Warning the Following Post May Be Habit Forming!

This is a tin full of goodies I made for a birthday present. I'm having way to much fun altering stuff, it really doesn't seem right to have this much fun!!! Looking at this paper just makes me happy! I've got to get more of it, because I'm out!!! Thankfully I just got some of the other new papers to play with. I love you Stampin' Up!
Decorated tin using Razzleberry Lemonade DSP from Stampin' Up! Some pearls from the pretties kit, polka dot ribbon, and paper daisies made with Stampin' Up's Big Shot and Daisy Die. I am so in trouble with this new Catty from SU!!!
Birthday card using one of SU's new word sets called Teenie Tiny Wishes and new label punch!

Up close picture of the daisy on the flip flop, made out of white fun foam! with a Stampin' Up corduroy button!!! I've used all my Summer Sun button brads. Mental not to self, must get more corduroy buttons!!!

Flip flops! Aren't the cute! I know I've posted some before but these are made using corduroy buttons brads! When putting the flowers together, I glued each layer together and I did keep the circle that cut out in the centers and then let them dry, then used an ice pick to poke a hole down though the layers and made a hole in the middle of the Y in the flip flop and poked the brad through and affixed the flower that way. The brad holds!!!

Another one of my small notepads I got at K-mart close out and a matching pen. I did use the fun foam for these daisies also. I thought since they would be carried in a purse the fun foam would hold up better.

Close up of the back of my pen.

Another Kmart close out find. This is a small coupon keeper but I put a small travel size Kleenex in it. Perfect fit!!!

I used the fun foam for the daisy on this too!!! So I want to know are you addicted yet? Hey everyone have a great day and come back again to Stamp a Little Longer! See ya!

B Happy Altered Comp Book

This is a comp book and pen that I altered for a gift set. The lady is a bee collector. I thought it turned out pretty cute. Wish this set had stuck around a while longer, since I just got it a couple of months ago. Oh well, there's always something new to buy!

Close up of the comp book.

"Stamp Unto Others" Shoebox Swap

Talk about a FUN Saturday morning! What could be more fun than stamping with a bunch of fellow demonstrators who just happen to be some really great friends! and they are all so talented! We came away from Darla's with some really good swaps! The first one here is Lori's. Love the new in-colors!

This one is Darla's. She is our super upline. I am always anxious to see hers because she says she gets her best ideas while she is sleeping! I wish I could do that. Love this one, and I just got this set! I feel a CASE coming on!

This one is Shannon's. Love this too, and I just got this embossing folder, so it's going to be seen at my next workshop. You betcha! Great workshop card.

Teresa's card. She used the Top Note Die, cut one out then turned it around and cut it again. Pretty neat. Love the color combo!

This pair of cute little 3 x 3 cards belong to Kelly. She couldn't make it Friday night, but sent all the stuff for us to make this set. Love the way she did the ribbon!

This one is Teri's card. I love this set! Great card and she was such a sweetie for having those little bird houses cut out ahead of time for us. ( I think she knew I would whine about it) Right Teri? Love the sponging we did on this one.

And this one is mine. This was kinda a mixed case from two cards I saw in the SCS gallery. I love how you can use the Circus Circles to add spots to the Giraffe. Too fun! ... I am so glad I belong to such a fun group of gals. I always feel so energized after we've got together. Thanks for the great time ladies!

Razzleberry Lemonade Tin!

Ok, so this is my new FAVORITE DSP from Stampin' Up! It is so pretty. You've got to get some of this, I'm telling you it's gorgeous! There is such a variety in the pack I just love it! and the new incolor Polka Dot Ribbon is a must too! I added a Summer Sun Button Brad, some parts from the Pretties Kit, the Define Your Life Stamp punched out using the Large Oval Punch and the Scallop Oval to back it on. I'm thinking this one is going to have to stay with me!!! not giving it away, nope!

Red, White, & Blue Star Box

This is one of the table centerpieces some ladies and I made for our church family picnic next month. Of course we used nothing but the best supplies from Stampin' Up!
We used the Small Star Punch...
and the Large Star Punch.

