Page 186 – Loretta Rodger

Puppies and an Altered Birthday gift

Hi my crafty friends!

Today I used large rectangle coasters and covered them with some of my fabric to make this adorable altered post it holder. One side has a calendar and the other the post it notes. I used ribbon to decorate the jump rings and the chipboard is from Stampin up.
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I am including two stamps and a nice container of Prima flowers for my friends’ birthday gift. I have two other ladies who will be celebrating birthdays in February and I will be making them similar gifts. I really enjoyed the project since the fabric has such a soft feel.

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I am hoping that I can shoot another video tutorial for you guys this week, I just need to decide what I want to do as my featured project.

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I was sitting at the computer earlier today and Lexie and Snicker’s where sharing one of the dog beds. It has been really cold here in Maryland lately and we even got some snow fall again a few days ago. So I couldn’t resist but to take a picture of the cute pups.

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Have a wonderful evening. Stamp happy my friends.

She altered her baby wipe container!

There I was, trying to finish up some last minute projects and get ready for the Shoe Box swap on Fort Meade when I thought, gee that baby wipe box looks so boring!

So first I removed the front label and carefully cleaned all residue off of the front. I allowed it to dry thoroughly. Then I measured for my patterned paper back ground. The owl and vine are from Stampin up, they are chipboard. I covered them with decorative paper. To insure that the paper was properly sanded, I used an emery board to do the small details of the feet and the vine.

The cute little treat box is a gift for a friend’s birthday, it holds 12 small Hersey kisses. It also has a chipboard bird from Stampin up. I embellished it with ribbon, glitter and a 3 dimensional sticker.

We received about 3″ of snow over night. It is beautiful. Have a great night. Don’t forget about blog candy! Stamp Happy!

A Digital Delight Valentine

Click to watch the video on YouTube.

This simple Valentine uses Lara The Lady bug from Digital Delights. There are many sales going on now at our websight. Please click the badge on the right side bar to go directly to the web sight.

I hope everyone is enjoying a great New Year!

Stamp Happy!

Stamp Happy my friends, video tutorial Gable box!

Gable box, a video tutorial

Here are pictures of the finished box and my die cutting and embossing folder storage;

Hi my stamping friends!

** As promised here is the video tutorial on how to make the gable box using the new sizzix die from Sizzix. Click here for the web sight I use to buy these dies. Click here for the Sizzix web sight.**

I do have a few more of these boxes to shoot video tutorials of along with some new ones I expect to arrive any day now. Be on the look out, I am going to have Mary Dawn re-design the blog once again. I think I need something fun and flirty!

***I am so sorry that the format of today’s post is so very off. I’m not really sure what is up with that, but hopefully I can fix it later on, if not. Oh well!

*** I cut the video off early because most of the time video’s need to run under about 12 minutes or both YouTube and blogger have problems with the publishing. It amazes me that it only took about 10 minutes to make today’s video and it has been over an hour waiting for it to publish.

***A couple of things not shown on the video. I used rose romance ink retired from Stampin up to sponge the edges of the box. The sentiment is stamped with Memento tuxedo black ink onto Hammer Mill 100 pound 100 brightness card stock. I used my same sponge and added color and texture to the tag. The cute embellishments are 3 dimensional stickers gifted to me as part of my birthday gifts. This box actually stays square better when you fill it with candy or other goodies.

*** I hope to be shooting more video tutorials. Now that I understand how to use my camera, set my lights and prepare things in advance, it should be a bit easier for me to share some of my ideas with you guys. I am also a visual learner and know how important it is to have both text and video when available. I am still waiting for a 10 minute to upload nearly 2 and a half hours later. Come on slow poke!

** I got bored while waiting OK now 3 hours for the video to upload and decided to take some pictures of my die cutting area. I choose to store my Cuttle bug and Sizzix embossing folders in a cigar box. They are together by theme, such as Birthday, floral and Christmas. Makes for easy reference and a quick find. They sit in the box wonderfully and I flip through them just like a Rolodex file.

*** Blog candy is still on, refer to yesterdays’ post for a photo. Email contact is ms.rhetta@verizon.net if you need to contact me directly with questions and comments, I really appreciate your feed back and kind comments here on my creative blog!

Stamp Happy my friends!

Altered item and blog candy!

Hi my crafty friends!

I hope you have enjoyed a beautiful day filled with fun, friends and stamps! I have enjoyed my day. As many of you know I am going to attend a shoe box swap on Saturday, I am so looking forward to it!

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I was checking to be sure I had everything accomplished for the swap, when I started to look for the sample I made. I still haven’t found it. So out of desperation, I decided to make up a new sample. I’ve double checked my box and now need to write out the instructions.

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As you know blog candy has started, but here is a picture of a few more items I’m offering up for this round. You may leave a comment any where on my blog, please link my blog to yours for an additional chance to win these goodies.

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The small gable box was made out of DCSW double sided heavy weight scrap booking paper. I used brown Prima flowers, green dew drops and brown ribbon to alter the box. The box is available through Sizzix. These large XL dies are called scoreboards. They have scoring lines built in. Each die comes with instructions of how to cut and assemble the project conveniently in the packaging. This box only took about 6 minutes to completely assemble and decorate. It only took another 5 minutes or so for it to be completely dry. I am very pleased with the way this project came out.

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Stay tuned for a video tutorial on how to put this box together, hopefully I’ll have it shot and up by Wednesday. Stamp happy!

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