I absolutely LOVE Starbucks Vanilla Frappuccinos! And every time I drink one, I make sure to save the bottle, because they make such a great and quick gift that I can decorate and give to a loved one. This is a larger frap bottle that I saved, and cleaned up, using some Goo Gone and decorated for a child's birthday. The colors are really bright and the button accent on the tag, that I cut out with my Cricut, helps to make the buttons on the border really pop. I wanted to keep this really bright and colorful for the little one that would receive this. If you haven't tried the Starbucks Frappuccinos, you really should. They come in 3 different flavors, and 2 different sizes; and the bonus, you get to recycle the bottle! I did make this recycled frap bottle for a challenge on a blog I just discovered, Stay Away With Me. Dawn's, the blog administrator, most recent challenge is to use an item that would normally be thrown in the trash and basically, make it fabuous, and this little bottle is my take on the challenge. Well, time to get to the grocery store. Have a great day.
This card is made using the Mojo Monday Sketch #121. This is the sketch from last week and I knew instantly that I wanted to create a card, but was stumped about what direction I wanted to go with the card. Well, I was checked out one of my favorite blogs,These Are A Few of My Favorite Things, and Dawn had posted a video of how to make these poofy button flowers, so I decided to try and I LOVE the outcome. My husband is a clarinetist and had some old sheet music that he didn't need anymore and I punched out the 2" scallop and the flower that's on the front of the card is the outcome. Totally cute! Since it's so close to Valentine's Day, I wanted to make card that would have a "love" theme, but not use the traditional Valentine's colors. What do you think? Well, that's all for now, I should start getting ready for work.
Supplies:
Paper: kraft cardstock, cream cardstock, Core'dinations cardstock, DCWV patterned paper (Latte Stack)
Ink: StazOn (jet black), Stampabilities (brown), Memories Dye (chestnut)
Stamps: Flourish (Inkadinkado-Dot Flourishes), Sentiment- I can't remember :)
Ribbon: red grosgrain (JoAnn's)
Handmade Embellishment: Vintage Sheet Music, button, twine
SayDie has been doing a lot crafting lately, trying to prepare for the next major holiday, Valentine's Day. Today, I made these matchbook lollipop covers with cherry flavored lollipops,YUM! These were very easy and quick to make and can be produced in large masses. I really love how the Love sentiment on the front just pops right off the front. If you have any questions about how I made these, please let me know, I will do my best to create a tutorial. Have a great day!
Here's my post for Dawn's Raspberry Suite Color Challenge. It's been awhile since I've posted anything, kinda in a crafting fog, and it's REALLY frustrating. I really enjoyed making this card, because it has been so long since I've sat down and made a card. This is a fairly simple card, but a bit challenging for me, because this is my first time attempting to tie a bow. I think it came out pretty good. :) What do you think? Well, let's see if I can remember everything I used on this card. Please leave me a comment if you look at my card, I would really appreciate some criticism, that way I can learn from any mistakes I may have made. Thanks!
Supplies:
Paper: kraft cardstock, Co'redinations Cardstock
Stamps: Inkadinkado Dot Flourishes, Studio G $1 stamp (series unknown)
Embellishments: Marcella K Sabrina Dimensional Stickers, Rhinestones
Ink: Stampabilities Brown Pigment Ink
Ribbon: Michael's Classic Traditions Satin Ribbon
Time management is very important when you have to work, are married and have children to take care of. I decided to combine two weekly challenges into one card. I actually found this to be little bit more difficult than I had presumed. I was forced to deal with a specific color palette and a design. But it was fun and they are called challenges. So, I combined Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge and Lauren's My Time to Create Inspiration Challenge. Be sure to check out the links to their blogs to see the color and sketch challenge.
Well, here's my Mojo card. My initial design didn't work out the way I planned. :) That happens sometimes though, so I revamped my thought process and came up this beautiful card. I used a variety of products. I will do my best to let you know all the products that I have used to make the card.
Supplies:
Cardstock: Core'dinations, DCWV: The Garden Party Stack
Stamp:The Paper Company Studio
Ribbon: Michael's satin ribbon
Happy Monday! I have always liked Mondays; it feels like a fresh new start and I get to look forward to the start of a new week. I just checked out the Mojo Monday blog and got a chance to peep at the new sketch for this week. I love the Mojo Monday sketch. It really helps me to get my "mojo" going. I immediately knew what direction I wanted to take my card. Here's the sketch, but I have to set aside some time to put it together. Check back with me later to see what I come up with.
This is the first time that I have participated in Dawn's Raspberry Suite Color Challenge. I am really excited, the colors are really pretty and as soon as saw them, they made me reminiscense of spring. So, I decided to use flowers. The flower stamps are $1 stamps made my Studio G. I just love the dollar stamps at JoAnn's! To get the color just right for the flower and the flower stems, I cut the stems off the flowers, so I could stamp a little easier. If you are going to do this, I recommend that you use an X-acto knife, you get a much cleaner cut and you are less likely to ruin your stamp. Well, I hope you like the card and this will hopefully be first of many Raspberry Suite Color Challenges I will participate in.
