Decorate a Daisy Triple Time

Last weekend, I had a workshop and my hostess has wanted to learn how to make this card and I showed her how simple it really is. I chose the Decorate a Daisy stamp set because I was a little burned out on Valentines samples and needed some fresh colors to brighten the mood a bit. I chose Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral and Island Indigo as my colors and the Ribbons and Buttons pack (FREE with $50 order), the Butterfly punch (Spring Mini), Itty Bitty Punch Pack(flower on butterfly and Basic Rhinestones and the Bloomin' Marvelous(sentiment-FREE with $50 order) stamped in Basic Black.

You Are My Sunshine!

I can't believe I am going to admit this because I always doted on SU! SETS of stamps, but I am going to say it, I LOVE THE SINGLE STAMPS!  When I saw this stamp offered, I knew I had to have it. I saw a card similar to this somewhere, but added my own personal touches.  I started with a 4x4 piece of Daffodil Delight and added a strip of Silver Glimmer paper punched with the Dotted Scalloped Ribbon border punch and a 3 1/2 x 3 3/4 piece of Whisper White ran through the Fancy Fan Folder and wrapped a piece of 3/8" Daffodil Delight Ribbon around it and adhered it down.  I chose a piece a couple of scraps of Daffodil Delight DSP from the Patterns Pack and layered them under the black mat of cardstock. I stamped the You Are My Sunshine in Stazon ink onto Daffodil Delight cardstock and colored in some of the letters with the White Watercolor Pencil. I also stamped again the "are my" in black Stazon onto white and cut it out.  And I have been wanting to use those Bottle Caps! So I ran it through my Big Shot and "smooshed" it down.  I pulled out the Spring Sampler stamp set and chose the sunshine image(it might be hard to see, but it's a sunshine smiling) and stamped in Daffodil Delight ink onto Whisper White cardstock, and punched it out with the 1" Circle punch.  I punched out a little heart from the Owl Punch and glued it to the sunshine image and adhered it all inside the bottle cap and then added some Crystal Effects to finish it off! Hope you enjoy!

Mini Owl Treat Box

A couple of weeks ago, I posted this project  http://jhurley90.blogspot.com/2013/01/owl-valentines-treat-holder.html and had a friend of mine contact me that she LOVED it and if I would make some for her daughter's Valentines party.  I told her they were pretty big for elementary age treats(that project was nearly 6x6 when assembled) and it would be more cost effective for her to go with a smaller one. So, I set out to see if I could do it, ( I always am up for a challenge) and knowing how easy that the Heart Framelits make things so much easier, it was only a matter of making the inside treat holder a different size..EASY PEASY! So all I did was use the 3rd largest heart in the die set, and cut two of them out of Cherry Cobbler and handle.  I used the next size smaller and cut out a  Sahara Sand heart for an extra layer. For the center "pocket", I cut a 2x4 inch piece of Cherry Cobbler, scored it at 2" on the short side, and 1/2" on each long side, then cut at the 2" score into the 1/2" score and folded it to make a "V" shape and then glued each side to one of the hearts.  For the owl, I cut a 1 3/4" Circle of Cherry Cobbler, then ran some Pink Pirouette through the  Adorning Accents Folder(hearts) and then punched it out with the 1 3/4" circle and then put it back into the punch to round it to fit onto the front of the owl (looks like a football shape).  I then cut out feet using the Owl Punch and Tangerine Tango cardstock and glued to the back of the owl. I used the 1/2" and 1/4" circle punches for the eyes and a corner of the Tangerine for the nose. I finished the girl ones off with Wild Wasabi flowers punched using the Itty Bitty Punch Pack and a Basic Rhinestone in the center. I stamped the sentiment using the That's the Ticket stamp set found in the Spring Mini and punching it out using the Ticket Punch.
(ETA: I had originally made the sucker treat holders with the owls on them and she really liked the heart holders, so we went ahead and did the girl and boy owls for the heart holders.)

