Diary of Two Crafty Girls

You are simply wonderful....

2013-02-17T23:17:00.000-08:00

I created this CAS card a few weeks ago at my friend Amanda's house. We cased it from a photo she had saved on her computer. I believe she saw a similar version on Pinterest. I'm sorry the photo wasn't watermarked so i'm not sure who the original creator is -- thank you for the inspiration. : )

The 1-3/4" DSP circle is raised with a dimensional and the small DSP heart is also raised with half a dimensional.

When Alyssa saw this card she asked if it was a mickey mouse card! at first i laughed and thought what is she talking about and then said..hey good imagination.. : )

Hope you like...

Products used for this project:

Stamp Sets: Friendly Phrases

Ink: Black Stazon

Card Stock: Whisper White, Pool Party, More Amore DSP

Accessories and More: 3/4" Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch, 1-3/4" Circle Punch, Small Heart Punch, Rhinestone Jewels, Dimensionals, Snail adhesive

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Be My Valentine...

2013-02-10T22:05:00.000-08:00

Are you looking to create a stunning Valentine's day card in less then 10 minutes? ---This is it! I was inspired by a card i seen on Lindsay Amrhein`s Blog a while back. Her card had 3 red hearts in a row and a couple rhinestones. This is what i came up with. Thanks for the inspiration Lindsay! :)

Products used for this project:

Stamp Sets: Hearts a Flutter, Delightful Dozen

Ink: Real Red, Black Stazon

Card Stock: Whisper White, Real Red

Accessories and More: Corner Punch, Linen Thread, Rhinestone Jewels, Snail adhesive

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Hearts a Flutter

2013-01-21T06:00:00.000-08:00

Stampin' Up has updated the My Paper Pumpkin website to make it easier for you to register for your subscription. They have added a drop down box so you can choose if you are a Canadian or American subscriber. For all my Canadian customer please click on the drop down box in the top right corner to Canada-English. This will update the site to Canadian pricing and you will be able to enter your Canadian address. If you followed my instructions in the previous post you are already set up for the Canadian page and won't need to do anything further. The Canadian page will automatically pop up when connected to the site. (you won't need to click the drop down box, it will already show Canada-English in the top right corner).

This card was inspired by Mary Fish. (Thank you Mary for the inspiration)

Hope you like... ; )

Products used for this project:

Stamp Sets: Hearts a Flutter, Bitty Banner

Ink: Pool Party, Real Red, Black Stazon

Card Stock: Whisper White, Real Red

Accessories and More: Big Shot, Hearts a Flutter Framelits, Bitty Banner Framelits, 1/8" Black Taffeta Ribbon, Bright Collection Button, Linen Thread, Snail adhesive, Dimensionals.

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2012 - A Year in Review Part II

2012-12-31T10:00:00.000-08:00

Wow! I certainly can't believe a whole year has flown by? Looking back on our blog for 2012 was certainly fun for the kids and I. Ethan wants to make a "green drink" RIGHT NOW!-- lol and Alyssa's clearing off her craft table so she can craft with me tomorrow. She has to be my most favorite crafting buddy! We can't wait to spend the first day of the New Year in our PJ's crafting the whole day away.. : )

It was hard to pick just one favorite so i've broken it down.

Here are a few of my FAVORITE posts of Leigha's:

I'll be sad to see the beautiful flowers on the sidebar disappear after January 2nd. Leigha has done such a wonderful job creating paper flowers, she brings the flowers to life! It's no surprise to me that "Lynn's Bouquet" was chosen by SplitCoastStampers in their list of Favorites: The Best of 2012. How gorgeous is that bouquet??!!!!! My favorite bouquet has to be the Summer Bouquet . I love the colours in this bouquet and with the matching boutonniere and table center pieces to boot. Soooo AMAZING.. ; )

I also love Leigha's Butterfly card and Butterfly Scrapbook page. As you can tell from many of my blog posts I LOVE butterflies.

