Last weekend, I and many vendors had the opportunity to be a part of a benefit craft show for the Guatemalan Malnutrition Center. I have a few items leftover and I would love to be able to donate more so I am offering these items for a sale this weekend. The more I sell, the more I can donate. So if you didn't get a chance to come out and are looking for last minute Christmas gifts, here is what I have to offer. I can ship USPS and locally deliver.
Thanks for your help in this very worth cause!
My most popular item: Natural Stone or Slate Coasters Slate have a faint French script with a swirl design, Black or Hunter Green on left have 4 different Bible verses along with the swirl design, and the Dark Pink flower design has 2 sayings: Enjoy the little things and Enjoy every moment. They all have a felt backing to keep your tables safe.
$14 for a set of 4 or if you buy 2 more sets, the price drops to $12. Thanks to USPS Flat Rate, this isn't awful $$ to ship anymore.
Hand Sewn Fabric Stockings hold gift cards, treat bags, notes, whatever you like! $5 or 2 for $8
Jumbo Binder Clips are repurposed to hold a special picture, recipe, or memo. Also great for highlighting a dish on a buffet or place setting. $4 or 2 for $6
Cherry, Flower, Pink Bird, B&W Bible verse, Christmas Blessings, & Comfort & Peace are available.
The last of my Magnetic Sticky Note & Pen sets. "Do Good", "Be Nice", or Cherry theme are available. These are magnetic & ready for your fridge. $4
Handcrafted Layered Flower Bookmarks These 2 designs are what I have left from all of them! $3 or 2 for $5 See this link for them "in action".
The last of my Sticky Note & Pen sets. Gator or light pastel theme left. These hang with a little loop which would be perfect for a cubicle or by the phone. $4
Paper Stockings hold gift cards or secret notes perfectly! Great to hang on the tree or finish off a package. $3 each or 2 for $5
How about a little whimsy? This is a funny little poem about wanting to make Christmas Fudge but getting too busy...so here is a bag of chocolate. $3 each or 2 for 5. I have 7 left.
Last 3 Stationary sets left. Cherry/Skull design, and 2 Red/Black/Vanilla/Bird design. $12 each
"Pretty Protectors" Plastic case comes with mini notepad, pen & stick notes, nicely wrapped & protected for your purse, bookbag or diaper bag. Some use for coupons, too. $8 each, buy 2 or more and the price drops to $7 each.
Variety of themes pictured
Popular with only 3 left, these come with a funny little poem about Rudolph's Repair Kit. Contained inside the jars are Cinnamon Disc hard candy. $3 each or take all 3 jars for $6
Jumbo Clothespin clips are perfect for holding a special picture, recipe, or memo. $4
Gift Tag Decoration/Ornament $1 or buy all 5 for $4
Everything here is handcrafted by me using only premium Stampin' Up Products. Isn't it fun what you can do with a little Paper, Stamps, & Ink?
Please let me know if you are interested as soon as possible!
This is just a quickie to share a recent custom order.
I create and sell a lot of stationary gift sets utilizing the smaller memo clipboards. But this mom had the idea for me to create a decorated regular size clipboard that her kids could color on during their long road trip up north.
The funny thing is that I had the same idea that morning when Jesse was trying to color on my mom's mini clipboard while at the doctor's office. He kept having to turn the coloring page so it would be on the paper..frustrating. So, great minds think alike I guess. And here is what I came up with based on the characters for each child.
The trick was I couldn't embellish much since they were coloring on it so I didn't want much raised to mess with their finished projects. Plus, it was for kids after all and too much would probably be pulled off, at least it would be with mine. :)
I kept the designs pretty simple. Normally, I would have used some Designer Series Paper but didn't have any in this color scheme. Plus, I thought the princess stood out better with the solid cardstock colors.
I stamped her name and highlighted with a glitter pen. Chunky Stampin' Glitter was used for the center of the flowers.
I stampes the finished back to coordinate with the front.
For the Cars board, I inked up some different wheels from a variety of monster trucks, cars & firetrucks that Jesse had. :) Perfect background for a Cars Clipboard.
Vroom!
I added little scallop squares of ink to spotlight or shadow behind the pictures. I thought they needed a little pop of some sort.
Obviously, I toned down the ribbon factor but I thought the help added a little something to the rustic feel.
A friend of mine recently asked me to make a flower banner & sucker favors for her child's birthday. After we figured out the shape she wanted and colors, I got to work.
I did not have pink & purple Designer Series Paper in real life and actually didn't have it digitally from Stampin' Up either. So using My Digital Studio, I created designs using our various pink and purple hues that would match the solid color cardstock I did have in real life. This program made it easy by allowing me to "stamp" many of the different flower designs in whatever colors I wanted, along with the "punches" in circles and such. See the brilliancy of using My Digital Studio is that you have whatever color you want, both in ink and in paper! That is not always the case in "real life". I was able to also use some of the included-with-MDS already made Designer Series Digital Paper designs, as well. To clarify, all of this is often called "scrapbook papers" if the SU term Designer Series Paper is throwing you off.
