Finding Good Journal

Over at Express the Moment, they have a new kit. It is a Finding Good Journal. Each quarter you receive 3 two page layouts, each having a pocket in them. For the first time you sign up you also get a scrapbook, and a finding good journaling notebook to use.

So, I journal every Sunday. It helps me to remember what when on during the week and it is helpful to use if you need it to figure out when exactly something happened. So I thought this project would be a great one for me to do. (plus, I asked her to do them! :P)

I went ahead and got the kit. It started with the book, the front page and then April, May and June. The next installment isn't until July of course. It was really nice, it came with color copies of what the layouts looked like and instructions.

I threw those away. :)

I love the challenge of using what I get, and coming up with my own idea. So here's mine!

This is the cover page...

This is April...
May's
June's
Hope you like mine!! Hop over to ETM and check out what they have!

Hershey's Nugget Tins

I found me some tins the other day, and so I got busy doing a project for Easter, I thought I would share with you!

Hershey's Nugget Tins. Here is my favorite one, I love the bright orange color.

These tins hold 12 nuggets. I cut coordinating paper and wrap them around each chocolate and put them in the tin.
I made 15, but I'll only show you a few of them...



Hope you like!!

Umbrella Card

My friend Joani sent me the most beautiful card the other day. I didn't have the same supplies she did, so I used what I had. Not as pretty as her card, but not bad.

I used the new umbrella set from the mini... I colored the umbrella with chalks. The paper is from the sellabration catalog.

So here is mine...

And here is Joani's. She used the paper that went with the set. I love the dark brown on the card and the die cut she used. Don't have the die cut...shoot! But I loved her card.
Hope you like!

Valentine "WIN!"

I entered a Valentine contest! Yep. Me. My niece emailed me the other night and said, I heard this contest on the radio, make a valentine for Alpine Jeweler's, and you can win a loose 1/2 carat diamond. I have wanted to enter before, so I thought , eh, why not?

Well, I'm doing school. Lots of school. It seems to take every dang second I have, but I decided to do this valentine in my spare time. I started on the 3rd of February. The contest ended today.

This is what my kitchen table has been looking like for almost 2 weeks... well, 10 days anyways... :)

OK!!! SO!!! I won second place!!!! It was a $500 dollar gift certificate!!

Wanna see my valentine???

Here is what it looked like when I thought I finished it....

Here's an upclose of the top of it. I used wire for the handle, and then crystal beads. I used my cuttlebug and cut out letters, about 5 of each letter, and then I glued them together so they looked like chipboard.

Do you get what it says??? Hubby did not get it. It says, You Are My Love Potion #9!
Here is the back, I didn't want it to be plain, so I added a bunch of hearts on it. Each little tube has its own kind of candy, and each one has a test tube/flask as a tag on it. My cardstock is from Stampin' UP!, and one of the designer papers, but all of the other papers are from Express the Moment. Ones I got in a kit last year for valentines. The best part? I didn't buy any new supplies, they were all ones I had on hand! Yep!!

The only thing I had to buy, was some candy for it... I had some, but I spent $2.25 cents on other candy to finish filling it. Here's a side view for you. I put a test tube on the bottom side.
For the base, each tube is in its own separate little box. Then I glued all the boxes together, with the heart in the center of them. I then did separate sides to keep them glued together. They sit on two squares of cardstock, which sits on cardstock that I made into a fan fold, then glued together. That sits on 2 more layers of cardstock and then a layer of chipboard.
Here's a close up of the tags for each bottle.This tag is on the side of the heart, it is where the message is printed. Remember back in October when I went to Utah and saw that cute tag with the cauldron on it? Well, this is it, Valentine style! I didn't have the same punches, but the look is the same.
Here's the backside of the tag, it opens up to write in.
So, I thought I was finished, I called them to get the exact rules.... seems like you had to make the Valentine be addressed to them. Uh. Back to the table. I punched out a couple of hearts, stamped some letters, punched them and came up with their name on the top...
Finished!!!
Way fun to make. Way funner to get $500!!! (I already bought me some drop pearl earrings with emeralds on them! :) )

Hope you like!!

My first digital page...

So this month Stampin' UP! is offering a free 30 day trial of their Digital Program. I have been thinking about doing digital. Not sure that I really want to, so this is a good test to see if I want to make that big purchase.

I am a more hands on kinda a girl I think. But this is my first try at making something from their digital program.

I can't tell you how many times I got the error message. It does not like me. And then in the end, it doesn't look exactly how I want it to look. Why can't we color in the stamped image? Why can't you get background paper to fit where you want it to fit without stretching it out of proportion...I have a lot of questions...guess its a good thing that it is a trial version!!

One of the drawbacks... you don't get a whole lot of stuff to work with. This is the only stamp image in there, besides some circles made of dots. So, am going to play around with it some more.

Anyone out there in cyber land have this product? Can answer some questions???

New Year's Bundle

I got a creative bug the other day, and I made these little New Year's bundles for my stamping friends!! Here is what it looks like.... but I forgot to add the three little tags that said, Happy New Year on them... but I did make tags for all of them...teeny tiny tags.. :)

The little birdie is a test tube filled with birdseed! I couldn't wait to make it!
Ok, so the weird curly stuff at the top? Well, its a straw. A drinking straw. I cut it with a cutter and made it into a curly thing! Then I used double stick tape, wrapped it around the tube, and then put the ends of the straw on that, then wrapped bakers twine around to cover everything, and tied it in front in a knot...
Hold on to the straw and it bounces...
Here's a closeup of my flower... I like this flower stamp.. and I just got the punch. I know, I'm about 2 years late getting it, but I finally did. I stamped one and cut leaves out of them too...
Here's how I folded the little basket. First I started with a 6 X 6 piece. Fold it triangle wise...
Then you take one of the corners, fold it across like you were going to make a star...
Fold the other side over it, making sure they are even.
Then you are going to unfold them, and reverse fold the sides in, because you don't want to see where they criss cross each other...
Once they are reversed folded, then take one of the ends, and fold it in, and over the folds, making a pocket. It would be cute to fold both ends in too... But I didn't...
So here is what the end bundle looks like. I punched holes in the sides and tied it with baker's twine, but I could have used wire too... or ribbon... or another straw thingy...
Anyways, first project of the year...

Hope you like!

Candy Bar holder plus gift card...

I got a cute pattern the other day over at Inking Idaho.... I changed it a tad, and these are the gift holders I made.

You insert a candy bar in them, and the bottom portion holds a gift card or card or whatever you want them to hold!

Close up where the candy bar goes...
Then I did a bunch for a swap I'm in. Kinda fun paper, its pink/orange/green and red...
Hope you like!