St. Patrick's Day Candy Bars

Yesterday I was talking to my niece Brooke on the telephone and all of a sudden, out of the blue she said "Aunt Elaine, are you working on St. Patrick's Day cards for me, Ben, and Bob?" Of course...being the World's Greatest Aunt....I had to say "Yes!". Now mind you...I don't send the kids a lot of cards but Brooke knows that I am stamping all the time and I usually make them some sort of stamped treat for the holidays or for when I see them. I always have some sort of little goody for them. I haven't seen them since January so I guess she is missing that! Little con...LOL Anyways, Aunt Elaine couldn't let her down. But the problem is...that I don't have St. Patrick's Day stamps! But I did have one that I found of a shamrock that says Go Green that I had bought from a dollar stamp bin. So I ran up town to drop off a bank deposit, stopped at Pamida and found Hershey's chocolate bars on sale. I went through my paper and found some nice green prints and decorated these candy bars. I ended up doing a dozen so that I can take them for the kids and adults when I go back to Milwaukee on Saturday. So....I packaged up Brooke, Ben, and Bob's and sent it off in the mail today. Hopefully they will get there by tomorrow so Brooke will have her little St. Patrick's Day treat. I thought I would shoot a picture of them so you could see them. The paper is cut at 6" x 7 1/2" for the wrapper and the ends are crimped with the crimper.

Good Morning Sunshine Designer Series Paper Cards

I usually make up some sample cards with a stamp set that I want to feature a particular month or in this case I decided to feature a Designer Series Paper. I made this batch of cards with a bunch of different stamp sets and accessories to show case the DSP Good Morning Sunshine. It is a fun funky paper, kind of retro with all the owls and birds and 70's colors. I had a lot of fun coming up with these and playing with our new chipboard owls and birds.

March Scrap Book Class

We made this project at this weeks scrapbooking classes and it was a big hit. Lots of cutting and taping but well worth the effort as it is adorable when it is finished and to learn how to make this, they needed to do the cutting. The pictures don't do it justice and it was hard to photograph. We used the following Sale-a-bration products, Delicate Dots paper, ribbon, and Polka Dot Punches stamp set. The gals can add there photograph's later as this took almost 3 hours to make. They were busy making plans on who they were going to make them for. It would make a great gift! Diane helped me clean up after class today and we went to Main Street Station for supper. She had her usual chicken and I had my usual Olive Burger and ff's which was fantastic. No one can make an olive burger like they do...they have the very best olives!

March Stamp Camp

This month at Stamp Camp we made this card pouch with 4 cards and envelopes. The cards slide into a 6" x 6" scrapbook page protector. The card fronts are embossed with the Big Shot and embossing folders. The designer paper is Delicate Dots, the stamp set Polka Dot Punches, and the ribbon bundle are items that you can get for free with a $50.00 order during Sale-A-Bration. The other stamp set we used was Lovely Labels. They fit so nicely on top (the words Baby and Thank You are stamped with this). This class was a big hit! They loved the colors and they plan on making more for gifts.