Oh where, oh where have my slippers gone?? I have 3 pairs and I can't find them anywhere!! I have looked in all the usual places they would be - under my bed, under my desk, near my stamp table but they are not to be found! And unfortunately, no, they would never be in my closet - that would be way to easy and organized! My feet are freezing! My DS tends to take my slippers and I am thinking I may have to make my slippers unappealing. Look at this little girlie gift and see if you know what I am going to do...
Is that the cutest little headband or what??? I am going to give it to my little niece - it will look extra special on her with her blonde hair and blue eyes. I hope she will like it!! This is another little gift that I made at Sue's house with a base from yes, you guessed it! The Dollar Tree! We used the Flower Fold die and the Table Setting die and the Big Shot to cut the felt, a Pretty in Pink Cordoroy brad and just a few little squirts of hot glue and Voila'!
So, I am thinkin', a few little felt flowers on my slippers should take care of the slipper thief - yes? I already have the die and the felt....more to come in the slipper saga!
TTFN! Michelle
I used to think I would never, ever give someone a gift from the Dollar Tree but after a few projects from the fab Sue, I have changed my mind! Look at this one...
I always need to remember that if it will sit still, I can stamp it, embellish it or otherwise take something ho-hum and make it really nifty. I was thinking how cute this would be for a baby shower gift basket addition, a bon voyage gift or a neat little idea for someone headed to college or whatever. I am keeping this one for me though (bad, Michelle, bad!!). I am going to order some more from the website though and give them out. I love how you see the other side of the DSP when you open the lid! This is the Shades of Spring DSP in the Occasions Mini and some of the bee-U-ti-ful SU satin ribbon. LOVE IT!!
TTFN! Michelle
I admit when I first saw these in the Occasions Mini, I just sort of glossed over them but now that I have seen them in action, I have just got to get me some!! Sue Berreth hosted an Occasions Mini/Sale-a-Bration swap at her stamping studio so I will be showing you all the nifty ideas I got there. We had some fabulous designers at the event including Lisa Lin, Lisa McTaggert, Chrissy Mentzel and Sue herself to name a few. I did not get who designed all of the cards so I can't always give appropriate credit but will do so when I know!
You are probably wondering what do sweet peas have to do with crafting??? Aren't they are either a starchy vegetable or a nickname for my young child?? Nope - they are custom-colored felt pieces, many are handcrafted and can you believe you get over 50!! pieces for a mere $7.95??? WOW - you will be seeing these little guys soon in club and other venues very soon! Take a look at this wonderful card:
I love this card!!! In addition to the Sweet Peas, it uses the new extra large flower punch and the new Perfect Polka Dots embossing folders. OK...just have to say it...can't stop it...isn't it just SWEET?!
I used to call my son "sweetie peatie" when he was little. He is 15 now and just a hair taller than me so how many shades of red do you think he will turn when he learns that I told the blog-o-sphere that I called him that? He is such a neat guy and as I write this - off somewhere on his dirt bike, soon to return and probably covered with mud which will then get tracked into my house, which won't make me happy but I guess if he is nice and had fun, I might let him get away with it...
TTFN! Michelle
Well, I fell off the face of the earth again. I strayed from my Stampin'Up! world into the land of Entertaining at Home and Silpada for a short time to have a party/open house kind of thing. While Stampin'Up! is absolutely the best direct sales company out there, Entertaining at Home (EAH), Silpada and Tastefully Simple are pretty awesome, too! I have many, many EAH goodies in my house and I love, love, love them all! I use EAH pieces almost exclusively for serving snacks and yummies at my club meetings and stamp camps and then I just throw it all in the dishwasher - fabulous and so much nicer than paper plates and Solo cups. I tend to serve at least one Tastefully Simple item at club meetings, too - the Absolutely Almond pound cake is to DIE FOR!!! I have made it just plain, filled mini-muffins and in a Trifle - YUMM-O!!! I must stop because I am making myself soooo hungry!! Anyway, enough of my food digression - on to the reason we are really here - CRAFTY, FUN, STUFF!!!!! Lookie:
Isn't this fun? It is a pin made with Waverly Fabrics, a wooden button and the Flower Folds die for the Big Shot. I know you are seeing this everywhere (I saw fabric flower pins in Talbot's catalog just last week!) and you need to call me today so you can make your own - THESE ARE SO EASY AND QUICK!!! I made mine at the lovely Sue Berreth's house at our last demonstrator meeting. The Big Shot is GREAT for quilting and more - it cuts so many different materials that there is just no end to what you can do with it!
I bet you have wondered about being a demonstrator haven't you? Do you want a job where you can't be laid off? Even if you haven't thought about it, NOW is the best time to join or just get a really great deal on over $375 worth of stamping and crafting goodies for only $169. IMPOSSIBLE, you say - NOT!! Contact me today or check it out at my SU site http://michellestamps.stampinup.net - look under the far right tab "Start Your Own Business" for all the scoop.
Well, I am still hungry so I am off to find a snack - TTFN!!
Michelle
So maybe a little MOJO is returning - I got the idea for this card from Late Night Stampers but I did take some creative license to make it so I feel like I have glimmers of MOJO and I am no longer completely MOJO-less. I hope you like it - if you don't, don't tell me cuz I am fragile right now in my MOJO glimmer state (haha!).
