Roomie gifts

Well, today is the last day of Creative University *sniff, sniff* and now I can show you the quick and simple gifts I gave to my roomates. There are six of us in one cabin, so I made 5 of the same thing. A few Crystal Light singles, a sample size Jergen's lotion, yummy Reese's pieces, my fav-Burt Bees lip balm, and one of my handmade flowers.

Now, did you notice how I used a button for one of the "o"s? Well, that was to cover up an "oopsy". I made all the wraps and cut out and inked all the Nestie shapes, but when it came to stamping I was a little challenged I guess. I accidentally spelled roomie as "rommie"! Thank goodness these buttons were just the right size to cover it up! Lol!

Materials
Stamps: CTMH For All Occasions, Chocolate Alpha
Paper: CTMH Twitterpated
Other: Clear Bags transparent box, CTMH ink, Nestie Label 7, misc. button, foam tape

C&S #79

This layout follows this week's Clean & Simple #79 sketch. It took me about 10 minutes to put this card together! Sometimes simple is the way to go.

Materials: All CTMH. Fringed Phrases ss, Simple Stitches ss, Bella L2pp, cs, chocolate ink, edge distresser.

Other: Prima flowers and Robin's Nest skittles

Sassy Sparkle

Well, I received Miss Sparkle in the mail a while ago and finally had time to ink her up. She's so confident and sassy. Love it! Amy sure does know how to design some fantastic stamps!

Can you tell I rediscovered my Robin's Nest skittles while cleaning my scrap room? Hee hee! Hope you all have a super-duper weekend! Right about now I'm enjoying the last of my breakfast at CU and getting ready for a creative class with some uber-talented ladies. :D

Materials: Sweet November Stamps-Sparkle Thistleweed, CTMH Fringed Phrases
Paper: CTMH cs and Bella L2pp
Other: Copics, Coluzzle, Primas, Robin's Nest skittles, CTMH inks and ribbon, foam tape

Not "Raising The Bar"

So I was totally going to design this card to follow this week's RTB challenge which says NO stamps (except sentiment). Again I was following the sketch of this cute card by Sparkle and things were going good, but then I decided that the background was too plain.

My brain must've been on auto-pilot since I reach for a stamp and stamped the flourishes on the bamboo cardstock. *head slap* Duh! NO stamps Jenn! Well, once I did that oopsy I decided to just finish it with more stamps. For the "real" RTB challenge card, look at yesterday's post.

I'm leaving today for Tresa Black's Creative University retreat! I decided to go this year (after some gentle nudging from Nona) and have some crafty fun while meeting some great ladies. CU is at a camp on the shores of Lake Coeur d'Alene, ID. From what I've seen from years past and sneak peeks for this year, it promises to be an absolutely fabulous weekend!

Materials

Stamps: CTMH D1418 and Fringed Phrases

Paper: CTMH cs and Bella L2pp

Other: CTMH inks, marker and paper piercer, Coluzzle, Nestie

Raise The Bar #6

This card is for Raise The Bar challenge #6 which asks that you don't use stamps (except sentiment). What?!! No stamps?! Not as hard as I thought though. The layout for this is based off of this card by Sparkle and was super fun and easy. I really like how this card turned out.

Materials

Stamps: CTMH Say it in Style (sentiment)

Paper: CTMH cs and Bella L2pp

Other: CTMH inks and paper piercer, Coluzzle, Nestie, rhinestones

Sweet Sunday #57

Isn't this owl so cute?! He looks a little sad though. I decided to paper piece him to match the Bella dp. This layout follows this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch #57.

Hope you all are enjoying the Olympics. Hasn't it been amazing?! Go USA!!

Materials
Stamps: Unity Jan and Feb KOTMs, CTMH D1418
Paper: CTMH cs and Bella L2pp
Other: Copics, Cuttlebug folder, CTMH inks and ribbon, Coluzzle, Nestie, foam tape

Bella-rific week

While cleaning out my scrap room to find stuff to sell at my Crafter's Garage Sale this last weekend, I came across some more CTMH Bella paper that I thought was all gone. Grrrr! So, in order to finally use up every last scrap I'm making cards all week with the (hopefully) last of this paper.



This first card uses this week's Sketchy Saturday sketch at CA&F. I thought Miss Anya with her flowers paired well with the Bella dp.


Materials
Stamps: TGF Miss Anya, CTMH Fringed Phrases
Paper: CTMH cs and Bella L2pp
Other: CTMH inks and ribbon, Copics, Primas, EK border punch, Robin's Nest skittle

Same paper, different look

Do you recognize this paper from yesterday's post? Trying to make the most of my RAK paper. This cute critter image by Marina is another RAK from Sparkle. She was pretty fun to color.

My VACATION starts today!! Yippee!! Starting it off by having my "Crafter's Garage Sale" to make some moolah for new stuff. See my post for more deets.

Materials
Stamps: RAK image, CTMH Fringed Phrases
Paper: KI Memories dp
Other: Copics, CTMH inks, Nestie, misc. ribbon and buttons, Stickles, foam tape