My Favorite Things–Stitched With Love Easter Designs!!

Hello again!!

I’m popping in quickly to share some fun tags that I created using some new cross-stitch patterns for the Cross-Stitch Tag Die-Namics!  I made a set of three fun tags with the cutest Easter-themed pattern designs that will make any Easter gift that much more special to give and receive!!

Aren’t they soooo cute?  I’ve paired each tag with some of the most delicious Easter cookies that my friend, Fresh Cut Flours, made up for me to share with my cutie grandkids!!  And you’ll notice on the last tag that I was able to personalize the tag just for my sweet granddaughter, Lucy.  I so love the Cross-Stitch Tag Die-Namics, and love even more creating something special for those that I love.  I’m really enjoying stitching on my projects and look forward to trying many more fun designs!  I’ve listed and linked all of the products that I used below.  And you can find all of the Easter Patterns in printable PDF format HERE.

Thanks again for stopping by today!  I’m hanging out with our daughters and granddaughters for the next several days, so lots of fun times are happening around here!  I hope you’re having as a great a day as I am!

PRODUCTS USED:

Avery Elle–Shark Week, anyone?!

 

Hello friends!!

 

It’s Friday – phew!!  LOL  It’s been a super busy week around these parts, and it promises to stay busy for just a bit longer.  But I wanted to pop in today to share a super fun project that I creating using the new Hello Chum Stamp Set and coordinating dies from Avery Elle.  Check it OUT!

 

 

How freakin’ fun is this?!!  I created something similar to this for the Avery Elle CHA booth in January – it was a make & take that we provided for anyone coming into the booth.  It’s as easy as it comes to create, and I think would be so fun to hand out at your Shark Week party or a shark themed birthday party – at least that’s what I had in mind when I created it.  If you don’t know someone who makes those amazing cookies – created by my extremely talented friend, Terri from Fresh Cut Flours (she does custom orders, friends, and they’re the best sugar cookie you’ll EVER eat!), then you could fill these treat bags with gold fish crackers, or Swedish Fish candy!! I mean, COME ON!!  Fun, right?!!  Here’s how I created them!

 

1. Die cut the bag topper from some Aquamarine Card Stock using the Treat Topper Elle-Ment.  Fold it in half on the scored lines, and perfect the crease with a Teflon Bone Folder.
2. Stamp the waves from the Hello Chum Stamp Set onto the front of the bag topper using Aquamarine and Pure White Pigment Ink.  I stamped the Aquamarine first, and then the Pure White just offset from the first stamped image to give the appearance of sea spray.
3. Stamp the sentiments from the Hello Chum Stamp Set onto each bag topper using VersaMark and heat emboss with red embossing powder.
4. Stamp the shark images from the Hello Chum Stamp Set onto Fog Card Stock using the Fog Dye Ink.  Use the coordinating Hello Chum Elle-Ments to die cut the sharks.  Fill the teeth and eyes of the sharks with a white gel pen.  Adhere the sharks to the bag toppers with foam squares.
5. I added a bit of white shred in the bottom of each treat bag, again to give the illusion of sea spray as the sharks pop out of the ocean (anyone else think of the scene from “Jaws” when Richard Dreyfuss says “We’re going to need a bigger boat!”?), along with a cookie, and then attached the BACK of the bag topper to the filled bag with a Tiny Attacher (or a mini stapler).  I adhered the FRONT of the treat topper to  the bag with some strong double sided tape.  This way, the adhesive doesn’t show on the front, and you have a really sturdy treat bag!
6. Finally, I tied a bow to the treat topper using the new Cherry Hemp Twine!  This stuff is AMAZING!!!  It has great body, to hold a perfectly tied bow, and the white is a WHITE white – not that dull, dirty white that other brands have.  That white white makes me happy!

 

There you have it, friends!!  I think this would make a super fun party favor, for any creative occasion that you can think of!  The possibilities are ENDLESS!!  I’ve listed the products that I used below!  Please click on through to the Avery Elle Design Blog for more delicious inspiration!

 

That’s it for me today, friends!  I’m headed back to my happy place to get some more deadlines knocked out, and might even take in a movie with a friend tomorrow – if I get all my work done!  I hope you all have some fun plans in store for your day and weekend!  Life’s too short to not have fun plans!  Thanks so much for stopping by today – I’m sure happy that you did!

