October 28, 2011

Happy Friday!  Today I'm sharing the money holder I mentioned in yesterday's post.  I made several of these and they were so easy to make.  I'll post the directions below:


I was only able to get one money holder out of one sheet of 8 1/2" x 11" card stock. Cut your card stock so that it measures 7 1/2" x 7 1/2". Then score your card stock at 3" and 6".


The smaller flap will be the pocket for your money and you will need to fold that flap up and tape it closed. I used Stampin' Up! sticky tape for this to ensure that it would stay closed.

The larger flap is your top par that folds over and you can decorate this part however you like. I used some Holly Berry designer series paper on the front of this money holder. Then I added some ribbon. Here's a ribbon tip- to save on some ribbon I didn't tie it all the way around my money holder. I cut off both ends of my ribbon and I taped it to the back side of my designer series paper. Then I cut a little more ribbon to tie on the front.

I used the scallop border punch along the bottom front flap and then I used my oval punches to layer my sentiment.

This is a picture of the inside of my money holder.  I didn't do anything to the inside, but you could easily add some dsp.  Yesterday I mentioned about how to easily add the Velcro, but I wanted to mention it again for those of you who missed it.  The easiest way to add the Velcro is to place one half on the inside of your card- let's say the fuzzy half. Then take the stiffer half of the Velcro and place that onto the fuzzy part then remove the backing and close your card. Your Velcro will line up perfectly. Be sure when you are buying your Velcro that you are buying the kind with adhesive backing and not the kind that needs to be sewn on.




And this is a photo of the inside of my money holder with some money inside.  I took this photo to show you how nicely money will fit inside. 

And in this photo I wanted to show you a few other of these money holders that I made.  I already had these placed in plastic bags so please forgive the -not so great photo.  I made these the same way as my example listed above except that I used different dsp and the red holder doesn't have any ribbon on it.



I hope you liked the project I posted today.  Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!
Stamps: Best Yet
Card Stock: Real Red, Old Olive, White, Holly Berry Bouquet DSP & Subtles DSP Pack
Ink: Real Red
Supplies: Ribbon, Simply Score Tool, Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Small Oval Punch. Scallop Border Punch, Sticky Strip Tape, Velcro

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October 27, 2011


Hi everyone!  Today I'm sharing a gift card holder that I just made.  I made several of these and they were quick and real easy to make.  I'll list the directions below for you:

---You can get 2 of these holders out of 1 sheet of 8 1/2" x 11" card stock.  Cut your card stock so that it measures 4 1/4" x 7 1/2"

-- Then score your card stock along the short side (or across not long ways) at 2 1/2" and 5 1/2".  Fold both flaps inward to create your holder.  You will have enough card stock along the top to use your border punch and punch a nice decorative border like I did on mine.

--Next, you will want to tape the bottom flap (the part where the gift card will be inserted) closed.  I highly recommend using sticky strip tape to close the bottom flap part of your gift card holder.  You only need to use a little bit on each side.  Do not tape the top of the flap closed- that's where your gift card is going to go.

--Now you are ready to decorate your holder.  On the gift card holder I made I simply used a small piece of designer series paper on the front and in the inside.  This would be a great opportunity to go through your scraps bin.  My dsp measures 1 3/4" x 4" on the inside and on the outside I cut my dsp at 2" x 4" because I scored the bottom of my dsp and flipped the edge over, but you don't have to do that.

--The next thing I did was to stamp my sentiment.  I embossed the sentiment using white craft ink and white embossing powder.  You will want to make sure and do your embossing before you add your ribbon and Velcro because the heat from the heat gun can ruin them.

-- Next, I added my ribbon and my Velcro closure.  The easiest way to add the Velcro is to place one half on the inside of your card- let's say the fuzzy half.  Then take the stiffer half of the Velcro and place that onto the fuzzy part then remove the backing and close your card.  Your Velcro will line up perfectly.  Be sure when you are buying your Velcro that you are buying the kind with adhesive backing and not the kind that needs to be sewn on.

This is a photo of the inside of my gift card holder.  As you can see I also added a piece of designer series paper on the inside.

