TINS!!!

Well I finally made my tins - mine looks like crap but Samantha did pretty good on her friend's tin. I made one for her and she made the other . once I figured out what I did wrong with my big one (Thanks so much everyone in Beate's Group :) They're not too bad. I still had more trouble with the tops and knotches then I wanted - so I just added flowers to mine and a name tag on my daughter's friend's tin



Whew! Glad thats over with :) BUT I still have 3 more of the smaller tins that my girls want to do for our "Craft" weekend when the guys are gone to Moab - ugh!

In case you can't tell behind my tins There is a big box - and in that box is my new Circut machine! OH MAN! I'm so excited - the flower from my daughter's tins were from the Circut machine.
THis morning I read a couple emails about the sale at Michales for the Circut - I showed it to my husband before he left for work - PERFECT Timing - he was in a good mood AND we had just sold a puppy the night before so he had some cash in his pocket :) WHOO HOO! SO I rushed out this morning and bought it :) I got it home and was playing with it - but then my daughter got home from school wanting to finish her tins - ho hum - SOO now that those are done - back to play time! I need to get playing with the stamps I borrowed from my mother in law before I have to give them back to her next Sunday! lol

Gifts for Melissa

My mother in law left on Friday to go to Arizona for Melissa's birthday (my sister in law) So I whipped up a few things (ha ha) and brought them over for her to take with her.

THIS was made for her 3 kids on Wednesday -






ok The one with the E and M are for Ethan and Madiline - they're little book buddies made with post it's and a pen and a little bookmark inside - the picture I took of the inside I forgot to save it to my phone - my camera was next door getting charged - sooo sorry I didn't get the open view.
I used my cuttle bug embossing folders for the little frog and buterfly. Then used a few SU stamps (Very Punny frog and a little mini flower - can't remember right now sorry)

THEN for the A - Ashley - she's still a little baby so I picked up a way cute little bunny - you pull it's tail and it viberates/hops :) Cute stuff - I covered a box fromt he dollar store using the crayon kids" flower and used the girls in the 'pocket fun' set -

That's it for that :)

On Thursday morning I made Melissa's card box - She likes green :)



I'm not sure the dementions for this - again I just layed out the cards and scored around it :) BUT I thought it turned out pretty cute.

I made some matching cards to go in it - Then I added a few older birthday cards that I had made for swaps - So she got a full box of birthday cards :)




So that was my fun crafty stuff for last week -
I borrowed a couple of toys from my mother in law on Thursday when I dropped all this stuff off.
Her noteworthy set and punch box and riveting - I also borrowed one of her punchers that she had to make a way cute folder and a mini tag punch that goes inside the folder - way cute. As soon as Cory gets home from his morning running around I plan on going to Robert's for their General Conference sale that they have every 6 months :) Yeah! Not sure if we'll make it to the make it/take it tonight - my kids 5 kids are a lot to handle at these things and they all want to make their own - but it takes too much time and energy for me these days - maybe when the puppies are sold and Collin is older I can get caught up on some sleep and have more energy but tonight.... we'll see - maybe I'll see what Marla's up to tonight :)

Thanks for looking :)

Card Box

Ok it's my first so I'm really excited to post this :)
I TRIED following the directions from someone's template on SCS but I just can't follow directions without pictures to go with it - ugh! My measurements never work out - and I HATE Scoring paper!

I took a standard sized card and just started scoring around it and kind of made my own little template for the box - I couldn't tell you the measurments if my life depended on it - but it worked out - not too shabby for my first try :)

My mother in law gave me a packet of 12X12 patterend paper for Christmas? Or sometime around there? Maybe it was Thanksgiving? I can't remember - sorry Debbie :) BUT I loved the paper - Oh yeah it was before Christmas because I used some of it to make the Decorated folders for my kid's teachers for Christmas gifts :) SOOO yeah sorry -

Anyways - I LOVED this paper - it has about 4 or 5 different designs that match with probably 5 different colors - it has a matching sheet of alphabet sticers and punch out embelishments -

Well I was looking to make the One Sheet Wonder cards (like 10 different cards using one piece of 12X12 paper) BUT I decided to make a couple of cards using each of the matching papers to go with it.

I left the sentaments blank so whoever I give this to (as a gift) or keep for myself - I may make another one to give away? Depending on my mood :) BUT ok enough babbling - I left the sentament area blank so that when I (Or whoever) needs the card it's available for whatever reason - happy birthday - thank you - thinking of you - happy days - or whatever -

SOOOO now that I confused everyone about how I made it, where I got the paper and ideas from - ha ha here are the pictures :)


The box :)









And 2 more matching cards - I have one more set of matching cards but the picture didn't come out - sorry - will try that one again another time - too lazy :) BUT you get the idea :)


SO what do you think? I'm still new to the crafting stuff - but at least I'm trying new things out :)

Thanks for looking!

Samantha's Name Framed

My daughter Samantha is 8 years old.
We were kind of bored this Saturday afternoon - my baby is sick so he's sleeping SO much :(
This is the first time in a while that Samantha wanted to make something with me - usually she's off playing with her friends - but we had fun.