Two other faves are the Domestic Goddess birthday card and St. Patricks Day Shamrocks card. I think it might be the sewing... i love it when leigha sews on her projects!! : )

The most popular/favorite posts of mine. Based on page views, the most popular posts posted by me were:

Cupcake Tutorial

SAB Butterfly card

Teacher Valentine's Day Card

Gingham Background Technique

Shortened Framed Tulips Technique

Thank you to everyone who purchased my Cupcake Tutorial this past year. I have to say i really enjoyed creating the cards for this tute. Especially the Movie Strip Card...i still can't part with these gorgeous cards! : )

Wishing you Health and Happiness in 2013.

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2012 - A Year in Review - Leigha

2012-12-30T13:29:00.000-08:00

Happy 2013!

I'm also thrilled to say that the bouquet I created for Lynn's Bouquet Tutorial was chosen by SplitCoastStampers in their list of Favorites: The Best of 2012. What an honour to be chosen and included amongst such talented artists :) Whoo hoo! My humble thanks to the talented and dedicated ladies who volunteer their time to organize and run the Favorites forum over at SplitCoastStampers.

Wow! Can you believe a whole year has flown by? I can't. Looking back on 2012, I thought it would be fun to share some of our most popular and favorite posts with you. I had a blast looking back at this past year's posts, and seeing which ones were the most popular with our readers. Did you have any favorites?

It was so much fun revisiting and going through old posts, that I just HAD to list more than one. Here are a few of my FAVORITE posts of Natasha's

Get Well Wishes

I LOVED this card! Awesome colour scheme and layout. It actually inspired me to purchase the Make a Monster set :)

Everyday Enchantment Butterflies

Gorgeous, Gorgeous card! Love the colour combinations and the delicate simplicity. The clear window sheets added just the "extra something". Based on our stats, you guys loved this card too!

Assistant Coaches Baseball Card - Team Astros

Cool card! Wow! Way to encorporate all those team themes and colours. What coach wouldn't love to get this for a gift?

Flower Pot Gift Idea

What a cute and awesome little gift idea! I loved it, and you guys did too! This was a huge hit on our blog and on Pinterest :)

Okay, on to most popular/favorite posts of mine. Based on page views, the most popular post posted by me were these posts:

French Foliage Valentine

You & Me

It's a Boy

Thanks everyone for your lovely comments.

Looking foward to 2013.

Thanks

2012-12-26T10:09:00.000-08:00

Every Flower Tutorial is Retiring January 2nd, 2013!!

Thanks to each and every customer who has made my flower tutorials so wildly successful! It is now time to retire these tutorials. On January 2nd, these tutorials will be taken down off the sidebars. If you've been sitting on the fence about purchasing one or more of these tutorials, now is your last chance. Grab them before they're gone. Plus, all tutorials are BOGO free!

This CAS thank you card was inspired by Sylvia Blum.

Products used for this project:

Stamp Sets: Papillon Potpourri

Ink: Basic Black, Calypso Coral

Card Stock: Whisper White, Calypso Coral DSP

Accessories and more: Elegant Butterfly Punch, Dimensionals, Billboard Alphabet Decorative Strip Sizzlit (retired).

Boxing Week BOGO Sale !!

Starts midnight, December 26th, and goes until 11:59 pm January 1, 2013. (Pacific Standard Time)

Every flower tutorial that is along the right hand sidebar is on sale, buy one get one FREE*! (*free tutorial must be of equal or lesser value) Yes, that's right! Have you been waiting to purchase one of these? Don't Wait!! Now is the time to grab one before they are gone, and get one for free. Simply make your purchase with the PayPal button found with your tutorial, and then either add a comment to purchaser as to which one you would like for free, or, simply send me an email after you complete your purchase letting me know which tutorial you would like to have for free. It's as simple as that!!

Questions? Feel free to email me. I'd love to hear from you.

Snow Day......Let's Build a Snowman..