And this is a photo of my gift card holder with a gift card inside.  These holders are just the right size for gift cards plus I like that I kept them closed using Velcro so that I won't have to worry about the gift card falling out.
I hope you liked my project today.  I also made a money holder similar to this one.  I'll have to post one of those tomorrow.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Remember to enter to win the Simply Score Tool that I am giving away-----> click here for more information.  I used my Simply Score Tool when making my gift card holder and it made scoring my project so easy.

Stamps:  Curly Cute
Card Stock:  Real Red, Holly Berry Bouquet DSP
Ink: White Craft Ink,
Supplies: White Embossing Powder, Embossing Buddy, Heat Gun, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Ribbon, Simply Score Tool, Velcro
Technique: Heat Embossing

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October 24, 2011

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!  Saturday my family and I spent the day in a corn maze and picking pumpkins.  It's hard to believe fall is here already and in my back yard the leaves on the trees have already changed their colors and most have fallen. 

And that was sort of the inspiration for today's card that I made for the CAS (clean & simple) challenge on splitcoast stampers.  Today's challenge is a sketch challenge based on this card here.

I used a technique called thumping to color in this lovely tree image.  I began by using several fall SU colored markerd and then I started to color the leaves.  Once the leaves were colored I began thumping over the them with the same color markers I was using.  That's how I was able to create two different colors on the same leaves- it looks more realistic and fall like.  Once I was finished with my thumping I used my chocolate chip marker to again color the brown tree trunk and branches.  And remember to 'huff' onto the stamp before stamping it onto your card stock.  This remoisted the ink.  The Stampin' Up! markers I used were:  old olive, more mustard, tangerine tango, cherry cobbler.

The top half of my background is embossed using my vintage wallpaper embossing folder and just under my embossed area I added two score lines.  And that's about it for today's card.  I hope you liked it! 

Don't forget about my Simply Score Tool giveaway- you will find more information about that --->; click here.

Thanks for visiting.  I'd love to have you follow me  :)  Thanks & have a wonderful day!

Stamps: Leaves of a Tree, Whimsical Words
Card Stock: White, Chocolate Chip
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Supplies: Ribbon, Simply Score Tool, Stamp-a-ma-jig, SU Markers, Big Shot, Vintage Wall Embossing Folder, Coluzzle
Technique: Dry Embossing, Thumping

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October 22, 2011


Hi everyone!  I haven't participated in an inspiration challenge on splitcoast stampers in so long and so today I decided to jump back in and give it a try.  This week's inspiration challenge site is Liberty and I chose this as my inspiration piece. 

Here is a picture of my inspiration peice (just in case the link no longer works).


As soon as I saw it I knew I could use my new snowflake die. I cut out 2 snowflakes. One was cut with pacific point card stock and the other was cut using white card stock. I stamped my white die cut snowflake using the large Christmas tree image from the Stampin' Up! stamp set called Snow Swirled and then using my 1" circle punch I snipped off the ends of the snowflake so that my white snowflake would be smaller than my blue one.

For my background I embosssed only the upper 3/4" portion using my new snow bursts embossing folder and big shot machine. I usually try to leave an area unembossed if I am going to add a sentiment. This is really simple to do. when you are embossing your cardstock just leave the portion you do not want embossed outside of the embossing folder. Doing this sometimes creates an embossed ridge from the end of the folder, but I actually like that because is separates the embossed area from my sentiment area.

I added my glimmer brad in the center of my snowflakes and then I placed my snowflake on my card using glue dots. Sometimes the snail adhesive doesn't stick as well to the embossed areas and I wanted to make sure my snowflake would stick well. And then finally, I added my sentiment.  I wanted to make it a point to say that I sometimes stamp with a different color ink than the card stock I am using.  On this card I stamped using marina mist ink and my card stock is pacific point.  I do this sometimes because the ink is just a tad darker than I wanted to be.  I guess I could stamp off the ink, but this works too.

