Mini Egg Cartons

I decided to decorate some mini egg cartons for my nieces for Easter and filled them with some fun surprises.  Each one is different, but they all have wrap around bands using designer series paper.

The first uses some Blooms and Bliss designer series paper and some retired lace trim.  The sentiment on all of them comes from the Easter Message stamp set.

The next one uses some Succulent Garden designer series paper along with a paper doily and gold binder clip.

Lastly, I used some Fruit Stand designer series paper, a lace doily, die cut hexagon (from the Build it framelits) and some pompom trim.

Supplies:

Easter Message

Watermelon Wonder, Sweet Sugarplum, Dapper Denim ink

Whisper White, Tip Top Taupe, Early Espresso, Pool Party card stock

mini egg cartons

3/8" metallic ribbon

paper doily

lace doily

pompom trim

gold binder clip

Build it Framelits

Succulent Garden, Fruit Stand and Blooms and Bliss dsp

Card Playing Fun

The kids received a few new card games for Christmas and it never fails that the cardboard box they come in gets ripped and won't hold the cards anymore... Awhile ago I found a little wooden card box at a craft store and altered it for a Phase 10 card game so the kids wanted me to do the same for the new games.

Finding the boxes was probably slightly more difficult than altering them, it was a little difficult to find the right size since they didn't have the one I had purchased before.  We found a couple that worked ok though and here is what we came up with...

The Farkle Flip box uses Fruit Stand designer series paper and some of the paper from the December Paper Pumpkin kit.  I just matted those designer papers on card stock and added them to the box with tear and tape adhesive.  There is some ribbon around the top - 3/8" metallic ribbon from the Sale-a-bration catalog - and a couple buttons to hide the ends of the ribbon. 

Each title is stamped with retired alphabet stamps and popped up on the top of the box.

The Uno box - and yes we had Uno in the house before last Christmas but the cards lost their box along the way...

I used the Urban Underground specialty paper for both the Uno and Uno Dare boxes as well as the same 3/8" metallic ribbon around the top.

The long box works well for a game with lots of cards - you can put two piles on the inside instead of one.

Supplies:

Alphabet stamps

Basic Black, Crushed Curry ink

Smoky Slate, Watermelon Wonder, Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Basic Black card stock

Fruit Stand, Urban Underground dsp

December 2016 Paper Pumpkin kit

buttons

3/8" metallic ribbon (SAB 2017)

tear and tape adhesive

wooden boxes

Jars of Goodness

Before I talk about my project for the day I first want to say thank you to any Veterans or those who are currently serving our country that might be reading this blog post.  Thank you for your service and sacrifices to keep us safe.

I make a few different kinds of jelly or jam in the summer and thought it would be fun to dress up some of the jars that I give away.  The Homemade for you and Jar of Love stamp sets seemed like a great idea for this project.

Of course I had to pair the Everyday Jars framelits with the Jar of Love stamp set too :)

I stamped the "delish" image and then cut it down a little bit on the top jar, added some designer series paper and my jar pieces to the top along with some ribbon and a designer button around the ring.

For the second jar, I also added a die cut jar to the top, but instead of using the ring, I wrapped some designer series paper around the top and secured it with baker's twine.

Supplies:

Jar of Love, Homemade for You

Basic Black, Smoky Slate, Watermelon Wonder ink

Whisper White, Watermelon Wonder card stock

baker's twine

designer buttons

 ruched ribbon

Fruit Stand dsp

Everyday Jars framelits

Junior High

Normally I don't get a lot of scrap book pages done unless I am at a retreat weekend but I have been trying to do a few more throughout the year since I only go to two retreats each year and obviously don't keep up that way.

The page above is done using this year's school picture (wow, huh?  too bad I am not that current with other events!).  I chose a Smoky Slate background and stamped some images from Number of Years all over the page.

My number is cut with the Large Numbers framelits and I chose some Moments Like These Project Life collection elements for accents.  The designer series paper in the back is from the Fruit Stand collection.

I will have the pages for my other two kids in the next couple days as well.

Supplies:

Number of Years

Smoky Slate ink

Smoky Slate, Basic Black card stock

Large Numbers framelits

Moments like these Project Life collection

Fruit stand dsp

Festive Jar Card

And back to the Jar of love and Everyday Jars framelits combination again!  I used some Fruit stand designer series paper to stamp my jar on this time and used the lemons print to make it look as though they are in the jar.  There is also another pattern of the same designer series paper behind the jar.

My background is embossed with the Festive folder and I have added some thick white baker's twine around it for texture.

The jar as well as the lid and bow are die cut using the Everyday Jars framelits after I stamped the pieces. 

Supplies:

Jar of Love,

Watermelon Wonder, Smoky Slate, Basic Black ink

Whisper White, Soft Sky card stock

Fruit Stand dsp

white thick baker's twine

festive folder

Everyday jars framelits

First Day!

Summer vacation is officially over for my kids, today is the first day of school.  Last year I found these arrows at a craft store and altered them with designer series paper and letters/numbers.  You can see that post here...This year, I took the same arrows and altered the other side.

