3D Post: Nugget Tins

I don't often post 3D items here, but I thought I would today. Here is a nugget tin that I made for one of my boutiques. The paper is Candy Cane DSP and the stamp is from Afterthoughts.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to stop by tomorrow for Sketch Frenzy Friday!

Adopt a Box Campaign

I have six large flat rate boxes full of cards and card fronts that need to be mailed sitting in the middle of my living room floor. The first box contains cards and envelopes in plastic envelopes, which is how they get sent to the troops overseas. I quickly realized that I wasn't going to have time to do that with the rest of the cards, unemployed or not. So, I just started to fill the rest of the boxes to send to From Our Hearts and their volunteers (who will turn the card fronts into cards and prepare them to be sent to the troops over seas for them to send back to their loved ones). Some of you are familiar with the From Our Hearts program, founded by a fellow Stampin' Up! demonstrator and the 2010 recipient of the "Heart of Stampin' Up!" award, Martie Shea. My next step is to mail them to Martie and her group and this is where I could use your help! I've recently been laid off and can't justify $60 plus to mail these off so I'm hoping that you may want to "ADOPT A BOX" for the Troops! I know there are many of you that would love to help, but just don't have the time with everything else life has to offer you, so here is your chance. How? Donate stamps ($14.50 per box), or money to purchase stamps, so these cards can be put to good use. If you are interested in ADOPTING A BOX or learning more about From Our Hearts, please contact me.

And for taking the time to read my plea for help, here is a quick card share too. This is also a CASE from a convention swap I received that I adapted for a monthly swap that I am apart of. The stamp sets are Printed Petals, On Your Birthday, and Teeny Tiny Wishes. The colors are Night of Navy, Cherry Cobbler, Pumpkin Pie, and Whisper White.

Thanks for stopping by and helping with my cause if you can.

Featured on the Stampin' From Our Hearts Blog

The event that Laurie and I held on August 9 for the Stampin' For Our Hearts Organization is now featured on their blog. You can check out the post here, along with additional pictures that did not make it on my blog.

Stampin' From Our Hearts

Here are some pictures from the event I helped with on August 9, as promised.



This was at the packing table where the creators could insert a piece of paper explaining the card was handmade by blank, and the creator could put their name in the blank. These three girls decided to put their names on every card that wasn't already claimed by someone else (which turned out to be quite a few as lots of the Girls Scouts assemblied in assembly lines).


Here is the sign that I created using some of the pictures and letters received from the troops that have previously received cards from Stampin' From Our Hearts. I used the cricut cartridge Base Camp to cut out the letters.


Finally, here is a picture of a couple of the troop leaders and Girl Scouts representing all the ages that participated with Laurie (the other demo helping with the event) and the 1143 cards that were created in under 2 hours!!

Oops! Multiple Posts

Opps! I scheduled posts to post over the weekend while I was busy preparing for the Stampin' From Our Hears event, but I never actually hit the publish post button. So now they are finally posted (with the dates I originally meant to post them). Here are also a couple of pictures taken while preparing.

This one is of me putting my earing back in after using it as a paper piercer because I was too lazy to walk upstairs to find a real one.


This one is of some of the shoeboxes that were prepped with everything that needed to be on each table to make the various cards. We had 13 different boxes in all.


Finally, I wanted to report that in total we made 1143 cards in under two hours! Stay tuned tomorrow for some pictures at the event. Thanks to everyone for all their hard work!

Last of the Holiday Cards

Well, today is the day and by the time you're reading this Laurie and I are probably knee deep in cut cardstock and hopefully completed cards. Here are the last of the cards that we created that I have pictures of. There is one more, but it's made from non SU! cardstock that was donated to Stampin' From Our Hearts.

This one is a card that Laurie designed that again used retired DSP and in-colors. The stamp sets used were Snow Swirled and Many Merry Messages (again, I think).


The last one that I have to show with you also uses Snow Swirled and the retired Kiwi Kiss cardstock and satin ribbon. The greeting is from Season of Joy.


Stay tuned next week for the final number of cards made and pictures from the event!

More Holiday Cards

Here are a couple more cards that Laurie and I designed for the Stampin' From Our Hearts even tomorrow.


The first one uses Punch Pals and retired DSP (Laurie actually designed it). Along with Close to Cocoa, Kiwi Kiss, and Baja Breeze cardstock. The Merry Christmas is from Many Merry Messages (I believe). We will be making about 100 of these cards.


The next one uses three current sets Seeing Stars, the Star jumbo wheel and Season of Joy (for the greeting). The paper is Riding Hood Red (retired) and the Riding Hood ribbon is also used. We will be making 200 of these cards.

Stay tuned tomorrow for a couple of more cards that we designed for Stampin' From Our Hearts.

Happy Kwanzaa!

As I mentioned before, I am working with From Our Hearts (see button on side bar) and the local girl scouts to make about 1200 holiday cards for the troops. The event is on Sunday from 1 to 5 PM at the Champlin VFW and over the next couple of days I will be showing the cards that Laurie (fellow demonstrator) and I created. Some of them do use retired cardstock, but could be easily be replaced with current colors. The first one I'm going to show is a Kwanzaa card that I created using the Happy Kwanzaa stamp set. I am not very familiar with Kwanzaa, but I hope this card does it justice. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Paper: Crushed Curry, Real Red, Basic Black, Glorious Green (I know the picture does not show these colors very well). Ink: Basic Black, Real Red.

More Holiday Card Shares

Here are two more cards that I designed for the Stampin' From Our Hearts event on Sunday. These both use current colors and stamp sets.

The first one uses the Season of Joy stamp set with Glossy White, Brocade Blue and Night of Navy cardstock. We will be making 200 of these cards.



The next one uses Christmas Punch (new hostess set) and Bermuda Bay, Night of Navy, and Whisper White cardstock. We will also be making 200 of these cards.


Stampin' from Our Hearts is also looking for donations to help cover the cost of packaging and shipping. Please visit their website (button on my left sidebar) for more information and to make a donation.

Pocket Silhouettes

Again, where have I been? This time I actually have an answer for you. Preparing for the Royal Blog Tour and a Stamping' From the Heart event. In preparation for this event, myself and Laurie Lenertz (a fellow demonstrator) are holding workshops for several girl scout troops so they can help us stamp the cards for the troops at the main event on August 9. At this event we hope to make at least 800 Christmas cards for the troops. That being said, we have also designed 8 different Christmas cards for this event. Click on the button on my side bar for more infomation.

I have attached one of the cards that we will be making at the workshops for the girl scouts, featuring Pocket Sillouettes.