I hope you liked my snowflake card!  Have a great day!  Remember if you would like to sign up for my mailing list all you need to do is to send me an email at pebbles4@ptd.net

Stamps: Curly Cute, Snow Swirled
Card Stock:  White, Pacific Point
Ink: Marina Mist
Supplies: Big Shot, Snowflake Die, Snow Burst Embossing Folder, 1" Circle Punch, Hole Punch, Glimmer Brads, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Glue Dots
Technique:  Dry Embossing

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October 21, 2011

Hi everyone!  I'm at it again with my lollies, but this time the lollies I made I used on little gift bags that I made.  I just purchased the Big Shot Fancy Favor XL die because I thought it would make cute little gift bags and sure enough it did.  I've posted several pictures and I hope you like the tutorial I've made to share with you all.  And remember to make sure you enter my Simply Score Tool giveaway- click here for more details.

You can click on each of my photos to make them larger if you need to.  This is a picture of the finished gift bags I made. 

 The first thing I did was to use the Fancy Favor die and cut out my box.  If you decide to purchase this die you'll want to remember this is an extra large die and you will need to purchase the extended cutting pads (unless of course you already have them).  I used one sheet of 12"x12" piece of card stock and its perfect if you cut it in half because then you can make 2 boxes.  You will also need a coordinating sheet of 8 1/2" x 11" card stock for the handle- I have more details about the handle posted below.

And here is my box after I ran it through my Big Shot machine.  It's hard to see in this photo but this die will score the fold lines for you.

At this point you can go ahead and fold along your score lines.  Make sure that you DO NOT fold your box along the score lines on the narrow side of the box.  You will want to use those score lines when you are making a party favor or tying the box closed.  Again, if you want to keep this in the shape of a box it's important that you do not score along the side score lines along the smaller sides.

If you are using any designer series paper or additional card stock to decorate your box you will need to score it so that it fits around the outside of the box.  To do this I simply lined up the score folds of my box with my paper and using that as I guide I scored my paper.  If the score lines from your box are in the hill part of your score board (like mine were) you will need to score your paper at the next/bigger score line- otherwise your card stock will be too small and it will not fit around your box (ask me how I know this....LOL). 

 Next, you can begin assembling your box.  You will want to use sticky strip tape for this part because it's strong enough to hold your box together plus you want your box to stay together once you put a nice little surprise inside.  You'll notice in the background of this photo that I punched along the bottom of my chocolate chip card stock using my scallop trim border punch and then I adhered my dsp and card stock together. 

 In this photo I just wanted to show you again to not score along the score lines on the smaller side of the box.  The score lines are there, but once your box is finished you will hardly see them.   

 Here, you will see that I went ahead and placed my designer series paper portion of my project onto my box.  And now is when you can begin to make your handle.  I cut a strip of card stock measuring 11"x 1" and then I scored each end at 1".  

I used my horizontal slit punch to punch out an area to place my card stock through.  Once you slip your card stock through the opening, fold the scored end up and using your hole punch, punch a hole for your brad.  If you don't have a slit punch you can use a word window punch, but your opening will be larger than you need (you could make your handle wider to compensate).  You could also place your folded end inside your box and use a brad like I did to hold it in place. 

And here is what my finished handle looks like.  I did this to both sides.

Next, I placed the lollie I made onto my bag using my glue gun.  I have found that the glue gun is the best adhesive when you are working with making lollies.

Once your project is complete just add some tissue paper and you're done and since I cut a 12" x 12" piece of card stock in half I was able to make 2 of these gift bags.

And if your still here and reading all the way to the bottom of my post, I'd like to thank you for taking the time to stop on by and visit.  I hope you enjoyed my project today!  Have a great weekend!

Stamps:  None
Card Stock:  Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Holly Berry Bouquet DSP (from the current Holiday Mini)
Ink: None
Supplies:  Big Shot, Fancy Favor XL Die, Holly Berry Bouquet Button (from the current Holiday Mini), Twine, Hole Punch, Brads, Slit Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Simply Score Tool, Glue Gun
Technique:  Paper Folding

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October 18, 2011


Hi everyone!  I'd like to take a minute to remind everyone that I am giving away a Stampin' Up! Simply Score Tool to one lucky winner!  All you need to do is to leave a comment for me on this post found here.  I'd love to have you follow me as well, but that's not required.  If you are signed up for my mailing list your name will be entered twice.  Once I reach 200 followers I will have one of my children pick a name out of basket.  For more details please see my blog post found here.