We made this cute star box and you can find the tutorial here:

Star Box.

I used Stampin' Ups Paper Cutter and a Bone Folder instead of the Score Pal and it worked just fine.

Card stock we used: Real Red, Night Of Navy, Whisper White, and Jackpot DS Paper.

The box uses a 8 1/2" x 10 1/2" piece of card stock for the base, some scoring, folding, Mono Glue and Sticky Strip and you've got yourself a Star Box! Other non Stampin' Up items used were silver onion grass, red paper shred and wooden sticks.

I am so looking forward to the Family Picnic this year. We are going to have a parade and each family is to decorate a small red wagon as their float! Hey, thanks for stopping by and come back and we'll Stamp a Little Longer!

LOVE FUN FOAM!!! What can you do with it?!?

Ok, this is my new addiction for this week! Altered Flip Flops! So much fun to make!
Super quick and easy. The purple pair I altered for my hostesses little girl who just happens to love butterflies and of course pink and purple.

Then I had to make me a chocolate pair!!! Love the daisy die!!!
Love the BIG SHOT!!!
I demo'd how to make these at the work shop and gave them away as a door prize. They were really cute Lime Green with a white daisy and a yellow center.

Love it!

Here is a card I had them make using the daisy die after showing the flip flops. I got my idea from the card I made for our last blog hop on Stampin' Addicts. I sold one of each of the dies at the workshop that I demo'd!!!

Blog Candy Winner!!!

And the winner of the blog candy from the blog tour is

Betty Jo said... who left this comment

I really like your projects. Thanks for the opportunity to win some candy.

Please e-mail me your address so I can send you your stamp set.

Thanks for all the nice comments everyone left during the tour. I'll try and get the tutorial up this week for the puffy box, but in the mean time I've got a card and a special Big Shot project I'm going to share later today! and the project is SUPER FUN to make!!!

Bon Voyage Blog Hop

Welcome to Port of Call #34 on Stampin' Addicts 2009 Bon Voyage Blog Hop! Nestled snugly between ***Ports of Call #33 and #1, here we explore the Ronald McDonald stamp set for this past year Say It With Scallops. This set is a great collector's set, because a different set comes out each year. For every set sold Stampin' Up donates $2.00 to the Ronald McDonald House Charities. One announcement before disembarking: the tour links are only active through 11:59 pm Tuesday June 16; after that, many hostesses will post more details on projects you see today. Bookmark your favorite stops now--on return visits, you'll bypass customs & immigration and go straight to the fun!

Say It With Scallops #111678

$17.95 Set of 4

Pretties Thank You Card

Supplies include: Basic Black Ink, Basic Black, Real Red, Summer Sun, Whisper White card stock and Pink Flamingo DS Paper. Punches: 3/4" Circle and Square Scallop Punches. A Large Prettie from the Pretties Kit. As you can see I stamped the image in black on white and then cute the square out and stamp the image again with black on red and punched that out and layered. Very simple card to make.

Congrats Card.

Here I wanted to show that you don't just have to use the square scallop punch with this stamp set. I used the 1 3/4" Circle Punch to Punch out my image and layered it on a scallop circle I die cut using the Big Shot and the Banner Die. I also used one of the Textured Plates and the BS to give the red paper some depth. I used Real Red Ink and paper, Black card stock, Striped Red Ribbon, and both sizes of Star Punches. Again, another easy card to make. Love Stampin' Ups Punches!

Pink Flamingo Small Comp. Book w/Matching Pen

This is just a little comb book that I altered, using of course the Hi Stamp, Pink Flamingo DSP, Whisper White, and Tempting Turquoise card stock, Square Scallop Punch, Colored Brads, Scallop Edge Punch, and Real Red Striped Ribbon.

