Hershey Nugget Treat Holder and Card

Hi all!

Been playing around with some Stampin' Up! stuff and put together this matching combo today:

 

The treat holder holds four Hershey Nuggets and the card is a 3x3 card (that also has a matching envelope).  The treat holder was originally found in our Stampin' Success magazine, and I have seen several folks add different touches to it here and there and this was my take. 

 

Stampin' Up! Materials used:

 

Label Love Clear Stamp set: #130622 @ $17.95

Artisan Label Punch #130920 @ $15.95

Chalk Talk Clear Stamp set: #130634 @ $18.95

Chalk Talk Dies #129983 @$24.95

Scalloped Tag Topper punch #133324 @ $22.95

Coastal Cabana 80 lb. 8.5x11" cardstock # 131297 @ $6.95 for 24 sheets

Fresh Prints Designer Series Paper Stack #132996 @ $6.95

Inks: Real Read #126949 and Baked Brown Sugar #131174 each @$5.95

 

Have a great weekend!



Medium Sized Gift Bag

Hi there!

I wanted to share a new paper craft that I learned this week and am absolutely in love with! Gift Bags! Check out the image below:

 

I learned how to make this gift bag from watching this video here .  But I first found out about making these great little gift bags from the lovely Andrea Thompson who is my Stampin' Up! upline gal.  She has some fabulous ideas! She gave me a gift in one of these make your own gift bags like the one above; I fell in love with it and had to figure out how to make them. 

 

It is quite simple; I timed myself and it took me about 20 minutes.  I figure I will shorten that time now that I have made one.  It takes two 12x12 pieces of paper (that have a pattern on both sides if you want to have the two pattern look) to make the size above.  The dimensions end up being 6" x 2 7/8" x 7".  I plan on playing around with different sized paper to see what I get.

 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Summer Card Camp 2 Day 5

Hello everyone! Below is the card I made for homework following one of the color combos given today (top one on the right color combo).  I used gelatos for the first time on the background (with an embossed resist) - they are FUN to use! And I LOVE the shimmery colors.  LOVE - LOVE - LOVE .  I didn't try any of the techniques shared today because I desperatley wanted to try using out the gelatos and just focused on that using a color combo. (It's hard to tell in the picture but the lace and string are a cream color.)

 And this card below I made the other day - the one on the left is the way I had it originally and I didn't like the sentiment and the way it looked, so the one on the right is how I ended up changing it.  I like the one on the right better! What do you think? :)

BEFORE

AFTER

Summer Card Camp 2 Day 3

Today was day three of Summer Card Camp 2 and a few guest designers were on board today sharing their expertise.  So for my homework today I focused on creating backgrounds with stamps on two cards, which is not something I normally do.  I also created a card after being inspired by Tami Hartley's card from day 2.  It was a fun day experimenting!

Here are the cards I created:

Card #1

I created this background with what I learned from this video by Kristina Werner using the Simon Says Stamp July card kit stamp set and followed sketch #3. I really like that background effect! It took a little time but I think the end result is worth it!


Card #2

Card #2 I created with Tami Hartley's card in mind from day 2. I really liked her effect with the paints and the black.  I don't have the materials she used to create a card using her techniques so I went with using my Distress Inks on craft sheet with water to create the background and found a similar flower stamp in my stash to use.  I 'm not crazy about the greeting part and thinking I might do some card surgery... Thoughts???


Card #3

And card #3 I followed sketch #2 for the week, and had Kelly Purkey's idea of creating a background with a greeting stamp of some sort.  I used some Paper Smooches sentiments that I placed together to create this background.  This is the first time I've done this background and I like it!

Thank you for stopping by and I welcome thoughts and feedback! :)