Sending Love centerfold card

 Sending Love centerfold card

I am going blind with Presbyopia (that's a medical term for old eyes!) so in order for me to see what I am typing I am changing the font to Large - I hope it does not bug you.

I love mail boxes and I've bought many of these but this was so cute - I love how it opens and when you close it it perfectly fits over the opening so I had to have it - and love the folded envelope and the ribbon die.

basecard is Poppy  parade 8/1/2 x 5 1/2 folded in half to create A2 card ( 4 1/4x 5 1/2) Diecut piece to make the panel.

top panel on front 4x 5 1/2- use cloud stencil with blue ink of your choice to create soft clouds behind the mail box 

mailbox- gray granite

grass- Green apple green

Wood stand- pecan pie

use a small brad to make the black flag pop up and move

the letter is pool party with poppy cardstock for the ribbon die and hearts.

stamp the sentiment in black and punch it out with a circle punch or circle die- I used the circle dies from Reach for the Stars stampset and coordinating dies. 

inside - use regular cardstock -not thick - 5 1/4 x10 inches scored with long side across the top at 2,3,4,5,6,7,8 inches and fold as shown.

Stamp the sentiments and side stripes and attach some punched out diecut hearts as shown. make sure they don't peek out when you close the card though.

You can enclose a secret message if you want since the letter come out- the ribbon is adhered to the back side.

punched belly band money/giftcard holder using Filled with Happiness stampset

 

punched belly band money/giftcard holder using Filled with Happiness stampset

basecard is 3 1/2x 11 Tahitian Tide cardstock- score with long side across the top at 4 5/8 and 9  1/4

DSP 3x 7 3/4 score at 1/2 and a smidge over 4 1/8 - punch out the center with modern oval punch (but any punch will work)

Stamp the image and Punch it out using the same punch in white cardstock here 

You want this to show exactly where the DSP was punched out when the belly band is on.

Left side gets folded over to create a pocket for the money or giftcard as shown.

inside panel whisper white  4 3/8x3 1/4

Stamp with different (or same) if you want from the same set and color as desired.

Easy peasy card using basic card items but a little different

I am always looking for a different fold using the basic card size that fits into an A2 envelope and however way we can use up our ever growing stash of DSP!

baby boy cards for a friend

 

I have a coworker who is having a baby boy and I thought it would be helpful to make some thank you cards she could use so i dug up some stamps and dies I have in my baby stash to make these simple thank you cards.

One above was using a memory box baby carriage die from a long time ago. My boys are now in college- that's how old - but I love the look of the die so much I always kept it  for just this purpose. 

the scallop around it is from Stampin Up Scalloped Contours die and the sentiment from Stampin Up (reitred ) All for Baby stampset. layer it on a base of thick white cardstock embossed with a cloud embossing folder (although hard to see here) 

This simple little card uses a thick white cardstock as base, a layer or a white cardstock stamped with the giraffe from Stampin Up (retired) Zoo Babies stampset and the sentiment from Celebrate Baby set. a run of gold tape around the edge to add a bit of sparkle.

I do clean out my supplies every once in a while but I do buy these things because I love them and find that I go back to it time after time if I love it enough so there is a stash of some things I just won't part with. .... If I just had the space to keep it all!

Mug Wrapper for craft supplies

 This is a little thing I sewed up for our gift exchange for the holidays with my Stamp N Chat friends. The criteria was that it had to be under $10 - I think and handmade.

I have been  hoarding this fabric bundle from Stampin' Up when they used to have fabric eons ago. It is sew cute! I still have a few packets of this and the christmas fabric that they used to have- good quality for quilting and I made several fabric shopping bags with pockets inside for going to the farmer's market. 

I took a really large mug that had a funny sentiment on it and measured the diameter using a tape and came up with this design. there are a lot of templates but you may have to tweak it a little depending on the size of the mug.  i have one on my desk that holds all my everyday tools which I LOVE so hoped this would be useful to one of my friends.  the image below is the outside and inside of the piece with all the pockets for all your tools. 

I took the piece that has the zigzag picture on it and the back piece which is 1 1/2 times the base piece  (because it folds up to make the inside pockets and put a batting between the 2.

I took a piece about twice as long as the width - for the button piece because you have to fold it to make the pockets for the outside. I sewed the red check on top of the folded orangish piece edge then sewed it on to the base every one and a half inches or so to create the inside pockets.

the button fabric is twice the height because it is folded over to double side it the pleated and sew every 1 1/2 inches or so to create the outside pockets.

I then make a binding out of the red checker fabric and sewed it all around the edge to create a cute binding.  this is the inside of the mug .

this is the back of the piece with velcro attached so that I can loop it through the handle of the mug to help this stay in place.