Fancy Favor Owl Box

I saw a project similar to this in my search for treat boxes, and so I switched the colors and design around a bit to make it my own. I used the Fancy Favor treat box and cut Pool Party cardstock to make the body and assembled the box and added a handle.  Then it was on to the face and body. I started by cutting a strip of More Amore DSP (Spring Mini) using my Tasteful Trim die and cutting it down to the appropriate length for each layer of the "feathers". I punched out two eyes from Primrose Petals cardstock using the 1 1/4  " Scallop Circle punch(Spring Mini catalog-carryover )and then the whites and eyeballs are punched out using the 1" and1/2" circle punches.  I added a "gleam" in her eye by drawing them in with the Signo Gel Pen.  I snipped off a piece of Tangerine Tango for the beak.  I thought she needed some wings, so I punched out  a 1 3/4" Scalloped Circle from Primrose Petals cardstock and trimmed it in half, tucked it under the feathers and glued. For her bow, I used a tiny flower from the Paper Daiseys pack and added a Glimmer Brad from the Soft Subtles collection. I finished it off by adding a  Rasperberry Ripple bow to the handle.

Artisan Embellishment Kit

Another card made using more Spring Mini product. This one went totally the opposite way I pictured it to. This kit comes with designer tags, ticket stubs, scalloped lace, cotton lace, seam binding, paper flowers, resin heart, resin flowers, 5 buttons, heart paper doily, and a round paper doiley. I added a pattern piece of paper from the Print Poetry DSP paper stack(also in the Spring Mini), and two layers of Very Vanilla cardstock, one ran through the Tulip Frame embossing folder.  I think this card took me 5 minutes from start to finish because of how simple it was to have a kit that all coordinated and made it easy for me to "match" everything.  I won't give you all the boring details, but I did want to tell you that I threaded teeny tiny pieces of cardstock through the button holes, both in Cherry Cobbler. (that lace is to die for!)

More AmoreTri Shutter Card

I was playing around with ideas for an upcoming Fancy/Fun Folds Class and was trying to use some of the new stuff from the Spring Mini and Sellabration, and I do like how this came out, this isn't going to be the final project for that class, but we will be making one of these types of cards at the class.  I started by making my base of the card with Primrose Petals an layering Whisper White cardstock and More Amore DSP throughout the card folds.  I cut  Pool Party and Whisper White layers using the Labels Framelits and then adding some holes punched using the Piercing Mat and Piercing Tool and the Festive Paper Piercing Pack.  I stamped one of the sentiments from the Vintage Versus stamp set (FREE with $50 purchase)in Primrose Petal ink and then added a GORGEOUS Designer Builder Brad onto the layers. I punched out a scrap of More Amore DSP for the center of the brad to match the rest of the card. I added a piece of White Taffeta Ribbon to the front panel to finish it off. (It's hard to see in the photo, but I used the stamp set Hearts Afflutter and randomly stamped hearts on the white panels inside in Pool Party and Primrose Petals ink).

Bright Pinwheels!

I decided to bring out some BRIGHT and springy like projects this past week, and I saw a card similar to this and changed a few things to call my own.  First of all, I came out of my box a bit and used Marina Mist.  ( I tend to stick with the same colors over and over, but this DSP makes things so much easier to just pull out all kinds of bright colors!) I used Marina Mist as my base with another layer just smaller on top of it.  I then added a striped piece of Sunshine and Sprinkles DSP(see what I mean!)so that I had a tons of colors to work with.  I ran a Whisper White piece of cardstock through using the Labels Collection Framelits and then again with the Cloudy Day Embossing Folder(this Spring Mini is FULL of AWESOMNESS!).  For the "sticks" on the Pinwheels, I used Lucky Limeade Bakers Twine.  I cut two pinwheels using the PINWHEELS die (also from the new Spring Mini!) from the same DSP and in a jif, had two cute little pinwheels with Silver Glimmer brads in the center, and adhered with Glue Dots to the Baker's Twine onto the card.  I then punched out Melon Mambo using the Modern Label Punch, a Daffodil Delight Small Oval, and then do you see that teeny tiny little punch on with the words? You can earn that FREE with a $50 purchase! I stamped the word Hello using another new stamp set in the Mini called Ciao, Baby! (p. 16) and then of course finished it off with a Basic Rhinestone. I love it!