2012-12-19T12:00:00.000-08:00

We woke up to snow this morning. The kids were super excited! Ethan was hoping for no school but no luck...off he went to school ----oh but only AFTER he attempted to "jump" off all the snow from the trampoline.. : )

When Alyssa looked out the window her eyes popped out!! she yelled "wow..how did that happen??" then she ran upstairs and put on her snowsuit!

Since it was snowing i thought yay...INSIDE DAY...lets craft! BUT oooh no.....you don't run around the house with your snowsuit on and watch the snow fall outside!! so we bundled up and off we went to build a snowman... ; )

After we built a snowman we came inside for some hot chocolate, cookies and a snuggle. We had snow much fun.... : )

Hope you like.... : )

Products used for this project:

Stamp Sets: Stylin' Snowfolk, Snow Much Fun

Ink: Pacific Point, Real Red, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Lucky Limeade, Baja Breeze

Card Stock: Baja Breeze, Whisper White

Accessories and More: Vintage Trinkets, Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter, 2-way Glue Pen, Paper Snips, Rhinestone Jewels, Stampin' Dimensionals, Snail adhesive

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Candy Cane Ribbon Card

2012-12-09T08:00:00.000-08:00

Here's yet another card Amanda and I created together. When Amanda showed me Michelle Le Breton candy cane card i just new i had to make it. So easy to create and soooo stinkin' cute. I've used ribbon behind the cut out candy cane image but you could also use strips of card stock or DSP.

Hope you like.... : )

Products used for this project:

Stamp Sets: Greetings of the Season

Ink: Early Espresso

Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Real Red, Old Olive

Accessories and More: Big Shot, Holiday Collection Framelits, Bird Builder Punch, Brights Designer Buttons, White Bakers Twine, 1/4" Stitched Whisper White and Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon, Snail adhesive, Glue Dot.

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Snowflake Soiree - Believe

2012-12-04T18:00:00.000-08:00

This card was super simple to create, umm.. i mean put together!! I arrived at my friend Amanda's for a fun night of card making and she had all the card stock cut and ready for me to assemble.

If you look close enough you'll see we used the Illuminate Glimmer Watermark Stampin’ Pad on the bashful blue card stock and gave the card some bling with the silver glimmer paper. I was going to add a bit of Silver cord to the Vintage Faceted Designer Button when i got home but totally forgot. I'm just remembering that as i type this out...oh dear. : )

Hope you like.... : )

Products used for this project:

Stamp Sets: Snowflake Soiree

Ink: Midnight Muse, Illuminate Glimmer Watermark Stampin’ Pad

Card Stock: Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Not Quite Navy, Silver Glimmer Paper

Accessories and More: Big Shot, Snow Flurry Die, Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons,
Snail adhesive, Dimensionals

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Card Stock Christmas Centerpieces

2012-11-23T00:00:00.000-08:00

Black Friday Sale this weekend!!

Starts midnight Black Friday, November 23rd, and goes until 11:59 pm Cyber Monday, November 26th. (Pacific Standard Time)

Every flower tutorial that is along the right hand sidebar is on sale, buy one get one FREE*! (*free tutorial must be of equal or lesser value) Yes, that's right! Have you been waiting to purchase one of these? Now is the time to grab one, and get one for free. Stock up in time for Christmas! Simply make your purchase with the PayPal button found with your tutorial, and then either add a comment to purchaser as to which one you would like for free, or, simply send me an email after you complete your purchase letting me know which tutorial you would like to have for free. It's as simple as that!!

To celebrate this sale, and to get ready for Christmas, I created two different Christmas centerpieces using my Long-Stemmed Rose Tutorial. The roses are made entirely out of card stock!! Which one do you like better? The red roses in the mercury glass? Or the cream roses in the cranberries? Both will make GORGEOUS centerpieces or Christmas gifts.

