Make Your Own and It Will Match

Hi all you Ribbon Fans!!!  Just wanted to pop in on your Sunday and give you a little inspiration to top off your week.  Boy oh boy,  do I have a great idea to save you time, money and gas!  How about when you are in need of a gift bag and all the local stores have are the boring same old same gift bags?  Well, why not make your own and customize it to fit any occasion!!

I have made a bag for a baby shower featuring Checkboard Satin in Shocking Pink and Wild Orchid 25mm Cottage Roses. Both are from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

Thanks for looking!

Paper Makeup Stamps Digi Makeover-Valentines

Happy Monday!  Well, Valentines Day is just around the corner!  Cannot believe that February is already here.  Paper Makeup Stamps Digi Make-Over team is having a Valentines Day Challenge.  I have used the "Color Kid with Valentine digi".  The cute Heart Shaped Box is from The Cutting Cafe.  Regina has a great selection of cutting files perfect for Valentines Day.

Here is a side view

Hope you can join us at the PMS BLOG.  For a fun challenge.

Challenge I have entered:
The Cheerful Stamp Pad-Romance in the Air
Daisy Doodle Challenges-Valentine (using a digital stamp)
Die Cut Dreams-Pink & Red with a Heart
House of Gilli-Love
Paper Creations Ink-Love

Happy Birthday-Color Kid

It a chilly morning here on the western slope.  No snow yet.  Are we even going to get any this year?  I will keep you updated! 

This morning I have this adorable "Color Kid" from Paper Makeup Stamps.  You can find her and all of the other Color Kids HERE.  Did you know, Paper Makeup Stamps has gone digital?  Yes the company is now an all digi company.  So if you have ever want to get your PMS instantly....now you can!!!  Hope you will join are weekly challenge with the Digi Makeover Team.  HERE is the most current challenge.

So here she is...Color Kid Gift Wrapper

Are you curious how to use COPIC markers...or if you know how, do you want to improve your technique?  Then you need to visit COLOR ME CREATIVE.  It is your one stop online school.  Suzanne Dean has classes for the beginner to the most advanced.  She also has classes for the non-Copic designers.  Hope you get a chance to hop on over to CMC and check out the classes.



Here are the Copic Colors I used to create this adorable tag:

Thank you so much for visiting!  Hope to see you again soon!

Challenges
Colour Create-Pink and Green
Paper Play Challenge-Ribbon Every Which Way
Penny's Challenges-Ribbons & Buttons
Joanna Sheen-Celebrations
Scrap Creations-Die Cuts
Stamp N Doodles-Birthdays
Karen's Doodles-paper piecing
Simon Says Stamp & Show-Anything But a Card
Stamps R Us-Kids
Polly Craft-Bingo (Ribbon, Button, Die Cut)

The Cutting Cafe Loopy Loop Bow-Flower

Happy Friday!  I am really excited to announce with the new year I will be designing for Regina Easter.  She owns the Famous "The Cutting Cafe".  As you remember I was on Regina's team from January-August 2011.  I had to take a required (would have stayed forever if she let me!!!) break....NOW I AM BACK!  It is really great to be part of this fabulous team once again.  Regina is one of the nicest most generous people I know...not to mention being super talented!!  Since I was on the team, Regina has given The Cutting Cafe a face lift.  Her site and blog look amazing!  I hope you will all take the time to visit Regina and her amazing SVG cutting files.  She also has a bazillion adorable digital stamps.

Our first assignment was to use the New

Loopy Loop Bow-Flower. 

I cut out my bow flowers using the SCAL software for my Cricut Machine.  I know you cannot get the version I have any longer.  If I had to get rid of it...I would be getting rid of the Cricut and getting a new machine.  Probably an Eclipse like my bestie has.  She is already an expert!  I just couldn't live without SCAL!  It is the most amazing software ever!

Here is another example of the Loopy Loop Bow-Flower but I sized it down.  These bow flowers are about 1" across.  The upper bow flower is about 2.5".  The Card is also on of Regina's shaped cards.

Please visit the rest of my teamies HERE.  They have used the same cutting file.  There are some really awesome projects!

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit. 

I hope you will be able to stop by tomorrow.  Paper Makeup Stamps is having our Blog Hop with a fabulous new release!

Cheers,

Creative Clear Stamps: April Blog Hop

Welcome to this month's Special Edition

Creative Vision's Design Team 5 Blog Hop

You should be hopping from D'Anne's blog.  If not be sure you go back and hit all of the other DT members blogs.  The list is below.

There will be random prizes awarded for those of you who comment on all the blogs and become a follower of the Creative Vision blog.

Following the hop Laura will give away a few SHOPPING SPREES from the Creative Vision Store!

Today we will hop hop hop our way through each DT member's blog and showcase

their talent.  Our theme for this hop is:  Anything But A Card.

Here is my project.  I have used an Altoid Tin and covered it with designer paper from K& Co.  I placed eyelets near the closure of the tin and added designer ribbon from The Ribbon Boutique for the handle.  I also edged the tin with ribbon.  On the front of the tin I used Creative Clear Stamps new release: Thank You.  You can find it along with the other new release stamps HERE.

Visit Creative Vision's Company Blog for a list of winner's tomorrow.

PLUS the Bunny Hop games winner's will be revealed as well.

