Dane

I made this frame last night for the newest member of our family - Dane Ashton Frank. Bubba Dane (as his sister calls him) arrived 2 months early. He weighed 3 lbs. and 6 oz. when he was born on September 21. He was in the hospital for about a month. He came home right before Halloween. He is so sweet and so tiny. It's hard to believe that my other nephew was just this size when he was born. They grow up so fast!!

I got the frame at Walmart and used some paper I had. The stamp set is Baby Talk, and it retired last year. Thanks Valorie for the use of the stamp set. The alphabet is Letterpress and it is current.

Anyway, we are having a baby shower for my sister-in-law since we didn't get a chance to give her one before the baby came. This is one of the gifts I am going to give her plus if time allows tonight, a small brag book.

Let's hope and pray that I can get it done tonight because the shower is tomorrow afternoon. I have a SAS in the morning and then this. Talk about cutting it close! I hope she likes it!

Gum Holder

This is one of the projects we made in stamp club last month. It's a gum holder. Thanks goes to Erika Martin for her directions. She is very creative. Check out her website here.

Stamp Set: Priceless
Paper: Wild Wasabi, Blue Bayou, Confetti White
Ink: Wild Wasabi, Blue Bayou
Accessories: White Grosgrain Ribbon

For the gum, I just used Orbit gum. This would work with most packaged gum like this.

Enjoy!

Stamp Club

Well, I decided to venture out and do a different size and fold of card for stamp club. The new card now is the Trifold Triangle card. Thanks to Beate for her tutorial on this. You can check out her blog here. She has some GREAT ideas and tutorials.

I hope you will venture out and try this! It's great!!

Stamp Sets: Polka Dots & Paisley, Polka Dots & Petals, Everyday Flexible Phrases, All Year Cheer II
Paper: Cool Caribbean, Certainly Celery, Regal, Rose, Whisper White,Petals & Paisley Designer Paper
Ink: Cool Caribbean, Regal Rose, Black, Celery and Regal Rose markers
Accessories: Celery Narrow Organdy Ribbon, Round Tab Punch

We also did a mini scrapbook which you can see a picture of that on Friday's post.

This is my first stamp club and I must say I am enjoying the time we get together to stamp. This is our third meeting and we've got three more to go. I'll be sorry to see it stop. I hope to continue with this group after the six months is done.

To make them use their stamps and stuff, we've been swapping cards every month. I'll post some of them this week some time.

Thanks for looking and reading and come back soon for more!!

Mother's Day Gift

I saw this demonstrated at a training event and just had to do one!! What a great gift to give for Mother's Day. I'm going to make one for my mom and my sisters. It's very easy to make. I'll post directions at a later time. Thanks for looking!!

Stamp Sets: Happy Everything, Riveting (Hostess Set)
Paper: Mellow Moss, Cranberry Crisp, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Recollections Designer Paper
Ink: Mellow Moss, Cranberry Crisp
Accessories: 1 1/4 and 1 3/8 Circle Punch, White Wide Organdy Ribbon, Silver Cording, Binder Clips

Name Frame

I did this in a class about a month ago. Wouldn't these make great gifts? I'll be doing a class on these real soon. Any interest? The frames were purchased at Wal-Mart for $3.

Paper: Apricot Appeal, Petals & Paisleys Designer Paper
Ink: Chocolate Chip Craft Pad
Accessories: Hodge Podge, Spring Bouquet Flowers, Chocolate and Pink Grosgrain Ribbon

Photo Wallet

All right ladies!! This is new project that is a great gift. With Mother's Day and graduation right around the corner...what a better gift to give. The envelope pockets open up so that you can journal underneath. I'll be doing a class on this real soon. Check out my website for class dates. If you want to do a class just for you, I can do it. Just contact me!

Thanks go to Amy Celona, a fellow demonstrator, for the idea.

I hope you enjoy it!!