Thanks to all of you who have already purchased the Long-Stemmed Rose Tutorial. Here is another way to use it. Fill a container of your choice with floral foam or filler such as artificial cranberries. Make 13 Real Red or Very Vanilla coloured roses using the Long Stemmed Rose Tutorial. The roses in the tutorial are full blown roses with multiple layers. To make these roses, which are smaller, and resemble tighter roses just leaving the bud stage, simply make the roses as per the tutorial but only with 6 layers instead of the usual number in the tutorial. Remember to give the petals in the last row a little variation so that all the roses do not look exactly the same. Cut the stems to 3". Push the dozen roses down into the floral foam or filler.

Remember, ALL flower tutorials are on sale, this weekend. Buy one get one free! Enjoy.

Starts midnight Black Friday, November 23rd, and goes until 11:59 pm Cyber Monday, November 26th. (Pacific Standard Time)

Questions? Feel free to email me. I'd love to hear from you.

Happy Thanksgiving!

2012-11-22T14:26:00.001-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving to our American viewers!

Stay tuned for a big Black Friday tutorial sale starting tomorrow, Friday November 23rd, starting at midnight (Pacific Standard Time) !! Each and every flower tutorial along the right hand sidebar will be on sale for the Holiday weekend only! Be sure to come back and join us tomorrow to check it out!!

This card was inspired by Penny Smiley. The leaves have been stamped out in Soft Suede ink onto lighter card stock (Riding Hood Red, So Saffron, and Certainly Celerly) and then sponged with darker ink (Cherry Cobbler, More Mustard, and Old Olive) to add depth.

Products used for this project:

Stamp Sets: French Foliage, Seasonal Sayings

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, More Mustard, Old Olive, Soft Suede, and Early Espresso

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Riding Hood Red, So Saffron, Certainly Celerly

Accessories and More: Designer Frames Folders, Crumb Cake 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Linen Thread

Decorating with Paper Pinecones

2012-11-13T19:57:00.001-08:00

These big, gorgeous, life-like, jumbo pinecones are made completely out of card stock and Stampin' Up! punches and dies.

I've gone pinecone crazy! This year, I've decorated my holiday windows, mantle and front door with them. I've found tons of holiday decorating to do with them, and I know you will too!

Thanks to all my customers who bought this tutorial and made it so successful! I am always trying to show my customers how versatile these tutorials are. For all of you who bought the Jumbo Pinecone Tutorial, here are more ways to use it.

For those of you who are interested in the Jumbo Pinecone Tutorial, there are two ways to get it. It is available as a stand alone tutorial here. Or, it is also included in the Elegant Holiday Bouquet Tutorial here.

Products used for these projects:

Stamp Set: Border Banter (to stamp on ribbon)

Ink: Early Espresso (to stamp on ribbon)

Accessories and More: Pinecones from the Jumbo Paper Pinecone Tutorial, 7/8" Cotton Ribbon , Frost White Shimmer Paint, Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter, mini clothes pins, plastic snowflakes.

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Spooky {Cardstock} Bouquet

2012-10-28T21:32:00.000-07:00

This spooky Halloween bouquet was inspired by Martha Stewart. I simply rearranged the dozen card stock roses that I made in this post, and added a little Martha twist.

Thanks to all my customers who bought my card stock Long Stemmed Rose Tutorial and made it so successful! I am always trying to show my customers how versatile these tutorials are. I'm committed to showing new ways to use the tutorials you've already bought from me. For all of you who bought the Long Stemmed Rose Tutorial, here is another way to use it.

Cut a piece of floral foam to match the size of a container of your choice. Glue down some dried moss onto the floral foam.

Make one dozen roses from the Long Stemmed Rose Tutorial out of Real Red cardstock. The roses in the tutorial are full blown roses with multiple layers. To make these roses, which are smaller, and resemble tighter roses just leaving the bud stage, simply make the roses as per the tutorial but only with 6 layers instead of the usual number in the tutorial. Remember to give the petals in the last row a little variation so that all the roses do not look exactly the same. Cut the stems to 3". Push the dozen roses down into the floral foam.

