Wrapped In Plaid Mini Pizza Box

It's so much fun to give little gifts to friends at this time of year.  I like to make up a lot of little treats to spread my giving throughout the season ... our grandchildren's school bus drivers, our grandchildren's teachers, our yard workers, our furry babies' groomer, our mail person, my hairdresser, neighbors ... the list is long and I keep thinking of more.
This little Mini Pizza Box can actually hold several fun chocolate treats.

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Calypso Coral, Card 1

I have 2 cards to share with you for my next two posts.  
Here is today's:  

This was a quick and easy card to create.  I love these colors together.  In my next post, I'll share my other Calypso Coral card.  Be sure to stop back here to see it.

Remaining classes / events for 2017:
October Classes:
October 21 -- Saturday Stampers     1:00-4:00 / $20.00 / 5-6 Cards -Fall AND Christmas

November Classes / Events:
November 5 -- Open House Christmas Party / 2:00-5:00
November 13 -- Scraps and Prayers
     5:30-7:30 / $15.00 / Home Decor Project for Christmas
November 18 -- Christmas Retreat
     10:00-3:00 / $45.00 / 18 Cards: 6 Designs - 3 Cards Each
     Fee includes materials, light lunch, and a ton of fun. 

December 11 Scraps and Prayers Class:
     5:30-7:30 / $15.00 / Christmas Cards and Tags
This will be my only event for December.

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Our Fun Projects from My Open House Party

One of the fun parts of an Open House Party is that my guests get to make several projects, to try out new projects and new ideas.  I most often use our note cards sets, because it saves time in my preparations and they make up into really cute projects.  Each project features new ideas and new products for my guests to try.

The first card is cut smaller in the front, so you can add a strip of DSP to the card and create a great accent.  It also features a new stamp set and using our new In Colors markers to color the flowers.  

The second card features new In Colors CS, a new punch, new stamp set and a gorgeous new embossing folder.  It's one of our 3D Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folders (TIEF) and it's the more gorgeous design we've ever had!  The leaves are layered over each other and it is just gorgeous.

I made a couple of versions, just to show other ideas for creating this little card.

The treat bag shows off some of our new DSP, 2 new punches, a new ribbon and a fun way to use a note card.  Instead of an envelope, it is tucked into the treat bag!  This would be a great way to include a little treat, a cash surprise, or a gift card.

I think everyone enjoyed the projects that I had for them and I could tell they had fun making them.

Don't forget:
I posted the winners from our party in my previous post.  If you haven't looked, be sure to check them out.  The prizes will be in your bags when you pick up your orders.

NEWS FLASH:
At this point, it looks like I can hold all my classes before a surgery I'm having later in July.  My other surgery will be in August.  I will be able to have the Scraps and Prayers class, but had to cancel the Saturday Stampers (for August 19).  I'm planning on teaching both classes in September and will keep you posted if I need more time to recover.  Be sure to keep checking my blog to get all the up to date news.
MORE GOOD NEWS:
By popular demand, I'm changing our August Scraps and Prayers project to sharing with you how to make my book box.  That was a huge hit at the party.  I look forward to sharing this!
More good news --- Several of the cards that people especially likes were the tri-shutter, the 'hugs' card and the front step card.  These will all be included in our July Saturday Stampers class!!!

BE SURE TO SIGN UP EARLY BECAUSE CLASS SIZES ARE LIMITED AND ARE FILLING UP FAST!!!

July News Coming Up Next ... Stay Tuned:)

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Pink and Black Froggie Card

I'm not a huge pink lover, but I love our bright, fun Melon Mambo and, if you put it with black, it just pops!  How about a pink and black froggie card?!!! 

I added a solid black layer behind the top DSP layer and I added a stirp of DSP to the inside.  

I still love my little froggie. 

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Traditional + Project Life Completed Layout

One of the many things that makes me happy is spending time with my grandchildren.  Next best is completing scrapbooking layouts featuring my grandchildren.  At one of our last Scraps and Prayers, we made a Traditional + Project Life Layout and I recently completed mine, using photos of my sweet Olive Jane.  I love this layout! 

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Five Days of Emerald Envy, Day Two

Here's a favorite card of mine I made recently, as we continue our green theme.  This one actually had 3 shades of green.  I have a favorite song on my mind right now, too.  Green green.  It's green they say; on the far side of the hill.  Green green.  I'm goin' away to where the grass is greener still.  

I stamped the tree, sponged over the top of it, and then carefully stamped it again.

This looks like a good tree to sit under and enjoy some cool shade.  I'll be in my lawn chair though and not on the ground:)  I'd better take a good book to read.
Never mind.  I think I'll add a swing and enjoy pushing one of my grandchildren.

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Time Out for Timeless Elegance, Card 3

I have a third card for you today and this one is my favorite of the three I've shared with you.  This one has two kinds of lace on it, along with some other very pretty embellishments.

The 2 layers of lace are placed over a strip of DSP.  The scallop circle behind the 'Thank You' is also punched from DSP.

I especially love the look of the 2 sizes of punched flowers, embellished with our Metal Rimmed Pearls.

