Birdhouse Card

So while my paint is drying I decided to make a bird house card -- DH built all these rooms and I have to do the priming and painting.  When we moved here we brought one of the bird houses we had in our back yard. In this new house we hung it on the front porch. . .  this was a bird house that was "rented" every season so I thought for sure it would be rented here as well . . .  it now sits empty . . . But not three feet from this bird house a bird has set up shop and now has a family of her own. She built her nest at the very highest point of the porch---the outlet by the ceiling. She has four babies but in the picture we could only get one of them and here is the nest:

So this inspired the card I made. I used Kraft paper from PaperTreyInk and used the Chicken Wire background stamp from Stampin Up. I used StazOn Dove Gray ink for that. Then  I used a rust paint sample card from Lowe's and used a circle hole punch and punched a hole in the center. Used the SU 2 Step Bird punch for the bird and wing. Sponged the edges of those. Used the branch punch from Martha Stewart for the 'sprigs' behind the bird and at the bottom front with the branches. Used flowers from the flower jars with brads. The "hello there" is from the 2 Step Cheep Talk stamp set from Stampin Up. For the roof of the bird house I used the Stampin Up Word Window punch and I used lighter weight kraft card stock from Joanns. I then used the SU Close to Cocoa ink to sponge on the edges of those and trimmed them all to size to make the roof. It does not show well but the roof and paint sample for the bird house go well together---the roof looks like texture. The bird house is on a plain piece of kraft paper and I put the pop dots between the paint sample house and the back kraft paper piece. This makes it look more dimensional.  TFL

Nine Hearts Flower Card

This card is on Baja Breeze paper by Stampin Up. Used a corner rounder for the corners. Used the Sizzix die Flourish #10 for the stem to the flower. The flower is made using 9 hearts that were punched using a Marvy heart punch. I used papers from My Mind's Eye for the flower/hearts and stem. For the hearts I sponged the edges with SU Sahara Sand and then put them together for the flower using one glue dot on each heart to attach it to the heart next to it. The size heart punch will decide how many hearts you will need to make your flower. The size I used I needed 9 hearts. I used a 1/4 circle punch on scrap print paper and then over that circle I used the 3/4 circle punch and put that in the center of the flower and added a brad. I used a glue pen to put the stem on the front of the card and there is a large pop dot behind the hearts flower for dimension. The greeting stamp is from Hobby Lobby and I used SU Blue Bayou ink for that. TFL

A Scottie Hello Card

This card is on pink card stock from Stampin Up. Black card stock used is from the scrap file. Print paper is from Crafty Secrets. Used black shiny dots from the 'bling box'. Ribbon is from the stash. For the greeting "Hello" I used black ink from SU and that stamp is from their set Fundamental Phrases. Used two sizes of circle punches for the black and pink circles for the greeting. Pop dots are behind the piece the Scottie dog is on for dimension.  TFL

A Birthday Card for a Quilter

Made a birthday card for a bestest friend of 30+ years. She is an avid quilter and her favorite colour is red. Did not want to make the regular "Happy Birthday" card so wanted to include her quilting. I did not have a quilting stamp but last weekend I went to a stamp yard sale and I bought the quilt stamp there. It is from Inkadinkado. I used red card stock from Close to My Heart for the card and the cream card stock is Very Vanilla from Stampin Up. I used Ruby Red from SU ink for the quilted stamp on the Very Vanilla card stock and then sponged Sahara Sand ink from SU on the edges. Mounted this on red card stock. I also bought a second stamp at the sale which is a background stamp about friendship. That stamp is by PSX from 2001. I used the SU Sahara Sand ink for that onto the Very Vanilla card stock, sponged the edges, and then mounted that onto red card stock."Best friends. . . " stamp on the banner is from my stash and used the Ruby Red ink on that and then sponged it. The banner is cut using a die.  Red crystals are from my stash. For the sewing machine tag I used the small and large tag punches from SU and the sewing machine stamp is by Hero Arts. Used the Word Window punch for that and punched out a piece of red card stock to put on the tag where the brad is. Brad is from the stash. Ribbon is also from the stash and then added a bow. There are pop dots behind the quilted piece for dimension. Glad I was able to find the two stamps that I am sure she will like on her birthday card.  TFL   **P.S.  Just found out that Sierra Enterprises sells the Friendship background stamp for $30.00 -- I paid $1.50 -- look for craft/stamp sales locally -- you could save a bundle for sure . . . .

