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We've got a fun challenge for you today...create a clean and simple feminine card using kraft and text!

I made a card/gift box combo.  It's been forever since I've made a cute little box of some sort.  I used my own Cute Carton template design to make what I call a faux milk carton--I designed it so it resembles a little milk carton but you skip all those score lines! 

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Supplies: 

 Stamps: All about You and Text Style  (Papertrey Ink)

Ink:  Elegant Eggplant (SU), Simply Chartreuse & Fresh Snow (Papertrey Ink), Mermaid (Colorbox)

 

 

Gift to Go

It's been awhile since I've made a 3D project and I truly enjoy making them.  It's amazing to me that with some clever cutting and score lines we can turn plain cardstock into something cool.  I paired one of My Cute Stamps newest stamp releases called Konnichiwa with some Jillibean Soup pattern paper and my Gift to Go template to make this birthday box.  This stamp set is so stinkin' cute!  All the My Cute Stamps sets are stinkin' cute!

 

I created the sentiment on my computer because I didn't have an appropriate sentiment to go with the project.  The ABC DT Challenge is going strong, so link up your birthday projects for a chance to win up to $25 in credit in the ABC Toys and Crafts store.

Thanks for stopping by!

Annie

Supplies:  White, Simply Chartreuse cardstock (Papertrey Ink), Various ribbon (Papertrey Ink, SU!), wire for handle from the jewelry department at JoAnn's, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Copic markers.

Vinyl label

I recently cut vinyl with my Cricut for the first time and I'm eager to cut more!  I made some labels for my canisters using a shape from Label Frames 2 and chose a clean font from the font table in SCAL.  My canister is large so I made my label approximately 3.5 x 4.5.  It was so easy!  The only hard part for me was where to put the label and getting it straight.

 I had a hard time getting the proper angle when taking my pictures, so my cansiter looks top heavy...it's not in person.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Annie



Be Mine

Today the Perfect Presentation design team is showcasing the latest template called Be Mine (available in PDF, SVG, GSD).  I decided to go with a non-Valentine project to show this box can be used for other occasions.  Hearts and flowers are cool all year, right?!

 I took some liberties with the handle.  It's actually a solid heart but I changed it up a bit by hollowing it out. 

The flower was cut with my Cricut using the Plantin School Book cartridge.  I just cut the flower from the cartridge in 4 different sizes, ran them through the paper crimper, edged with a little cream ink and layered them to form the flower.  The leaves are hand cut  and the stem is the ric rac die from Papertrey Ink.I finished off the handle with some silk ribbon and a simple tag. The box stays closed on it's own so the ribbon is simply a decorative addition.

Leave a comment for a chance to win a template of your choice from Perfect Presentation.  A random commenter from each DT member's blog will win!

Please visit the rest of the design team to see their amazing projects:

Chris Olsen

Kerri Michaud

Susan Wesley

Alyssa Scritchfield

Julie Elak

Terri Moore

Beth Johnson

Have a wonderful day!

Perfect Presentation Group Post: Holiday Gift Ideas

For my project today, I made a simple, little house that can be filled with all sorts of little goodies.  I love the Home Made stamp set from Papertrey Ink and welcome any excuse to use it.  I used the Perfect Presentation template called Favor Box II (available in SVG and PDF)and used the optional roof piece to turn this box into an adorable house.  For the round tag, I finally got to use my Wreath for all Seasons stamp set for the first time.  I bought it around the time of my surgery and this is the first time I have been able to ink it up.  It felt good! LOL

What's great is you don't adhere the roof piece.  It slides on and off for easy access to the goodies inside!  You can also use this template without the optional roof piece.

Visit these fine ladies for more holiday gift ideas:

Alyssa Scritchfield

Beth Johnson

Chris Olsen

Terri Moore

Kerri Michaud

Julie Elak

and our newest team member...Susan Wesley

Thanks for stopping by and I am reading blogs, I'm just not able to comment yet like I used to.

Annie

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 Supply List:

All Supplies From Papertrey Ink except the Lilac twine is from The Twinery and it's awesome!

New stuff

These are some things I made before my surgery--I still can't craft well.

The 2 gift bags use the rounded tag and open scallop circle cut files from Tag Set 1.  Not available in PDF.  Decorating supplies from Papertrey Ink, Hero Arts (woodgrain stamp) and October Afternoon pattern paper.

