Leslee's Birthday Bag

Good Morning everyone, today I wanted to share with you a cute little bag that I filled with just a few fun goodies like some crafty embellishments, gum, body spray, etc.. for a friend of mine. We recently went to lunch together to celebrate both of our Birthdays, and I surprised her with this little bag! 

The bag came from a pad by Colorbok called Create A Box. It has a bunch of pre-cut and scored bags and boxes.  I used some Ranger Peacock Feathers Distress Ink to blend in and soften the edges of the box and then I embellished the bag with a stamp and die set from Sizzix & Lori Whitlock. I used my MISTI to stamp the images in Versamark, applied white embossing powder from Stampendous, then heat set with my heat gun from Darice. I used some watercolors to paint my images. I cut out the images with the coordinating dies using my Cuttlebug. To finish it off I applied some Crystal Clear & Marshmallow Sequins from PPP using Ranger Multi Medium Matte and then tied a bow at the top to give it that extra touch.

I tried to give links to most of my supplies, a lot of them are linked to the manufacturer but you can also buy most of them from Simon Says Stamp or Amazon.

Thank you for visiting today, I hope you have a fun and crafty day!

Masculine Card for this month's card swap!

Good crafty day to you all, I want to share with you the card I made for my card swap group that met last night. Our theme this month was masculine to help us get ready for Father's day coming up.  

I have to admit I hate making masculine cards, they are so hard for me because I am just a girly girl and like all the glitter and embellishments. And I love pink and bright colors.  

I'm not sure how I feel about this card, the other ladies liked it though. Let me know what you think of it, I would love to hear your feedback. Well onto the card:

Supplies:

Tim Holtz "Life's Possibilities" stamp set

Versamark ink 

 Stampin' Up Early Espresso embossing powder & embossing buddy

Simon Says Stamp "Goldenlocks" ink 

"Tea Dye" Distress Ink from Tim Holtz & Ranger

"Rich Cocoa" Tsukineko Memento ink

Embossing folder from Darice

Tombow MONO adhesive tape 

Mounting foam from Scotch 3M

cream and dark brown cardstock

Thank you for visiting my blog today!

Baby Boy Banner and Decor!

Today I am sharing the gift that I made for the cutest little Mom-to-be!  She asked me to make a banner for the baby's room when I questioned her about what to get her for the baby shower.  I took it a step further and made a decor piece to accent the banner and help get the baby's room a good start. 

Supplies for the banner:

Cream cardstock from my stash

Orange paper from Cricut Earthtones paper pad

Coredinations cardstock in Latte

Nana's Kids DCWV paper pad

Cricut Craft Room Basics cartridge

Tea dye Distress ink

blue ribbon

white gel pen

mounting foam

Supplies for decor piece:

Cream cardstock

light blue carstock

DCWV "Nana's Kids" & "All about Boys" paper packs

Latte paper from Coredinations

"Lion Sleeps" paper pack from K & Company

a bunch of cardstock scraps for the die cutting

Cuttlebug with Gears embossing folder from Darice

Boys will be Boys Cricut Cart

Center Tag is from Once Upon a Princess

Tea Dye Distress Ink from Tim Holtz

Memento Rich Cocoa ink

Stampin' Up Rough Edges Mini Alphabet stamp set

Mounting Foam

Tombo Mono Multi Glue 

Thanks so much for taking a look at my blog today! 

Let me know if you like what you see

Basketball Goodie Bags 2015

I love being the coach's wife, that means I get to spoil the team on the last game of the season! I made these cute goodie bags for a sweet group of 3-4 grade girls. We won our final game of the season by 2 points this last weekend! 

Supplies:

Cartridges: Plantin Schoolbook and Sports Mania

Simon Says Stamp: Lunchbox Notes Stamp and Die Set  

Cuttlebug and Swiss Dots Folder

Versamark ink

Stampendous- Marcasite embossing Powder

Darice Heat Gun

Clear Wink of Stella

Tim Holtz: Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink & Blending Tool  

Mounting Foam

Bazzill: Licorice Twist & Tangerine Blast Cardstock

All other paper and ribbon is from my stash

Thanks for checking out my blog today! 

I love reading your comments so let me know what you think!

Card Swap cards for January 2015-also an entry into the SSS Monday Challenge blog

Happy January everyone. I have been terrible with my blog but I am going to do better this year! 
To start I am posting what I made for my card swap group. Our theme was birthday this month. I used a technique that I have learned from Kristina Werner (who is amazing)!  
I am also submitting this into the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge over at there blog. The challenge was an inky background. Because of the technique each card turned out a little different so I am sharing pics from each card, so there's a lot of pics on this post sorry. Here is what I created:

Supplies:

Bazzill black licorice cardstock for the base

watercolor paper

Distress inks: peacock feathers, picked raspberry and mustard seed

Craft sheet

Stampin' Up "Bring on the Cake" stamp set

Versamark ink pad

Black embossing powder from Stampendous

Heat Gun by Darice

DCWV Gemstones 

Sequins 

Black Stickles

White gel pen

Wink of Stella Clear Glitter brush pen

Thanks for taking a look at my project!