My Prettie Package

I could not believe my eyes when I opened this huge box that appeared on my porch the other day! Look at all of these GORGEOUS gifts that my fellow Prettie Girls sent for Isaac! One gift was just as beautiful as the next. I cannot express in words how special and loved I felt. I cannot believe they "secretly" made all of these beautiful things and put them all in ONE box to send. That is some coordinating! All of the gifts are PERFECT too! We hadn't really picked a color scheme for Isaac's room, but these colors are just perfect for anything we decide! How very thoughtful. Thank you so much, my Pretties, for such lovely, thoughtful and heartfelt gifts! I am so deeply touched. I love you guys! :) Big hugs and kisses to all of you!

P.S. It's not in the pictures because it QUICKLY went to my stamping space, but they even sent something especially for mommy! The Rubber Soul Baby stamp set! Can't wait to use that!

Gift Sets

Here is yet another rushed, last minute gift! Yesterday, was Savannah's Christmas Pageant at school as well as her last day. I wanted to make something for her to give to her teacher and the two assistants. I got up a little earlier and made these monogram sets. Real plain, and real simple. I made them into 4.25" square notecards because they seemed too "nekkid" with just the flower and the monogram and I didn't want to get into adding embellishments. I hope they like them because I'm not sure I really do! If only I had a little more time! LOL The flower is from the Stampin' Up Heartfelt Thanks set, and the monograms are from the Ambassador Monogram Edition from Papertrey Ink. Thanks for stopping by to visit! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Heartfelt Thanks (SU), Ambassador Monogram Edition (Papertrey Ink); Paper- Ivory (The Paper Company), Wild Wasabi (SU); Ink- Burnt Umber (Palette), Ballet Blue, Regal Rose, So Saffron (SU); Accessories- Old Olive marker (SU), 1" and 1 1/4" circle punches (SU), clear boxes (Papertrey Ink), cream organdy ribbon (Darice).

Holiday Treats

Remember when I told you we were going to our "family Christmas" on Saturday night? Well, I made 12 of these for my brothers, sisters, their spouses and my parents. As simple as the completed treat box is, when you have a bunch of them to do, they seem to take FOREVER! Stamping those custom label stamps from Papertrey Ink onto the labels made it much faster than it would have been! Could you imagine how much time it would have taken if I had to cut paper to wrap around each treat? Yikes! I used the Holiday Treats for this set. I just got the Limitless Labels set and cannot wait to use that one! As far as the box, one of the Try a New Technique Challenges a while ago on SCS was to make one of these treat boxes, but with an acetate sleeve so you could see the pretty treats! I didn't have time to do it at the time it was posted, but I kept it in the back of my mind because I loved that idea and wanted to do it eventually. Thanks for stopping by today! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Holiday Treats (Papertrey Ink); Paper- Soft Sky, Acetate, white Avery labels, Night of Navy; Ink- Night Sky, Aegean Blue (VersaMagic); Accessories- blue organdy ribbon (Darice), 1" and 1 1/4" circle punches.

Tis the Season

Today is Savannah's Christmas party at preschool. Last night I thought "I don't have anything for her to take in for the class!" So, I whipped these up VERY quickly this morning. . .and I mean quickly! All I did was put some candy in a cello bag, tie it with some grosgrain ribbon, and add a tag. The stamp is from another one of the Studio G clear stamp sets I got. I thought it would make a nice, simple tag that I didn't have to color. So, if you're ever down to the last minute. . .this is probably as simple as you can get AND you won't be so heartbroken thinking about the kids just "ripping it open"! LOL SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Studio G clear stamp set; Ink- Purely Pomegranate, Wild Wasabi; Paper- Whisper White, Wild Wasabi, Purely Pomegranate; Accessories- cello bag, 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" circle punches, white grosgrain ribbon.

I wanted to respond to a comment I received the other day since there was no link to an email address:

Debi has left a new comment on your post "For Mom": Congrats on the "Honorable Mention" The note Cards are just awesome. Did you also make your mom the envelopes for the note cards?Do you have just a quick tutorial on making note cards. Silly question I know, but I haven't made them before and am not sure. Does everyone of your note cards have the lovely ribbon around it? Did you make a note card holder? If so, How?Well, again a wonderful project and I know your mom has to be so proud of all the beautiful items you make and especially the ones she receives.....Hugs,Debi

Debi--To answer your questions, I just put regular invitation envelopes with the card set. I didn't decorate them or anything. The notecards themselves are 4.25" square, so I just cut cardstock into 4.25"x8.5" pieces and folded in half. Yes, each notecard had the ribbon around it and yes, I did make the notecard holder. It was from a pattern I got in a Papercrafts magazine a while back. I'm hoping to have some time to make up a little tutorial for you, but we'll see how that goes with baby! :) Hope that answered your questions!

Sweet, Sweet Jami

Look at this special gift I received in the mail from Jami at Crazy Daisy Creations! She made Isaac a rag quilt! She said it was her first one. . .and it is just gorgeous! I am so honored to have her first rag quilt! I can't imagine how much time this took. It is something we will treasure forever! Jami, you are just the sweetest. I am so touched that you took the time to make and send this. . .it's just beautiful! The card matches the quilt perfectly and is just adorable! She not only sent something for Isaac, but she sent "mommy" those cute ladybug stickers! How cool are they? Thank you, thank you, thank you Jami! You made us feel so special!

