a sentence! :0) I know there are other backpacks and instructions out there, so why chose mine?  I’ll tell you why!  I have a “thing” about using all the available space on a piece of cardstock.  I like my measurements to be easy to follow and almost always no less than ¼”.  I like to maximize every scrap!   This backpack is made from Sahara Sand as the base color and Not Quite Navy DSP.  The ribbon and the scallop circle accent are Bashful Blue for a little brightness.  I was going for a muted denim look.  The sample in the tutorial is Tempting Turquoise with the new Island Oasis DSP so it’s quite a bit zingier! The overall size is 5” tall and 3½” wide and 1¾” deep.  The flaps are held closed with velcro so you can stuff quite a bit in there!  These are great teacher gifts for back to school, end of the year or anytime in between.        I am just about done putting the tutorial pages together but if you’d like to pre-order now, you can do so and I will send it to you via email by Monday evening.  Thanks for stopping by!

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Hi there – Here’s a quick and fun way to dress up some cookies to give away.  There are a  dozen “out on the range” oatmeal and peanut butter  cookies rolled in saran wrap inside there.  I wrapped them in kraft paper  first and then used the Sending Love specialty paper.  I used the scallop edge punch to fancy up the edges too! :0)  The flower is 5 of the new Extra Large Fancy Flowers punched, scrunched and bunched in the middle with a red epoxy brad.

Hope you like it – Thanks for stopping by!

kirstin

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  – 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!!