Add plastick snakes, spiders, and cobwebs to complete the look.

Mummy Card

2012-10-24T11:42:00.000-07:00

Halloween night is fast approaching and my kids are getting excited! Even though we've had treats around the house for a few weeks now from trick or treating in Disneyland, the kids feel the NEEEEEEEED for more candy!!. They wonder how 10 lbs of chocolates/treats could go missing is such a short period of time.. : ) : )

I absolutely love Halloween! I'm not sure why?? I'm scared of ghosts, goblins, skeletons and frankenstein ...lol! I love decorating the house up and making all sorts of Halloween goodies and crafts. We can make scary things look cute...right...? Like turning scary mummies into cute crafts to make them look way to cute!! I love this card! Alyssa was a good helper with wrapping the twill around the card and punching out and gluging on the pieces for the eyes and mouth.

Although twill tape has retired from the SU catty i bet you could use the new 7/8" Cotton Ribbon that is being offered in the Holiday Catty. Check out page 20. : )

Hope you like.. : )

Products used for this project:

Stamp Sets: Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Staz-on Black (or Craft Black)

Card Stock: Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Whisper White

Accessories and More: Big Shot, Finishing Touches Edgelits, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, 1-1/4' Circle Punch, Snail adhesive, 3/4" Twill Tape.

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Pinecone Placecard Holders

2012-10-07T21:07:00.000-07:00

Happy Thanksgiving!

Here in Canada, we are celebrating Thanksgiving this weekend. My Jumbo Pinecone Tutorial has been selling like hotcakes this month! I'm committed to showing my customers new ways to use the tutorials they've already bought from me. I decided to take the pinecones from this tutorial to create placecard holders for our Thanksgiving table.

To create this projects:

Make name cards, cut 3" x 7/8" out of Very Vanilla card stock. Cut the ends into a "v" shape using your paper snips, and give the name cards a slight curve by working them slightly with your fingers into a gentle curve.

Make the jumbo pinecone as per the tutorial instructions. However, for this project, you will not need to wire it. Then take your paper snips, and cut a vertical slit into the first two layers as shown above.

Slide name cards into the slit you've just created, and place onto your place setting. They'll add just the subtle touch to your fall table. Wouldn't they also look stunning for an autumn wedding?

Thanks to all my customers you have bought this tutorial and made it wildly successful! I have lots of holiday decorating ideas coming up using these gorgeous jumbo pinecones.

If you don't already own it, you can purchase if for only $2.50

The tutorial gives clear step-by-step instructions with tons of gorgeous photos on how to make the pinecones, plus lots of instruction on how to create the subtle effects that really make them look real and come to life (click on the picture to see the close up details). The complete tutorial is 7 pages in length and has 21 photos. The pinecones are not difficult to make, but a lot of photos are required to give complete step-by-step instruction.

Or find the link to purchase on the top right sidebar. The tutorial will be e-mailed to the email address registered to your PayPal account within 24 hours as an Adobe PDF file following your purchase. If you do not receive your email, please check your spam box. If you still have not received your file within 24 hours, please contact me so I can correct any issues.

Feel fee to contact me if you have any questions.

Toxic Digital Designer Template

2012-10-05T00:00:00.000-07:00

I decorated my mantel for Halloween by CASEing this framable artwork straight out of the Holiday mini. I made it in MDS with the Toxic Framable Digital Designer Template. Although the download is completely customizable, and includes a 34-peice stamp brush set, I simply printed it off exactly as the designer template and popped it into a frame. How easy is that?

The cute little 3-D pumpkin sitting beside the frame is from a tutorial by Amanda Corbet. You can find the tutorial here.

Products used for these projects:

Card Stock: Pumpkin Pie, Garden Green, Chocolate Chip

Ink: Cajun Craze

Accessories and More: Toxic Framable Digital Designer Template, frame, 2-1/2" Circle Punch, Little Leaves Sizzlit, Sponges.

