Nugget holder

This little nugget holder will hold 4 nuggets and was simple to make. I followed my "mentor" Nichole Heady to do it. I love it. I used the Limitless Labels stamp set. Wish I had gotten a different set tho for doing these nuggets, but I will use this one. It has some pretty stamps in it. I am obsessed right now with Papertrey, if you can't tell!!!
Thanks for checking in on me. I should post more often rather than a whole bunch at one time, but that is the way I am. Sorry.
Cheryl

Altered items

I made this darling little purse out of the clear card boxes from Papertrey Ink. You cut the box in half and then insert a piece of cardstock. I did a little shrink plastic charm for the front from the "Borders and corners" set and the ambassador monogram set from Papertrey ink. The handles are some ribbon.
Papertrey Ink has adorable heart boxes and what an easy thing to alter. I made this for my granddaughter also. I put M&M's in it. I think she will love it. Too bad this DP is not available any longer.
Window heart box from Papertrey. Isn't this pretty? I used Recollections paper which isn't available any more. I am getting about out of it. I then used Papertreys Beautiful Blooms for the flowers and used pop dots on them. I am not sure what I will do with this beauty. I love it but will give it away.
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Play day!!!

Kathy came over to my house today while Jerry was at the race track at a meeting and we played with our stamps. We decided to do the Sunday challenge card from Heartfelt Greetings blog, so we worked on that. Here is my creation. I used the Roses in Winter stamp set that is soon to be retired. I will continue to use this one as I am not a demo and I can!!! I also used the words from Papertrey stamps Paper Tray for the ovals that I punched with the large and small oval punch. I used DP from SU called Oxford. I love the SU designer papers. The ink I used was from the versamagic ink share from Doodlidoo and I love it. I made quite a mess with it tho and had to keep washing my hands so I wouldn't cover the paper and me with it.We even played with shrink plastic today and that stuff is amazing. I will have to figure out how to put a piece of it on a card. I am so impressed. Kathy liked it too and will be buying some shrink plastic soon. So, it was a good crafting day today. I even made Luke the cutest little lady bug can for his birthday money. I used the Little Lady stamp set from Papertrey that I just got. I will post a photo of it too. Be right back.

Ok, here is the little can. Isn't this better than putting money in a card?

Time to go think up something for dinner as Jerry just called and is on his way home from the racetrack. Better go.

Thanks for checking in with me today. Cheryl out!!!

Card for a friend

I finally got around to stamping something today. I did not case this from anyone and it is so hard for me to do my own thing. Sometimes I wonder if it is worth it. It takes me forever to figure out what to do and then it just doesn't look good. Must be nice to be talented like all these stampers' blogs that I read. I think I like caseing better. This card was made with some of this and some of that. The only thing entirely the same company is the papertrey stamp set, Green Thumb. I love this set but do find that the SU ink doesn't work as well as I want it to on these stamps. I have some ink ordered and maybe that will help. I used some Basil green cardstock for the base, the mat piece was a piece of DCWV's glitter stack. Then I used a piece of purple CM paper and a scrap of white that had already had some cut out of it. I used the CM cutting system and scissor cut the saying. The ink was SU--don't remember which colors. I tried so many. The bow kinda gets lost on there, but I tied it like a blog said to (can't remember whose blog-sorry) tie it around your finger in a knot and then slip off and cut the bow. It does make the cutest bow. This gets lost on the busyness of the cardstock. Anyhow, I am sending this to my best friend who had to go to PA to stay with her daughter who is on bedrest until she has her baby at the end of the month. I sure do miss her.

Hope I can get a better feel for my stamping. Maybe that is why a sketch challenge is so good. I just can't get the feel to make my cards pretty.

Thanks for looking in and if you have any advice for me, please let me know as I would appreciate anything.

Cheryl

Sketch Challenge 121

This is my card for the sketch challenge this week. It took me forever to do because I was determined to use this Natural Beauty stamp that I did with Kathy using the powderkeg embossing powders. I used vanilla with this and you can't really see the different shades that this came out in in the photo. It is pretty, but I need to work on the final step of stamping on top of it. My image didn't come out very good. I used some shimmery gold cardstock that I bought at If It's Paper in High Point, NC. Also used the wonderful words II that was gold embossed and then cut out with the oval punch. I used the paper trey ribbon set for the line that I put the gold stickles on and I embossed the black mat with the textile folder from Cuttlebug. The corner punch is SU. All in all it is kinda pretty. I may send this to my sister who is going thru a rough time right now.

Thanks for looking.

Cheryl

Free UHU sample

I posted a link to Maria Filosa's blog where she is telling about the new refillable tape dispenser and will send you one to test if you will review it in your blog. I requested one and I will try it. I had one that was not refillable and liked it for the first few feet and then it broke and I had no way to fix it so had to throw it away. I hope this one works better. Right now I am using the ATG gun and love it. It took a little practice, but now it is like a dream. I would recommend it and I got it from framing supplies.com. It was the best price I could find.
I don't have a card right now to post and tomorrow I am going with Pat and Kathy to the stampers show in Winston Salem, NC. Maybe I will have some purchases to show off. I am looking for that cute little bird that everyone is using. I am also planning to order the Green Thumb papertrey ink set. I am in love with every card I have seen from that set. I will most likely order each set she has--not sure about the new one coming out on the 15th but I love the others.
Thanks again for checking in.
Cheryl