A GIRL CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MANY (PAPER) PURSES!!

HEY BLOGGIES,

Today I have a fun paper purse that can hold a gift card, candy, a small gift, etc.  I made it in purple, black and white because I was thinking about an ADULT Halloween theme, but it can really be for any time in any color, etc.

 I used the TOP NOTE DIE and my BIG SHOT for the purse shape.  I used two of the OVAL FRAMELITS for the purse cover.

 The designer paper is MODERN MEDLEY DSP - all fun black and white designs.  I used some polkadot ribbon for the purse handle.

 Her I am holding it by it's handle so you can get an idea of how big it is.  You could always make it longer or wider by cutting halfway, the backing it back out of the BIG SHOT and then moving the paper and cutting it from the other side.  But I am happy with this regular size of the TOP NOTE DIE.

 I used some sticky Velcro for the closure.  Here you can see where I punched holes in the top and threaded my ribbon through and tied a knot for the handle.  I REALLY LOVE this paper with the elegant eggplant card stock, don't you?

Here I am closing up the purse after I filled it with a cute note and a gift card.  The flower on the front is made with two layers of purple and two layers of white card stock punched with the medium scallop circle punch.

Hope you enjoyed my Halloween Purse trick or treat for ADULTS.  ha ha  You know the saying:

A GIRL CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MANY PURSES OR TOO MUCH MONEY!!   HA HA

Thanks for visiting my blog.  I have card class tonight so I will be showing you our projects we complete on tomorrow's blog.  Come on back now, ya' hear?

Entering this purse at:

The Paper Players - The pool party part of this challenge is the color of the gift card inside - does that work?

MY CUTE LITTLE BUDDY

I had an hour before I needed to get ready for church and decided to make this cute little guy below.  I saw it on the Dream, Create and Share website.  It is so stinkin' CUTE.  Perfect to put some candies in it for a quick gift.  It also reminds me of that car commercial where they show the sock monkey, a robot, a teddy bear and something else all in lifesized people and doing funny tricks and stunts.  Have you seen that one?  "how do you like me know?" is the music in the background.  Anyways, here he is:

Isn't he DARLING??!!  Sorry for the shiny glue spot on his ear that shows up on this photo.  I couldn't see it with my naked eye, but the camera caught it for sure!!  He is made with the top note die and the square lattice embossing folder.

I would love to hear your comments.  Hope it gives you a good laugh this morning!!
Thanks for stopping by!

SOMEONE IS WATCHING YOU....

Sometimes do you get chills at your neck and the hairs get all prickly and you think someone is watching you?  That is the feeling kids love to have a Halloween time.  It is scary but fun for them at Halloween.  This card is kind of like that.  It is simple but scary and certainly fun.  I saw the idea at Becky Roberts blog and knew I had to CASE it with a few changes to make it my own.

Isn't it just too fun!!!  Reminds me of a mummy because of the black and white -  like bandages wrapped around a mummy.  I used Confetti Cream and my top note die for my BIG SHOT to cut out the card base.  Fold your card base and put it just inside of the one cut mark on the left side.  That way you have a folding card in the top note shape.  Then I cut it again single only in black and cut it in half.  I used the fun 1/8" black ribbon with the tiny white stripes.  I love this ribbon and have it in every color SU! makes it in.  I use it all the time!!  You NEED this ribbon, I promise you!!  I used two different sized punches for the eyes and sponged around the eyeball with black ink.  That's it.  Took less than 5 minutes to make.

I am using them for Thank You cards for my customers so I put a simple "thank you" from Kindness Matters stamp set on the inside.  It fits perfectly into the small notecard envelopes.

Hope you enjoyed this card.  Won't you leave me a note to tell me what you think of this Clean and Simple and FUN card??

Here's to Inky Fingers y'all!!

TIPTOE THROUGH THE TULIPS

OH HOW I LOVE SPRING - especially springtime in TEXAS.  The humidity is low and the weather is reasonably cool.  It is fabulous.  I have been working in my garden planting cilantro, tomatoes, tomatilloes, fennel (for the monarch butterflies) and some flowers like impatients and daisies.  Impatients should be my "signature" flower - because I SURE AM IMPATIENT!!  ha

Here is a fun card I tried after watching Valita's wonderful UTube videos on using punches unusually.  This tulip is made with mostly the OWL PUNCH which is then punched with the oval punch.  It was fun to make.  Please tell me what you think.  And for sure go to UTube to search Valita and watch her amazing videos on punches flowers.  She is Awesome!!

Stamp:  Oval All

Paper:  Daffodil delight, poppy parade and pear pizzazz card stock; Sunny garden DSP

Punch: Owl punch, large oval punch

Inks:  daffodil delight, poppy parade and pear pizzazz

Embellishments:  flower brads, daffodil pompom trim

Other: top note die, big shot, sponges, stamping dimensionals, tombow glue, snail adhesive

Happy spring to you all. 

HAPPY SUNDAY Y'ALL

Happy Sunday to everyone.  It feels like spring here in Texas today.  The birds are active all around looking for nesting sites and seeking bugs for food.  I LOVE springtime in Texas. In this hot, humid Houston area of Texas, spring and fall are the only 2 seasons we can actually enjoy outdoor activities.  The other times it is too humid, too hot, too buggy, etc. to spend much time outside at all.

My card today is one made with a base of daffodil delight CARD STOCK. I used the TOP NOTE DIE for my Big Shot to cute melon mambo card stock.  Then I used my SQUARE PUNCH to cut out the quilt squares of the ICE CREAM PARLOR designer paper & Quick Accents Pack which is FREE, along with BITTY BUTTONS in daffodil, melon and turquoise which are also FREE and come with coordinating ribbon.  Yes, they are part of the SALE-A-BRATION FREE ITEMS which you can receive by placing a minimum of $50 order with me on my SU website.  I also used the DAFFODIL DELIGHT POM POM TRIM from the OCCASIONS MINI CATALOG which coordinates beautifully with all these colors.

I used the Friend stamp from the YOU'RE A GEM set on page 25 of the OCCASIONS MINI, and the SEW SUITE stamp set on page 33, a 6 stamp set.

Another punch I used is the SCALLOP TRIM BORDER PUNCH as edging along the bottom of my card.  The little sewing machine is attached on STAMPIN DIMENSIONALS so it adds a little different texture.  Oh, and I used the IN STITCHES jumbo wheel, which I took apart and cut into 6 separate stamps as if my quilted top note was stitched together.

Please let me know what you think of my card, especially the cute stitching along the quilt blocks.

Hope your Sunday is special and blessed.  Happy Stamping Y'all.