Puffy Box and Tag

This is my last project. A cute little puffy box which is made by using a cd for a template and a little tag using the For You Stamp. Say It With Scallops is a great little set for making quick and easy tags. Again I used the Pink Flamingo DSP, Cameo Coral Ink and Tempting Turquoise Grosgrain Ribbon. Check back next week if you'd like a link to the directions for the box. Now for some BLOG CANDY! Leave me a comment for a chance to win a Hostess Stamp Set Level 1 named Darling Dots. (You must have a United States address to win the candy) I hope you've enjoyed your visit here at port of call #34. Please come back after the tour is over for more information on these projects. Your next port of call is #1 with Yapha. Enjoy the rest of your trip!

Hostess Tin

I am so proud of myself for already having my hostess gift made for my workshop next week! It is raining today, so it's a perfect day to play with my SU stuff. I used the Bella Rose DSP for this one, added some pretties that I dyed with Riding Hood Red ink, a little pearl, the Big Shot and some Alphabet Dies, the Leaf Sizzlet Die, Kiwi Kiss Striped Ribbon, Kiwi Kiss / Vanilla Stain Ribbon, Riding Hood Red Taffetia Ribbon and some chipboard. Oops forgot about the tag I made using the Great Friend set. I really like the way this tin turned out. I'm working on some book marks using the Crystal Effects and some of the Silver Hodgepodge, check back tomorrow and we'll see how that turned out. Catch you later!

Bon Voyage Blog Hop Coming Soon!

We're saying Bon Voyage" to a lot of old favorite stamps! Join me and my friends from Stampin Addicts in a grand tour of projects made with these soon-to-disappear sets! See sets you might have missed, re-visit old favorites, and fill your creativity file with fabulous new ideas! A blog hop is a "loop" of blogs connected for a special occasion by easy-to-find links. Watch for the link to the hop here to connect to a party full of amazing projects!

This One's For Addi!

Ok, finally got my other great niece's scrapbook done of the fun day at my mom's. I did the inside like Ella's but added small flowers to the tabs on this one. Directions can be found a couple of post down. We are almost done with corn, just one field to go! still have 2/3 thirds of the beans to plant but hey we are not complaining, especially since it's suppose to rain all this week! We're getting pretty tired and grouchy right about now! So I'v been doing lot's of stamping to keep me sane in between runs to the fields. Have a great week! Oh stay tuned this coming week-end Stampin' Addicts will be doing another Blog Hop. So check back later for details.

I'm Back with the Mini Album to Match!

I made a mini album using the SU clear envelopes. A big THANK YOU to Shannon who had some I could borrow. I swear I've got some of those envys somewhere, oh well.This is what the inside looks like. It's a super easy little album to make so...

Of course I had to make one for Grandma "Boots" too. Hope she likes it!

Here is the tin, album and a little jar that I'm going to put some little hair bows and ribbons in. I've got some hooded towels and socks in the tin and some diapers to through in for a great gift combo. So what do you think? I've got to get some more of this Sweet Always paper, seems like I find myself using it all the time. Have a great day, I'm off to run some seed corn to the field. We are in the fields again. Yeah!!! (at least until it starts raining.)

Sweet Always Altered Tin for Baby

More SU Designer Paper that I LOVE! I hadn't altered one of these lunch box tins in awhile and then I saw the one that Jenn did on her blog, Stamp Your Heart Out made into a baby tin that was super cute, she put some little socks and other things in it, and I thought I gotta make one of those, and I needed a little something extra for a new mom and she gave me just the idea I needed! Seriously check out her blog, she is one talented lady! I used a tin I got from Oriental Trading. These tins are a little wider than the others I have used and are also shinny so you don't have to finish of the top. I'm so glad this paper is staying around for awhile because it's one of my favorites. I think I need to make a little scrapbook to match. I'll be back.

Butterflies in Flight!

Here is a very quick and pretty card to use for a workshop make and take, (if you don't make it into a spiral card as I did in the second picture.) I CASE'd this card from Kari over at SCS here: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1344500?cat=fav What a wonderful card. You can go so many directions with this. Different colors, a flower in the circle instead of the butterfly. This card uses one of my favorite stamp sets Flight of the Butterfly and two of my favorite colors, Regal Rose and Chocolate Chip!

