Condiment Labels

I wanted to share a quick post from my husband's graduation party.  I was planning an easy burger bar for the party with different condiments.  

I handstamped each popsicle stick and stuck them into large baby food jars.  I finally found a way to use the tiny alphabet set that has been collecting dust in my craft room!  

Thanks to Pinterest, I can give the proper credit of inspiration very easily.  The site is in French, but the pictures are great!

-  http://petitsplusdejoe.blogspot.fr/2011/05/burger-party.html

Birthday Card 0001

I love buttons!  I found this super cute patterned paper and I wanted to make birthday cards with it.  

The "Happy Birthday!" tag was hand stamped and hand punched.  The flower and paper button were hand punched and tied together with string.  

MATERIALS:

• Circle, oval, flower and button punches
• Stamp and ink 
• String

Upcycled Stamp Pad Storage

This is one of my favorite finds from a thrift store.  It is an all metal old cassette tape rack.  I thought it would be perfect to store my stamp pads.  

It is fairly wide, but not too deep. It goes on  the back of my shelf and leaves me plenty of workable space in front of it.  

I just won't know what to do when it gets filled up! 

Thank You Card 0002

I like bold and bright patterned paper.  I found several colors of gingham patterned paper and wanted to make thank you cards.  I wanted to limited the colors that were incorporated.  I like cards with bold contrasts without a lot of fuss. 

The "thank you" sentiment was hand stamped in blue ink with khaki matting underneath.  I picked a coordinating khaki button to finish off the card.  

MATERIALS:

• patterned paper
• stamp and ink 
• button 

Invitation 0004 (Child's Birthday)

I hosted a card party in December (2012) and my cousin asked if I could help her create invitations for her daughter's birthday.  I was more than happy to help.  

She was planning a jungle theme since her daughter likes, "Go Diego! Go!"  

I had some animal stamps from a zoo set.  We stamped the animals and vines.  Super easy and cute invitation.  

Valentine's Day Cards 2013

I was lagging in setting up an Etsy Shop.  I decided to make Valentine's Day cards and sell them at work to see how well my cards do.  

I did fairly well and the sales boosted my confidence to open up my Etsy Shop.  

The best selling cards had this design.  I hand stamped and hand cut all of the bunting.  I used a small hole punch to thread the string through.  

The sentiments were printed on my color laser printer using coordinating colors.  

Greeting Card 0001

I decided to create some "just because" greeting cards.  One of my best friends live in another country and the other two live more than 2 hours away.  I have other friends that I often think of but also never get to really see.

I think they'd be excited to find cute cards in their mailbox instead of junk mail.  

For the "hello" tag, I used a stamp that had the phrase once.  I used the same stamp three times for the effect.  

MATERIALS:

• Flower punches
• Journal tag punch
• Stamp and ink

Invitation 0002 (Wedding)

This was my very first wedding invitation that I created.  

It was a beautiful Indian and Mexican wedding.  The bride is a coworker and close friend of mine.  She chose gold and purple as her theme colors.  She requested a simple and elegant invitation.  

I printed the information on cardstock and handstamped and embossed the corner designs.

MATERIALS:

• Stamp and ink
• Rhinestones
• Corner round punch 
• Clear embossing powder
• Embossing heat gun

Holiday Card 2011

I had a pack of left over holiday patterned papers from the previous year.  I don’t remember where I came across the wreath design, but I did remember to draft it in my journal.  I did purchase color coordinated rhinestones, but this year was way too hectic and they didn’t make on the final product.

MATERIALS:

• 1″ scalloped edge circle punch
• 4 different holiday patterned paper
• 1/2″ wired gold ribbon
• Stamps and ink
• Clear embossing powder
• Embossing heat gun

Mother's Day Card

Tomorrow is Mother's Day, so of course I need a card for my mom.

It is an A7 card.  I punched the scalloped circle and flowers.  I hand stamped the letters.  I used a double sided tape runner to attach all the components.