Give Thanks

2012-09-28T10:34:00.000-07:00

Well, fall is here now. It's time to put away the summer projects, and start working on autumn themed projects. The layout on this fall card was inspired by Alice Carman. Lots of sponging brings subtle depth to the elements on this card. The leaves were stamped with Soft Suede ink onto lighter paper colours (Riding Hood Red, So Saffron, and Certainly Celery). After they were cut out, the edges were sponged with darker colours of ink (Cherry Cobbler, More Mustard, and Old Olive). The Tangerine Tango DSP strip was sponged with lots of Cajun Craze ink. Stay tuned for more fall inspired projects!

Products used for this project:

Stamp Sets: French Foliage

Card Stock: Very Vanilla,, Riding Hood Red, So Saffron, Certainly Celerly, Soft Suede, Naturals DSP (Soft Suede), Brights DSP (Tangerine Tango)

Ink: Soft Suede, Cajun Craze, Cherry Cobbler, More Mustard, Old Olive

Accessories and More: Billboard Decorative Strip Die (retired, ) MDS (for the word "thanks"), Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon

A Perfectly Preserved Reason to Smile

2012-09-21T22:25:00.001-07:00

I thought I'd show you one more sweet, summery card while the weather is still nice. Soon the crisp fall weather will be upon us. I have a couple of great autumn cards and projects to share with you soon....

Products used for this project:

Stamp Sets: Perfectly Perserved, Reason to Smile, You're a Gem.

Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Raspberry Ripple.

Ink: Basic Black, Old Olive, VersaMark, Summer Starfruit (marker), Crumb Cake (marker).

Accessories and More: Summer Starfruit 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon, Curly Label Punch, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Basic Pearls Jewel, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack.

Tweet Leaves CASE

2012-09-15T15:44:00.000-07:00

It's been a busy, busy week. Back to work! Back to school! Back to dance! I'm sure everyone is in the same boat! I haven't had any time to sit down in my craft room and be creative. At times like these, I find it very calming to carve out 20 minutes in my week, and sit down and do a straight CASE. This card is CASEd straight out of the holiday mini catologue.

Products used for this project:

Stamp Sets: Woodgrain (background stamp) Tweet Leaves, A Word for You.

Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla..

Ink: (markers): Old Olive, More Mustard, Cajun Craze, Baja Breeze, Early Espresso.

Accessories and More: Lucky Limade Ruffled Ribbon, Early Espresso 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, Ribbon Slide, Colour Sprizer Tool, Dimensionals, Sponges.

Lynn's Bouquet {Tutorial}

2012-09-07T21:05:00.000-07:00

Happy 1st Anniversary Lynn and Matt!

Did you know that the traditional first wedding anniversary gift is paper? To help celebrate their first wedding anniversary, I recreated my friend, Lynn's wedding bouquet in PAPER! The bouquet pictured below is made completely out of card stock using various Stampin' Up! punches and dies. I just love the classy white on white theme!

I first introduced you to my friend Lynn when I created her butterfly wedding place cards. Can you believe a whole year has gone by? I can't!

This is a picture of Lynn's real wedding bouquet on her wedding day.

And this was cake I made to celebrate her wedding shower.

And this is the bouquet I created out of paper. To create this bouquet, I used both my original Paper Orchid Tutorial and my original Summer Bouquet Tutorial. I simply changed up the colours a bit, and put them together. Wouldn't you love to make it for someone special? Now you can! If you purchase both the original Paper Orchid Tutorial and the original Summer Bouquet Tutorial, I will also include a 6 page step-by-step Lynn's Bouquet Tutorial (lots of gorgeous pics here too) on how to do the colour variation for the wedding orchids, the creamy roses, the white hydrangea, and beargrass, as well as how to make and assemble the bouquet. (Of course, as always, the Paper Orchid Tutorial and the Summer Bouquet Tutorial will continue to be available seperately).