A Butterfly Thank You Card

Had seen a card by Elizabeth Moad and wanted to make one myself. I used YoYo Yellow card stock from Stampin Up for the card. The solid butterflies were made with scrap papers using the Martha Stewart butterfly punches and the larger solid butterflies are made using the Stampin Up butterfly punch. The printed butterflies are made using the new Stampin Up stamp set Creative Elements and I used various inks for those and then cut those out with scissors. All crystals are from the stash. The "many thanks" is a stamp from Hero Arts and I used the Stampin Up Word Window punch for that. Pop dots are behind that for dimension. It is hard to see in this first picture but the front of the card has been cut away and the three larger butterflies are holding the card fronts together. See below for a better picture of this:

In this picture I opened the card for you to see better that the large butterflies are holding the two card fronts together. This is an easy card to make and when you open the card the two smaller butterflies are in there with the greeting. TFL

The Dentist . . .

So . . .  the next time you have to go to the dentist and you get the "Remember to use floss daily" lecture, stop and think twice . . . don't roll your eyes ... don't  "whatever" in your head ...  your dentist could be a card maker because ---

This card is a 'spinner' card made with dental floss. I used Night of Navy card stock from Stampin Up for the card. I then used three sizes of the Circle Dies from Spellbinders in the Cuttlebug machine. The trick to this card is planning.... I used a stars and strips star stamp that I picked up from Hobby Lobby. I used a dark blue and a red marker and then coloured on the stamp. Using the 'huff'' method I then stamped this onto white card stock. I used a medium circle die and cut that out. The backside of the star circle piece is a red circle made using scrap red card stock and again I used the same size circle die to cut that out. But for the center of the other side of this circle I used a smaller stamp as I wanted a red 'border' around that. I used a stamp from Hambo Stamps for that side and cut it out with a smaller circle -- the other side of the 'spinner' piece looks like this:

I wanted the blues of the star stamp to match the "God Bless America" stamp by Hambo Stamps so I used the same blue marker and coloured this stamp also. First you have to decide where you want the circle for the 'spinner' to be on the card front. Once you score and cut your card then cut this circle out with the die on the front of your card. Using a smaller piece of matching card stock I again cut this same circle size out. Trimmed the smaller piece for inside piece for the card. Then I taped a piece of the dental floss to the inside of the card in the center of the circle on the card front. Then adhere the smaller card stock with the circle on the inside of the card and that will cover your dental floss piece. From the front of the card I taped on the star circle to the dental floss. From the inside (backside) of this circle on the dental floss I put the red circle. Once they were adhered to each other I then put on the "God Bless America" circle. For the checked ribbon I used ribbon from the stash. I cut a slit in the fold of the card and put the ribbon through that and then tied a knot. Trim the ends off and the card is done. This card goes together quickly once all the stamping is done and the circles are made . . .   so the next time the dentist tells you "Remember to floss daily" this is what they probably mean  ;0)     TFL

Card for Cookout Season

         This card was choosen as a favorite card at Splitcoast for this past week and it was posted as such on Sunday, May 27th, 2012. Thanks to all the blogettes for all the nice comments as well!! Candee P


This is the card I made for the Memorial Day weekend celebrations and such. Living in the north for so many years Memorial Day weekend did not only mean a parade for the vets but it also stood for two other things: the weekend most people would 'open' the back yard pool for the season and it is also the 'kick off' for the summer season and cookouts and picnics. I had seen the apron card done by Angela Poole which was my inspiration. Her apron was for gardening but I wanted to adapt mine to picnics and cookouts. So here is my version . . .   I used Kraft paper from PaperTreyInk.com and I used the red stripe and the red checked papers from Hobby Lobby. Red gross grain ribbon for the apron ties are from my stash.

This is the inside of the card. I used a stamp for "It's BBQ Time!" and the ant. I did not have a Happy Memorial Day stamp on my baker's rack of stamps (how did that happen??) so I used the computer to print out the "Happy Memorial Day" onto the white card stock from Walmart and then I stamped my two stamps on that card stock. Trimmed that to size and then put it inside the card. It is on the lower third of the inside of the card so it can not be seen from the front of the card. I did not want to take away from the apron look of the card. This card is a lot of hand cutting but I made 20 of them so it could not be too bad!! ;0)  To simplify it all I did all pieces that I would need and made piles as I went along. The piles also helped when assembling the card too. This is one of my favorite cards I have made---TFL

Have them? Don't use them? Why not????

