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This is a place for me to share my love of crafts. Right now, I work mostly with paper and beads, but I have been venturing into fabric of late as well. Enjoy!

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

My Niece's Birthday




I made party invitations with a matching cad for my Niece's 1st Birthday. Here they are. I used certainly celley, whisper white, Time Well Spent, Petals Wheel, For a Friend hosess set, and Hugs and Wishes.




Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Liz’s SU Retired List for Sale!


Sorry to have to do this, but if you double click on the list in the photo, you can see the entire list. It was teh only way to keep in the handy table. I can also e-mail it to you, simply e-mail me at lizlovesstampin@yahoo.com and I'll send it directly to you! Happy shopping!









Happy New Year!

Happy New Year all you stampers and crafters out there! I FINALLY updated my blog and it is my goal this year to post at least one new project a month. I haven't been so good at that lately, but I will try to be better! Please e-mail me directly if you have any questions and keep checking back for my retired items for sale list! I'll be posting it on Jan. 2nd!

Merci Le Jardin Card

Supplies
Aida Cloth Stamp Set
Carte Postale Stamp Set
River Rock Card Stock
Perfect Plum Card Stock
Le Jardin Designer Series Paper
River Rock Classic Stamp pad
Perfect Plum Classic Stamp Pad
Perfect Plum Water Color Wonder Crayon
Water Spray Bottle
Hodgepodge Hardware
Scallop Circle Punch
Word Window Punch
1 ¼ circle punch
1 3/8 circle punch
Small oval punch
Large oval punch
The Tearing Edge
Beachfront Ribbon Originals
Paper Piercing Tool
Cutter Kit
Stampin’ Dimmensionals

Directions
  1. Cut a 8.5 x 5.5 piece of River Rock Card Stock. Score and fold at 4.25.
  2. Ink the Aida Cloth stamp with the River Rock stamp pad and stamp the front of the card.
    Cut a 5.5 x 2 piece of the green leaf Le Jardin Designer Series Paper. Use the Tearing Edge and rip one side.
  3. Cut a 5.5 x 2.5 piece of Perfect Plum Card Stock. Use the Tearing Edge and rip one side.
    Adhere the DP piece to the top of the Plum piece.
  4. Punch two Plum Word Windows. Adhere to the top and the bottom folded in half as shown.
  5. Using the paper piercing tool, punch holes in each word window and place brads from Hodgepodge Hardware kit.
  6. Cut a piece of the rippled piece of beachfront ribbon original. Loop it through the hardware as shown and adhere to the front of the DP.
  7. Adhere the whole thing to the left side of the card with Sticky Strip or Generous amounts of SNAIL.
  8. Color the square flower stamp with the Plum Crayon. Spray with water…very lightly…and stamp on a scrap of Whisper White Card Stock.
  9. Punch out flower with 1 ¼ Circle. Distress with the Cutter Kit and highlight with the Plum Stamp Pad.
  10. Punch out a 1 3/8 circle River Rock.
  11. Punch a Plum Scalloped Circle.
  12. Adhere, white to the River Rock, and adhere to the Scalloped Circle with a dimensional.
    Pierce the Petals with the paper piercing tool.
  13. Adhere to the front of the card as shown.
  14. Stamp Merci in Plum on River Rock and punch out with the small oval punch.
  15. Punch a Plum Large Oval.
  16. Adhere the River Rock Oval to the Plum oval.
  17. Adhere to the front of the card below the flower.

Thank You Envelope Card

Supplies

All About You Stamp Set
Petals Jumbo Wheel
Jumbo Stampin’ Around Handle
Certainly Celery Card Stock
Petals and Paisleys Designer Series paper
Whisper White Card Stock
Certainly Celery Classic Stamp Pad
Certainly Celery Refill
Regal Rose Classic Stamp pad
Uninked Jumbo Stampin’ Around Cartridge
Light Pink Gingham Ribbon
Earth Elements (Old Olive) or Fresh Favorites 1 (Certainly Celery) Buttons
Mini Envelope Template
Stampin’ Around Guide
3 1/16” Corner Rounder
Horizontal Slot Punch

Directions

  1. Cut a 8.5 x 5.5 piece of Certainly Celery Card Stock. Score at 4.25 and fold.
  2. Ink the jumbo Stampin’ Around Handle with the Certainly Celery refill and place in handle. Place Petals Jumbo Wheel in the Handle.
  3. Using the wheel guide to keep you strait, wheel the left side of the card (fold side).
  4. Cut a 1 ¾ x 3 piece of Whisper White Card Stock.
  5. Round the top two corners.
  6. Using the horizontal slot punch, punch a slot in the center top of the white piece.
  7. Using the Regal Rose Stamp Pad and the U stamp, stamp a U on the white piece.
  8. Using the small rounded flap template, hobby blade and the Petals and Paisley Designer Series Paper, Make an envelope. Fold the flap down so you get the other side of the paper and adhere to the front of the envelope.
  9. Tie a piece of pink gingham ribbon through the slot on the white piece.
  10. Tie a piece of pink gingham ribbon through the button and affix to the front of the envelope.
  11. Adhere the envelope to the front of the card.
  12. Place the White stamped piece in the pocket.
  13. Stamp Thank three times in Certainly Celery across the right side.

Calendar Post-it Magnet

Supplies

  • Petals & Paisleys Designer Series Paper

  • Silver Brads

  • Cardboard backing from the Designer Series Paper package

  • 3 x 3 post-it

  • Wallet sized calendar template from Microsoft Publisher

  • Magnet (AC Moore)

  • 5/8 Certainly Celery Grosgrain Ribbon

Directions


  1. Cut a 6 x 4 piece of cardboard.

  2. Cut a 4 x 4 piece of Designer Series Paper.

  3. Cut a 3 x 4 piece of coordinating Designer Series Paper.

  4. Print out the date range desired from Publisher and trim.

  5. Using Crop-a-Dile, punch holes in top of calendar, lined up with side lines.

  6. Place brads in the holes.

  7. Adhere the 3 x 4 piece of DP to the top part of the cardboard.

  8. Adhere the 4 x 4 piece of DP to the bottom part, overlapping the top piece.

  9. Adhere the ribbon over the seam.

  10. Adhere the calendar to the top portion of the page.

  11. Adhere the post-it to the bottom, centered under the calendar.

  12. Adhere a strip of magnet to the top and the bottom.