Inkin' in the Land of Lincoln

At our last Team Meeting (Inkin' in the Land of Lincoln) we decided to have a shoebox swap at our October meeting.  It was so much fun.  I'd like to share with you the projects that were created by those who were able to participate.

I shared a project that is a little treat holder.  A variety of goodies would fit inside the holder, so you could choose what you'd like to put in it.  For this one, we used a tea bag --- a low cal treat:)  I used a sheet from our Snow Festival DSP that has little squares on it.  You can cut it up and use it for individual tags or designs.  I added little dots of cherry cobbler Dazzling Details, for a touch of bling.  We'll be making these at my Touch of Christmas class and I'll have a tutorial on them in a later post.

Laura's project was a treat bag using our Ghoulish Googlies Designer Kit.  I love the little flag strips of Howlstooth and Scaringbone DSP.  We embossed the bags and added a treat inside.  Who will get this treat?

Jenn's project was a Fall card using the Wonderfall stamp set.  The leaf is die cut using the Autumn Accents Bigz Die.  I love her color combo:  Perfect Plum, More Mustard and Cajun Craze.  It is gorgeous together!

Lynn's project  was a gorgeous Christmas card.  Using the colors from the Festival of Prints Designer Series Paper Stack, she went with Island Indigo as the card base, with a touch of Cherry Cobbler and Brushed Silver CS for the mats.  The ornament is embossed with Pewter EP (She used silver.) and then another layer added to the ornament, embossed with white EP.  We tied the ornament with a little Cherry Cobbler baker's twine.  We added some dry embossing too, with the Northern Flurry Embossing Folder.  The text is from More Merry Messages.

As you can see, I have a talented bunch of ladies.  Before I go, I'd like to share one more project with you from my team.  Here is a bottle tag that Laura made using my double pocket treat holder idea.  Isn't this a clever way to use it!

I know you'll want to go try some of these ideas.  Enjoy!

Double Pocket Treat Holder

Here is the cute little treat holder that I promised to show you, along with a few more.  I designed this for my August Team Meeting and I hadn't ever posted it yet.  It was scheduled to post Friday, yesterday, but I am taking care of Olive Jane for the weekend and she is fighting a cold.  This calls for extra TLC and, as her Nanna, I'm ready to give it... family first.  So, I finally had a few minutes to get this posted.  Here's my treat holder.  It was inspired by one made by Dawn Olchefsky.

The funny part is that the day I pulled it out and was working on getting the post ready, I realized that my daughter was working on a similar post at the same time.  We think so much alike that it is scary.  I've been working on several versions of it, as well as a larger size.  Because it has 2 pockets, you can put a special treat in one pocket and a card in the other pocket.

This is the version I designed for my Team Meeting.

Here are a couple more views of it.  You can insert a card, a gift card, a treat ... whatever you can come up with... in each pocket.  I love that it has 2 pockets, so you can always have a card AND a treat of some sort.

I added leaves from Wonderfall to the front, along with a big button and little banner label.  I still need to add an embellishment of some sort to the back.

Nanna duty calls, so come back for my next post and I'll give you measurements and details on how to make both sizes.

I love making cute little treat holders to give to special people and I have several more styles to share with you, so keep coming back so you don't miss any of them.

First Day of School

Today, I find myself filled with a multitude of memories and emotions.  Today is the first day of school for my sweet little boys -- Kindergarten and third grade.  Where has time gone?  I find myself thinking about getting more done with them in school and yet being so glad that they only have a half day today so I can spend all afternoon with them.  I can't wait to hear about their day!  I am also remembering when my own children started school.  Mine didn't ride a bus, so today was different in that way.  Anyway, I feel the need to post a Fall card because school starting makes you realize that Fall is just around the corner. 

 

This card uses our new Core'dinations Card Stock.  It has a slightly lighter core, so you can emboss or tear it to see the lighter color.  When you use our new sanding block, you can sand it lightly and really bring out the texture of the embossing.  I love it!  I used the stamp set Wonderfall and then cut the leaves with the new Autumn Accents Bigz Die.  I cut some of the leaves with our champagne glimmer paper.  I absolutely love its shimmer!!!  The other leaves are stamped and cut from soft suede and cajun craze.  

Have a great day and I hope you'll get to stamp something fun today!  Be sure to check out my schedule for my next classes.  The Fun Friday Project Classes are really going to be great!!!