Gift Tins....

Remember the card in my previous post showing you the card that I made for Will's teacher? Well, this is the gift tin that I made to go with it. And - yep - you are seeing that right - another BOW! a real life bow - can you believe it? I just might get the hang of this bow tying thing one day! These tins were on the clearance rack at Stampin' Up! and I'm just about out of them - I had 30 at one point!!! The patterned paper is retired - Blueberry Maine. The stamp is from the Oval All set.

And check out the inside:



I used an oval die cut, folded part of it back and then glued the edges down to make a pocket for a gift card, added a button for some interest and called it good. I think I should have done some faux stitching around the edge of the pocket to help define it - what do you think??? Yea or nay?

Then, I made another one for the teacher's aid:


This DSP came from some more retired paper that I dug up - can't remember the name of it, but it's not even that old....I have been reorganizing my papers, and trying to figure out what to do with a bunch of my DSP....my new bright idea - don't hoard it!!! Yah - right!!! Like THAT will happen!

The stars have been spritzed with Vanilla Smooch - very fitting I thought. The Thanks for Owl you do phrase, well that really comes into play on the inside of the tin:

Those little owls are so cute! Very studious looking. Again, I think I should have faux stitched the edge of the pocket.

Here is a matching card that I whipped up:

Okey doke - that's all for today. Don't forget to enter my little contest - time is running out! Find the deets here.

TTFN

A winner, a card and a new contest....

I know you guys are dying to find out the winner of my blog candy from last Friday......well that winner is Lauren:

Lauren said...
Great card! I love the tool set it looks great. My biggest obstacle is repeating. Once I find a card I like I'll create it a few times with a few colors/changes and then I can't seem to get away from it!

Lauren - email me your address and I'll send you a box of stamping goodness!

And don't worry Lauren - I do the same thing. When I find a sketch I like, I use it over and over. Maybe keep a sketch book with all of you favorite layouts, and rotate them every so often.


Now onto today's card:


...it's clean, and it's simple - right up my alley! I crafted that adorable flower out of fabric, cut with the Big Shot (one more reason you need one!) It's 4 scallop circles - which can all be cut at once - folded, then attached to a sticky pages circle. The button is tied thru to the back.

cute...eh?

I even duded up the inside again! Yikes - I could get the hang of that!

So, now, about this little contest.... A week from today, the Stampin' Up! retiring products list comes out.....that means there are several stamp sets and accessories about to say bye-bye! I want YOU to email me the Top Ten stamp sets that you think will retire. The person that has the most correct retiring items on their list will win a $15 gift certificate good until June 30th. I will also draw a random name from EVERY entry that I have that win a package of retiring Designer Series paper.

This contest is only open to US Residents. Stampin' Up! Demonstrators are not eligible. The deadline to email me is May 31st, 10pm. Winner will be announced June 1st.

More Mojo - Baby Style....

With the baby a mere 5 weeks away from making it's presence into the world, it's time to start thinking about thank you notes and announcements. This isn't always easy since we've never known what we're having, boy or girl. In the past, I've just come up with a simple layout, in neutral colors that I could add pink or blue to during completion. When Alex was born, by that time I was into stamping full gear, so I took my stamps and colors to the hospital with me, and did the coloring while I was in the hospital. That worked great. I'll likely do the same thing this time too.

So, with that same sketch that I used yesterday (Mojo Monday 128), I created a baby themed thank you card. In pink. That's my intuition on this one.....but don't jump to conclusions - we have NO idea what's brewing inside. I'll come up with some in blue too. Just in case. I'd be fine with a boy - after all, we've got all the clothing, toys and mindset for boys around here. But, here's my girly thank you!

I think it's pretty sweet. And was surprised to find that the thank you sentiment from Thank You Kindly fit so nicely in the Modern Label punch. I'm always thrilled when I can punch instead of cut!

That's all folks! I'll be watching it rain today and hopefully melting a lot of snow. Not looking forward to the mud - but at this point, as long as we are one day closer to spring, green grass and 70 degree temps....I'll take the mud!

Have a great day!

Thank you spring...

Today it's almost spring-like! The sun is shining, the snow is melting, and the air is warmer. My thermometer says 48 - but I think it's more like 30. The sun is just nice and warm! I am beginning to think that Spring is really going to make it here!
I kept this one real clean and simple again....I stamped the polka dots in So Saffron on So Saffron (from Polka Dot Basics, PTI), then die cut that shape with a nestie. The floral circle image is stamped with Old Olive ink on Old Olive cardstock, using one of the images from Circle Circus. I stamped this again on a patterned piece of paper from the Welcome Neighbor pattern pack and cut out on single little flower that got adhered over the top of it's counterpart on the Old Olive circle. (Did you know you can earn this FREE with a $50 purchase or with a qualifying workshop??? It's an awesome pack of paper btw!) I added a So Saffron button from the Button Latte collection. I think it was just the jazz this card needed.

I used my horizontal punch to punch slots in the die cut piece so I could slip the Old Olive ribbon thru - satin ribbon that is (my new fave! have you noticed?) I used the same punch to make a small slit in the crease of the card for the ribbon to wind all the way around....Nifty!

To complete the card, I stamped the Thank You sentiment in Melon Mambo to match the little flower. It tied the card all together just the way I imagined....I love whent that happens.

This was a quick one to put together!