I found a cute sample from SCS by lynzianne - well kind of. we liked the colors she used :) And because she used the name Brooklyn and Samantha's name was pretty long we tilted the letters like she did - but My daughter Stamped the background and stenciled the letters and played with my glue dots while I put the ribbon around the frame. So I guess no we really didn't case this frame - just took her idea and went our own way with it :)

Ok enough babbling - here's the picture of the frame :)



Cute huh? It's the first time for me making something like this - we just used a dollar store stamp for the flowered background and the ribbon and cardstock was from Roberts craft store - We used prima flowers to match the letters and a little golden heart brad in the center that we also got at the dollar store :)

And that is Samantha's Name Framed :)

My other daughter Christina wants to make one - and my boys Casey and Cody want to make one too - we'll see how the rest of the weekend goes time wise :)

February/March Crafts :)

Well real life has gotten away from me - My new baby Collin (born Feb 1st) has a bit of a cold - he's really onry and needs his mom - I took him to the dr's last week and get this - he's up to 12 lbs 11 oz! OH MY GOSH! He was only 8 lbs 6 oz when he was born! Can't tell me this kid doesn't get enough to eat!

The puppies were born on Feb 14th - all 9 of them! YIKES! They're getting big now -if you stop by my house anytime during the day you'll fall over your feet just trying to get in the back doors. A lot of the neighborhood kids come over after school to play with them - they're really cute and very energetic!
They'll be ready for new homes on Easter weekend - WHOO HOO! We have 3 sold!



Now onto my crafty stuff - I have been working on a few swaps off and on - nothing huge but a little something :)

Worked on a few cards for my Let's Swap Card group -also sent in a few of these for Dawn's Monthly card swap -
I found my old "flowers Filled" stamp set - the first stamp set I got from SU!
Most of these have been cased from SC but changed a little (at least I tried :)


This card was made using flowers filled - just the stem then I used a prima flower and a thank you stamp for a thank you card swap :)



Another Flower's Filled card -



AND the last Flowers filled - used Prima flowers instead of the stamped flowers :) I like this one :) The color of the boots and flowers don't match all that perfect but I think it turned out ok :)


NEXT - Ok On Feb 6th there was a stamp class at Hires - Since Collin was born on Feb 1st I missed the class - but I told Jamie (my SU Consultant) that I wanted the cards in a jar kit anyways -
well a few weeks after I was back on my feet from having Collin I went over to Jamie's house and she gave me the cards in a jar kit - she photo copied each card so I could SEE how they're done instead of me trying to figure it out by reading how it's done :)
SOO here's how it turned out


Here is what some cards look like - all are 3X3 cards with envelopes Each card is different - I made 24 cards - Used the... what's it called again? Celebration sticker/paper packet? Something like that? Sorry I'm too lazy to go in the other room to get my book to look it up :) But I THINK that's what it's called -




Here is the lid/top of the jar -


And here is what the jar filled with the cute little 3X3 cards looks like :)




OK now we're all caught up with what I've made so far - I'm going to get out my new Silly Sea Life and Very Punny stamps this Saturday for my next batch of cards - For April's card swap we're doing Mother's Day/Spring/Flowers - Hum, maybe silly sea life and very punny wont work very well with those themes :( Ok fine then - I'll just mix and match sets and I'll show you what I come up with when I'm finished - hopefully I'll have time to post them before next month! :)

Thanks for reading
and have a GREAT day!
*HUGS*
Jen

January 9,2007

Working on some Valentine's day cards for swaps and thought I'd share.
I'm out of white card stock and sticky tape so I'm done for tonight - but I need to make a few more different cards to complete my 6 different cards.

Here are my first 4 though

First one here is done with a Cuddlebug embossing folder - hard to see I'm sorry but I LOVED this little guy. I used my new SU! Corner punch that I got myself for CHristmas, and printed out the Bee Mine on my computer.

Next card I made was this I Chews You card - Scraplifted (CASED) Off of SCS - Sorry I don't know who the orginal card maker was - I changed it alittle bit though :)
Using the Stuff from the "Treat yourself" SU Set -

NEXT we have my Be Mine Frog - Another one Scraplifted (CASED) off of SCS - again I'm not sure who's card - I changed it a little bit - The Ribbon is supose to be his tongue. I have a hard time cutting out around this frog so I just stamped him on there and colored it. Used the pocket and frog stamps from the "Pocket Fun" SU Set

And FINALLY My Hugs and Kisses :)

Yes from SCS but no I didn't remember to get the name again - I'm SO SORRY - I'll be more careful from now on to write down the names to give proper credit.
Anyways - used the Hugs and kisses from retired "Alphabet Soup" set - Used vallum paper for a pocket and the background stamps were from old old old Foam V-Day stamps that I had laying around.

And that's it for today :) Hopefully I"ll get more play time tomorrow

December 28th,

Just playing around here with a few different things.