Well, onto my card for today.  This card looks so much prettier in person.  I stamped the image using versamark ink and then I dusted it with gold embossing powder and then set it with my heat gun- as easy and that and the image really doesn't need anything else.  What a pretty stamp set.  This is a current set and it retails for only $18.95.

The rest of my card is pretty straight forward.  The bottom of my old olive card stock is punched using the eyelet border punch and then I added my ribbon.

Thanks so much for dropping on by and please be sure to enter my Simply Score Tool giveaway!

Stamps: Gifts of Christmas
Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Rose Red, Old Olive
Ink: VersaMark
Supplies: Ribbon, Eyelet Border Punch, Heat Gun, Gold Embossing Powder, Embossing Buddy
Technique: Heat Embossing

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Simply Score Tool Give-a-way ~ October 14, 2011

Hi everyone! Today I have a rather long post today, but bear with me because you'll want to read it all the way to the end! Today, I'm sharing with you the wreath I made out of lollies. I just finished my wreath this morning and I took some pictures as I was assembling it so that I could post a tutorial for you. Now, I'm sure there are several different way to make these wreaths, but this is what I felt worked best for me.

If you have any questions please feel free to email me at pebbles4@ptd.net or if you would like to sign up for my Stampin' Up! newsletters send me an email and I will add you to my list.

Be sure to read all the way to the bottom of my post and see how you can win a Stampin' Up! Simply Score tool that I will be giving away to one lucky winner!

*You can click on any of my photos below to make them larger*

This is a picture of my wreath once it was completed. I made this wreath out of paper lollies and sometimes they are referred to as paper medallions and Rosettes.

To begin you will want to cut your card stock or designer series paper. You can use 8 1/2" x 11" card stock, but you will want to cut it along the longer side. In my photo I cut my (designer series paper) dsp at 1 1/2" x 12". You really don't want to make your paper any more than 1 3/4" wider because it will be too wide and you won't be able to form the lollies. If you want to make bigger lollies you can cut 2 of the 1 3/4" x 12" pieces and then adhere them together, but I sort of feel as though using 1 piece of dsp is enough. You will begin by scoring your dsp or cardstock every 1/4" and my picture below shows what it should look like after you are finished with your scoring.

After you have your paper scored you can go ahead and fold it accordion style along the score lines. When I say accordion style, I mean fold one flap forward and the next flap you will fold back and continue this to the end of your paper. My photo below shows what your paper should look like up to this point.

Next, you will want to form a circle with your paper and place some adhesive along the last V shaped fold and make sure that you put it onto of the first V fold and connect your paper end to end to form a circle. I just used my snail adhesive for this. In the photo below I'm trying to show you how your ends should overlap. And then simply fold your paper outward so that it forms your lollie. It won't stay in place until you glue it.

Gluing your lollie- The easiest way I have found to keep the lollies together is to punch out a circle (here I used my 1 1/4" circle punch) and using a glue gun, glue the punched circle onto the back side of your lollie. You'll need to be quick with this because the glue tends to work fast. You'll want to try and get the circle in the center of the lollie, but it doesn't have to be perfect because you won't see it once your wreath is assembled.

Now you should have a finished lolllie. You can finish it off however you'd like. You can use buttons, small punched circles; I've seen small scalloped circles, flowers, all types of cute embellishments.

I spent one evening while the kids were in bed making several lollies. I found that sticking with one or two packs of dsp was best. Then you can use some plain cardstock using the colors found in the dsp you choose. Remember to check the back sides of the paper and you can use that pattern as well. Almost always the back side of the paper will match. Here is a photo of some of the other lollies I made. Some have a smaller lollie in the center, some just have a punched circle with a piece of dp inside, and some have a button tied with Stampin' Up! twine, but I guess you get the idea LOL.

I was sort of stumped on this next step until someone had given me this tip. To create the base of my wreath I used the thin cardboard found inside the pack of Stampin' Up! dsp- and what a great way to recycle too! Personally for me, I cut out 2 of these and you'll see why below.