As with the previous 2 cards, this one is simple to make and let's the gorgeous DSP be the star.  It's quite elegant and could be used for other occasions by simply changing out the text.  You could even remove the text and punched circles and replace them with a single large flower (stamped or punched).

Here are all 3 cards again --- similar designs, same color story, and same beautiful DSP.  I'd suggest that, when you find a DSP that you really like, start cutting a package into card layers, get out coordinating CS and embellishments and you'll soon have a bunch of gorgeous cards that you just love.

TIPS AND TIDBITS:
My DSP layers are 3 3/4 X 5" for each card.
The Basic Black CS layers are 4 X 5 1/4" for each card.
Each card base is Sahara Sand.  Your DSP plans your color story for you.
Using this size of DSP for each card, you can get 6 cards from 1 sheet of DSP.  I'll have more on that in my OSW series coming up next. 

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Awesomely Artistic Easel Card

I've been playing with some unique designs and techniques for our card class this Saturday.  I thought the Awesomely Artistic set would work great for an easel card project.  I really like how it turned out.

I think this stamp set was made with me in mind.  I just love it.  I embossed lots of ferns and the big floral piece with White EP.  The 'friend' is embossed with Gold EP, along with the dragonfly and round button/medallion piece.  

I added Pear pizzazz CS layers to the top and to the bottom piece of the card.  Because of the unique fold on this card, I decided to try using our new Whisper White Thick CS.  I love it!

I added an extra pair of wings to my dragonfly.  The fussy cutting work only involved an extra set of wings.  The other gold piece was punched out with a circle punch.  I added extra 'speckles' in the background, using Pear Pizzazz (stamped off some) and Gold ink.  The final touch is to sponge lightly over the lower parts of the card and gradually get lighter and lighter as it fades away at the top of the card.  

If you live in the area, I hope you can join us for the class this Saturday and I can show you how fun and easy it really is to make an easel card.  I have just one remaining opening.  

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Dotty Angles, Card 2

It's a good thing today's card is quick and simple because I spent pretty much the entire day yesterday helping my daughter get more items for our Christmas Shoppe for this Saturday at our church.  The kids are going to have a lot of fun!  Today's card is a variation from the card in my previous post.

Same color story ... Real Red, Bermuda Bay ... same envelope with Washi Tape.

... different background ...  different text ... different embellishments ...

... and Card #1 ...

Today's plan:
..... Take Toby Joe to the vet (where my huge doggy will try to hide under the little bench and disappear) and then off to the grocery store and just maybe to find a replacement tree for our large (main) tree that died on Tuesday.  It just became a hopeless mess.  Aaron is quite worried about where we'll put our presents, so I must ease his sweet, little mind before he develops wrinkles at the age of 7.

Yesterday, in addition to shopping for the Christmas Shoppe, Jenn helped me redo my fireplace hearth.  I went a different direction from last year with the mantel and it looked like I had 2 different decor approaches going between the mantel and the hearth... both nice but not working together.  Before, I had more of a rustic look going and this year I went with an elegant champagne color story, with angels (large, beautiful, new angels) and lots of elegant sparkle.  We replaced the rustic vase with a beautiful, sparkly one and then found new, smaller decor items to place on each side with it.  I love it.  I'll post some photos once I've finished with the new tree I hope to find today.

My plan for once the tree is in place... more stamping and creative work.  It is my work, but it's almost impossible to call it that because it's so much fun!!!

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Dotty Angles, Card 1

I missed posting yesterday, with prep for a big PEO party last night.  We had so much fun.  The puppies, along with Toby Joe, had been at the groomers all day, so they were totally wiped out and barely made a sound the entire time.
I have a quick card for you today and I'll have a second version of it in my next post.  This card is bright and cheery, using Bermuda Bay and Real Red.

I used snowflakes and rhinestones for a little bling.  This is one of the cards we made recently at a class featuring backgrounds.  The large, photopolymer stamp makes a great background and it's easy to get it straight, using the grid lines on your stamping paper and this clear stamp.

I dressed up the envelope with a couple strips of Washi Tape.  The circle focal point is mounted with dimensionals, to make it stand out nicely from the background.  And there you have it ... quick, cute, fun, and so very easy.

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Some of My July Projects, Part 3

Let's take a look today at another one of my July projects.  In this post, I have a cute little rectangular gift box to share with you.  This project was inspired by the cute box on page 16 of our new catalog.  

My gift box is decorated with Hello Honey and Lost Lagoon accents, with the help of the Big shot and a couple of punches.  I really liked using the Lullaby DSP for this project.  I have yet to use it for a baby themed project.  It's pretty versatile.
Tip:
It's difficult to see in the photo, but I actually have 2 layers of DSP around the middle of the box.
If you wrap your paper the way I did in this project, the lucky recipient doesn't have to tear it off to get to the treats.  (They could even reuse the box:)

I've used mailing filler again that I mentioned in a previous post, to make a good neutral filler for my gift box.  There's plenty of room to nestle in something special ...  OR ... you can take out the filler and line up a nice row of candy treats, such as peppermint patties or those little flat chocolate squares.  It holds quite a few!

Come back for my next post and I'll wrap up sharing the details for the last of my July projects with you.  The last one has a special surprise inside!

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