 The Easy Candy Wrap (available in PDF and SVG).  Very easy and uses one sheet of cardstock. 

The Winter Sleigh file (available in PDF and SVG).  I had this done before my surgery but have not been able to decorate it yet.  I put some starlight peppermints in it and my daughter is using it in her room as a candy dish.  Check out what Chris Olsen did with this template...WOW!

That's all for now.  There are a couple other new things in the Perfect Presentation store. 

 I hope you'll come back on Nov. 29th and check out the Perfect Presentation group post highlighting holiday gift ideas.

Birthday Banner

My daughter's 7th birthday is next week and I was able to make her a banner.  I'm still not fully recovered from surgery and when I've tried to stamp I keep dropping the acrylic block. LOL  I am able to do more each day so hopefully it won't be too much longer until I am back 100%. This post will be short as typing too much becomes an issue really fast.

This banner was made using the Pennant Banner Flags SVG file from Perfect Presentation.  I was able to re-size and cut 4 banner flags from one sheet of 8.5 x 11 cardstock so it didn't use a huge chunk of my cardstock stash.   Simple design but very sparkly in person.

Thanks for stopping by!

Wild Flower Wednesday: Box it Up!

 

I’m now officially part of The Wild Flower Kids design team.  I’m honored to be part of such a talented group of ladies and look forward to being inspired by each one of them!

It’s Wild Flower Wednesday and the challenge this week is to Box it Up! You can read all the details here and while you are there, grab yourself a free template so you can play along! 

My daughter needed a gift for a friend’s birthday and I decided to make a gift box and card all in one.  I used the Favor Box template and Birthday Ivy and made a pocket for the front to hold a small card.  The inside of the box contains mini candy bars and money.  I thought this would be a lovely and different way to give a young girl some money for her birthday.  The ribbon is seam binding I picked up at Hobby Lobby and I dyed it that funky purple using some homemade glimmer mist (Thanks, Harriet!) and a few drops of SU’s Melon Mambo re-inker. As you can see, it is nowhere near Melon Mambo color but it worked out wonderfully for my project. 

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Next up is a project I made using the free template you can grab over at The Wild Flower Patch blog called Goody Basket.  This template came about because my friend Julie mentioned the idea of a template that could hold a cute little mini loaf of quick bread (like banana bread).  The ribbon is off white satin ribbon that I dyed with homemade glimmer mist and some Bermuda Bay (SU) re-inker.

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I hope you will play along with us this week and you can grab a free image to go with your free template by joining The Wild Flower Kids group on Papercraft Planet or you are welcome to use other images. 

You have until June 8th to link up your project here for your chance to win 2 images and 1 template from The Wild Flower Patch store.

Jen Shults, Stamp Artist
Donna Wardle, DT Coordinator (Donna is sitting out this week)
Leigh Ann Baird, Perfect Presentations Template Designer
Jenn Koss
Jacquie Piefer
Lelia Pierce
Angela Sowell
Risa West

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Annie

Perfect Presentation release day!

Good morning!  Today brings us a new template called Top Notch.  This is an elegant box that can be dress up or dressed down to suit your needs!  I decided to go elegant with my project and pulled out my PTI Damask Designs set and some black polka dot paper.

  I made a paper flower with some sheet music that my friend and fellow DT member, Harriet gave me.  I cut out the flower using my Papertrey Ink Delightful Dahlia dies and a circle nestabilitie die.  I took my scissors to the circle die and cut around the edge to make it uneven.  I then folded them all up to get them all nice and crinkled.  Next, I sprayed them heavily with Pearl Glimmer Mist (my newest addiction!) and toasted them with my heat gun.  The heat gun gave the flowers an aged look and stiffened them a bit.

The Top Notch template is 4x3x1.75with a neat little tuck in flap to keep the box closed.  The flap may be a tight fit at first, so you you need to wiggle it carefully to get it in.  After that, it should slide in and out nicely. This template also includes a bonus V shaped card front template so you can make a matching card to go with your box. 

The sentimet comes from the stamp set Just a Note from Wplus9 Design Studio.  The font is gorgeous!

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This next project was a template that was released earlier this month and is called Spring Basket.  I made this to show you that you can leave off the picket fence and even the basket handle and still have a really cute design.  I used supplies from Papertrey Ink: Delightful Dahlia stamps and dies, Pretty pastel paper, Luck of the Irish stamp set, plum pudding cardstock and ribbon.

