Treat or Gift Box

This cute little box is another Stampin Up die. It is the Baker's Box Thinlits die. The stamp is also from Stampin Up. I then colored the flowers in with water color pencils and used gamsol to soften the blend the colors. I then outlined the image with a cool gray copic marker.

Happy Birthday Box

I'm BACK!!!! Africa was amazing and I loved the people and the animals but I am so glad to be back home!!! I am trying to get back to a normal life, well as normal can be now with all the craziness in the world. Spending time with family and catching up on some much needed crafting.

I made this little box for my sweet daughter in law for her birthday. I used the window box thinlets dies from Stampin Up. It was super fast and easy to do and I just love the detail on the box.

Mother's Day Gift Boxes

I hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day yesterday!  I sure did!!  My husband made his famous spinach lasagna and the kids and grandkids came it was perfect!  ( Except for 2 families that didn't make it.)

I made these little boxes for my daughters for Mother's Day and filled them with...what else...chocolate!  They loved them.  I had a little trouble seeing to make them though, I had some eye surgery a week ago and am still not seeing very well.  So some of the things may have been a little crooked and off center.  The supplies for these are from Stampin Up.

My Craft Spot Blog Hop!

I hope you have enjoyed the new releases this week and that you were inspired by our projects.  All the new releases will be available for purchase today in the My Craft Spot store.  

For my project I made two similar  cards.  For the sentiments on these cards I used the new

O Holy Night stamp set, LOVE this set!!

For this first one I cut the circle at 3" and stamped the image which is from the Stampin Up Peaceful Wishes stamp set (this is a very old set).  I added stickles to the pine needles and the pine cone to look like frost.  The Jute String on this one is Natural.

For the next card I cut the circle at 2.5" and used a different sentiment.  I also tried a different color of ribbon and  Ivory Jute String.

I will be giving away a $10.00 gift certificate to My Craft Spot for this hop, all you have to do is

1) Be a follower of my blog (I do check)

2) Leave a comment on this  post

You have until Sunday night October 26, 2014 at midnight to do this.  I will pick a winner on monday the 27th of October.

Now for the Blog Hop line up:

Kimberly
Gwen you are here
Lisa (Guest Designer) 
Saundra 
Heather
Beth (Guest Designer) 
Ally 
Kate
Deb (Guest Designer) 
Karen 

Zebra for you

This little card is made with all Stampin Up products, so quick and easy.

Great Father Card

I made this for my husband, he loves to fish. It is made with all Stampin Up paper, stamps, and inks. I stamped the bear several times and cut him out and put him together with pop dots. I stamped the fish and hand cut them out and glued them down with pop dots onto the string.

I am entering this in this challenge;

Go Fish - fun or funny

Carson's Creations Embossing Blog Hop!

Welcome to Carson's Creations Embossing Blog Hop! I hope you have learned something new and had fun along the way. What is a blog hop without some blog candy?! The first picture is what I am giving away to one lucky person. You have until Sunday April 8th 2012 to leave a comment on this blog post to be entered. I will choose a winner Monday April 9th.

Two things you must do to be entered:

First leave a comment on this post

Second be a follower of my blog

That's it and you will be entered to win.

For my project I chose to do heat embossing, I stamped the image with versamark and then sprinkled on black embossing powder. Make sure you coat all the image and shake off the excess. Use a heat gun to set it, it almost looks like it is melting, then you are ready to color it in. I used my Stampin Up ink pads and Q tips to color my image, I found this worked better than sponges for making it more detailed. Just rub the Q tip on the ink pad in a circular motion and then rub on the image. I started with the parts I wanted to be the darkest since the ink was heavier at first, then blend out. You can use lighter colors or just use less pressure for highlights and such.

I hope you learned something new or got inspired to try something new today. For the next stop on the hop go here to see Pat ~ http://patsscraps.blogspot.com/

Here is the whole line up -

Georgiana ~ http://carsonscricutcreations.blogspot.com/
Carri ~ http://doubleclickconnections.blogspot.com/
Karen ~ http://littlescrappieces.blogspot.com/
Jessica ~ http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com
Anita ~ http://scrappyhappymommy.blogspot.com/
Colin ~ http://crimsoncricut.blogspot.com/
Kate ~ www.smallbitsofpaper.blogspot.com
Gwen ~ http://thisandthatbygwen.blogspot.com/ You are here!
Pat ~ http://patsscraps.blogspot.com/

Grateful Card

This is an A2 size card made with all Stampin Up supplies. The paper is a very old one I can't even remember the name. I water colored the inked heart with re-inkers and a paint brush.

I am entering this at:

Celebrate the occasion - #56 Thank you

Happy Birthday

For my Birthday give away go here.

This is an A2 size card made with all stampin up products, except for the ribbon it's from Jo Ann's. I am entering this in the challenge at Birthday Sundaes.

Happy Easter

For my Birthday give away go here.

This is an A2 size card made with stampin up paper, ribbon, markers and stamps. I used my nestie dies to cut the ovals and punches for the corner. I used my cuttlebug and embossing folder for the background design.

Challenges I am entering this in:

My Creative Time - no cricut

From my heart card

Here is one more card made from all Stampin Up supplies and just stamps and punches. Super quick and easy.

Treat Bag

This is made completely with Stampin Up products. The little ball game is even SU I stamped the background piece and punched it out and replaced the plain white one with this.

be my valentine card

I made this super quick and easy card at my neighbors house, she works for Stampin Up. Well she is Shelli's daughter to be more precise. The hearts and circle are punches and then just stamped, I did do the air brush for the speckled look.

Friend Card

A dear friend in Tennessee (Hi Valeri!) taught me how to stamp and she taught me this great technique, I love how it looks. It is hard to see the little white spots clearly on this, but they were made by dipping the rubber stamp in a little bit of bleach and then stamping it on the paper. It gives it a soft old look. The paper and stamps are stampin up the ribbon is just some I had. The flowers were colored in with pencils. The edges were roughed up and inked.

All occasion card

All the products on this card are from stampin up. It is an A2 size black base, the yellow was run through the cuttlebug with a stampin up folder.

Get well soon card

A2 size card made with all stampin up products the button is corduroy.

Worm card

I made this card for my grandson for his birthday, he loved it. It is an A2 size I cut a circle with a smaller circle inside for the rim of the magnifying glass and put a piece of acetate for the glass, the white square is not popped up it just looks it because of the worms eyes. The ribbon is from Joann's and the stamps and paper are from Stampin up.

Baby card

A2 sized card made with stampin up products, I stamped the animals 2 times and then hand cut some of the pieces to add to make it more dimensional. The squares are stampin up punches.

Blank card

Another A2 sized card made with all stampin up products, I don't work for them I just love their products. I like to make some cards and leave them blank so they can be used for anything. When I'm ready to use it then I can stamp the sentiment.

Happy Birthday

This is an A2 size card all the products used are stampin up, I love their products and use them a lot. The happy birthday was stamped with versamark and then heat embossed. This Happy birthday goes out to my daughter Alli, today is her birthday. She is a new mother and it has been so sweet to watch her with her little girl and to see her as a mother. She is also the one who set up my blog for me and taught me how to do it, she is just all around awesome!! I love you baby girl!!