On with the hop.....

Next Up is:  MOLLY

Laura

D'Anne

Jenn-YOU ARE HERE

Molly

Joan

Silke

GUEST DESIGNER - Judy

Paper: K&Co

Stamp: CCS-Thank You

Extras: Memento ink, ribbon (The Ribbon Boutique), eyelets, brad, Altoid tin

I created this project using Glue Dots!

Christy's TUIC Challenge-Make a notebook

Good morning.  I have a notebook I made for my TUIC blog buddies challenge.  Christy is one of two hosting this month’s challenge.  I am almost LATE getting this in to her.  Sorry Christy.  Please visit her blog HERE.  She has some amazing projects and cards! 
This was a fun challenge.  I have not made many notebooks...hope everyone likes this one!

Sorry for the BAD lighting! 

Paper: Unknown

Digi: Lindsay Stamps-Doodle Flowers

Extras: Copics, Ribbon

Gift Card Holder

I have never really found any type of gift card holder or money holder I like.  So, this year I made my own.  They are made out of an envelope folded in half.  Hope this gives you a little inspiration to think outside the envelope!

Paper: Scrap

Stamps: Michaels

Ink: Memento

Extras: Ribbon and textured plates for sizzix

Tons of Tags and Bags Oh my!

I have made a ton of tags and bags this year….and man did they come in handy.  From teacher’s gifts to friend’s gifts, they were all filled!  These package tags didn’t find a home…how sad, maybe next year. 

Paper: Hobby Lobby Christmas, K& Co, Daisy D’s 

Stamp: Inkadinkado and Michaels $ bin

ink: Memento, Champaign Versa Mark

Digi: Sassy Cheryl’s

Extras: Apple Barrel Paint, Kraft bags, thread, Rhinestones

I am now a member of THE CUTTING CAFE DT!!!!!

This is like getting an early Christmas present.  I am so excited to say I have been accepted to be on The Cutting Café design team!  I am so pleased to have the opportunity to design for such a talented digi/template/cutting file designer!  I cannot wait to get to creating with this talented team of ladies.  If you have not yet visited Regina’s site The Cutting Café please bop on over and see what she has to offer….you will be hooked just like I am!!!  Hope everyone is having a good week…I am sure you are all staying super busy getting ready for the big day! 

My blogger friend Dawn and I co-organize a group of blogger friends…Tangled Up in Creativity.  We did a really fun card swap at the beginning of November.  I will eventually show all the beautiful cards I received from our swap….I am still waiting on 2 cards!  Anyway, this card and tag set was made using two digi’s from The Cutting Café and the stocking is from My Grafico Creative team.  Hope you like them! 

Thanks for visiting!

Paper: Flair Designs & Hobby Lobby

Digis: The Cutting Café: Big Circles-Merry Christmas (used on the card) & Ginger Bread Boy_Girl extras (used on the tag).  My Grafico Creative Team: Collab Kit- Christmas Holiday Stamps. 

 Extras: Rhinestones, Ribbon and brads all Michaels.

Day 2: Goodie Jars

Day 2 of the cookie jars.  Bean goes to a religious school, so I thought that this little adorable angel would be perfect for her teachers.  The moose is also really cute.  Wendy over at Digital delights does an excellent job with her little critters!  Hope you like my collection of Goodie Jars! 

Have a great day! 

Moose Jar:

Paper: Unknown

Digi’s: Digital Delights & The Cutting Café

Accessories: Fabric and Twine 

Angel Jars:

Paper: Hobby Lobby

Digi: My Grafico Creative Stamp Team & The Cutting Café

Accessories: Twine, Fabric & Copics 
I created this project using Glue Dots

I Believe

Merry Christmas!  I had a wonderful weekend with my son!  We had a Santa party at my house for him and 9 close friends…our guest of honor was no other than Santa himself!  We had a blast!  The other event was a Santa Brunch at our local club.  We got to decorate cookies and had a fabulous brunch.  I got to thinking about how much fun it was when I was a kid.  I didn’t get to do all these fabulous parties and brunches like Bean gets to do.  But, my parents made Christmas so special that to this day, Christmas is still my most favorite holiday of all!  Hope everyone is enjoy this holiday. 

For this post I have created this adorable little “I Believe” goodie purse.  I used the newest Baby Bud Designs (which now I am on the DT!), “I Believe”.  She has so much magic about her!  You can get her at an absolute steal for a $1 right HERE.  I have a great idea you can pick her up for a $1 and use her to enter the Christmas/Winter challenge over at the Baby Buds Designs Blog and that gives you a chance to win even more of Mary Ann’s cute little Buds!  Hope all of you enjoy this cute little bag.  You can find the tutorial over at Inking Idaho’s Blog…which by the way is a great place to find some really unique projects!  Thanks Becky! 

Paper: Hobby Lobby Christmas Stack
Digi: Baby Buds Designs-I believe
Accessories: Hobby Lobby Ribbon, Recollections-water droplets Copics
Template: Inking Idaho-Becky
This project is being entered into the following challenges:
stampsruschallenges.blogspot.com
karberschallenges.blogspot.com
Abcchallenges.blogspot.com
cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.com
onestopcraftchallenge.blogspot.com
creativecardcrew.blogspot.com
thepapervariety.blogspot.com
thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com