I created the letters to punch out, too. The all-one-color designs come with MDS, the others are what I designed myself.
I am not gonna lie. Creating background designs is not quick and my computer chose to run slow the night I was working on them. But in the end, I was satisfied with the finished designs. Also, I now have "scrapbook paper" that is pink & purple should anyone ask me to make another project with those colors. :)
I then sent the background papers and the letters I created for the banner to my local Staples. To print them on my printer would have zapped my ink supply and definitely not looked as good! I had them print on cardstock for the designs and glossy for the letters. I learned after the designs were printed that the cost difference was about 10 cents. Next time, I would probably do all glossy.
I used Scallop Circle #2 to cut out the letters.
Rolling through the Sizzix Big Shot.
Here is a video I took showing my Sizzix Big Shot cutting out the letters. I figured some people have never seen it in action. Forgive me. I am learning. :)
Next I cut out the flowers using the Flower Folds die to cut the flowers for the spaces between the words on the banner and for the sucker favors.
You can lay about 2 sheets of paper at a time with the this die because of the scored folds. If you do more than that, it will often cut where it should fold. And you don't want that! For the dies that don't have a score line, 4 sheets is usually good, depending on the weight of the paper.
I did a variety of cardstock for each flower.
rolling through...
After they are cut out, there are often corners that might go to waste. I am very frugal with my paper so I punch the center of my flowers from this area when I can.
I think hot glue works great to give a little height and stability.
I let it set a few second before I lay it on the next one so it doesn't sink it but sits up.
top layer
Side view..so you can see the depth.
finished flowers for the Flower Sucker Favors
Thankfully, the mom took a picture of the finished product with the suckers in the center. She cut a little X in the center and pulled them through. I think they turned out great!
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If you are not into DIY, I am now offering Custom Orders for these favors, your choice of colors, in my etsy store. The banner will be coming on there soon! Contact me if you need it before it is listed.
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Now back to the banner. I cut the squares [the mom's chosen shape for the banner] and felt they needed a little something so I ran them through with a variety of my embossing folders.
Here they are:
And here is a video showing how it {easily} works. Easy, but what a WOW!
She also wanted them tied together instead of one long string. So I sat down and did that my the hubby and I watched a movie.
She took a picture of the full banner and I hope you can see the cuteness.
I wish I had taken a close up of the letters and flowers spacers. To add depth on the letters, I actually took leftover squares of the fleece I used to make the Flower T-shirts a couple of weeks back. I glued them to the squares and then the letter circles to the fleece squares. Had I taken a close up, you could have seen the nice height. I like height and depth. Can you tell? ;)
And by request, I kept the name separate so if her little sis ever has a pink & purple party, only her name need be created. I like that!
Thanks for reading & watching another long entry. At least it feels long to me.
Whew! I swore I was going to drown in Build a Bears as I worked on these in bulk! The cut out Build a Bears were created using the Sizzix Big Shot and the 2 BAB dies from Stampin up for the body & outfits. Stampin' Up! Bigz Dies
Stampin' Up! Bear (117977) - The extra muzzle, mouth, nose, eyes, and heart are great for adding layers and colors to your bear.
Stampin' Up! Beary Essentials (117978) - Pieces include skirt, shirt, cuffs, jacket (2 pieces), pants, and boy and girl shoes.
The accessories were from:
Stampin' Up! Sizzlits Dies
Stampin' Up! Beary Boy (117981) - Pieces include baseball cap, satchel, satchel strap, and star.
Stampin' Up! Beary Girl (117982) - Pieces include purse, belt, hair bow, star, and flower.
It was fun to create each of them, like playing with paper dolls [which might be the next project!].
Here are some of the ways I used these cut out guys:
A Frame-able 8X10 Christmas Page, ready for you to plug your picture into, perfect gift for grandparents, and sold at my craft events for $5.
Covered/Stamped Notepad with added Bear and mini gel pen to match. Sweet gift for that young girl in your life. $5
I also have the coordinating stamp set for BAB projects:
Beary Best Friends (118052) - Set of 6 line art images perfect for coloring. Boy bear and girl bear hold different items for various occasions (balloon, flower, gift bag, party hat)
And here is a few of the projects I created using the stamp set.
Another Covered/Stamped Notepad with Matching pen, perfect for a purse. $4
A fairly original creation of mine out of necessity since I am always forgetting to bring something for Jesse to do when we go out. My mom would bring a ziploc bag with a folded coloring page but this was more compact and much cuter! haha It contains 10 coloring sheets, double-sided with 3 crayons. Ties up nicely and ready to go. $5
If you need direction/dimensions, please let me know. All products to create these projects are available in my Stampin' Up online store.