This card uses one of the Vintage Vogue stamps (I bought the clear mount - LOVE the clear mounts!!!) and the hearts are punched from DSP. Hope you like it! Making cards just makes me happy - too bad I can't seem to part with them very often to actually send them to someone!
TTFN! Michelle
I have to admit while on the blog break that while I was doing a lot of stamping and crafting, I was doing most of it at Sue Berreth's house. Sue is just so nice and has a demo meeting every month and we get to go stamp and play with no upfront work - I have to admit it is so fun and in my still somewhat MOJO-less state, I need all the creative help I can get!!! Here is the scrapbook layout we did at the last demo meeting. We will be making this at our next club meeting - it is soooo cute and uses the new Embosslit heart and butterflies plus the really cool epoxy Brads, Sending Love DSP (oooo - sparkly and pretty) and the I {Love} Love wheel all from the Occasions Mini (see the Mini in the sidebar). The layout went together so fast and easy - gotta love it! Have I blathered on enough? I guess I should just get on with showing it! Remember, you can always click the image to see it in a larger format.
I bet you wish you were a Stampin'Up! demo so you could go to Sue's house, too! She spoils us so much - she even feeds us snacks!!! If you want to join our team, send me an email or go to my corporate site and click on "Start Your Own Business". Remember, it is Sale-A-Bration time - the best time to join or just get a really AWESOME deal on stampin' and craftin' goodies! Check it out!!
One of my fabulous club girls is an amazing knitter and she brought some cute, cute, cute little guys that she knit - Jack and Zero from Tim Burton's Christmas movie. Ok, Tim Burton movies are a little weird but there is just something about them that keeps my attention and Jack and Zero are especially cute - in a kind of creepy-but you can't help yourself-gotta look-there might be the secret of world peace -alternate universe-surreal kind of way. SOOOO without further ado - Jack and Zero!!!!!
Don't you just LOVE them?! Jen is soooooooo talented - her stitches are so neat and pretty unlike mine where I always seem to add or lose stitches. Even the simplest of patterns -the dishcloth - does not wind up square for me. Oh well - thankfully, I do have other talents but I can't seem to give up on knitting. Maybe one day I will get better...see you tomorrow!
TTFN!! Michelle
Ok, I hit 100 posts and fell off the face of the crafting earth for a couple weeks - sorry! I have been doing some stamping and crafting just not blogging about it. Lots of DS activities getting in the way and I am still trying to figure out how to make lacrosse scrapbook elements using my punches but I think my MOJO is currently on vacation far, far away. What is MOJO anyway? Is it an acronym? Short for a longer word or what? Hopefully, it is not something ridiculously simple and I just am too MOJO-less to figure it out - haha!
ANYWAY, back to why we are here...a project...but which one???? I have quite a few waiting in the wings to show you. Oh the pressure to choose...the intense concentration...can you smell the hair burning? At last - a decision - are you ready? Lookie...
How about some cute little 3X3 Valentines? I am in full bore Valentine mode and I am working on 3X3's to share with one of my wonderful club girl's GS troop. These are the first few I have come up with using mostly stamps from Love You Much. I think my Mom told me that pink and red don't go together but that rule does not apply to Valentine's correct? I think these are pretty cute but maybe too many steps so I am working on some more that I will show you soon. I have to be all ready by Feb 1 - seems far away but it will be here before I know it so off I go to play with my cute little 3X3 cards and continue to search for my MOJO. When I find it, I plan to sew it to myself like Peter Pan did with his shadow!!
TTFN! Michelle
Yesterday was my 100th post - hard to believe I already have so many! It helps that I working hard to post every day - well, I figure that if I target for a post everyday I should get really close. I have been having so much fun with my crafty blog and the hit counter just keeps going up so I must be doing something right! Thanks to everyone who visits and I hope you keep coming back. Let me know by leaving a comment or emailing me if there is something you are interested in but have not seen, yet.
So in honor of the 100th post, here is an extra special prject, a FANTASY BOX - this box is just the coolest thing EVER! I got the directions from the Stampin'Up! demo site (Sale-a-bration is a GREAT time to get access to all kinds of info - ask me how!!). The Fantasy Box will be a club project in an upcoming meeting just in time for Valentines. Here is the finished box open and closed:
The color scheme is Rose Red and Regal Rose. I will be posting my directions when I get them finished but just to prove that everything doesn't always turn out perfect the first time, here is one of the inside boxes that I thought I was smarter than the directions...well, I wasn't and it became an irreparable mess - see:
Oh well...See ya' next time and don't forget about Sale-A-Bration and all the great new products in the new cattys in the sidebar!! TTFN - Michelle
Are you ready? Do you want to see the last of the calendar pages now? Are you sure you can’t wait another second??? Then, without further ado J, the last three months of the 2010 calendar are revealed (you can click on the image to see it larger):
And here it is fully assembled and up on the easel:
The easel is really simple. I made it from black cardstock since it is a little bit heavier than the other colors. All I did was take two 6” X 4” pieces, score the 6” side at 4” and 5”. Fold 4” score up and the 5” score down on both pieces to form a little mountain then overlap and adhere the two little mountains using Sticky Strip. Punch to tops of both and add to your stack of pages. Easy peasy!!
TTFN! Michelle
