Post-It Notes

These little cuies are fun to make, and take no time at all ;)

This Post-It Note tutorial can be found here, and the pens are from Staples.












For these next ones, I used Neenah cardsock in Solar White, and stamped them with Memento inks.  Most of the stamps are PTI, Through the Trees, Up, Up and Away, Turning a New Leaf, All about You, Vintage Labels, Borders & Corners - Circles.  I randomly stamped the images all over the paper to make the pattern, then cut up the paper.

This tutorial can be found here.












These ones were done the same way, using the Believe stamp set from Verve and this stamp set from Stampendous.

File folder 'wraps'

I have started on a few Christmas projects!  I was inspired to make these from a tutorial I found on http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/, here.  I bought the file folders already decorated from Staples, and am going to add a few other embellishments later.  They fit a junior legal pad (they are 5" x 8") perfectly, which I also got from Staples.  The folders come in a 12 pack with 3 different styles.  They are patterned on the outside with a coordinating solid inside.  I got a black/white set and an orange/red set.  You can see what other patterns they have here.  I used Scor-Tape and Velcro dots to complete the project, I love Scor-Tape ;)








I got these 2 other packages of different patterns to work on later.

Some crafty tutorials that may come in handy...

I came across these today and thought I would put them out there in blogland to share ;) 

I found the first one on http://www.acherryontop.com/ and it shows how to use Martha Stewart border punches in a few nifty ways!  Check it out here

The next one is one my hubs found and shared with me from http://www.thegaragegazette.com/.  It is a useful little bit on how to make your own shelves for pegboard, which is pretty clever!  It is here.

I don't have any stuff of my own to share today, but lots of stuff in the works.  I just haven't taken the pics yet!  It shouldn't be more than a few days though :)

Holiday projects and a couple of cards...

Yep, I said holidays ;) It's about time to start getting ready already!

I get the Weekly Inkling Newsletter from Splitcoaststampers.com and this project came from there.  It is a corner bookmark, and the tutorial can be found here.  There are tons of great projects in this newsletter, it's a good one!

The stamps are from Gina K, and are from the Lovely Labels set.  They fit perfectly with the Nestabilities dies I used to cut these out with, Labels 9.  The sentiments are from the Many Wishes set.  I used PTI cardstock for the bases to make them sturdy and scraps for the rest.






Since the first set is so clean and crisp, I decided to go with a more vintage, distressed feel for these ones.  It uses one of my favorite stamp sets, Through the Trees.  I started by putting a few colors of Tim Holtz Distress Inks on my craft sheet and then misted them with water, and then inked up the samps.  I used 2 different shades of brown for the trunk and a yellow and 2 greens for the leaves.  Since the stamps are two seperate images, its not difficult.  Then I inked the edges with a blue and a brown ink to soften up the white paper.  The sentiment is also in this same set.








These next cards are ones I made awhile back, but never got around to posting.  This sunflower stamp was my first time using copics, so it was quite a learning experience!  Not to mention a serious pain to cut out, but oh well ;)  The round doily shape is from Martha Stewart, and the stamps (the round border and sentiment) are from PTI.




I am not big into flower stamps, but I had to to have this daffodil set when it came out!  This is pretty PTI heavy, the stamps, the dies (except the ovals, those are Nesties).  I just love their stuff so much, but my wallet?  Not really, lol.



I am not sure if I have I posted this one before or not.  The background is embossed and inked with Distress Inks, and the flower is colored with copics and cut out.  The sentiment is from Hero Ars, but I can't remember where the flower is from.