Pencil Treats

After seeing the idea in a magazine last year, I made these pencil treats for my son and his teacher. Just attach a Hershey's kiss to the end of a roll of Rolos candy. Then cut a stip of yellow paper to fit around and score it every 1/4". Adhere a strip of silver and pink to one end to make the eraser and trim the other end with pinking shears or deckle scissors. Wrap around the roll of candy and secure. I cut the stars out on the Cricut to make a tag and attached with ribbon.

Backpack Box

A friend reminded me about this backpack box I made for my kids' teachers several years ago. I used some leftover scrapbook paper that had our school name and mascot. They are just big enough for several Hershey's kisses, etc. They turn out really cute, but it isn't something I would make in a big quantity! The template and instructions can be found here:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/backpackbox/

Tiki Hut Construction

I recently took a class from Rusty Pickle's Lance Anderson and we made a pop-up tiki hut. He was nice enough to give me an extra hut so I could make this album for my son's Monkey Beach Party. Since my album was made differently, I had to do a little re-engineering, but I finally got it figured out! The first pic is the cover, which I made using a copy of the party napkin. The other pic's show the inside of the cover after you open it up and the Tiki Hut and trees pop-up. I used a copy of the invitation and a cup on this page.

The papers are from the Aloha line from Reminisce.

Dog-gone Cute!

My Mother in Law recently got this cute Boston Terrier, Mickey, that she is crazy about! I made this shadowbox frame and scrapbook for her to put his adorable pictures in.

The dog paper and embellishments are from Queen & Co.

Paint Chips

I was looking through some of my craft drawers and found a bunch of paint chips. Does anyone remember when they were all the rage about 5 years ago? They're especially fun to stamp on if you can find neat paint names to go with your stamp. Notice the paint names on my Princess card: Princess Tiara and Fairytale Pink. When I first started making these, I made a Snowman card for my sister who works at Home Depot. The paint chip was shades of blue with names like Frosty Blue, etc. I thought it was super cute and told my sister about how everyone was using paint chips on cards. She said, "We've been wondering why we're going through more paint chips than ever before!"

Got Scraps?

I love this technique I learned from my friend Allison. You cut strips of patterned paper and use any border punch to scallop the bottom edge.  Add pop dots to the scalloped edge, adhesive to the top edge, and layer them. I love the dimensional effect and it's a great way to use up all those scraps of patterned paper. 

The paper scraps are from S.E.I. and the stamp and punches are from Stampin' Up!

Not so sweet!

I had a little mishap while making this card. I LOST THE STAMP THAT MAKES THE CUPCAKE BOTTOM! That'sone reason  I'm not fond of clear stamps, because I've done it before. I've searched my craftroom (and the trash can) twice and cannot find it anywhere. I'm sure it's stuck to the bottom of something and, hopefully, It will turn up.

I improvised and fan folded some cardstock to make the fluted cup. I used Stickles on the frosting to make it match the glitter paper. The stamps are Fanfare from CTMH and the paper is from the Target Dollar Spot.