These are some of the patterned textured plates from Sizzix for their brand and for the Stampin Up brand. So many of us have these and don't used them---so here is the tip I learned to get some use of these plates:

I used my Sizzix Big Kick but this works with the Big Shot as well. The 'sandwich' for this is:

     Multipurpose Platform **
     Textured plate (design side up you want to use)
     Card Stock
     Rubber mat
     Clear plastic plate

Put this through the machine--you will have some resistance but it will work. You may notice that the rubber mat may shift and be coming out of the 'sandwich' but keep going. It will emboss your paper very well and you can use the embossed or the negative embossed piece.

  ** To begin with I would try the Multipurpose Platform just using "Tab 1" and if that is not embossed deep enough use the "Tab 2" platform. Again you will have resistance so go slowly.

These plates are a good buy as they have different patterns on each side. Plus if you should decide to ink the plate before embossing with it the inks wipe  off with a clean baby wipe. TFL

New Stampin Up Catalog--Spiraled

*** Put this on Splitcoast with the new catalog with a spiral and Splitcoast denied it and then deleted it--not good for business . . .  Perhaps this is why Pinterest is doing so well? ***

Here is my new Stampin Up catalog for 2012-2013 that I picked up today. I then took it to Staples and had them spiral bound it and put clear covers on the front and back---total of $6.26 to do this and the girl told me it would be about 10-15 minutes to do this. Now if I am wanting to make one of the projects in the catalog I can have it open FLAT on the table and not 'roll closed'... and the clear covers will keep it clean.....  *****BUYER BEWARE*****  While looking through the new catalog  across "Gently Falling" a stamp set with 12 stamps on page 86 --- step daughter Clare asked didn't we both already have that? So I looked in my collection and here it is from 2006 and it is the same name -- "Gently Falling":

so do beware if you are searching for this set on the internet or maybe on Splitcoast as I am not sure which stamp set will come up! Not a good move on Stampin Up's part -- wonder if they used another set name for another stamp set????  TFL

It all began with a nylon scrubber . . .

So it all began with this nylon scrubber from the dollar store  and . . .

some inks in different colours, the Labels 8 dies from Spellbinders, the Cuttlebug machine, the 2 Step Tulip stamp set from Stampin Up, a small hello stamp, a small scalloped circle, a small circle punch, card stock and then . . .

A card comes together. I have used the rubber bands with VersaMark and chalks for backgrounds and also the marbles and re-inkers for backgrounds and also embossing folders on card stock, aluminum foil, and the like but when I saw the nylon scrubber at the dollar store I thought I would give it a try. This is what the page of card stock looks like after it is all inked with the inks and nylon scrubber:

I began with pink ink, then moved onto yellow, orange, green, and ended with the pink again. Cleaned the scrubber after each ink.  I put the scrubber on the ink pad and then onto the card stock in rows up to down and the next row I started a bit lower than the row next to it so the rows are offset as I did not want stripes. I then stamped my flower on white card stock and used the Labels 8 die in the Cuttlebug and leaving the cut piece in the die I then sponged pink ink over the flower piece. Removed the die and I have the white border around the flower piece. I then cut another piece using the same size die in the pink card stock that I used for the card and I off set the flower and other label piece. Made a hole in the coloured card stock piece for my green  ribbon and then tied that off with a scrap piece of white ribbon. Stamped "hello" with green ink and used a brad for that. There are pop dots behind this greeting circle and also behind the flower piece. How to clean the nylon scrubber after each ink? With the same cleaner I use for ALL my stamps---1/2 Simple Green to 1/2 water in a spray bottle. I sprayed this on the stamp scrubber pad and rubbed the nylon scrubber on that. I was not sure how the ink would take to the nylon scrubber but all colours I choose worked. Will use this idea again. It might be good for Halloween in black and orange or maybe St Patty's Day in green? Anyways if you see something you want to try? Go for it ... and with it being at the dollar store it was only a dollar so you can't beat that! TFL

Pillow Boxes . . .

Used the pillow box die and made a pink pillow box. This is the Sizzix/SU die. But the small gift I wanted to put in the pillow box did not fit . . .  so what to do?

Decided to make a larger pillow box but wanted it to still be one piece and look like a pillow box but just be longer . . . . how do I do that ? ? ?

