Bitty Box Die

Hello-  Today's project I made with the Big Shot and the Bitty Box & Envelope Die.  I just love this die.  It makes the cutest little box as you can see above.  It is great for putting little gifts of jewelry, etc. in it.  I also cut out the envelope and made a mini card to match it.  I used the Stampin' UP! Stamp Set,  Fun & Fast Notes to stamp the "cake image & greeting" on a 1 3/4" x 1 3/4" square of Whisper White Card Stock  Then I took an aqua pen filled with water to color the cake, picking up ink off my ink pad for a water colored look.  I then matted the cake image on a 2" x 2" square of certainly celery card stock, added some dimensionals to pop it off the top of the box for a 3-D look.  Last but not least, the finishing touch was to take a 4" piece of ribbon, knot it, trim the ends, and attach it to the front of the box.
For the envelope set, I used the Stampin' UP! stamp set Birthday Bliss.  I stamped the image "birthday bliss", cut it out and popped that up with dimensionals and attached it to the outside of the envelope to decorate it.  The ice cream, presents, etc. image was stamped then punched out with SU's 1 1/4" square punch, then mounted on a square that was punched out with the SU Scalloped square extra large punch.  For the inside of the mini card, I stamped the "may your layers..." image, and punched that out with the SU 1 3/8" square punch and adhered it inside.  Presto...... the good witch has waved her magic wand for a quick, easy, and cute project!  I just love working with dies and punches.  They give such a professional look to your projects! 
Interested in making these yourself!?!?  Need the supplies?  Go to the link on the upper right of my blog to shop in my Stampin' UP! store, any time, 24 hours per day. Flip through the online catalog to see all the fun goodies we have to offer.  If you are interested in purchasing a Stampin' UP! catalog, I sell them for $5.00 if you pick them up, $10.00 if I need to mail it to you.  They fit nicely in a priority flat rate mailer and you will get it quickly!  I love looking at the catalog.  They are chocked full of ideas of things to make and they get your Mojo going.  It is like looking at the Christmas Toy Catalog when you were a kid, making your wish list!  Look on the side bar, and click on Birthday Bliss or Fun and Fast Notes to see other projects I have posted with these stamp sets.  As always...you can contact me at quilter16@frontier.com or leave a comment on this post.  Have a wonderful day!  Elaine

Monkey and Parrot Tags

Hello!  These are a few tags that I had made on the weekend.  Pretty simple, but I love how they turned out.  They are so cute!  I had cut those little monkeys and parrots out months ago, watching TV one night.  It helps to have a bunch of elements all ready to go.  I whipped these up in no time at all.  I used the stamp set Birthday Bliss.  I am getting so much use out of that set and I think this greeting is so festive.  Perfect with those little monkey's!
I have been home working on cards and tags, in between resting today.  I am not feeling the greatest.  When I am over tired or having allergy problems, my lungs just hurt.  The only thing that seems to help is to rest, and try to sleep it off.  I did make a quick run to the church today.  Nadine called and she had forgotten her grape salad in the frig.  Man....if I had know that, I would have been over there for lunch.  LOL  I just love that stuff.  I need someone to write that recipe down for me!  It is heavenly!  
Time to rest again....:-(  See ya later!  Elaine

It's a cupcake kind of day!

Tonight was Beth's stamping party and we had a fun time as usual.  She made some awesome food!  I am totally in love with the grape salad she made and definitely need to get the recipe for it.  It is to die for!  Every thing was yummy....but that was my favorite!
This was one of the projects we made tonight. We used the stamp set Simple Birthday Thanks.  I decided to make a hinged card with it to show them that you could use the set to make a shaped card with it.  It can also be stamped and used on a card front.  Another cute thing to make with it would be to attach a box behind it with a cupcake in it, or you could make a bunch of the cupcakes and string them together like a banner.  Lots of cute things you can do with this baby.  The verse is from the stamp set Birthday Bliss and was stamped twice, once in Melon Mambo and a second time in Bermuda Bay, then mounted on Close to Cocoa card stock.  There are dimensionals behind it so that it pops out and it also holds the top of the cupcake in place.  The cherry was stamped twice, then cut out and adhered to the top of the cupcake.  The one on the outside has crystal effects on it to give it a nice shiny look and the sprinkles are made with the 1/4" circle punch and glued on.  A brad is attached on the left side to make the hinge on the card.