Stamp Princess

My baby just turned 1!!

I only have a minute (since little birthday girl herself just woke up), but I want to show you my quick crafty doo-dads that I made for her party.

1st, and a bit ridiculous , I decided last minute that I wanted her little cake on a pedestal of some sort.  After a quick rummage, I grabbed a tupperware bowl and figured that was good enough.  And let’s not be silly, you know I covered it in some designer series paper that matched the frosting. (I used Tea Party dsp.)

To save money on quick decorations (it was just a small family party), I pulled out a tablecloth that we had from my older daughter’s birthday party.  I took a peek at it and realized, “hey lookie, daisies!”  You know where I’m going with this, right?

Yup, my good ol’ Big Shot machine!  I grabbed some paper in colors that matched the tablecloth, my Daisies Flower die, and ran them through my machine a bunch of times.  Yay for quick and easy … and inexpensive!!  Yay!  I put these flowers on the table and door and all around.  I would have had more, but I ran out of that sticky tack stuff that I was using to put them on the walls.  Oopsie.

Don’t look too close at that cake … umm, I had 2 cranky kids at my ankles while I tried to frost it, if that is any excuse.

Happy birthday to my little lady!

I just started my 1st card club, and I’m pretty sure I lucked out with this group of girls.  They are so fun!  I’m really excited.

We made 2 cards and 1 box (technically, 2 boxes ) at our 1st party.  I’ve already posted one card here, but here it is again.

I mentioned before that I got that card idea from our Stampin’ Up demonstrator monthly magazine, Stampin’ Success.  I get a lot of ideas from there.

I have seen these boxes around in a lot of places, but Dawn has a great tutorial video here.

And this last one is case’d almost identically from Andrea.  Her card was so darn cute I couldn’t change it and had to use it!!

Not many of my own original ideas this month, huh?   LOL.  Well, that’s why I love the stamping community.

Thanks!,

Laura

Ingredients:

Stamps – Circle Circus, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Look Who’s Turning, Great Friend

Ink – rich razzleberry, chocolate chip, old olive, real red, basic black, tempting turquoise

Paper – summer sun textured, whisper white, old olive, real red, tempting turquoise, whisper white, old olive, more mustard, Razzleberry Lemonade dsp, rose red, melon mambo

Supplies – scallop edge punch, flower fusion, 1″ circle punch, 1 1/4″ circle punch, silver brad, sherbet designer buttons, glue dots, linen thread, chocolate chip marker, dimensional, stamping sponge, curly label punch, real red marker, old olive marker, more mustard marker, tempting turquoise marker, my way punch, playground designer buttons, 1 3/8″ circle punch, Big Shot machine, Box #2 die, Lots of Tags die, wide oval punch, melon mambo polka-dot grosgrain ribbon, sticky strip, Hershey chocolates

This is proof that I am still here, and I do still make cards!   Wow, busy busy, but I do still escape for some play time here and there.

I used a cutie patootie new birthday set for this card, Birthday Bliss.  And when I finished, I realized no stamp pads … just Versamark and markers on this one.  I’ll put the details below.

It’s almost 1 AM, off to bed!  Just finishing up some whole wheat cinnamon rolls.  Um, yummy?   Breakfast tomorrow morning will be oh so sweet, even when the baby wakes up too early.  Bye for now!

Laura

Ingredients:

Stamps -Birthday Bliss, Always

Ink -Versamark, chocolate chip marker (don’t have Soft Suede yet ), rose red marker

Paper – bermuda bay, whisper white, rose red, Thoroughly Modern dsp

Supplies – white taffeta ribbon, mini library clip, dimensionals, scallop square punch, 1 1/4″ square punch

I’m doing a birthday class for a friend, Jen.  This will be so fun! 

Each project was so fun to make.  

That one was CASE’d almost exactly from Beate.  Check hers out here.  I liked it too much to change anything.

This next one is a gift card holder.

Target gift card not included in the class.

I used Jill’s measurements for that one.

And every so often you just need a simple, masculine 3×3 card to attach to a gift.

This last one came together so fast.  My husband was working in the office next to me, and I turned around to show my finished box to him.  His response?  “Whoa, did you just make that?  That fast?”

Yes, it really is that fast.  Love the Big Shot.

In that one, the chocolate is included!

