Quiet little play day

Hi there!

Well I know it has been a month, oh my goodness!  Someone slap me!  Well, I will try to write a few posts to let you know what I've been up to since I last wrote.  But today I am really excited to share with you some things that I have been working on the last couple of days, when I had some quiet time to just sit down and create!

When you get busy and go a few days without stamping, don't you just find something really relaxing about sitting down and realizing hours later a feeling of inner peace and calm.  Then you look up at all the cuteness that you created!  Well that's how I have felt the past 2-3 days.  I told myself I was just going to sit down and open some new things (toys, I mean work tools) and start by CASEing a couple of things from the catalog.

Here's the CASE that started the roll...   Debbie came over and we wanted to use the new Hamburger Box Die and thought we'd start with this sample on page 17.  We used the same supplies as listed in the catalog. 

Well we liked it but we weren't in love with it.  Maybe because ours is missing the pie!


Then we decided to open my French Fry Box Die and started with the sample on page 59 but had to substitute most things because I did not have the set they used (gasp, I know, something I don't own!).  It turned out pretty cute but I think it really needs some candy and the big Bermuda Bay Striped Ribbon bow!!  Then it'll look complete!

Summary of Supplies
I used the Starburst Framelit (tangerine tango) and Four Frames (melon mambo) with the Decorative Label punch and Tape It (crushed curry) and the Scallop Oval punch (bermuda bay) and So Very Happy (greeting stamped in bermuda bay) and the Large Oval punch.  Lots of dimensionals and the new large Polka Dot embossing folder.


If you could only see my classroom and what a mess I've got going!

Cheers! Come back tomorrow to see more!~
Rhonda

Blue & Bling Baby!!

Hi there!

Well dang it, where'd yetesterday go?  Oh I know, I was busy crafting with Rachel for her little campers!  She is a counselor for the middle school "Minitown" camp and she was in charge of creating name tags & more for her 11 cabin kids.  Her and her co-counselor decided on a theme of Toddlers & Tiara's for their cabin ... so name tags are princess sashes with cute little flowers on the lapel and pins and a bow on the bottom where the ribbons cross!  And candy treats (Ring Pops, Candy Necklaces & Bracelets) which of course needed a blinged out princess treat pail and a huge (ok, very large maybe not huge) Baby Bottle full of just the pink/reds of Starburst.  We also made a door decoration and she wanted a big rosette and blinged it out of course.  And don't ya know ... NOPE naddah a picture by me  :(   Will have to hope that she takes some pic's that I can share with you later!

So today we will make up for nothing yesterday by sharing a couple of the swaps from Monday's team meeting!  These were swapped by Tari and Debbie -- so pretty in real life!  Shiny & Sparkly!  Both were made using the Winter Frost DSP Stack from the Holiday Mini catalog!  Things come together so quick when you combine the Big Shot dies and framelits with our punches and a few ready to go embellishments and you get GORGEOUS results!

Thanks, see ya tomorrow!
Rhonda

My TAG Swap for tonight!

Hi!
Wow, you fell right outta your chair!  Yep it's a blog update from me!  Get back up and sit down ...  hahaha!  Seems like I think about writing often but for whatever reason when I get busy I just don't do it.  Guess I need to really come up with a good challenge and reward for myself in order to make it a habit!  What's that saying, 21 days to make it a habit, well here's day 1 for this round!  Seriously, I will try!  I guess I never think anyone is out there even checking on my lil' o blog.

But for those of you that are, today is the 1st Monday of the month and that's when I host my team meetings for all my SU! downline members.  Every month we have a swap theme (gives us a starting point for what to make and where to begin) and tonight's is TERRIFIC TAGS.  Tags that take over, we are mostly women and it's all in the presentation after all right?  If it's packaged cute we have to have it, even if we don't know what's inside sometimes we wanna buy if for the packaging.  Please tell me I'm not alone here!  ;)

So here's my swap:

It came together quite nicely and it really didn't take that long as I used a lot of punches and of course the Big Shot.  You can't see it as much in the picture but the little red dots on the tree are super sparkly thanks to the Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details.  The hardest part was trimming out the trees by hand (sure makes you appreciate your framelits when you use a set that doesn't have them) ... but it's okay, I just trimmed while watching Sunday afternoon football with my hubby.

Layers from the back to the front:

• Large Scallop Circle Die, Cherry Cobbler
• Large Oval-y Apothecary Framelit, DSP Holiday Stack
• 1/2 Paper Doily
• 2-3/8" Scallop Circle Punch, Gumball Green Coordinations Paper
• 1-3/4" Circle Punch, Whisper White  (greeting from Tag It, with Cherry Cobbler ink)
• Small Oval-y Apothecary Framelit, Early Espresso Coordinations Paper
• Modern Label Punch, Whisper White (Oh Goodie greeting, markers)
• Watercolor Paper, hand cut, Tree from Color Me Christmas (aqua painter & markers)
• Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details on the circles of the tree
• Snip of Cherry Cobbler Chevron Ribbon, Gumball Green Ribbon & Early Espresso 1/8" Tafetta (stapled)

To adhere it to the white gift bag I just used a piece of wide Cherry Cobbler Ribbon from the Holiday Mini and looped it around the handle, used glue dots to secure ribbon and more glue dots to mount the tag to ribbon.

Let me know what you think!  Do you like it?  I can't wait for tonight to see what the other gals made!

Happy Monday, Happy Stamping!
Rhonda