When I put them together last year I added the "grade" and number layers with Velcro so I could remove them and change things and I may do that another year, but I just decided to use different paper and colors this year.  A couple of the "grade" pieces are the same as last year that I just took off the other side.

For Hunter, I used the Halloween night specialty paper in the background (a sneak peek item from the Holiday catalog) because I liked the brick design.  The number on this and the other arrows is die cut using the Large Numbers framelits.

For Wyatt, I chose the apples from the Fruit stand collection of designer series paper and his letters are cut from the Large Letters framelits, this is the one that is different from last year because on the other side of this arrow I had used Very Vanilla instead of Whisper White card stock.

There is a little bit of burlap ribbon where I had a seam of designer series paper since the arrows are longer than 12 inches.

Lastly, Maddie's is done with Blooms and Bliss designer series paper and some ruched ribbon. 

I will probably share some photos with the kids holding these another day but thought I would share the concept now.

Supplies:

Blooms and Bliss, Halloween Nigh specialty, Fruit Stand designer series paper

Large Numbers and Large Letters framelits

Circles framelits

2 1/2" circle punch

Typeset Alphabet Bigz dies

Mod Podge

Whisper White, Mint Macaron, Basic Black, Emerald Envy, Tip Top Taupe, Pool Party card stock

5/8" Sweet Sugarplum ruched ribbon

burlap ribbon

Wooden arrows

July Paper Pumpkin Layout

I decided to use one of the little boxes from the July Paper Pumpkin kit on a scrapbook layout.  All I did was cut off the tabs and then added it to my page.  It is placed over a piece of Fabulous foil designer acetate and next to a piece of Serene Scenery designer series paper.

I added a couple different die cuts from the Sunshine Wishes thinlits collection, a In Color doily, washi tape and some rhinestone flowers (retired) to complete it.

For the journaling, I just wrote on the lines of the designer series paper.

Supplies:

Layering Love

July 2016 Paper Pumpkin kit

Fruit stand dsp

Serene scenery dsp

Sunshine Wishes thinlits

Playful Palette washi tape

in color doilies

Basic Black, Tip Top Taupe and Watermelon Wonder card stock

Jar of Sunshine

I always like to have fun little 3d items on hand for door prizes or gifts and have quite a stash of little bottles and other items to alter when the mood sets in!  I added some taffy to this jar and then used the Sunshine Sayings stamp set to decorate!

First, I wrapped some Fruit Stand designer series paper around the jar and then I added my layers.  On the top, I stamped the flower image again with White Craft ink.

The decorating on the jar was pretty easy to do but it just makes a cute little gift for any reason.

Supplies:

Sunshine Sayings

Soft Suede, Craft White ink

Daffodil Delight, Soft Suede card stock

Fruit Stand dsp

designer button

2 3/8" scallop circle punch

2" circle punch

Happy Day For You

My daughter had her last Reader's Night celebration at school this year, she will be headed to the middle school in a month or so and they don't continue this idea there. 

She put a lot of hours into reading lots of books to earn tickets so that she had more chances to win a new bike - each class had one winner.  This lucky girl won the bike in the 4th grade class!  Her brother actually won one a few years ago as well.

Each student also made a story board with information about their favorite informational book - she chose one about Taylor Swift since she is such a big fan :)  They stood by their boards and those in attendance could ask questions and admire the boards the kids put so much time and effort into. 

I know she will love having this page in her scrapbook someday!

Supplies:

Perfectly Wrapped

Flirty Flamingo, Peekaboo Peach ink

Pear Pizzazz, Peekaboo Peach, Pool Party, Flirty Flamingo, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White card stock

Fruit Stand dsp

delicate white doilies

Swirly scribbles thinlits

2" circle punch

Playful Palette and Pop of Pink washi tape

candy dots

white perfect accents

Jar for You

I just love the Jar of Love stamp set paired with its framelit set called Everyday Jars, the possibilities are endless!

I chose some Fruit Stand designer series paper for my background and then stamped the jar on some glassine paper and cut it out with the framelit.  Next came some leaves and flowers stamped and die cut and I also added another die cut jar behind the glassine one so the designer series paper didn't show through the glassine paper.  The second jar was cut from a piece of Serene Scenery designer series paper.

Supplies:

Jar of love

Peekaboo Peach, Pool Party, Basic Black ink

Dapper Denim, Whisper White card stock

glassine paper

Everyday jars framelits

Fruit Stand, Serene Scenery dsp

Off to Middle School!

This layout showcases my daughter's fourth grade class on the last day of school this year.  They will be off to a new school in the fall. I chose a 12" x 12" piece of Dapper Denim card stock to start with and added some images from Playful backgrounds using the same color ink. 

Then, I added a piece of designer series paper from the Fruit stand collection and some Swirly Scribbles die cuts.  The wording comes from the Watercolor Words and Layering Letters alphabet stamp sets.

The stars are leftovers from the May Paper Pumpkin kit.

Supplies:

Watercolor Words, Layering Letters alphabet

Dapper Denim ink

Dapper Denim, Peekaboo Peach, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White card stock

ruched ribbon

May Paper Pumpkin kit

Swirly Scribbles thinlit

Fruit Stand dsp