Easy and Quick Gifts~

Hi guys!!

A quick Christmas gift post.  These are perfect for girl friends and

 all other friends:)  I had a little buddy help with this project.

  He is really good too~

He is always eager to help me with assembly work~ 

Our projects were making coater clip type notebooks and the long notebooks

 for the ladies, at the facility, my mom is at.

These are coasters covered in pretty Christmas paper with a post-a-note pad attached.

It is all held together with a decorated cloths pin.  

Add twine and some rhinestones for a festive look.  I packaged them in clear bags.

Another easy project! These require the legal size note pads to be cut in thirds. 

 Most of the time the office store will have the cutter to that.  

You will be charged a small fee.  Not bad at all and they are really cute decorated!!

Cover the back of the notepad with pattern paper.  Use strong adhesive either

 tape or wet glue.  Cut a flap to go over the top.  Decorate using stickers or stamps.

All packaged up to send !! They don't take long at all 

especially when you have a cute helper.

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Products used:

Christmas paper from stash

Joy Clair /You and Me Sentiments  (affiliate link) *** on sale ***

X-Press it adhesive tape

Ranger Archival ink/Jet Black

coasters

cloths pins

stickers

legal size note pads (cut in thirds)

twine and embellishments

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Try It Tuesday~ scraps, what they are good for!!

Hi guys!!

I know you have a box of scraps, I think everyone does.  I always try to use

 them for small 

projects.  Kinda of like a freebie to me~

I have a drawer for every color.  Comes in handy to

 have them labeled too.

Started out with these cuties~3 for $1 from the dollar store. 

Now is where the scrap papers come in.   Pick out papers that are big enough

 for the front and back of the small note books.

I used X-Press It tape (like score tape) and adhered the paper to the front cover.

Then take scissors and cut around the cover (don't even need to sand the edges).

Gather up chipboard stickers and embellishments to add to the front covers.

I just used odds and ends of paper collections for the decorations.  I added some

word stickers to the front also.

Now for the reason~

My mom is in an asisited living facility and my sister had this awesome idea  for us to make crafty gifts, for the ladies that assist my mom.  Sis put a basket in her room and we are trying to keep it full of crafty goodies.  Mom likes the basket too, she gets lots of vistors!!!

Just a little thank you and a little act of kindness go far:)

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Thanks for stopping by for

Connie M.

One More Pop up ~ the tent with stamps!

Hi guys!

I have one more Pop up card created and embellished with stamps.

My inspiration was to create a card to persuade a person to

 go camping.  To make the card inviting with fall leaves, a big pile of them, so

 they can be jumped in.

This is the front of the card~simple, no big deal.

The inside ~

The tent is placed in a bed of leaves.  Extra leaves have fallen on the tent and ground.

The quote is explaining "say yes (to camping).

The tent looks hard to construct but it isn't at all.

The Tent Pop up die is by Karen Burniston and she has a video on how

 to put the tent together.  

Product used:

Darkroom Door : Fallen Leaves/BG, Say Yes/Quote stamp, Carved Leaves and

 Whimsical Words.

Karen Burniston: Tent Pop up die

Paper: Little Yellow Bicycle

Ink: Ranger

Buttons Galore & More

stickers

X-Press It tape

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If you want to see more inspiration on using the Darkroom Door

 and Karen Burniston ~ check out the Blog Hop.

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Darkroom Door / Karen Burniston Blog Hop ~

Hi guys!!

I'm super excited to be hopping with Darkroom Door and Karen Burniston.

 Showing you how these beautiful Pop~up dies work so well with the gorgeous red rubber stamps by Darkroom Door will be a blast!!!

I have created three card examples using these fun products together.

  The possibilities are endless and so fun!!

Here is the front of card#1.  But everyone knows with a Pop-up card

 it is all about what is on the inside~

Products used:

Karen Burniston: 1015~House & Fence Pop-up

Karen Burniston: 1056~ Squares-Crosshatch

Darkroom Door: Tropical Birds, Carved Leaves Vol. 1

 Garden Birds, New York Vol.1, Love Birds and Stitched Borders. 

Peeled Paint/BG

Other: Ranger:Archival Ink

Quick Quotes PowderPuff Chalk inks (shading)

Paper: Authentique

Scrapbook Adhesives ( foam squares)

X-Press It (high tack double sided tape) ~ a must!

wet glue

Card#2~

The front cover on this one, just kept it real simple (I love simple)~

I love shells, love the beach so I had to create a Summer beach card using the

 House & Fence Pop-up die and Darkroom Door's Seashell stamps (my favorite).

Products used:

Karen Burniston: 1015~ House & Fence Pop-up

Karen Burniston: 1056~ Squares - Crosshatch

Darkroom Door: Seashells, Tropical Island, Stitched Borders, Seaside Inchies,

 Woodgrain/BG, Stone/BG.

Other: Quick Quotes PowderPuff Chalk inks (shading) and Adventure Waits.

Ranger: Archival inks

Scrapbook Adhesive (foam squares)

X-Press It (high tack double sided tape)

Card#3

I did one last card to show how valuable the floating floor is, that comes with the
 House & Fence Pop-up die.  If you have the floating floor the sky is the limit.  You can use stamps, die cuts and ephemera to create the focal for the card. 

Products used:
Karen Burniston: 1015~ House & Fence Pop-up
Darkroom Door: Coffee Time, Stitched Borders
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Thanks for hopping with us~