I decided to turn Kari's card into a spiral card. What do you think? Makes a great one doesn't it! I got to start working on my stuff for the next Stampin' Addicts Blog Hop. We will be featuring retiring SU sets and the one I have chose is Say It With Scallops. If you haven't checked out all the retiring stuff from SU be sure and do so. You can find it through my demo site, just click on the catty and it will take you to it. That's all for today, thanks for stopping by!

Tutorial for Mini Scrapbook

Well here it is. Some of my pictures might not be so great, but this will give you the basics and you can scroll down and look at the finished one for more add ons.

You'll need to make a pattern to fold your DSP over out of the cardboard backing that the DSP comes on. Cut it to measure 12" by 5 5/8". You need (2) 12" x 12" pieces of DSP that are the same.

Take your pattern and put it in the middle of the 12" x 12" DSP and fold over the pattern from the top down, add sticky strip to the edge of the other edge and fold it up. Do this to both of your DS papers. This will give you 2 tubes.

Fold both of you tubes in half and on the folded side fold in 3/8" for your binding.

Put them together and using your Crop-a-dile and the 3/8" hole punch, punch two holes about an inch or so in from the bottom and top. Then tie them together using a piece of ribbon 22" long.

Next you need 4 pieces of coordinating cardstock 5 1/2" x 5 5/8". These are your pull-out pages.

( Sorry this one is blurry.) Then you are going to put tabs on them using the Round Tab Punch.

Like this. You can decorate as you please.

Slip your pull-out pages in the pockets. Then you can just take scraps and start to decorate the inside of your scrapbook.
(Squares)

(Triangles)

( Border Punch)
And the finished product. I got this great idea from a swap last year at convention and I'm still trying to find the ladies name so I can give her credit. This is a super cute and fast little book to make and would be a great project for kids. Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.

This One's For My Great Niece!

Purdy cute isn't it! This is a name frame I made for my great niece using the Big Shot! I had lot's of fun making this one. No stamping at all!!! (Which sometimes can be a good thing.) I used the Serif Essentials Alphabet,Beautiful Butterfly, and Birds and Blooms Dies.

Besides die-cutting the letters out in Regal Rose and Chocolate Chip, I also cut some out of cardboard to lift the letters up of the paper. I also added a thinner layer of the cardboard that comes behind the DS paper behind the Piroquette Pink and the Polka Dot layers. For the butterfly I added two small flower leaf dies from the Birds and Blooms Die and two 1/4" circles. Then used the 1/4" Chocolate grosgrain ribbon for the butterfly body!

Then I added a couple of the flowers again from the Birds and Blooms Die to finish it off! Tada! I saw this idea on somebodies blog or gallery, but I can't for the life of me find it. If someone knows, please tell me so I can give credit for this wonderful idea. Plus I'ld really like to see the other one again! Have a great day and thanks for stopping by. Gotta go weed my flower bed some more. The weather has been great for the last couple of days! Fingers crossed that we'll soon be back in the fields!

"Bless Our Home" Framed Art

This is a Hostess gift I made using the SU Headline Alphabet and a $3.00 Walmart frame. I really wish we had another alphabet like it to offer customers. I love to make name frames and such using this set. I got my idea which was mostly a CASE from Heather's SCS Gallery .

Lemonade Stand Award

I received this award from Kirsten and what an honor it is! I love her blog. She always has such a great variety of projects. So please check out her blog. Since Kirsten awarded this to me and I would like to pass the award along! Be sure to visit these blogs and leave a comment on them, as well as my blog! Thank you again for visiting my blog, and Thank you to Kirsten.

Carrie, Kat, Sara, Wanda, Tiffany, Kelly, and Brandi! These ladies have great blogs so go check them out! The rules of the award (To pick up the Lemonade Stand Award):- Comment on this blog.- Cut and paste the award logo and use it in your own blog.- Nominate 5 to 10 blogs you feel show great attitude and gratitude.- Link to your nominees within your blog post.- Comment on their blogs to let them know they've received the award.- Link back to the person who gave you the award to show your appreciation.