To celebrate this new bouquet, I am offering the Paper Orchid Tutorial AND the Summer Bouquet Tutorial TOGETHER for a reduced price.

The complete five part Paper Orchid Tutorial and template AND the compete four part Summer Bouquet Tutorial PLUS Lynn's Bouquet Tutorial is available for purchase for only $11.95.

UPDATE: (added June 1, 2013): You are purchasing a tutorial from 2012. Some of the items used in the tutorial have been discontinued from Stampin' Up! For the most part, these beautiful flowers can still be recreated using alternate colours and products.

Or find the link to purchase on the top right sidebar. The tutorial will be e-mailed to the email address registered to your paypal account within 24 hours as several PDF files following your purchase. If you do not receive your email, please check your spam box. If you still have not received your file within 24 hours, please contact me so I can correct any issues.

I want to be know for my awesome customer service and support! Did you purchase both of these tutorials already? You can have the Lynn's Bouquet Tutorial for FREE! Simply email me. Did you purchase one of tutorials already? Wondering if you can purchase the other one and qualify for the free Lynn's Bouquet Tutorial? Of course! Simply purchase the tutorial you need, and either place a comment to seller at the time of purchase letting me know you qualify for the free tutorial.

Details on the Paper Orchid Tutorial and Template are available here ($5.95 purchased separately).

Details on the Summer Bouquet Tutorial are availble here ($6.95 purchased separately).

Questions? Please feel free to email me. I'd love to hear from you!

P.S. One other tiny tidbit....... Lynn's wedding anniversary and my wedding anniversary are the same day! First for Lynn, and 14th for me :)

Butterfly Place Card {Tutorial}

2012-09-01T21:35:00.002-07:00

Ever since I posted this post on the butterfly wedding place cards that I made for my friend Lynn's wedding, I get regular requests for help recreating them. Although I have offered a free template for people to use, I often get requests for a tutorial. It's actually quite simple:

I created a template for the guest names (through trial and error), and practiced by printing it onto regular copy paper until I got the placement just right. Lynn and I used Majestic font in 18 point. We typed each guest name into the template, and then printed them onto 8-1/2" x 11" vellum paper. You can create your own template, or you are welcome to use the one I created in My Digital Studio (its a ".mds" file). Just email me, and I'll pop it off in the mail to you. (Note: the following pics show the process on copy paper, but you will be printing on vellum or other paper of your choice)

If you are using my .mds template, you will need to make sure that you "print setup" before printing, and set the top, bottom and side print margins to "0". My template requires the following cuts once you have printed the names: 1) Cut 1/8" off the top of the top. 2) Cut 1/2" off the left margin. 3) Cut six pieces which are 2-7/8" wide and 3-5/8" long. Use the above photo for a guide. (Click on the photo to enlarge)

Fold each piece in half. Notice how the name is printed in exactly the right spot.

Lay the folded piece of vellum (with the fold along the centre) onto the Beautiful Butterflies Bigz die. (The preprinted name is on the inside).

Once you have cut the butterfly, cut a small diagonal slit along the folded centre to allow the butterfly to sit onto the rim of a glass. You can also place a Mini Glue Dot under the butterfly to ensure they are secure.

Enjoy..........

Perfectly Lemonade

2012-08-25T06:56:00.000-07:00

Wow, canning jars are hot these days! I found these adorable little canning jars with sweet little daisy cut outs on the lid that are perfect for slipping a straw into. The lemonade really hit the spot during this heat wave we've been having. And it inspired me to use the Perfectly Perserved stamp set and matching Cannery Set Framelits dies to create this sweet and simple little card.

Products used for this project:

Stamp Sets: Perfectly Perserved, Sweets for the Sweet

Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Brights Collection DSP, Velum.

Ink: Jet Black StazOn, Really Red, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso (marker).

Accessories and More: Cannery Set Framilits Dies, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack, Brights Collection Buttons, Linen Thread, Dimensionals.