Took card stock that I wanted a pillow box made of (I used white here for you to see better). Figure out the size (approx length) you want the box to be. Cut your card stock twice as long and score in the center. Do not use a bone folder but press it on the score line with your hand. Put this folded piece on the die with the fold as shown away from the 2nd scalloped end of the die. Run this through your Sizzix or die cutting machine. You will now have:

Now decorate your pillow boxes. I just cut a 'belly band' for the pink pillow box and added a flower and used the branch punch and added green sprigs (from scrap papers) behind the flower. For the purple pillow box I made a 'belly band' and added the sprigs and flowers and a brad. The 'belly band' will cover your score line you made before you put this on the die to be cut. The longer pillow box holds more candy, more items, or perhaps an item too big to fit in the shorter pillow box. This is not my idea but I thought I would share it since Stampin Up is discontinuing their pillow box die.  So remember to try to use your dies for other things than the size or item they are meant for.  TFL

Happy Mother's Day Card

This is the Mother's Day card from step daughter Clare. She used pink card stock for the card and tulip paper from her stash. Used a scallop punch for the white piece across the front. Used the 2 Step Bird punch from Stampin Up for her tulips---she used the wings from that punch for those. Added ribbon and it is complete. Good choice of the pinks and greens. Thank you Clare!  Happy Mother's Day to all the Blogette Moms today.

Four Seasons/Autumn Sneak Peek Card

This card is on card stock from Stampin Up. They have a new catalog coming out on June 1st and I have one of the new sets of stamps "Four Seasons". They are all circular/wreath shapes with the seasonal themes. I choose to make the Autumn card as I love Autumn. I used markers to colour the stamps and then stamped this onto SU Very Vanilla card stock. Using the circle dies from Spellbinders I cut out the circular wreath. I then used SU Old Olive card stock and cut out the larger circle die with that. I then inked the center of this stamp with SU Dusty Durango ink and stamped that onto the Vanilla card stock. The center of this wreath is this bird. I stamped him and cut him out using a small circle punch. I used a larger circle punch for the green circle behind that. Now to the card. I cut, scored, and folded the card. In this stamp set with the Autumn wreath is a larger leaf stamp and I randomly stamped that onto the front left side of the card. I then cut off approx 2" of the right front of the card. I then put a piece of decorated card stock down the front of the card. Then I put the wreath piece on the left front of the card. Using a pop dot I put the bird piece in the center of the wreath piece. The "Autumn Greetings" stamp is by WhipperSnapperDesigns.com and I used the Dusty Durango ink for that as well. Simple card to make. TFL

Mini Milk Cartons

These are all made using the Sizzix/Stampin Up Mini Milk Carton die that I just got yesterday. I used red card stock for the Uncle Sam on the lower left corner with a covered binder clip to hold the carton closed. On the lower right corner I used a light lavender card stock and used decorative paper for the front of that and added flowers from the stash jar, a brad, and sprigs using the branch punch. The upper left is pumpkin card stock and I used left over turkey 'parts' (See my Shoe Box Swap #1 post on my blog for what I used him for) and I can use that for Thanksgiving as a table place setting marker or just favors. The upper right is another mini milk carton that I used red card stock for. I used the small and the large tag punches and a holly punch for the tag and then made two hole in that for the checked ribbon. I cover that binder clip with red paper. Tried to make four different mini milk cartons to see how different they all look. The binder clips I used are the smallest ones but I think you can also use the next size up. (See my post for the 4th of July binder clips and table scatters for more binder clips)  The only thing I can say is once you cut out your die piece to use the bone folder and go over ALL crease lines to the front and to the back so you will have crisp lines. Other than that let your imagination flow and use up your scraps ....  these go together quickly -- they are approx 3 1/8" high by 1 5/8" wide for the overall carton. TFL

Stamp Club Projects/May

These are the projects we did at the stamp club last night that Cindy W had for us. In the back is a rust box and inside that is pockets and she had detailed directions for us to bring home. Her sample she made is with decorated card stock and also solid card stock on the lid. Inside she had made tags, cards, etc to fill it with. She even has a pen holder and a pocket for stamps! Very nice sample she had for us to see. Then we made a Tri Shutter card with her directions which I must say simplifies it A LOT. Then the card on the lower right is detailed yet simple to make. First you score your purple card stock and then on white card stock we used green ink on a swirl stamp. Then cut that to size for the front of the card. Then you stamp the flower stamp three times and cut out 2 true to size flowers and the third flower you cut into a smaller flower. The butterfly you stamp and cut out. We used pop dots behind the butterfly and the flowers. Then added green ribbon and a bow. We used a greetings stamp with green ink and then used the Stampin Up Modern Label punch for that. The camera does not capture purple but this card is very pretty in person---the purple and the greens are the right shades together. Once again thanks Cindy W for an informative stamp club meeting!! TFL

