Card Set

Back in January, one of my good friends was married on a cruise ship. Unfortunately, we couldn't go, but I was able to keep her reminded of her wedding when she was back in the cold, Ohio weather with some fun notecards.

I had made her bachelorette party invites and these followed the same color scheme. I started out with a Captured Card Case....Orange Zest bottom and White top. I cut a piece of Summer Sunrise and stamped one of the sentiments from A Day At The Beach. I felt that was appropriate for a wedding gift! The ribbon is some I had in my stash.

I know when I got married, I LOVED anything personalized with my new last name! So, all of the cards have a P on them for her new last name. The dotted circle is from Take Note and the P is from Just Rite Curlz Monogram set.

note card gift set

I made a set of notecards for my aunt for Christmas. But, before I did that, I started with a box. I printed off a Captured Card Case template from PTI. The base is New Leaf and the lid is Hawaiian Shores. I matted it with a piece from Green Boutique. I decided to be economical and used a ribbon I had received on a gift to wrap around the box and give a little dimension and added interest to the top.

The notecards are a standard sized card, 4.25x5.5, but only single layer. So I was able to get 4 cards out of one sheet of paper.

I used a sliver of Green Boutique and then New Leaf scalloped circle. On top, I matted a piece of white which I stamped one of the Take Note circles in Aqua Mist and an E from the dollar bin at Michaels in New Leaf.

Cutesy Cover

Just recently, Lauren Meader (you know, the girl who was doing PTI's Timeless Templates that I LOVE), opened up her own brand spanking new shop. Of course, she had to do fun new templates! She offers one on her blog for FREE called Cutesy Cover and not only can you get it for free, but you can get it in an svg format!! Whoo hoo! No more cutting!

So I sat down Sunday night for a quick crafting session and downloaded the template and everything with it. Plopped it in the SCAL and cut it out and had it put together in no time!

I used Spring Moss cardstock and then cut the template for the paper pieces out of Turning A New Leaf. I haven't decided completely on the closure, so it doesn't look the best right now.

The best part about this is that you don't have to use much tape on it. I used the bottom just like a regular box and tucked it in. Now, if you want to put a few heavier things in there, I'd probably tape it, but right now I'm not worried about it! AND...I got to put to use the Scor Tape B got me for Christmas. I'm in heaven!!!! Love that there's nothing that sticks to me and my clothes because of static cling and love that I can just rip the tape..no scissors necessary! Woop!

Supplies (all PTI unless noted):

Paper - Spring Moss, Turning A New Leaf

Other - SCAL, Spring Moss Twill Ribbon, Cutesy Cover from My Time Made Easy

Black, White and Red all over

That's always been one of my favorite jokes! And you can have so many answers to it, but for some reason, I always think of Clifford the Big Red Dog! My mom must've had a big influence on me...it was the 1st grade teacher in her!

I got an order for two boxes, four magnets in each and they needed to have C's on them for my friend's mom and mother-in-law. I based these completely around paper I found on sale at Jo-Ann's. Fun black and white prints. And what goes better with black and white than red?

I cut out the templates and then stamped Polka Dot Basics in True Black on each using two different sizes. I decided if the magnets had C's, I needed to tie that in to the box, so I stamped the 94pt Curlz font on a piece of Stamper's Select White and punched it out with a 1.75" circle punch. I adhered it to a 2" scalloped punch of True Black and then to the box. The ribbon handle is True Black Saddle Stitch attached with some silver brads I had on hand.

Aren't these fun? All the patterned paper is from DCWV. I used the Curlz font from JustRite on the far right and the small c is from Hero Arts, which looks like the larger C. I did a piece of Pure Poppy for the splash of red.

Pink and Green

My newest set of magnets and a Tucked Away box are super duper girly and I love it! It's always so easy to come up with girly items when I have to. I used some of the paper leftover from Lexi's room again. The stripes and the flower are from Paper Source and the polka dots are from DCWV. I also have a fun one added in...it's a birthday girl paper from Taylored Expressions. Doesn't every girl loves presents and birthday parties and ice cream? :)


Instead of doing a ribbon or bow or button, I thought I'd make the box even more girly and add some Prima flowers on top in coordinating colors. I layered two and then secured them in place with a green brad from taylored expressions.


Here's a close up of the magnets.

And you can see that I did the back side in the stripes, too. I thought it was a bit blah without it! I think that flower magnets is super cute, too.

Just a note....stick around with me. I'm having a FAB giveaway here on the blog starting Friday morning!!! Make sure you check back!

td snapshots take 2

I partnered up again with my friend Tammy from td snapshots to make her a few more boxes to hand out her pictures in. She had decided that she wanted something thinner than what I came up with in the first go-around (if you don't recall, here's what I did before). She wanted more of an envelope style box.

This one I came up with all on my own without using anything I found on the web :) I really like how the finished product looks. It's still clean and simple. The ribbon goes through both the bottom and top rounded edges to help secure it in place.