I needed something to use as my guide for my circle. I looked around the house and I found a larger pot that I have and I placed it onto my cardboard and I traced it. Then I looked around for something just a little bit smaller and I found a lid to a tupperware dish and then I placed that in the center of my circle and I traced around it. This photo shows what you should have at this point. Now you probably could use a dinner plate and a salad plate for your guides, but that didn't work for me because my plates have scalloped edges.

Next, I cut out the center and outer edges of my cardboard so that my wreath form is what I would have left. You could go to the craft store and buy wreath forms, but they are expensive.



On the left side of my photo you can see the other lollies I made earlier. My next step was to start arranging my lollies around my wreath. I used 10 larger lollies and 5 small ones, but you can use as many as you like and any size you wanted. It's just a matter of placing them the way you like them.


And here is my wreath once I have everything placed where I would like them to be. 

Remember above I mentioned that I used 2 of the cut out wreath bases? And here's why. I kept the lollies on the one base and so that I could keep the wreath they way I wanted it. Then I only moved 1 lollie at a time and using my glue gun and I glued them where I wanted them to be. This is the fun part because now you get to see all of your hard work come together.

Okay, now here is where my second wreath base is very helpful. This is a photo of the back side of my wreath and I just felt that the one wreath base wasn't sturdy enough so I went ahead and glued my second base (shown on the very left side of my photo) right on top of my first base. I did this using my glue gun and I glued it in sections. What I mean is that I placed the wreath base onto of the back side of my wreath and then I lifted it up just enough to squeeze some glue in-between. Then I would let that dry and lift up the wreath base again and squeeze some more glue in-between both of the wreath bases. I did this all the way around until the bases were glued together. I guess you could just use a sturdier base, but I liked having the second base to work from when I was arranging my lollies.

And here is a photo of the backside of my wreath.

My wreath is almost complete, but then I decided that I needed to have something to hang it with. The twine that I used worked out perfectly, but next time I think I would make the twine I cut a little longer. I used my glue gun to glue on the back side a small piece of twine. When you are doing this you will want to make sure your twine is at the top part of your wreath.

After I glued on my twine I decided to finish it off so that it would look a little nicer and I glued a small piece of the cardboard I had left over and I covered up the glue from adhering the twine.

And finally, I finished off a few of my lollies that didn't have centers on them and I added my ribbon. You could add a sentiment too if you'd like, but I decided not too. This is a picture of my wreath hanging on my wall.

Here is a photo of my wreath on my front door. Sorry that it's not a better photo. It was raining outside so I didn't want to go out to take my picture, but my wreath looks really nice from the outside.


The next few photos are some close up pictures of my wreath.



And again, my finished lollie wreath-

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 Now, I'd like you to be able to make a wreath of your very own! 
So I am giving away one Stampin' Up! simply score tool to one lucky winner! 

And what's the catch you ask because isn't there always a catch?  Well, yes the only catch is that I will be waiting until I reach 200 followers to pick a winner.  You do not have to be a follower to win, but it would be nice especially since hubby thinks that no one cares about my blog and no one reads it, so lets prove him wrong and tell your friends to enter too!  Anyone who enters and is signed up for my Stampin' Up! newsletters will get their names entered twice.

All you need to do is to leave a comment for me on this post and please be sure that I have a way to contact you like your email or blog address (in case you win).  Once I reach 200 followers I will wait one week and then I will have one of my children pick a winner.  I will post the winner in a blog post and I and contact you via email.  Your simply score tool will be delivered directly from Stamin' Up! so I will need the winner's address and contact information for shipping purposes. 

As per my demonstrator rules, I am not allowed to ship Stampin' Up! items outside of the US.  Please do not enter if you live outside of the US, I'm sorry.  If the winner happens to live outside of the US I will have my children pick another winner.  Once I contact the winner you will have 3 days to repsond, if I do not get a reply with in 3 days I will have one of my children pick another winner.

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Well, that's about if for now.  Good luck to you all and thanks for visiting my blog!