Word Window Punch Cupcake

Used the Stampin Up Word Window punch for the bottom front of the cupcake.Put that together and then I trimmed it to the size I needed.  Used the cupcake die by Marianne Dies for the frosting piece and using a glue pen I added brown glitter to that. Tied twine around the bottom front of the cupcake. Used a circle die from the Spellbinders Circles Dies for the lavender circle behind the cupcake. The scalloped circle was made using the Marvy punch. Lavender card stock is from Stampin Up and the cupcake print paper is from Recollections/Michaels.  Cherry was also made using the Marianne die. TFL

*** Y I P P E E S K I P P E E !! ***

In the past I have bought my Cuttlebug embossing folders with a 40% or 50% off coupon at Joanns, AC Moore, Michaels, and Hobby Lobby . . .  Have also bought a second one that I cut apart to make a border piece for something I was working on . . .   Have cut apart the D'Vine Swirls folder and also the Swiss Dots folder and probably a few more . . .  But today I went to a Joanns that I usually do not go to and there were these three Cuttlebug embossing folder sets -- they have the embossing folder and then a lime green border piece enclosed that matches the folder ! :0)  Now if they will ONLY put the name of the design ON the folder we will be all set . . . .  TFL

A Bouquet of Daisies Card

This card is on lavender card stock from Stampin Up. Used white card stock from Walmart. Used the new stamp set "Daisy Bouquet" by www.tayloredexpressions.com  -- LOVE her stamps and dies and she is very reasonably priced**. I stamped the bouquet onto white card stock using the Timber Brown ink from StazOn and then I used colour pencils by Crayon from AC Moore to colour the flowers and stems and such. Then I used the Spellbinders Labels 10 and cut out the flower piece. Then, leaving the die still on the cut piece, I sponged light blue ink around the edges.*** Once I removed the die that left the white all around the edges. I then used the next larger die and cut out the card itself. To keep this from 'rolling over' to the side I clipped a little of the center curve at the bottom so the card will stand up. I then used a glue pen and went around the center of the flowers and sprinkled on DeNami glitter and then tapped that off. Made a bow from gingham ribbon from my stash and put that on the front of the flower vase with a glue dot. ** Taylored Expressions is a favorite company of mine as they have good quality and fast shipping. They will also email you with any concerns or questions and they have a gallery of their stamps on their website.  *** To clean the Spellbinders die after I sponged over it with ink I simply use a baby wipe and it cleans right off. TFL

Mary's Little Lambs .... are right here

More nugget candy holders. Saw these on http://www.frenchiestamps.com/2011/0...s-nuggets.html. This idea and pattern is from her. She made a short video for you to see her supplies and how she did this. Again another cute idea for the nugget candies. She used the Two Tag die from Sizzix/Stampin Up, an oval punch, the SU Word Window punch, the BoHo Blossoms punch, a scallop punch, a small circle punch, ribbon, and wiggle eyes. They went together quickly once you do the embossing on the white card stock. Used the cheaper card stock sold @ Walmart for these (Georgia Pacific card stock). A fun punch art project. TFL

Cupcake Pop Up Card

This is the pop up card I made for the friend in NY that I am mailing a package off to today. Cindy W who is the head of our monthly stamp club held our second Shoe Box Swap on Saturday and she showed us how to make a pop up card. So I thought I would make one for a stamping friend. I used cherries card stock from DoddleBug. The pink card stock is by Stampin Up. Used greens and browns from the scraps for the green piece across the front of the card and for the cupcake bottoms and then for the frosting. Red crystals are from my stash. Used a mini cupcake punch from EK Success for the three small cupcakes on the front of the card.  For the larger cupcake on the inside of the card I used the cupcake die from Marianne dies to cut that out. Used the Stampin Up Word Window punch for the inside of the card behind the pop up cupcake. Used a Marvy circle punch for the pink circle behind the pop up cupcake. Ribbon is from the stash. Used pop dots behind the small cupcakes on the front of the card for dimension. Thanks to Cindy for such easy instructions to a fun card!  TFL

More hats . . .

