Baby Shower Favor Bags

These are the bags I made for Lisa's baby shower.  I put baby boy mint, rubber ducks, and chocolate in each bag.  I used MDS (My digital Studio) to create the bag front.

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Charlene

Baby Shower Banner

This is the baby banner I made for Lisa's Baby shower.  

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Charlene

Thankful Banner

This is a banner I made for my mantel.  I used stampin up paper and printed the letters using MDS.  I used punch art and stamped accents on each panel.  

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Charlene

Diaper Cake

I made this diaper cake for my friend Lisa's Baby shower.  It took 1 pack of size 1 diapers and was very quick to make.  The diapers were rolled and secured with rubber bands.  I put scrapbook paper around the diapers and wrapped with ribbon.  I secured the hands and feet with ribbon so the bear was securely holding the cake. 

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Charlene

Christmas Mini Album Ornament

Every Year I have made my kids a Christmas Ornament with their picture.  Well they are all grown up and not as interested in having their adult pictures plastered all over my tree.  This year i decided to do a  mini album that could hold the entire families pictures a little more tastefully.  The mini book is made out of 12" x 6" card stock.  It is the same concept as one sheet mini album (lots of tutorials on You Tube).  I used 1/2 sheet of paper to make it lighter.  The book is 3" x 3". 

The cover was stamped with Santa's list stamp set from stampin up.  I printed the 2013 on my computer and made a simple bakers twine and brad closure.  I put a loop of ribbon at the top so it can easily be hung on the Christmas Tree. 

I love how they turned out and made several for my family and friends. 

Inside are 8 pages to put pictures, write memories, or anything else I can think of. 

Happy Halloween

My friend Claire made witches hats out of $1 store

hats and cheep paper plates.  They are so cute!

My friends Sabrina and Laurie made some pumpkin cats  They are adorable!

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Charlene

Santa Christmas Ornament

I found these glitter ornaments at big lots 14 for $4.00.  I used my Stampin up Santa's List and stamped the image in Brown ink.  I added fine glitter to the hat and cuffs.  I  mounted it on a black card stock circle.  Super easy but great results. 

Tomorrow I will show you another project made with this stamp set.  

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Charlene 

Halloween Treat Bags

Ive seen lots of paper bag treat bags all over the internet so I decided to come up with my own halloween version. I can't remember exactly where I first saw the idea.  The original Idea had ribbon handles but I didn't like how loose they were.  I made my handles out of a 6" X 1' piece of paper scored at 1/2" and taped together.  It is really sturdy.  I filled each bag with candy treats and will give them to my customers next week.  I really hope they like them.

I used different papers I got at Tuesday morning

The paper is just covering a brown paper bag inside.

On the back I put my message and our Logo.

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Charlene

July Mini Birthday Album

My sister Cathy's Birthday is July 30 but she celebrates all month.
I made her a little July Mini as a birthday present.

I started with a Graphic 45 cut apart sheet I bought at my local stamp store for $1.00

I used one of the cut out images for the front.  I made a embellishment from burlap, scrap ribbon, a white flower brad and Stampin Up birthday banner.  The mini is 4.25 wide X 5.5 high.  I used a magnetic closure.

I used the cut outs and tags to help decorate along with designer paper from the back of the paper.
I free hand cut the stars and added a little bling. 

I love little flip tabs and I added one to the next page.  Each of the photo mats are
removable so she can put pictures on both sides. 

The back of the flip tab has a journaling spot. 

The next page has two photo mats. 

The last pages have pockets with stamps,  There are journaling tags and photo mats. 

The inside flip tab is a post card.  I thought that would make a great
journaling spot.

The album came together quickly.  I hope she likes it.
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Charlene

Fancy Folds Swap Card

We had our swap over at Swap your heart out.  Our theme was fancy folds.  

I love all the different cards we got.  

For my card I made a reverse easel card. 

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Charlene

You are my Sunshine Punch Art Swap Card

For this card I used all Stampin Up supplies.  You are my Sunshine stamp, scalloped circle punch, 1 1/2" circle punch, Oval scalloped punch, designer series paper. 

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Charlene

Photo Frame Album

I've been seeing these mini albums all around Pintrest and decided to make one.  I forgot to take pictures of all the pages (sorry)  It now lives at my friend Rona's house. 

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Charlene

Cricut Dog Card and Layout

While at a scrapbook retreat with Girls Ink I made my swap cards for the kids birthday swap over at Swap your heart out. I used the Cricut (cant remember cartridge sorry) and made the card an easel card.   After finishing my swap cards I had leftover paper so I made a matching layout.

It says Oh Happy Day and the easel lays flat for mailing.

There is a pull out journaling card and a Pile of Bones..... it is a happy day for this puppy. 

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Charlene

VW Bug Punch Art

I was surfing the net and came across the cutest VW bug punch art over at Flowerbug's Inkspot.  Here are the projects I created using the punched VW Bug.

This is what I made for my Stampin Up punched art swap with Girls Ink. 

These are name tags I made for my daughters students

same idea different colors.

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Charlene

Baby Shower Banner

I made this banner for my Niece Sophie's baby shower.  I wanted to keep it simple so she could hang it in the babies room after the shower.  I  used the cricut to cut the letters (storybook) Nestability dies to cut the layers, and boho punch to make the flowers.

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Charlene

Baby Shower Invitations Paper Dresses

These are the baby shower invitations I did for my sister in law Allison.  I created the invitations on My digital studio and glued the card onto the front of a clear envelope.  

I blurred out the address and RSVP information to protect their privacy. 

Inside I put a paper dress (cut from Cricut paper dolls) with instructions for the guests to "write advise to the parents to be and bring back to the shower".  At the shower there was a clothes line with clothespins for everyone to hang up their dresses.  They came out really cute.

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Charlene

Missing in Action

It has been ages since my last blog post.  I have been crafting I have just not posted my projects because my life has been crazy busy.   Kids moving out, kids moving in, moving my craft room, vacation, work, etc.... Today my friend Rona and I went to the Great American Scrapbook Convention in Arlington.  It was our first time attending and we had the best day ever.

I got to meet Tim Holtz (Woooo Hooo).  He was exactly as I expected he would be inspiring, kind, genuine, and adorable.  We were front row for his demos and we spent way too much money in the Stampers Anonymous Booth.

I  came home and was inspired to get right in my craft room.  I made a Tim Holtz inspired Graduation Card for my friend Nick.  It was fun playing with all my new toys. 

It is made to sit up with a little easel fold under the main flap

I added a little flip book with pictures of his family. 

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Charlene