Mmmmm............nothing like icy cold lemonade on a hot day! Cheers!

Busy as a Bee

2012-08-18T06:00:00.000-07:00

Well,the lavender is blooming, and the bees are busy! Don't they know it's summer, it's hot, and it's time to take a break and be lazy? I must say, I've been as busy as a little bee too! But I now get to slow down (a little) for a couple of weeks, until everything gets crazy again. I'm looking forward to hitting my craft room and getting some creative time in. I've decided to harvest the lavender -- I have TONS of it! But what to do with it all?

These muslin sachets will hold the lavendar and will make sweet little gifts later in the year.

Products used for this project:

Stamp Sets: Papillon Potpourri, French Foliage.

Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Early Espresso

Accessories and More: Muslin sachet bags (can be found at big box craft stores), Linen Thread, lots of lavender :)

Fabulous Phrases Birthday Wishes

2012-08-15T07:00:00.000-07:00

Do you find yourself gathering tons of scraps? I do..and i'm always looking for ways to use them up..! : ) This card was super simple to create. All i did was grab some scraps and punches and voila..

Products used for this project:

Stamp Sets: Fabulous Phrases

Card Stock: Scraps of Real Red, Old Olive, Pacific Point, Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake

Ink: Basic Black

Accessories and More: Brights Collection DSP, Crimper, Cupcake punch, 1/2" Circle punch, 1/4" Circle punch, 1" Circle punch, Scissors, White Bakers Twine, Dazzling Details, Snail adhesive.

Hope you like... : )

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Pirate Cupcakes {Tutorial}

2012-08-12T00:00:00.000-07:00

Ahoy Matey!

Finn is turning five! We created Pirate Ship Cupcakes to help celebrate! Arrrgh!

Wouldn't you love to create these cupcakes for someone special? Now you can! I have put together a detailed tutorial and template on how make the Pirate Ship Cupcake Wrappers and Sail. The tutorial is in three part (one PDF tutorial, one PDF Pirate Cupcake Wrapper Template, and one customizable Word document Sail Template). Note: fonts used in the sail template are AqualineTwo and Windlass. They are available as free downloads on various font sites. If you do not have these fonts, the words will still appear, but in a different font. The skull and crossbones on the sail are stamped with the "Beware Pirates" stamp. This set is currently retired, but you can stamp it with all different sorts of stamps, or even leave it plain.

You can purchase the complete three part tutorial for only $2.50

Or find the link to purchase on the top right sidebar. As always, tutorials will be e-mailed to the email address registered to your PayPal account within 24 hours following your purchase. If you do not receive your email, please check your spam box. If you still have not received your file within 24 hours, please contact me so I can correct any issues.

We also made these Pirate Invitations and custom Root Beer Labels.

The invites were made in MDS using AqualineTwo font and printed onto parchement paper. We burned the edges with a candle, sponged with Soft Suede ink, and spritzed with a Cherry Cobbler marker in the Colour Spritzer Tool. Then we rolled them up and tied them with Linen Thread.

Mmmmmm........Root Beer! Second only to rum! These custom Root Beer Lables were made with MDS, using Windlass and AqualineTwo fonts, and printed onto Whisper White cardstock. Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets were placed onto the back of the cardstock. The neck label says "Finn's 5th Birthday", and was cut out with a Paper Trimmer. The main label was cut out with a Labels Collection Framelit. Both of these were placed onto a bottle of root beer (with the existing labels removed obviously:))

.....more pirate fun!..............

You can purchase the complete three part tutorial for only $2.50

Or find the link to purchase on the top right sidebar. As always, tutorials will be e-mailed to the email address registered to your PayPal account within 24 hours as one PDF tutorial, one PDF Pirate Cupcake Wrapper Template, and one customizable Word document Sail Template following your purchase. If you do not receive your email, please check your spam box. If you still have not received your file within 24 hours, please contact me so I can correct any issues.

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.