Change of plans for me - I should be on my way to the city right now to visit my Dad but Josie woke up early this morning throwing up so I've been on puke duty since 6 am. Thankfully she's not REALLY sick (in fact she's playing with her Barbie dolls with Veronica right now) but every time she throws up she freaks out and tries to get away from it.....well let's just say it's been a BIG mess every time......so gross.
So anywho I'll be going in TOMORROW to see my dad, and between cleaning duty and doing a ton of laundry I am going to work on my projects for PT's Spooky Sweets II and First Fruits - I should hopefully have them all done by Sunday at the latest.
Today is also supposed to be my Friday Sketch - in all honesty I totally forgot - since I will be home all day I think I can come up with one to post later on today K?? :o)
In the meantime here are the samples I did with Heather's Rustic Branches and Lisa's Remember sets:
I am loving Rustic Branches - this set is SO Pine! I was totally channeling her as I was making my samples - I felt a real need to use Kraft cardstock and white pigment ink *wink*.
I used a pencil crayon to color in the leaves on the card and give them a pop of color.
The three panels as well as the Dark Chocolate piece are all up on dimensionals so they all really pop out and "make" the card.
(FYI all my supplies are listed in my PTI gallery (which is having issues last night and today!)).
For this project I made a little spice jar "wrap" to spice up (no pun intended!) a gift - instead of just the plain jar they are covered in this handstamped wrapper.
Once the ribbon is untied the wrapper easily slips off the jar so that the name/ingredients/nutritional value etc can be seen.
The idea for this card popped in my head one night as I was about to fall asleep - then all-of-a-sudden not only did this idea come to me but several others - so I had to jump out of bed and grab my notebook to scribble everything down! I used to always keep paper and a pen by my bed for times like this - but it's honestly been MONTHS since I've had these "strokes of inspiration" (you can bet I've been keeping my notebook and pen on my nightstand every night since *wink*)
I stamped the images from the Remember set onto PTI Spring Moss cardstock with black ink. I was going to leave them just black, but then decided to add a little pop of color to the swirly poppy with a red pencil crayon. I added a bit of splatter to the CS with a Stampin' Up! marker and Color Spritzer tool.
The twill was attached with double sided tape, and the Pure Poppy flower center was made by attaching 2 punched stars together before piercing the brad (Dollarama) through them and the Primas.
For my second project I decided to make a little cover of sorts for one of PTI's small hinged tins. I still have a TON of Stride gum (bought a case of it at Costco months ago) here and I think it makes a great little gift as the gum lasts FOREVER. I discovered that these little tins will hold all but 2 pieces from an entire pack - and look much cuter!
I stamped the poppy image several times in a circle (got that idea from Lisa's blog) then colored it in with Copic markers before cutting it out.
I took a piece of white CS and scored it down the middle so that it will wrap around the tin - then attached it to the tin with red liner tape (SUPER sticky stuff) before wrapping the Summer Sunrise Swiss Dot ribbon and tying it in a bow (I cut the ribbon long so that it's easy to retie).
It's hard to tell but I stamped the top part of the Lemon Tart CS piece with Polka Dot Basics and white pigment ink, then attached the strip of Summer Sunrise CS. I stamped "Sweet" using black ink and the Simple Alphabet set, rounded the 2 edges with my SU! Small Corner Rounder punch and that was it.