 

 

PRODUCTS USED:

Sizzix Big Shot White & Gray

Sizzix Cutting Pad, Standard

Sizzix Accessory, Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies

My Sweet Petunia Mini MISTI Stamping Tool

MSP Mini Mouse Pad

MSP Mini Grid Paper Pad

Teflon Bone Folder

Fiskars SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer (12")

Scrapbook Adhesives Thin 3-D Foam Squares, Mix White

Inkadinkado Embossing Magic Bag

Hero Arts Embossing Gun

Ranger Embossing Powder, Red

VersaMark Ink Pad

Uni-ball Impact Gel Pen, White

Be Creative Tape, 3mm (1/8")

Tim Holtz, Tiny Attacher

Rejection BLOWS! But Cookies Cure All!!

Hola Friends!

 

How’s your weekend going?  Mine’s been pretty good so far – we attended a beautiful wedding for the daughter of one of my high school girlfriends last night, and today my daughter and grandson and I wandered around a French Flea Market in downtown Kirkland – it’s sunny and gorgeous out!!

 

I’m back today to share a couple of things.  First, I spent the better part of last week creating for a couple of publication calls, and found out on Friday that not a one of my projects was picked up!  Wahhhhhh!  LOL  The one positive thing that came out of it though is that I have several projects to share with you here.

 

This project was created for the January/February 2012 Paper Crafts Magazine call – to create an interactive Valentine’s Day card.  I immediately thought of this fun A Muse Studio set called Love Conquers All.  The road was created using another set called Mad for Plaid.  I created a spinner card – that cute red car is attached to two pennies with a dimensional square sandwiched in between them, and then slid into the slot/road.

 

Here’s what it looks like when you tilt the card sideways.  That funny little car twirls around from end to end as you tilt it.  Cute, right?!!

Products Used:
STAMPS: A MUSE STUDIO (Love Conquers All, Mad for Plaids), MY STAMP BOX (Neighborhoods)
PAPER: A MUSE STUDIO (Sky and Grass Gingham CS), NEENAH CLASSIC CREST (Ultra Smooth Solar White CS)
INK: TSUKINEKO (Onyx Black VersaFine Dye Ink and VersaMark Water Mark Ink)
ACCESSORIES: ZING/AMERICAN CRAFTS (Rouge Embossing Powder), STAMPIN' UP! (Word Window Punch and Stampin' Dimensionals), LIL INKER DESIGNS (Clouds Die), PROVO CRAFT (Cuttlebug Die Cut and Embossing Machine and Swiss Dots Embossing Folder), Pennies

 

I have to admit, I was really bummed when I didn’t get that coveted email telling me that my project had been picked up.  I walked around the house all day Friday like a pouty baby, throwing myself a little pity party.

That is UNTIL my mailman rang my doorbell and there he stood with a cute little box in his hands.  When he handed it to me, I immediately ran inside my house and opened that baby up.  Much to my surprise and elation, my sweet, sweet friend, Terri had sent me some of her amazing sugar cookies – and look at how freaking CUTE they are!!  Are you KIDDING ME?!!  Starbucks coffee cups?!!!  OH EM GEE!!  Terri knows how much I love me some Starbucks coffee (Vente Raspberry Mocha, please! LOL)  How sweet is she?!!  Seriously, she made my day with her thoughtful gift – and it made all the difference in soothing my wounded pride.  Cookies take all the pain away!  LOL  And see that cute coffee cup?  That was another gift from Terri – on HER birthday!  LOL  How lucky am I to have such a thoughtful friend?!  You’re the BEST, dude!!

GIVEAWAY ALERT!!

Now, if you think these cookies are amazing, you SO need to head on over to Terri’s blog – she’s giving away another set of her world famous sugar cookies (and I can tell you first hand that they are THE most delicious cookies you’ll EVER eat – no joke!).  You don’t have to do much to enter to win – she’s nice like that.  But it’s well worth the trip over there.  So stop what you’re doing right now and get over there – and tell her I sent you, okay?!!

 

Okay, peeps, that’s it for me today.  Enjoy the rest of your weekend, and I’ll be back on Monday with another rejected project – I have six total!  LOL  Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Your sweet comments make my day!