I put together this card yesterday for my Sister-in-law's birthday. This one is really different from anything I normally make, but I thought it was cute! I love this cupcake set from Stampendous. It was a limited edition set I believe. You can put whatever face you want on it and this one fit perfectly for my SIL. I think the only thing from Stampin Up on this card is the CS (Elegant Eggplant), and orange ink. Other supplies I used include: Lasting Impressions paper, Sizzix candle dies, prismacolor pencils, stickles, Cricut Embossing Folders, White gel pen...

Penguin thanks

I guess I'm still not done with my winter stamps! After all, it's still winter! I love this little penguin from Whipper Snapper. On this one, I used prismacolor pencils to color in with gamsol. The white parts of his outfit have Tulip White puffy paint on them, splashed with some stickles. SU inks and CS used include: Almost Amethyst, Lovely Lilac, Craft White (whisper white). SU stamp sets used are The Snowflake spot, Snow jumbo wheel. Also used is Paper Trey's Faux Ribbon set for the sentiment. Punches: Word Window, corner punch and sizzix snowflake dies. The snowflake on the card is tied onto the ribbon with irridescent cord and is not glued down. Hope you like!

Gift Bag

Here is a gift bag I just made.. This was really fun to make! I can remember a time when the only way I decorated one of these was to put a topper on the bag... *sigh*.. But this is so much nicer! There isn't much for stamping on this. In fact, its mostly die cuts!

Here is what I used for this..

• Plain white handled gift bag
• American Crafts Cardstock
• Bazzill CSSU Whisper White CS
• SU Taken With Teal ink
• SU retired Little Holiday Wishes set
• SU Dazzling Diamonds and retired Blue Brilliance glitter (more like Teal)
• Xyron (used with glitter)
• Sizzix snowflake die, tag die, mittens die
• Coluzzle Circle
• Silver cord
• Wired irridescent ribbon
• Craft feather boa with silver tinsel

The snowflake on this was put throught the Xyron and then glittered with Dazzling Diamonds. The picture does not show it very well.... The mittens were glittered with Blue Brilliance and Dazzling Diamonds. I found the boa and the ribbon at Michaels. The back side of the bag also has the striped cardstock and the darke teal across the top. I thought it turned out really cute!!

Christmas List DVD tin

Have you ever bought anything and said to yourself "I'm gonna make a bunch of those!" ??? About 4 months ago I bought a huge box of these DVD tins for super cheap. Up until now I haven't touched them! They have been in plain sight and every time I walk by I think about making one but never do... Well, after blurfing for a while and seeing the countdown to Christmas I decided I had better get my buns in gear for Christmas!

At any rate, here is my first tin... and here's what I used:

• SU River Rock, Cranberry Crisp, Wild Wasabi CS
• SEI Doodley Doo Holiday CS
• SEI Doodley Doo Holiday rub-ons
• SizzixWingoZingo alpha die
• AMuse naughty/nice stamp
• SU Cranberry Crisp stitched ribbon

The pad on the inside has magnets on the back side. I like this idea because the pad can be pulled out and won't flop around inside the tin.

Birthday Boy

I just made this sweet little birthday card for my Great-newphew (is that what it's called? Or is it Grand-nephew? LOL) Anyway, I fell in love with this train die by Sizzix, and just had to have it! The card is a full sheet of cardstock folded in half. On this card I used vellum for the smoke clouds, and the windows. The present on the end of the train was free-hand and the bows were "a's" from a sizzix alpha.

Here is the recipe:

• SU Ballet Blue, YY Yellow, Brilliant Blue, Real Red, Green Galore, L Lilac, B Black, W White, Bazzill Green CS (letters)
• Vellum
• Stickles (letters)
• White Gel pen
• SU retired Groovy Lines bkgd
• SU Ballet Blue ink
• Sizzix train die, Girls Are Weird alpha
• Cuttlebug Olivia alpha