Thanks for stopping by!  Don’t forget about the blog candy in the post below!

Laura

Ingredients:
Birthday Hugs & Wishes card
Stamps – Hugs & Wishes, Priceless
Ink – rose red
Paper – regal rose, rose red, chocolate chip textured
Supplies – 5-petal flower punch, eyelet border punch, chocolate chip grosgrain 5/8″
Ladybug Card
Stamps – Stem Sayings, Pick a Petal
Ink – basic black, baja breeze
Paper – baja breeze, whisper white, basic black, Good Morning Sunshine dsp
Supplies – 1″ circle punch, black gingham ribbon, paper piercer & mat & template, black brads, black Stampin’ Write marker, scallop edge punch
Gift Card Holder
Stamps – none
Ink – none
Paper – Walk in the Park dsp, kiwi kiss, whisper white
Supplies – whisper white taffeta ribbon, kiwi kiss corduroy button, silver eyelets, Crop-A-Dile, scallop edge punch
3×3 Card
Stamps – Party Hearty
Ink – basic black, sahara sand or versamark
Paper – kraft, Urban Oasis dsp
Supplies – 3/4″ circle punch, 1″ circle punch, dimensional
Matchbox
Stamps – Great Friend
Ink – chocolate chip
Paper – pretty in pink, chocolate chip, Sweet Always dsp
Supplies – Big Shot machine, Matchbox die, stamping sponge, pretty in pink grosgrain ribbon 1/4″, linen thread, dimensional, glue dots, Hershey nuggets

These are the final 4 cards that we made at my 3×3 card class (a.k.a. love notes) last weekend.

This bunch covers birthdays (guy, girl, and kid) plus a thank you card.  The other 6 were shown in this post.

We had a ton of fun, and I will definitely do a class similar to this again!

Laura

p.s. I was inspired by so many ideas that I saw various places online, but I was a naughty card-maker and didn’t write any of them down or bookmark the links!  If you see a card that is a CASE of one of yours, please let me know so I can give you credit!

Ingredients:

Stamp Sets – Party Hearty, Wild about You, Hugs & Wishes, Say It with Scallops

Ink – garden green, so saffron, riding hood red, kiwi kiss, pacific point, regal rose, cameo coral

Paper -whisper white, so saffron patterns dsp, garden green, pacific point, kiwi kiss, regal rose, Sweet Always dsp, pink pirouette, Walk in the Park dsp (Occasions Mini catalog), baja breeze, cameo coral textured

Supplies – stamp-a-ma-jig, scallop circle punch, dimensionals, 3/4″ circle punch, googlie eyes (non SU!), Trio Flower punch, white grosgrain ribbon, glue dots, corner rounder punch, scallop square punch

I don’t usually do these challenges with a particular person in mind, but I thought I’d try it this time.  I like how it turned out, with the exception of the letters.  They looked cute all crooked-y until I assembled the card.

I do love these little letters, just not crooked.Straight would look better, no?   Now I know for next time.   Tee hee.

But I do love this paper, and how handy that it fit with the colors for the challenge this week!

Thanks for stopping by!,

Laura

Ingredients:

Stamp Set – Party Hearty

Paper -baja breeze, whisper white, chocolate chip, kiwi kiss, Walk in the Park dsp (in the Occasions Mini Catalog)

Ink – baja breeze

Supplies – paper piercer & mat, scallop circle punch, 3/4″ circle punch, 1″ circle punch, 1 1/4″ circle punch, chocolate chip 1/4″ grosgrain ribbon, Stampin’ Up! Billboard Sizzlits decorative strip, Big Shot machine, dimensionals

Just to prove that I have not abandoned my blog, I have one quick card to share!   I will return with more soon!!  I now have my space set up to take pictures. Yay! 

G’night,

Laura

p.s. For Valentine’s Day my husband surprised me with a new logo! Is he not cute and super supportive?!? Do you like it? I do!!

Ingredients: 

Stamp Set – Party Hearty

Paper – Rose Red, Whisper White, Cameo Coral, Raspberry Tart dsp

Ink – Rose Red, Kiwi Kiss, Cameo Coral

Supplies – Scallop Circle punch, Rose Red ribbon, dazzling diamonds, 3/4″ circle punch, dimensionals