Fall

Here's another Tucked Away box and set of magnets. These was were fall themed and I was really disappointed I couldn't find any new fall paper that would work for this without ordering online. I don't really have any orange ribbons or buttons or anything, so I used PTI's Summer Sunrise for the ribbon and some brads from the Making Memories Harvest Collection. The patterened paper comes from Basic Grey.

I really like this new paper I found (the flower in the front). Got it at the big Jo-Ann's sale last weekend. There's a bunch of different colored flowers on the 12x12 sheet, so I chose this once since it matched the fall theme the best. The striped paper is another one I found at the sale, too :)

Captured Card Case

I was asked to make a set of 8 (yes, EIGHT) magnets for a birthday girl. Only stipulation was they had to be fun. Since I was doing so many, I needed a bigger box to put them in. I haven't used the captured card case lately, so I pulled that one out. It worked perfectly!

For the base of the box, I used Stamper's Select White. The top is done in Lemon Tart. I love the dp, it's one from Hobby Lobby. I actually used this back when Lexi was born and it covers one of the letters that hang on her wall that spell out her name. Amazing that I still have it! But, one of my goals is to cut down on my paper, so that means trying to use up what I have. Once I do, then I can go buy the paper I really want! :)

I did the magnets in all sorts of papers...the one on the far left is from the paper on top of the box :) I *think* they go together...I had a hard time trying to find 8 different complementary papers on hand!

To add a little extra to the box, I tied a Raspberry Fizz ribbon on and added 5 Raspberry Fizz flower buttons. Love those buttons..I think they're so cute!!

Better late than never!

Here's the box I made to go along with Steph's card I blogged about on Monday. LOVE how it turned out! And now she can't complain that everyone else has received one of my boxes except her! LOL



Inside I had rolled up a gift certificate for a pedicure! Pregnant ladies ALWAYS need those and she's been complaining for awhile now! So, a couple of us got her the works! Then I decided that it didn't weigh enough and she needed some magnets, too. So, I made a few that'll look good on her fridge at home :)

td snapshots

My friend, Tammy, recently started up a new business, td snapshots. As the name suggests, she takes pictures. But not just regular pictures. She does parties! And events! And she even did her neighbors first day of school! She likes being the one to take pictures so you can have fun and enjoy what you're doing. (I can only imagine when it's time for Lexi to go to school, I'll be a bumbling mess and won't be able to hold the camera still!)

Since this is a different kind of photography business, she felt like she wanted something different when she presented her clients with their proofs. She has seen some of the boxes on my blog and decided she wanted to see what I could do for her. Using her logo colors, here's what I came up with:

This uses a MTT like most of my others. It fits a cd case perfectly with room for her to put some business cards and a release form in there. I love how they turned out! I tried to find a stamp to match her flourish, but so far have been unsuccessful (I think I may have to put a few together to get to that). The scallop holds the flap in place and the melon berry is attached to the top flap.

I hope that her clients like it as much as she does! Thanks so much for allowing me to do these for you, Tammy! Please make sure you check her blog out (and check out her cutie-patootie, Jake, too! too bad he's already betrothed to Madeline! lol)

Magnets

I got an order from Trisha for some magnets. She wanted pinks, so these are what I came up with:



Of course, I couldn't give them to her just like that! So, I went and got Lauren Meader's newest My Timeless Template, Tucked Away, to put them in. I wasn't sure the small would fit, so I did the large. So easy and cute! I used PTI Dark Chocolate and spiced it up with Paper Source dp.



I realize now that I didn't take a photo of the top of the box very clearly! Oops! I attached Berry Sorbet ribbon on with some Making Memories Harvest Medium Circle brads. They went all the way through to make sure it held in place.



On the sides instead of using the dp, I used a berry sorbet vintage button and threaded it with a strand of crochet yarn.




The magnet that is second from the left is actually one using this dp. Hence the reason for me choosing it for the template!

Supplies (all PTI unless noted):

Paper - Dark Chocolate, Paper Source dp

Other - Tucked Away Template, Berry Sorbet Vintage buttons and ribbon, crochet yarn, Making Memories Harvest Medium Circle brads, misc papers for the magnets

Simple Sentiments

Recently, I finally decided it was time to try one of Lauren Meader's Timeless Templates on PaperTrey Ink. And I LOVED it!!! Lauren was even awesome enough to give a tutorial on how to make your own envelopes and small cards to fit in her Captured Card Template.

Since my friend Danica had a birthday coming up, I decided to make these for her. She also was the 4th person to answer my Pay It Forward and was bummed, so I hoped these made up for it :) I took Lauren's tutorial and put my own spin on it. I hope you like Danica's Simple Sentiments! :)

I don't have a picture of the inside of the envelopes, but they're all different pink interiors.

Recipe:

Paper: PTI True Black and Stamper's Select White; Ink: PTI Pure Poppy, Berry Sorbet, True Black; Stamps: PTI Mega Mixed Messages, Star Prints; Other: Captured Card Case, patterned paper unknown