...Stampin' Up

Mother's Day Idea!

I love the colors of this card. This one looks complicated, but its really not bad if you get the scoring right. Here are the supplies we used:
Bashful Blue card stock: 2"x 4" ( And run through the bigshot with a flower embossing pad)
Rich Razzleberry CS: 8 1/2"x5 1/2" (scored @ 4 1/4" and 6 1/4") & 1 piece that is 4"x 3/4" and then use the scallop edge punch.
Pale Plum: 4 1/4"x 5 1/2"
Whisper White: 2"x 4" & 5 1/2"x 1 3/4"(The bigger one needs to be scored 1" in and scalloped on the edge)
DS (designer Series) Rich Razzleberry: 1 1/4"x 4" & one extra piece for a flower(which was run through the bigshot also, but could be cut out with a punch or even scissors.)
Bashful Blue DS: 3 smaller flowers
1 brad
Ribbon: 11-13" Bashful blue ribbon
Stamps: Message for Mom stamp set
Stamp Pads: Rich Razzleberry and Bashful Blue

You, of course, don't have to use the Stampin' Up colors. It would be so cute with tons of other color combinations. I just thought the "stand up" idea was so cute! If you need any help figuring out how to put it together let me know:)

Last Stampin' Up Projects!

I have been doing Stampin' Up, with the best demonstrator ever, for about 3 and 1/2 years now. I'm sad to say that chapter has now come to a close. This is one of the cards that we made last week. I obviously can't take credit for it, but I love the colors and had to show it off. Here are the dimensions and colors from the Stampin' Up catalog:

Old Olive (green):8 1/2"x 5 1/2" (folded in half)

Melon Mambo (pink): 5 1/4" x4"

Pumpkin Pie (Orange): 5 1/8" x 3 7/8"

Whisper White: 5" x 3 3/4"

Bride whisper white (Green stripe): 2"x4" (this paper came white and then we used a brayer to roll green ink on it. After you get it the color you want, wipe it with a tissue and the color comes off the white stripe!)

Melon Mambo ribbon: 1/2" Polka-Dot Grosgrain Ribbon 5"

Stamps: Awash with Flowers stamp set

Punches: Scallop Oval and Large Oval

Just stamp and assemble. Make sure you stamp the white before you glue in case you mess up, then you can turn it over! Also make sure you put your ribbon on before you glue it all to the green background. I just taped it around the back of the pink paper. Last, use a dimensional to put the "For You" on!

Apron

I love making aprons and decided it was time to make some more! They are pretty easy if you have a pattern to follow. This one took me about three hours. (Well two days if you include all of the chasing after children in between:) I was just at the mall the other day and found a Kiosk that sells aprons and they were about $30-$40. I made this one for $8. If you have the patients it pays to make things yourself! The price may vary depending on the cost of your fabric. I got this at Hobby Lobby and it was about $5.99 a yard and it was 30% off. Some of the more expensive fabrics range from $6-$10. I bought 1 1/4 yards of the strip fabric and 5/8 of a yard of the polka dot fabric. I ended up with a little bit extra of both. It would be pretty simple to figure out without a pattern if you have sewn before. Just decide the shape and cut it out. I put a dart in the front of the apron so it was a little more fitted, but you could easily do without. You can also buy less fabric if you don't want a liner on it. You could get away with about 7/8 of a yard of the stripe. To get the ruffles, I cut 2 1/2" strips and hemmed the edges. Then did a loose stitch in the middle so I could pull it to make the "gathered look". If you have questions I would be happy to walk you through it step by step!

More Bows!

Fabric Bows

I made a bunch of fabric bows over the weekend and I was super excited how they turned out. And bonus...I found out that Hobby Lobby carries fabric and it is so cheap! I bought a yard and a quarter for $5! Most fabric that is that cheap is...lets just say NOT CUTE! I love this fabric! To make them all you need is about a 1/4 of a yard of fabric (you could probably get away with an 1/8 depending on how big your initial flower is), some hot glue, a matching button and and alligator clip. To start you cut out 6-8 flowers that are all the same size.

Fold them in half...

and in half again. Don't fold it exactly in half because it is cuter if you can see more layers!

Next, just layer them in a circle and put a giant blob of glue in the middle. You can layer them however you think looks cute. I did some so there was only four petals on top and some that had eight. Which ever you prefer.

Then I cut out a felt circle and glued in on the back just to hold everything together. If you can tell, I also wrapped half of the alligator clip in ribbon. I don't rap the lower arm of the clip because I discovered the hard way that it is really difficult to get the clip in your girls hair if it is wrapped in ribbon.

Last, I glued the matching button on top! SUPER CUTE!!!! I will post all the different kinds that I made as soon as I get around to taking pictures of them:)

More Unique Chic

Magnetic Shopping Lists

When you open it up this is what you see. I found these super cute shopping list booklets at Michael's Crafts for a dollar. Then I took a 12x12 sheet of double sided paper and cut it so it was 8x12. Then I basically just wrapped it around the booklet and put Velcro on it so it would stay closed. Then I got a library clip and attached ribbon to it and stuck it on top. I put a flower on the front of this one, but you could decorate it however you want. Then I put two magnetic strips on the back so you can hang it on your fridge or magnet board.

Projects for Unique Chic

I found these cute journals at Michael's Crafts in their $1 bins. They had matching cards, envelopes, pencils and ribbon. So, I bought them all and put them together like a gift. I don't know if you can tell but I stamped on the little note cards and the envelopes. I thought they would be so cute to give as a Visiting Teaching gift or something like that.