Mother's Day Stamp A Stack Projects and BLOG CANDY WINNER!!!

Hi everyone! I hope all of you were able to join in on the Stampin' Addicts blog hop this past week-end! Wow talk about some talented ladies! It was a lot of fun to join in on the hop. Anyway I wanted to post some pictures of the projects we made at my Mother's Day Stamp Camp. I also had other stamps available in case they wanted to make something for a friend or just for themslves. The projects included a SU envy mini scrapbook, tea bag holder, flowerpot card, and a alter a little jar with m&m's in it.

Here is another view with the envy scrapbook opened up. These projects used the Sweet Always DSP. (Remember SU Designer Series Paper is on sale this month, buy 3 get 1 FREE!) Regular card stock and inks used were Choc. Chip, Close to Cocoa, Pumpkin Pie, Kiwi Kiss, Regal Rose, Pink Pirquette, and Whisper White. I used SU ribbon, punches, Flower Layers #2 and the Big Shot. Stamp sets I used were Lovely Letters, All Holidays, Curvy Verses, and Great Friend.

Flower Pot Card.

Another shot showing the inside card.

Outside of Tea Bag Holder.

Inside view.

I love these little jars! and have been looking for them forever. Our local Joanns finally got them in. (Can you tell I live in a rural area?) And now...drum roll please...the winner of the blog candy for my stop on the blog hop is rush8888 from Greenville, NC. Congrats! I want to thank everyone who hopped along and left comments this past week-end. I hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day and have a great rest of the week. Come back soon so we can stamp a little longer.

Welcome to the Parade Of Papers! You are at Stop #15.

Hello there and welcome to Stampin' Addicts first ever blog hop! Each stop along our Parade of Papers tour features projects made with Stampin' Up's Designer Series Paper created by some talented Stampin' Up demonstrators. Designer Series Papers are buy 3 get 1 Free throughout the month of May, so we want to celebrate with you. I am stop #15 some of you will start here and some of you have hopped over from Dawn Marie's blog, which was stop #13. After checking out my blog you'll hop on over to Lyssa's blog, stop #16 and see what she has come up with. Remember though, just like Cinderella at the ball, the fun ends at Midnight EDT on Sunday.

The Stampin' Up Designer Paper I chose to feature was Good Morning Sunshine. And I don't know about you ladies, but we sure could use some sunshine around here. This paper makes me happy just looking at it!

For my first project I chose to alter a little chipboard suitcase. Isn't it cute? It looks alot like the one on the front of the new Occasions mini. I accented it with Summer Sun Cordory Buttons and 5/8" Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon for the handle and ran a piece of 3/8" Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon across the inside of the lid. If you are wondering where I got it, well Creative Express of course! My second project is hanging from the 3/8" ribbon. It's a keyring mini sticky note holder. View the close up in the next picture.

Besides the DS paper I used Chocolate Chip, Kiwi Kiss, Summer Sun, Whisper White Paper

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Stamp Set: Cheep Talk, Other Stuff: Scallop Circle Punch, 1/4", 1 1/4",

1 3/8" Circle Punches. Pacific Point Stripped Groasgrain Ribbon.

This card features the stamp set Cheep Talk also. The papers I used were Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss, and Whisper White. Ink used were Chocolate Chip, Kiwi Kiss, and Pacific Point. Ribbon used Kiwi Kiss Striped.

Just Buzzin' By happens to be a favorite set of mine. I used Chocolate Chip and Summer Sun paper to accent this card. I used Stampin' Up Water Color Crayons to color my images and blender pens to smooth them out. A little brown flower brad up in the corner gives a fun little finish to the card.

My last project is a little scrapbook made out of 3 Stampin' Up envelopes. Remember this is nationaly scrapbooking month, so I had to do some scrapbooking! I got this idea from Dawn over at her blog DOstampin with Dawn.