For Mom

I made this set of notecards for my mother for her birthday. I haven't given them to her yet, so I hope she doesn't read this post today! LOL My mother LOVES pretty notecards. She especially loves pastel colors. I should have made this in pinks or peaches (her favorite), but I had this color combo in my head when I looked at my VersaMagic Dew Drops. I'm sure she'll like this as well, but I still might make her another set. After all, you ALWAYS need notecards, right? Anyway, I made this set for her last week and thought (since it's made with Papertrey Ink stamps) that I'd submit it for the Guest Star Stamper contest at Papertrey Ink. . .and I got an Honorable Mention! How cool is that? What a WONDERFUL surprise! So, hopefully my mom will give them an Honorable Mention too! :) Thanks for stopping by! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Beautiful Blooms, Ambassador Monogram set (Papertrey Ink); Paper- Whisper White (SU), chocolate, tan (DCWV); Ink- Wheat, Sahara Sand, Sage (VersaMagic), Burnt Umber (Palette); Accessories- cream organdy ribbon, Martha Stewart Brownstone glitter, Nestabilities small square, ticket corner punch.

Fa La La

Yesterday's Limited Supplies Challenge on SCS was to make a white-based card. A couple of weeks ago, I picked up a bunch of those $1 Studio G clear stamp sets they had at Joann's. Each set is cuter than the next! I've been playing with the different sets. I LOVE how they're easy to transport. . .you can take a stamp set, a Stampin' Spot and some cardstock all in a small ziplock bag! :) That's nice when you want to get out of the house for the day, but still want to stamp! Sometimes I'll take my little ziplock bag to my parents' when I go visiting. Anyway, I just loved these little ornaments. The sentiment was actually from another Studio G clear set that I got, but I really liked the font and the size of it. I thought it would work well with the ornaments. I think this card took all of 15 minutes to create. It probably wouldn't even take that long to re-create since some of the time was used deciding on stamps, colors and embellishment.

I've gotta get to some wrapping and gift making today. My family (mom/dad/brothers/sisters) are having our Christmas tonight because nobody has to work and we could ALL get together at the same time. I wanted to make a few things before then and I'm hoping that will happen! Hopefully I'll be able to show you those things later! Thanks for stopping by! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Studio G clear stamp set; Paper- Whisper White, Wild Wasabi; Ink- Versafine Onyx Black, Purely Pomegranate, Wild Wasabi; Accessories- double stitched ribbon, Stardust Stickles, paper piercer.

Happy Mail!

Look at this wonderful surprise package I received in the mail! It was so unexpected. . .when I saw it I kept trying to think what I had ordered. LOL I opened it to find these awesome gifts from Julie Villeneuve! How very, very sweet! Thank you so much Julie! Julie put her blog address on the card, but when I try to go there it tells me that page is not available. So, Julie, please let me know if your address has changed! I'd LOVE to share more of your work with everyone, and I'd love to check it out myself! :) Thank you so much for the thoughtful gifts. . .I really, really appreciate them! I just LOVE that little frog scrapbook. How CUTE!

Lucky Stars

Have you been over to Verve Visual to check out the new releases? There are four new sentiment sets and two remixed versions of previously released sets Starlight Starbright and Wonderful Wishes. . .and, the new stamps are CLEAR! Isn't that exciting? I just LOVE all of the sentiments Julee comes up with. They are all so hip and fun and not the "same old saying". They are perfect for so many cards and different occasions, but I also find them perfect for scrapbook pages. I don't create scrapbook pages as often as I'd like to, but these sentiments really inspire me to make scrapbook pages. This page features a photo I took of the kids the other day. Just looking at this picture makes me realize how thankful I am for these three beautiful children and how lucky I am that these two little girls love their little brother so much! "I Thank My Lucky Stars For You" seemed the PERFECT sentiment to go with this picture. So, if you're looking for that perfect sentiment for your creation, I'm sure you'll find just the one over at Verve Visual. Check it out! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Starlight Starbright (Verve Visual); Paper- Cowboy Collection (Crate Paper); Ink- Burnt Umber (Palette), So Saffron, Bashful Blue (SU); Accessories- brads (Making Memories), small and large oval punch, key tag punch, large star punch (SU), polka dot ribbon (May Arts), paper piercer.

Rosey Celery

This was for yesterday's Color Challenge on SCS, Rosey Celery. . .to use Rose Red, Pumpkin Pie and Certainly Celery. This color combination is SO NOT my normal choice, but I actually like how it turned out. It's definitely different! The papers are from the Palette O'Prints that Stampin' Up offered as a sampling of their Prints Designer Series paper. I colored with Stampin' Up markers. That was different for me, not to use a blender pen or Aquapainter. I am still loving my Elzybells stamps! If I didn't have to color her, I'd use her for my Christmas cards.

I'm slowly getting back into the swing of things at home. The baby is doing WONDERFULLY. I seem to have lost my mojo, though. At least, that's the way I feel and I know it's because I'm not stamping as much as I used to. I haven't really liked anything I've created lately. I'm sure you've all been through those periods, where nothing you create seems to thrill you. So, THANK YOU for continuing to stop by and leave your kind comments. You have no idea how much they've made my days lately (other than my children, of course) :) You guys are the best! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Elzybells; Paper- Rose Red, Certainly Celery Prints DS, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White; Ink- Versafine Onyx Black, Certainly Celery; Accessories- Celery grosgrain, key tag punch, Fruit Punch, Icicle Stickles, Giga scallop oval punch, Mega oval punch, Rose Red, Certainly Celery, Pumpkin Pie, Blush Blossom markers.