THis is the Christmas gift for my mother in law - Had to use my Gingerbread wheele stamp and matching sizzix die cut that I HAD to have but didn't use :)



Nothing too fancy, I used a glitter Glue on all the hearts to help it stand out a little more :) My kids love it and are waiting for me to wrap more gifts so we can use my stars and more gingerbread wheels :)



Next we have My kid's Teacher gifts. Just bearly finished these.
I found the Template for the calender on SCS - I'm going to be using it a few different ways but this is how I used it for the Teachers Gifts.



I just took a regular note book binder with clear pockets in it. Let the kids pick out the colored paper and printed their teacher's names on the computer. No stamps, no embelishments. What you see is what you get :) I inserted tabs and paper inside each binder and THINKING about making a matching RSVP pen - maybe bead it for the female teachers, and just put matching paper or something in my son's male teachers pen.


I made this Bandaid box ... about 2 or 3 weeks ago - I bought the bandaid boxes at Robert's Craft Store for like 69 cents a piece. Every time I go back they don't have any :( So I gave up trying to make these for neighbors/friends.



BUT I still think it was cute and next time I see these little things again I'll stock up. I just used regular sticky strip tape to hold the paper closed. I used the stamp "happy Holidays" from my Favorite Teddybear SU! Stamp set - and the mini tag "just for you" stamp.. not sure where I got that from. I think it was one from Walmart a few Christmas's ago.


I CASED this idea off of SCS awhile ago - Thought it was really cute.



Bad picture sorry,
THis is a NON-SU! Stamp - I think I got it at the dollar store a few years ago, but it was fun and SO easy to make! Was THINKING if I have time to make them for my daughter's Christmas party at her pre-school I just might do that. We'll see how tomorrow goes as far as Crafty Jen's stuff :)


I have 4 cans of Pinapple we're going to eat tonight so I can make my Pop Top Cans tomorrow - I'll fill those with Candy and have the teacher's names on all of those. I'll post pictures tomorrow or Wednesday after I have them finished.
Their last day of school is Wednesday so everything needs to be finished by tomorrow YIKES!

Christmas Cards

This is my first time making an accordian card so don't laugh :)

This is the front of my Christmas card

I used Snowflake Spots and heat embossed them with silver

I punched out a white tag and punched out a smaller blue and stmaped joy. Tied it around with a white sheer ribon to hold the accordian card closed.

And open it up and see all the people :)
these are my kids.
I embossed the snowflakes inside and used their pictures and name and age on top.
Thought it was pretty cute
On the back of the card says "from our family to yours, Merry Chrsitmas" - just a stamp I bought at Robert's craft store. But it was embossed as well.

Then I just made a Chrsitmas card. The Accordian card was just for my parents and in laws - we only got so many pictures - wish my printer wasn't out of colored ink :(
Actually might have looked cute in black and white now that I think about it - hummmmm
OH WELL Done is done -
This is just the front of the card - heat embossed with same design, Stamped "warm winter wishes" inside which came with my Holiday Wishes SU stamps that I HAD to have and didn't use this year :(

So for family and friends they just got the regular card - which looks just like the front of the accordian card but bigger :)

Stamp Camp November 2006

I have using SU! Products for... probably about 6 months now.
I'm not a demenstrator, I found Jamie through the www when I first heard about the SU! stamp products.
I met her at Artic Circle to work out details for my first SU! Party. Boy was that fun!
Not a lot of people showed up, but the right people did show up - and we had a blast.
The next SU! Party we had at my mother in law's house. Closer to my sister in law and we wanted to include her in the party - Along with all the neighbors over there. That was a big hit.
We had another party over there just at the end of November - I'll post pictures of those Christmas cards we made after the Stamp Camp Stuff :)

Ok ON TO STAMP CAMP!!!!!!



SU Stamp camp was a lot of fun, we made some really cute things.I took my daughter and a friend with me.

First picture was our Gift boxes. used SU! Snowflake Spots. I loved it so much I bought the stamp set :)
It was a HUGE hit at our Stampin' Up Party the following week :)

Next we made a 3X3 card holder that opened up and held 3 Different 3X3 cards

Then I used the Wheel for the first time - sad to say it was also my first time using the crimper (shhh)

We made these really cute CD holders -
My daughter had a blast with the Wheel, I ended up buying the gingerbread man wheel for Christmas :)

FINALLY we made our way to the last table and made a really cute Gift bag and matching card -

Using heat embossing on the outer part of the tree - Not my first time with the heat embossing but it was my daughters, she'll be 8 on Jan 1st - so most of the stuff she did that day was a first for her.
my mother in law bought this set at our SU! Party
I copied the card and made a few extra cards for Christmas:)

AND THAT was the end of Stamp camp. Because my daughter is young I had to stop to help her a lot. We went in the morning session - I think it was 10 am til 1 pm. then the next session started at 2:00 - we left there about 1:45 - My SU Demenstrator was really sweet about staying around and helping us get everything stamped out so we could take it home to assemble.