The colors and supplies used on this project are pretty the same as the other projects, except I did use the stamp set Lovely Letters. I hope you enjoy my projects and thank you for stopping by stop #15 and please continue on to Lyssa blog, stop #16 and see what she has come up with the Raseberry Tart Paper! For more information about the blog tour and a blog Parade list visit Stampin' Addicts. Hope you enjoy the rest of the parade.

How about some BLOG CANDY! I've got a level 2 Hostess Stamp Set called A Little Somethin' to give away. Just leave me a comment and tell me which of my projects you liked the best! I'll determine the winner on Monday by a random drawing. Winner must have a United States address.

Have a great day!

Twila

The Cutest Little Clipboards I've Ever Seen!

Here's one of the many things I got from Creative Express last week. It's a two pack of mini clipboards and they were only 45 cents per pack! I wish now I would have bought them all! But I thought now Twila don't be a pig, let someone else have some. Ok, I must confess after thinking about it for awhile after working with some of these, I decided to be a PIG and get the rest of them. Sorry, but I just couldn't help it! Like I really need more stuff, at least they don't take up much room!
Here's the first ones that I altered. I just think they're pretty darn cute! What do you think? I just have so much fun altering little stuff, can you tell I'ld rather be stampin'? If you want to see them better click on the picture for a closer view.

Here's a picture of them next to the 1/4" circle punch so you can see how small they really are. Well I'ld better go clean up my mess so I can sew some more. Come back soon so we can "stamp a little longer". Have a great day, hopefully it's not raining where you live!

Pink & Purple Butterflies! SU Style

So what do you think of my wrapping job? This is a baby shower gift for a dear friend of mine. She is decorating the baby girl's room in butterflies so I thought I would stay with the theme. I used the butterfly stamp from the set Great Friend and the SU Butterfly die and the BS. To tell you the truth I've never had so much fun wrapping a package. Update: Amanda loved my wrapping job and didn't want to open it, but she did and inside she found alot of pink and brown baby stuff, and a little blue dress!

Another view

This is the gift card I made to go with the gift. I just love our new eyelet border punch!

I also made the mint boxes for the baby shower. I took this picture inside so my lighting isn't the greatest. Love our new scallop oval punch too!

It's Raining Again...

I guess I'm goin to have to keep my cat from going outside because it's raining again and it's getting pretty old. I hate gloomy days! I'm working on my last dress and I'm really not wanting to do it! I think I'll stamp for alittle while, be back soon...

Sorry I've been gone...

Hi everyone, Sorry I've been gone but I've been pretty busy altering prom dresses for some girls. Actually 3 prom dresses and 1 bridesmaid dress. I've only got 1 prom dress to go! I worked on the worst one today and got it done. I love it when someone calls and says Oh it just needs a hem then you find out it's got 5 or 6 layers! Oh well, it's something I enjoy doing on the side and besides it gives me some junkin' money for this coming week-end! This is the week-end our ladies from church take our bus down to Nashville and spend the night and go to the flea market on Saturday! I found a great piece last year! the size of a coffe table maybe a bit bigger, it had 12 drawers that measure 12 x 14. It has 4 drawers down and 3 across. I'm thinking the guy cut it into 2 pieces because it looks like it and he told me last year he had another one at home that wan't finished yet. I'm hoping to find the rest of it this year! Can't wait to go! Hope all of you have a great week-end.

Happy Anniversary to me!

Today is our 30th Wedding Anniversary. I can't believe it's been 30 years. Time passes by pretty quick. We received a nice surprise from our parents and our kids. They got us a trip to Los Veges and the Grand Canyon! Yeah! How fun is that. I was kinda sweatin' it because I was hoping there was not going to be any big boats! I am not a fan of the water! So it was a very good surprise.... and to top the day of I got my goodies from Creative Express today too! OM gosh! I can't believe all the fun stuff I got from them to alter and the cheap prices!!!! I can't wait to start playing. I wish I didn't have to work tomorrow. But I promise next week I'll start in. You ladies are going to flip out when you see some of this stuff, makes me want to buy more...but I guess 3 big boxes was plenty!...but I did get FREE shipping! Hope everyone has a nice Easter.