Most of the templates are available in PDF, GSD and SVG. 

 GSD and SVG are for those who have electronic cutting machines such as Silhouette/Wishblade/Craft Robo or Cricut with the software necessary to cut SVG files. 

 If you do not have an electronic cutter you will want the PDF version.

I hope you will check out the awesome design team:

Chris

Alyssa

Harriet

Rebecca

Kerri

I'll see you back here tomorrow for the Sketch Girl challenge!  Thanks and have a wonderful day!

Spring Basket

Only one more day until Friday!  Even though I stay home, I still look forward to Friday.  The weekend is a change in our routine and I enjoy getting up when I wake up--unless the kids wake up before me. grrrr.

I've had this template in the works for a bit and finally decided to finish it up and make it available since Easter is this month.  You can use this basket all year round and you can leave off the fence and even the handle and still have a cute template.  I'll let you know when this template is available in the Wild Flower Patch shop.  I still have to finish up some things to go with it. I would have had it ready with the last release, but my daughter didn't like it and I put it aside.  Once I got my confidence back, I thought I'd finish it. LOL  I think she'll like this one.

I used an image from Inktegrity.  The sentiments I used come with the image and it's called Bunny Gift.  I saw the image on Julie's blog and knew it would be perfect for this template. 

It holds quite a bit of stuff too! 

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful Thursday!

Perfect Presentation: Treat Box and Gift to Go

***2 posts today.  Scroll down to the next post for the Sketch Girl challenge card***

I have 2 new templates available today in the Wild Flower Patch shop.  This one is called Treat Box and it's a cute little box that has a lid that stays closed on it's own.  I decorated this one for my 8yo daughter to hold the reward tickets she earns for completing her morning, afternoon and bedtime routines--this cuts down on fighting, being late, nagging, etc.  She can turn her tickets in for cash so the box is well taken care of! 

Here's a side shot:

Open view:

Treat Box uses 2 sheets of 8.5 x 11 cardstock and measures 3.75 x 3.75 x 2.25.

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You saw a peek of this next template a few days ago and here's another one I made using a new stamp set from Wplus9 Designs called Funky Foliage. I was trying to make the sentiment resemble a fortune from a fortune cookie. 

 I think this template might be my personal favorite.  Gift to Go is my version of a chinese take out box.  I love chinese take out boxes and found the templates I came across were tiny and had some complicated score lines.  I was able to make a nice sized box using 2 sheets of 8.5x11 cardstock and the best of all...it's easy! 

For the side flaps, I scor-tape them down so I can punch my hole for the handle and not worry about holding the flaps in place.  I used 20 guage wire that I found in the jewelry section of the craft store but ribbon would work just as well for a handle.

For more inspiration, check out the super talented design team:

Chris Olsen

Alyssa Scritchfield

Harriet Hensley

Kerri Michaud

Rebecca Jensen

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Peek at a new template: Gift to Go

This Sunday, 2/28, I have 2 new templates available.  Here's one of them.  It's only decorated with pattern paper but I love it!  I have another sample to show you on Sunday that has more decoration on it and I'll give you the details about the template.  All my templates are available here. 

This template is called Gift to Go...

So, I'll see you on Sunday with 2 new templates and a new Sketch Girl sketch!

Have a wonderful Friday!

Kind of an Easter project... maybe..sort of...

I had an idea to turn my Hey Cupcake template into a chicken coop.  I found some wire mesh in the basement and had hubby cut it into squares for me and I adhered them on the inside with score tape.  I cut my template and the windows with my Cricut but you could use a nestie or a craft knife to make some windows.  I did scale down the template to 75-80% of the original size--I cut the template awhile ago and can't remember.

I scored some lines on the template with my scor-pal and distressed with vintage cream ink (PTI).  The tin roof uses thin metal sheets made by QuiKutz and I embossed with a cuttlebug folder. 

After I got the box put together, hubby tells me that chicken coops are colorful, because they are usually built/painted/repaired with whatever is hanging around, and my coop was...blah.  So I painted it with various colors of ink.  I put some gumball eggs inside that my youngest daughter is dying to get her hands on.

Don't forget to play the latest Sketch Girl sketch challenge and get entered for a chance to win free images from Sassy Studio Designs!