K-Cup Holder

This pretty box will hold three K-cups and is a perfect gift for any coffee lover! These boxes go together quickly, so you can make several for gifts, vendor shows or it also makes a great class! The coordinating buckle-card adds just the right touch to this ensemble.

This great project comes to you designed by Laurie!

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Nothing makes a better impression than a hand-made gift bag. Make this elegant gift bag and fill it with some yummy treats or a special gift. It is perfect for any occasions, from birthdays to weddings. Great for a stamp camp, or as a class project.

 

To get the instructions for Monika’s project, just subscribe to Craft Project Central for May!  And if you have a minute, please leave Monika a comment on her project!  Have a wonderful crafting day!

Mother's Day Cards

I got a couple of Mother's Day cards today in the mail.  Wonder how long I can "milk" Mothers Day??!!!  Both cards use punches on the front.

This is the card Ashley sent.  Isn't it great?!!  She used a butterfly punch with dimensionals.  And the two buttons .... love it!  I particularly liked the gift certificate that was inside too!!

This next card is from my upline, Carol.  She used a flower punch on the front with the Polka Dot DSP behind it.

I am heading to Charleston, SC tomorrow.  Sonny and I are driving down and meeting Ashley there.  She has a conference there this week.  Charleston is such a great city.  I haven't been there in about 14 years.  Ashley and I took Marianne there for her 40th birthday.  I'm ready for a little R&R!!  It's been about 5 months since I took a trip ... too long!!

Happy Weekend!

Hope your weekend was a good one.  Ours was bittersweet.  Our friends, Margaret and Graham have been here all week and we took them to the airport Saturday morning.  We met Marianne and Greg and after we went to the airport, the four of us enjoyed breakfast at The Original Pancake House in Charlotte.  Marianne and I each got the Dutch Baby, one of their specialities.  It is an air filled yeasty pancake served with lemon syrup, lemons, butter and powdered sugar.  Yum!!  It was delicious but I didn't eat anything the rest of the day!!  (I didn't count the calories!)

After breakfast, we drove around Charlotte reminiscing as we drove past our Grandparents house and the house we were living in when Marianne was born.  Then we went to the memorial service and the celebration of life for our cousin, Bobby.  It was a really nice service with many sharing their stories and memories of Bobby.  He was such a "bigger than life" guy who never met a stranger whose flame was snuffed out too soon.  May he rest in peace.

Today we picked up my mom to take her out to lunch.  When Sonny walked by her hanging fern plant that was on her front porch, a bird flew out and perched on her roof.  Upon further investigation, we discovered there was a nest with an egg in it in the fern.  The mother bird kept her eye on us and her nest.  When we went inside, she resumed her perch in the fern on her egg.  I was able to get some pretty good pictures.

We thought it was just a pigeon but a couple of people have told us it looks like a Mourning Dove.

We had a nice bar-b-que lunch with Mom, Angela, Marianne, Greg, Derek and Harrison at Sonny's where all mothers ate for free!  That makes it a little better for everyone!  After lunch, we went to BJ's and then home.  I had a few cards to make to mail out as well as coming up with ideas for Stamp Club this month.

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day!  I hope to be spending much of the day with my mother.  And although I won't be with my own children for Mother's Day, I hope to at least get a phone call!  I will see Ashley next week in Charleston and can't wait!

This is the card I made for Mom using the wonderful Blendabilities!  I love them and will be sharing more in the coming weeks.

Sketched Birthday Card Set

Birthday cards are needed all year long, and this ensemble includes four cards featuring fun polka dots and a handy decorated box to hold them. The box will hold four cards and four envelopes, or you might prefer to fill the box with two sets of cards. Perfect for a class, this project would also be a well-received and useful gift.

This fun and very useful project comes to you designed by Regina!

To get the instructions for Regina’s project, just subscribe to Craft Project Central for May!  And if you have a minute, please leave Regina a comment on her project!  Have a wonderful crafting weekend!

Fresh Prints Place Setting

This Fresh Prints Place Setting is a great way to brighten up your table! This place setting features a wipe-able placemat, a place card, a coordinating napkin ring and a sweet treat envelope to finish your meal! Use this place setting as a gift, for a party, or to just brighten up your morning meal!

This is a project featured over on Craft Project Central.  This was designed by Michelle Wecksler. To get the full step-by-step instructions for Michelle’s project, just subscribe to Craft Project Central for the month of May!  And if you have a minute, please leave Michelle a comment on her project!  Have a fun crafting day.  Michelle will be randomly selecting one lucky winner to receive a free subscription - IF you leave a comment!

 

Craft Project Central Card Sketch

Each month Craft Project Central hosts a monthly Card Sketch Challenge.  For every ten cards submitted, one winner is picked for a free month subscription on Craft Project Central!  The winner(s) will get to select the month of their choice!  So if they have 15 submissions this month they will randomly pick one winner from all submissions*.  If they have 40 submissions they will randomly pick four winners from all submissions, and so on! They really want to give away some free subscriptions, so please do join the challenge!!

(**If a project designer submits a card for the inspiration, they won’t be in the winner random-selection pool, but their cards will count towards the “for every 10 cards submitted winner total”.)

This month Christy Fulk is the designer and creater for the sketch challenge.

Here is the sketch:

 And here is my card using My Digital Studio and that great DSP, Kaleidescope!

Proud of My Grad

Get ready for that special graduation celebration with this display for guests to leave a special message for the graduate. The So Proud of You tasseled garland, draped along an everyday yardstick, will inspire your guests to add a message on one of the handmade note cards. The ‘Memories’ and ‘Wishes’ labeled jars will hold those messages for the grad!

 Julie Beltramo designed this project and her tutorial can be found at Craft Project Central. 

To get the instructions for Julie’s project, just subscribe to May!  And if you have a minute, please leave Julie a comment on her project!  Have a wonderful crafting day!

And if you would like to see all the designers (and me!) for May, check this out!

Long Envelope Mini Envelope and Card

This mini album, which was made with the Envelope Punch Board, has three two-page layouts.  It also has three pull-out pages that can be used for journaling or more pictures.  Along with the matching card, this would make a wonderful gift for any occasion.  It would also make a great scrapbooking class.

This beautiful project comes to you designed by Christy Fulk!  And if you have a minute, please leave Christy a comment on her project! 

If you would like to learn how to make this project, you will want to subscribe to Craft Project Central for the month of May. Each month you subscribe to will give you access to 10 projects with detailed, full-color, step-by-step instructions. Projects are easy to duplicate, are practical, and functional projects that you will have fun making and be able to use yourself or give as gifts! Not every project you get on Craft Project Central will be unique, never-before-seen projects, but what you will be getting are projects adapted to current and popular Stampin’ Up! products with easy to follow instructions.  All of this for only $10 for each month that you subscribe!  New projects will be loaded every two to three days.  Once you subscribe check back often for your new projects.  Projects once posted will stay on the site for one year.

And .... drumroll please .... I have been invited to be a Guest Designer with Craft Project Central and will have my project featured later this month!  I am thrilled!!