A Little Something,..

My friend has been trying so hard to get healthy and is doing really well, so I thought I'd make her a little something to reward her for all her hard work. She actually inspired me to teach the Stationary Box class last week and said she wanted to learn how to make it. She's told me in the past how much she loves this DP, so I used it in most of the project. I love this CC's Nora stamp so much and think she looks so cute lying down on the flowers! I kept the cards simple again and since she is also a papercrafter, I left a lot of the labels blank so she could stamp in whatever sentiment she wanted to. (Yes, they were intentially left blank for that purpose- I didn't forget to finish them!). Anyway, I hope she likes it! Here's the notecards I included in the box...

Supplies:

DP- October Afternoon, Fancy Pants

Cardstock- Bazzil

Buterfly punches- MS Crafts

Leaf punch

Swirl punch- EK success

Bird punch- SU

Tag punch- EK success

Flourish die- Sizzix (Tim Holtz)

Flowers- Prima and Wild Orchid Crafts

Stickles

Pearl Brads- American Crafts

Ticket punch- SU

Scallop circle and circle punches- Marvy

Labels 1 die- Spellbinders

Ribbon

Stationary Box Class

I guess you can say I was a bit ambitious! I thought I could do a Stationary Box class AND a Christmas Card class in the same day. I've learned my lesson and won't do that again!!! :) Anyway, I fell in love with this paper and took the whole pack for the class. It was the right combination of words, colors, and flowers. The inside is the same color green with polka dots, so it worked well for the box base since you can see both sides of the paper. You can find the instructions on splitcoaststampers.com. We made 5 matching cards, 3 3x3 note cards and 5 tags to put in the box. We skipped the address book, etc. because there just would not have been enough time to finish it all. Here's the cards we put together for the box... Decided to incorporate butterflies since I have many butterfly punches and thought it would coordinate nicely. Loving this notebook paper too!

Here's the 3- 3x3 notecards for one of the pockets.

And here are the 5 tags we made using a tag punch by EK success.

Supplies:

Flower paper- Creative Imaginations

Polka dot paper- Best Creations

Cardstock- Bazzil

Notebook paper-

Lg butterfly punch, butterfly border, cosmo, leaf and garden trellis punch- MS Crafts

Sm butterfly punch and small swirl- EK success

Scallop border punch- Fiskars

Flower punch- Paper shapers

Tag punch- EK success

sm flowers- Prima

Stickles

Ribbon

Pearl brads- American Crafts

Pearl accents- Kaisercrafts

Dew Drops- Robin's nest

Flourish- Sizzix

Large scallop circles, Labels 1- Spellbinders

Scallop circles and circle punches- Marvy

Chinese Kids Thank You Card Set

Just posted this on the Island Scrapbooking blog, so I thought I'd also share it with you all. I bought these stamps by Hero Arts because they are so cute, but haven't used them till now. The great thing about sets is that they are meant to coordinate well, which takes the guess work out of making a set of cards. Here I used two of the sets of Chinese kids- one was a clear set and one a wood block set. Reminds me of Ni Hao Kai Lan- one of my daughter's favorite cartoons on Noggin.

Since I made a set of cards, I decided to go with a more simple approach. Each card was realtively quick to put together. I think the coloring took the longest for me since I'm still practicing my blending and shading techniques. I think my favorite out of these cards is the one at the top of this post!

Since this girl stamp was smaller, I decided to make three of them.

Here's the only boy of the set. Kept his card very simple.

I think I had the most difficult time with this one- couldn't think of how else to add to this card so I gave up.

After I was done with the cards, I made this cool A2 sized box. So easy and makes your cards look so much nicer!

Supplies used:

Chinese kid stamps- Hero Arts

Thank You sentiments- Hero Arts

Flower, oval, scallop oval dies- Spellbinders

Cardstock- Bazzil

Washi- Hanko designs

Markers- Copics

Stickles

Crystals- Hero Arts

Ribbon

BTW- did anyone see the new winter Hero Arts sets coming out???? You won't want to miss out on some of the cute new Japanese girls!