This card making all began with attending one and the only Stampin Up party I had gone to with a friend. She is in NY so I am mailing a package off to her this morning of projects I have made. Made the red hat like all the other hats I have made since last week and decided to add a little something . . .  so on the blue hat I started with a white scalloped circle to fit below the brim of the hat and added blue and white checked ribbon and then the blue and white flowers. This time I used just solid card stock for the wrappers on the candy nuggets. And I also used the Martha Stewart branch punch for the sprigs behind the flowers. TFL

Shoe Box Swap #2

These are the projects from our Shoe Box Swap #2. The top picture from back left is the Santa Treat box I made and brought for everyone to make with the Stampin Up Petal Die. The Christmas tree next to that someone brought and it is a combination Sizzix Christmas tree die and it also has the embossing folder with that. You cut out the tree then emboss it and then she had us rub a StazOn Chalk pad across the top. We used red Stickles for one of the embossed words on the tree and then gold Stickles for the star at the top. We used a hole punch and put ribbon on that and it is a tag/tree ornament. The lower left picture is the medallion stamp from Stampin Up with a circle punch punched out in the center of that and you put this circle inside the card and add a pearl. This does not show well but we used dark blue ink for that. The card to the right of that is a flower pot card. We used Kraft paper and a border punch for that and trimmed it to size and sponged the edges. Tie the ribbon around that to keep it closed. We added flowers to the piece inside the 'pot' that you pull up out of the pot where your greeting would be. Nice card or gift card holder. The bottom picture---front right card is one stamp and you stamp off---ink the stamp, stamp onto the card stock, then stamp again--without inking it again---trim that piece and put it on your card front add ribbon and a tag and that is done--very quick and easy and prettier in person than the camera shows. To the left of this is the Tri-Shutter card. I have wanted to make this for some time but never could find directions that were clear or made sense. I can not believe how easy it was!! VERY nice card and pretty colours on the card stock we used. The last card in the back is the blue card. This is a "pop" up card. Again never made one of those due to thinking was very difficult--this was Cindy W's card and she is the one that holds our Stamp Club every month and now our Shoe Box Swaps.... Again this card was very simple and it has a big impact. Thank you ladies for such good projects and a fun time! Hope to see you at the club meeting on the
11th. TFL

Mother's Day 2012

These three items are all for Mother's Day. The candy/treat holder on the left is made using the Sizzix/Top Note die from Stampin Up. Cut two of the TopNote labels out and decorate one side for the front. Put them on top of each other and using an oval punch punch the oval out for the ribbon. Inside is a bag that holds candies or treats. Flowers are from the flower jar stash. Used the Martha Stewart punch for the sprigs behind the flowers. Brads are from the stash. The tag stamp "just for you" is from Northwoods Rubber Stamps. The upright tag that says "MOM" on it is also made using the TopNote die and cut out one piece. Decorate the front. I used the alphabet dies from Spellbinders for the letters to spell Mom. I then sponged the edges with SU Old Olive ink. Glued those on the lower half. Added flowers and sprigs. Using a circle punch I punched a hole in the tag for the ribbon. This tag will be on a gift. All ribbon is from the stash. Another hat nugget wrap is in the front of the photo. TFL

Hats off to Mom . . .

 Theses hats made the Favorites list on Splitcoast

Hats off to Mom for Mother's Day . . .  Saw these made by Cinderelly49 on Splitcoast and she had seen the pattern at  http://www.starlightstamper.com/2008...d-project.html. Once you go to her blog be sure to read all the directions from start to finish as she has tips at the end of them. I made the pink hat on the left first and I followed her directions. Then I made the purple one on the right. They are very easy to make -- but you may not think so when you read the directions. But they do come together quickly and your imagination can help you to decorate the hats. Once again this is a good use of scraps as well. I used ribbons from my stash on the purple hat and the flowers are also from the stash. Used the Martha Stewart branch punch for the sprig under the flowers. Brads are also from the stash. These are perfect for Mother's Day! TFL

Nugget Wrapper Tip

This is a photo of "It's A Wrap" cling stamps from Stampin Up.  I have used this set of stamps before for the nugget wrappers using solid card stock scraps. In the upper right hand corner you can see that I printed the sizes of card stock I would need to make the nugget wrappers using this stamp set. These cling stamp sets are in a clear case and the cover sheet will come out of the case. I used the computer to type up the wrapper sizes and trimmed that to size and used double sized tape to put this on the cover sheet. Put that back in the clear case. When I use this set again for nugget wrappers I will have the paper sizes with the stamps. I have both sizes listed--the first size is for the nugget wrapper to slide off the nugget and the smaller size is the size you tape to the actual nugget wrapper. TFL