Petite Purse Set

 I love these new little purses!  They are made with the Petite Purse die cut for the Big Shot from Stampin' Up!  This one is Daffodil Delight Cardstock with the Summer Smooches DSP on the flap. 

One thing I think I'm going to change next time tho, is to put a bigger flower on the flap of the purse. This one does look bigger in real life than this photo but still could be larger.

This little card is the cutest thing ever ( I think anyway : )  I CASED the idea from someone on the Stampin' Up! website that used the oval frame and little flower center on a matchbox.  I thought I would try this idea on a little 3x3 card.

I just ran it through the Big Shot with the oval frame embossing folder and stamped the image on Whisper White cardstock. Then I punched it out with the large oval punch and centered it in the embossed frame.  Worked really slick!  Thanks to all those creative people out there who think of these fabulous ideas!! : )

Notice the matching envelope?  It's made from a 5x5 square of DSP and the new diagonal plate for the Simply Scored scoring tool.  Very easy to do.

Close up of 3x3 card - it's so little and sweet.

The tag was made with the jewelry tag punch.  I just cut a long strip and put one end of it in the front of the punch while leaving the other end out.  This way it can be as long as you want it to be!

Easter Pix!

Ben and his find.

 Sam and his.

 Our Easter Table.

I made birds for each plate made from the bird die cut for the Big Shot.

I got the idea for this centerpiece from Pinterest.  I wanted a bigger outside vase

for the jellybeans but made due with this smaller one.  Still pretty fun!

Close up.

March Exchange Projects

This cool flower card was made by Rhea.  The flower layers are shaped with a bone folder - look closely at the middle.  See the cute butterfly from Sale-a-Bration?  Love it!

Love this dragonfly!  Shiney and classy - this card was made by Crissy.

Sharon made this very pretty card with the polka dots embossing folder and then

 used chalk on the flower to highlight it.  Lots of Texture!

Here's another darling set made by Sharon. 

Check out the fanned squares that look quilted.  Wow!

Plus a matching envelope and chocolates!

This 'Friends' card was made by Crissy and has a lot of bling to it - see the centers of each flower?  Cute, cute!!

Yummy!!!!  The cupcakes that Kalie served at Stamp Club were too GORGEOUS to eat!  

Check out the shaved chocolate on top - they were little works of art!!

Vintage Gift Bag

Here is a little gift bag that I made for one of my Club gals for her Birthday.  I used a white lunch bag, and ran it through the Big Shot with the Elegant Lines embossing folder.   

Dimentionals were used to line up the distressed flowers and I added a sentiment at the top with the mini clothespin. 

I used a decorative scissors to cut the top of the bag.  I tried to use the scalloped punch but the bag was too thin and it just kind of ate it up.  Next time I will try putting a piece of cardstock underneath to line it while punching.

                                        

A couple of pearls were added too!  Did you notice the pearls on the clothespin?

Side view - keep the bag folded when you run it through the Big Shot with the embossing folder and the sides will be embossed too.   Pretty easy project!

Easter Lefse!

Getting ready for Easter.  My parents, one of my brothers, and I usually get together a week or two before Thanksgiving to make Lefse for the holidays.  My son Ben and I decided we needed lefse for Easter too! 

Ben was a fabulous helper and rolled and fried lefse right along side me. I even had left to go throw a load of laundry in and when I came back up - he had already finished 2 from start to finish!!

Can you say Peach Parfait?

As I sit here eating my ice cream (yum) I'm thinking that the name Peach Parfait sounds pretty good as a name for ice cream!  I recently challenged myself to start using colors I normally don't.  Peach Parfait is a color that I've had trouble with - so I found some combinations that work and created the projects on today's post.   (Club gals - here are our projects!)

Here is another jar made with the Lace Doily Die cut, my previous post used a different color combo on this.  Even tho it takes a few extra seconds to get all the tiny pieces out, it's not too bad and the end result is really gorgeous!

The Blossom Punch flower card (I got the idea straight from SU's Stampin' Success magazine) was pretty quick to put together.  Just punch the flowers in different colors, (Peach Parfait and Not Quite Navy) add the center with a dimentional and a brad for the middle flower.  The 'love life, live life' sentiment is from 'You're a Gem' stamp set from Stampin' Up! and the zig zag trim is made with the Big Shot and the die Tasteful Trim.

This idea was CASED from Shelli Gardner's website 'soshelli'.  For those of you who don't know who she is, she's the founder of Stampin' Up! and a VERY crafty lady!  Love this elegant bird die cut!

I just added a button, some lace and a bow.  Oh - and the Peach Parfait scalloped edge on the bottom.

Lace Doily Jar

Here is a cute gift idea - it's a pint jar covered with Stampin' Up!'s new Doily Die Cut.

The idea came from Lisa Young's Bridal Set on SCS (addinkandstamp), but I used a few different elements.

I added a crushed flower using the 5-Petal Punch and the new Blossom Punch, then a couple of layers made with the new Labels Framelits.   The 5-Petal Punch gives this flower a little different look from the ones made with the Scallop Punch because the center flowers are pointed.

I'm thinking this would be fun to fill with the pastel bird eggs for Easter! 

(the malted milk ball kind - yum!)

Close up of doily and layers.  The ribbon is from Sale-a-Bration. 

Club gals:  we will be making this on Monday : )