Materials Used Sheet

I've created a document to help me keep track of materials I use for various crafts and thought I'd share it with you all. :)



It's in .doc format and when you print it out, you'll want to cut the sheet in half...(there are two materials records on each sheet).



Here's where you can download the document:



Materials_Used.doc





Here's what the form looks like:

Hope you'll get use of it! :)

Christmas Ornaments Card

Well, for a challenge/contest at FCTSC (you can go HERE to learn about it)... I thought I'd participate. It was fun! :)



Thanks for looking!

A close up of the ornaments, including Stickles! :)

A close up of the buttons, complete with thread! :)

The inside sentiment... done on a lighter green...

Recipe:

Stamps: Hanging Ornaments -  (Hampton Arts); Sentiment - from my stash

Ink:  Ruby Red, Handsome Hunter (All Stampin' Up)

Paper: Whisper White, Handsome Hunter, Ruby Red - (Stampin' Up), Patterned Paper - Christmas Mat Stack (DCWV)

Other: Nestabilities, Scallop Edge Punch, Zots, Dimensionals, Buttons (my stash), Scrapbook Stitches (Making Memories), Sakura White Gelly Roll, ATG, Scissors, Top Note Die (Stampin' Up), Sizzix Big Shot, Cuttlebug, Green Stickles

Thinking of You

Okay, so I broke open my PTI order and I'm in love. If it could cook, clean, and read poetry with me, I'd ask PTI to marry me.



I'm pretty pleased with how this card turned out. However, if I had to do it all over again, I would do one of two things: 1) I'd NOT use a patterned ribbon if I wanted a knot or b) use a solid ribbon if I DID want a knot. I went to tie the knot and the way the ends laid, just was yucky. The dots were not showing, so I used some 3-D Zots to lay the ends down. It's kind of a "forced" look, but I really had no choice. Tearing Zots from paper = bad thing!



I'm not sure if you can tell from the pictures, but the top portion has a subtle paisley pattern to coincide with the embossed bottom.



It's probably not my BEST work, but as I said... I'm happy. :)



Thanks for looking!

































Here's a close-up to hopefully show the paisley pattern! :)

And of course I need to show off my cute pear! :) I'm not sure if the leaves and stem are supposed to be apart like that but *shrug* I like it! :)

Recipe:

Stamps: Pear image - "Fruitful" (Papertrey Ink); Sentiment - "Vintage Picnic Sentiments" (Papertrey Ink); Paisley background stamp - From Michaels $1 bin! LOL

Ink: (All Stampin' Up) Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip

Paper: (All Stampin' Up) Whisper White, Barely Banana

Other: Ribbon (from my stash)

Tools: Sizzix Big Shot, Perfect Paisley Embossing Folder, Scalloped circle punch, Zots, trimmer, scissors, sponge wedge, etc.

My first PTI order! :)

Well, I've joined the PTI craze and last Sunday ordered four (4) stamp sets... and I got them today!



Here they are:



(You can click their names to see the images more clearly!) :)

Fruitful































Vintage Picnic Sentiments































Vintage Picnic (naturally!)

Guide Lines































I can't wait to break them open and play with them! :) Stay tuned!

Testing a watermark :)

I found a video tutorial on how to create a watermark on YouTube and thought I'd try it. It wasn't that hard, really.



What I like about it is that I created it as a Photoshop action...so now I just open a photo, adjust colors, lighting, etc...click the action "Watermark"... and voila! It's all done. :)



Here's the resulting photo:

















And here is the excellent tutorial:

Halloween Candy Wrappers II: The Sequel

Well,I was busy today and finished five (5) more wrappers! Woot! :)

Here they are... they were fun, but a bit tedious to think of new ideas after the second or third one. LOL!

Halloween Candy Wrapper

Well, I've been wanting to make these for quite some time and while passing through Wal-Mart, I found some Hershey bars and thought it would be fun to make some mini-Halloween gifts for my school's secretaries. :)

I had no measurements, so I pretty much just had to do some measuring and figure it out... but that was the very easy part! :)



Materials Used:
Paper (Stampin' Up): Cast A Spell, Perfect Plum, Whisper White
Ink (Stampin' Up): Pumpkin Pie
Stamp: From Michaels
Other: Ribbon (stash), ATG gun, dimensionals, Zots (for ribbon adhesive), Drippy Goo Punch (Martha Stewart)

Thanks for looking!