Recipe for today's project-
Stamps: None
Card Stock:  Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, Really Rust, DSP Autumn Traditions, DSP Autumn Spice 
Ink: None
Supplies: Simply Score Tool, Buttons, 3/4", 1 1/4" Circle Punches, Twine, Ribbon, Glue Gun, Scissors
Technique: Paper folding, Scoring

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October 13, 2011


Hi everyone! As I promised you the other day here is a Christmas card I made for a recent clean & simple challenge on splitcoast stampers. The challenge was to find ways to use paper piecing. I haven't used this stamp set in a long time. I have to admit I even forgot I had this set.

My tree was paper pieced by stamping the image onto the certainly celery designer series paper and cutting it out and then I added a few brads. The tree trunk was also paper pieced using chocolate chip card stock.

I very rarely use the paper tearing technique, but I thought it looked nice on this card. Simply tear the paper in one direction. You will notice that when you are tearing your paper one side will have more white showing than the other. I usually use the half that has more of the white showing.

My tree image is popped up using dimensionals and my sentiment is from the Stampin' Up! Occasional Quotes stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Stamps: Sew Seasonal, Occasional Quotes
Card Stock: White, Certainly Celery, Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Stampin' Up! dsp
Ink: Black Stazon
Supplies: Ribbon, SU Mat Pack, Paper Piercing Tool, Hole Punch, Brads, Ticket Corner Punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig, dimensionals
Technique: Paper Piecing, Paper Piercing, Paper Tearing Pin It

October 10, 2011

Hi everyone!  Today I'm posting a card I made awhile back, but I just realized that I didn't post it on my blog yet.  I used the Pick a Petal stamp set (I was sad to see that set retire).

I made my card by first stamping and cutting out the petals.  I know it's hard to see in my photo, but I used the petal stamp with the little flowers on it.  Then I used my Stampin' Up! chocolate chip marker and I added a few dots throughout my stamped petals.  It helps to glue your petals onto a punched out circle.  It ends up behind your flower so you won't even see it.  Once my flower was assembled, I poked a small hole in the center using my SU mat pack and then I was able to place my brad through the center.

My brown chocolate chip layer was punched along the bottom using my scallop trim border punch and along the top I added two rows of white dots using my white gel pen.  Then to finish my card I stamped my happy birthday sentiment.  This would be a great card to make if you needed something quick and you could use this for several different occasions:  thinking of you, thank you cards, get well, Mother's day, etc.

Tomorrow I'll be posting a Christmas card.  I'm working on getting some things together for my first upcoming craft show and so I need to start working on a few more Christmas cards.

Have a great night!  See you tomorrow.

Stamps: Pick A Petal, Well Scripted
Card Stock:  Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip, White
Ink:  Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip
Supplies:  Brad, Mat Pack, Paper Piercing Tool, Scallop Trim Border Punch, SU Scissors, White Gel Pen, Stamp-a-ma-jig, SU chocolate chip marker

Contact me today if you would like to place an order or to be added onto my mailing list!
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October 8, 2011



I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend!  If you would like to sign up for my newsletters please send me an email at pebbles4@ptd.net and I will gladly add your name to my list.  Today I am sharing with you the last of the swap cards I made for a swap in which we were to create cards using up our paper scraps.

This is such an easy card and quick to make too. I think it took me about 25 minutes to make 6 of these cards, honest. I began by scoring two sets of two lines in the middle area of my card.

Next, I pulled out my scrap bin full of left over pieces of Stampin' Up! designer series paper and using various sizes of circle punches I began punching out some circles. The trick to finding dsp that matches is to check the back side. More often than not the reverse sides of the dsp will match and if you happen to have some scraps from the same pack of dsp you'll be good to go.

Lastly, I added my sentiment. This type of card would be great for almost any occasion. You could easily make this into a more feminine card using some flowerly type dsp and perhaps finish it off with some basic pearl or rhinestone gems.

After I had my card made I thought that I should have tied a piece of twine inside the button, but my cards are finished now, but next time I'll remember not to leave a button blank. Have a great rest of the weekend. The weather here in PA is absolutely gorgeous.

Stamps: Curly Cute
Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Stampin' Up! DSP
Ink: Early Espresso
Supplies: Button, Glue Dots, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Simply Score Board- for my score lines, Various size Circle Punches: 1 1/2", 1 1/4", 1", 3/4", 1/2"
Technique: Dry Embossing

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My email address- pebbles4@ptd.net
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