Fall Themed Gift Idea (October GSS entry)

Just a warning: This is gonna be a long one...LOL so :)

My friend Tanis is getting married in less then two weeks and we (Sarah & I) had the honor of throwing her bridal shower on Sunday. It was a great party! We made spinach dip, pumpkin fluff dip, fruit trays, meat cheese & crackers, little cream cheese on crackers with salsa & cheddar, caramel chocolate cheesecake and best of all apple cranberry cider made from scratch (yeah Sarah rocked that one). We played some great games and laughed way to much! Anyway, I needed a gift and started off making her 25 thank you cards and decided to go with some home made packaging as well all to match the wedding invitations I made for her as seen in THIS post. (mostly because I forgot to pick something up) :)

I started with a box from the Dollar Giant (a whole dollar per box). This is the lid. I basically left it alone because the thickness of paper would not have allowed me to cover both the box and lid, Lucky for me the cranberry color on the top goes along with her color theme. I tried out Lauren's Scallop Blossom idea and completely LOVE it! The sentiment in the middle is from the Favor it Weddings set (PTI).

Here is the lined box. I used Vintage Cream Card stock and covered the box first (to make sure it was actually going to work) Once that was done, I stamped the gerb from Floral Frenzy around the outside in alternating colors. I would have used the PTI colors but I had to do the colors to match what I used on her invitations. Anyway, I then wrapped some divine Dark Chocolate Satin Ribbon around the box and made the inside inserts to match.

Next I was in Michael's and had found by accident these cute little metal leaf shaped candle plates and HAD to get them (given the whole fall theme). I used the Tutorial on SCS to stamp on the candles and it turned out great. At the last minute I decided to add their names and date of wedding to the center candle. She liked these so much that they are going on the head table for the wedding. Yeah!

A little close up view for you! I have to say...MAN those PTI Simple Alphabet stamps are so teeny tiny but come in so handy for things like this!!!

...Finally, this is what I did to wrap the candles. See that fabulous ORANGE ribbon.....do you see it CHAR? Yes it is THAT ribbon. the one you love so much from Michael's and i have to agree it IS really nice, even if it is orange!

Well Thanks for reading along with me for so long, but I at least hope you enjoyed reading or viewing. I will be submitting this to the October GSS at Papertery Ink since it has been a while since I did anything for those special folks!!

Kiwi Kiss meets Demi Designs

Last Friday (August 1st) I had the honour of meeting my good friend Charlene in person. She is so sweet and wonderful and I only wish she had more time to hang out! She did however bring me some delicious paper to drool over.

Becky from Hemidemisemiquaver has been designing her very own paper for free online. All you do is save the files and print them off. My printer is currently broke down and I am trying to decide to repair or replace (I love my printer) Charlene was so kind and printed some of the Demi Designs paper to play with in the meantime!!

This is the first card I made with it. As soon as I pulled it out of the envelope I thought it would be a great match with Stampin' Up!'s new In Color, Kiwi Kiss. I trimmed the one design, called Zwinger, and mounted it on Basic Black. Then I used my nesties to make an odd kind of flower (the black and Kiwi layers) Then I cut the flowers from my cuttlebug and stamped it with black and kiwi kiss from the new Floral Frenzy Set. Then I used Spring Moss twill (which also matches this pattern paper nicely) and used it to make a stem and some leaves. I then made a triple layer scallop edge in 3 colors to stamp the sentiment on, added the brads from making memories, which also match incredibly well.

As a last touch I stayed in tune with my current addiction to using crystal effects (someone help me I can't stop!!!) and I filled in the flower with it. I like how the crystal effects intensifies the colors beneath it.


And as always, the inside stamped to match!

Thanks for stopping in to see my card of the day. Please head on over to Becky's blog and check out the "Demi Design" label found on the left hand navigation bar of her blog. Download them, Print them, you will NOT regret having done it!! oh and best of all......IT'S FREE!!

Weathered Flowers

Not a bunch to say today. I was blurfing again and spotted a card done by Deborah Southard (sorry I can not find the link but if you happen to please email me so I can add it or leave a comment...thanks) Anyway Deborah if you happen to be reading. WOW loved your card, so this is what I did based on your card.

The inside did NOT turn out how I was planning for it to, but still cute I think.

Thanks a Bunch!

I like how this card turned out. It was easy to do and simple in design. Just one thing I did want to mention about this card: I used the center for one of the flowers cut it out and added it to the bottom of the flower stems. Then I took the oval stamp and stamped it 3 times on top of one another making it look like a funky vase. Then, since I am on a crystal effects kick, I added some to the vase and the flowers.

Thanks for stopping in!!

Supplies: Dark Chocolate & Stampers Select C/S, Dark Chocolate, Sweet Blush & ? green ink, Floral Frenzy Stamp Set, Sweet blush Twill all from Papertrey Ink. Circle Punches & Crystal Effects from Stampin' Up! Vellum from Michael's

New Favorite Things

from Papertrey Ink AND from Stampin Up! First off I LOVE this new stamp set from PTI, Floral Frenzy designed by Melissa Bickford. The gerber daisies are so pretty. Next the SU new In colors are pretty nice. I seen them pictured and was really unsure about them but I ordered some in anyways because it s ALWAYS different from what you see through the computer. I am very glad that I did.

This card features the colors Baja Breeze, Pacific Point and Kiwi Kiss. I really have to say also that IMO the baja breeze is a really nice darker shade of aqua mist (PTI) and the Kiwi Kiss is a very nice darker shade match to Spring Moss (PTI)

Anyway, I built this card on my new PTI Dark Chocolate paper, Stampers Select and then covered it with vellum. The flowers are done in the new SU colors. (the darker blue is the pacific point) I stamped a few extra flowers and cut them out and added some chocolate Bella's baubles to the centers of the flowers. That was fun. Next I stamped the sentiment on top of the vellum and let it dry.

Here is a close up of those beautiful flowers. This is a great investment set. I have a feeling I will be reaching for it as often as my other flower sets from PTI. Thanks for stopping in today!

Supplies: Dark Chocolate & Stamper's Select C/S, Floral Frenzy Stamp Set from Papertrey Ink. Pacific Point, Baja Breeze & Kiwi Kiss ink from Stampin' Up! Baubles from Stamping Bella. Vellum from Michaels.