Explosion Box

Hi everyon! Here it is! the explosion box I have been working on for the past 2 or 3 days. I made it for a baby shower for one of my cousins. The baby boy is due in about a week. Hope she will be at the shower. lol. This picture shows the top of the box.

This is the front side of the box. I use paper and cardstock I had in my stash; some I purchased at my local Wal-mart. I am working on increasing my paper supply from MemoryWorks. I buy paper from many different sources. The half pearls I purchased at the last crop I attended in Bath, Maine. The ribbon I stole from my jewelry supplies.

I really had fun making this cute keepsake! I looked in every storage container I have to find the embelishments. I have stickers purchased from CM. And stamped images done using CTMH stamps. I used my MS scolloped circle punch and other punched shapes from other punches.

I used a simple technique my CTMH Consultant showed me on this section. (Thanks Sis.)
The section I am refering to is the one with the three stips of paper and the pinwheel. Cutting those three strips and lining them up so they match, but have a small space between them. I think that is so cool!

I used my MS heart punch to do this section of the box and heart stickers from CM.

Most of the embelishments are popped using pop dots. It is hard to see it in these pics. Sorry about that.

The tools I used to create this wonderful box are, Scor-pal (I'm loving it!), Friskers Paper Trimmer, Scissors, and my Glue Glider Pro (I'm loving that too!)

I'm thinking I like making boxes as much as I like making cards. Oh yes, a card! hmm, well I will be making a card to match this explosion box. I guess I will have to post that next. lol

I hope you all enjoyed looking. Thanks for stopping by. God Bless ya! And May all your days be scrap-happy!

two new cards

Hello you wonderful people out there in this wonderful world we live in. I am posting some new cards I have been working on in the last few days. This Birthday card is for my DH boss. I had bought some new cardstock in my local Wal-Mart and thougt it would be perfect for this card.

This is the inside of his card. I just printed it up and matted it and glued it inside the card. Pretty simple and fun card. Hope it is masculine enough.

Here is the flower card I made with that same paper stack from Wal-Mart. If you look closely you can see where I have done some paper piercing. This card is good for Easter or even a wedding. Hmmm there is a wedding coming up in the family next summer.

Her is a (blurry) close up of the flower so you can see the layers. I didn't show the inside. It is not finished yet just a strip of the striped paper that matches the paper behind the flower. I will find something really nice to put inside for that couple who is getting married in August.

Mark's Homecoming slideshow

Below you will see a slideshow I made after I went to New York with my sister and her grand daughters the summer of 2007. We stayed on the base, at her son's home, Fort Drum. While we were there, everyone got together to create the poster. The kids had a blast getting finger paints all over themselves and the poster. Didn't they do a great job! I thought the song "Proud to be an American" was very appropriate. My son, Nate sang the song. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks for looking.

Mark's Homecoming

My Friend Showed Me How to Make These Cards

I made these cards at my friends on Monday. We spent the whole day just making cards and chatting together. It is so much fun we are going to try to make it a weekly thing. And I am so surprised how many cards I actually get done. When I am there, I am not on here checking out blogs, working on my website. reading my e-mail or working on an online class. Thank you Belinda for having me over to do these.

This card Is truly beautiful. I am sorry the picture does not do it justice. It is a lavender color printed paper. A 12"x12" pieced of paper folder in certain ways The idea came from someone online, I am sorry I have no idea who, but thank you

This is the inside of the card. Although it is hard to see, the bee has sparkly wings and it's yellow stripes are covered with liquid glass. I guess I have to learn more about taking better pics.

This is the Spring, or Pop Up Card that we made. It is also lavender and purple colors. The flower stamp is from Close To My Heart. I can't remember the name of the set. And the sentiment is from Belinda's large stash of stamps. I don't know the company that puts it out. The card stock I used is from MemoryWorks. It is called Prismatics Candle Glow Accent Pack and Spring Willow Accent Pack. It is hard to see, but the card stock is embossed on one side and flat on the other side. The printed paper came for the Vibrant Paper Pack, which I purchased from Wal-Mart.

This Shadow Card is quite stunning. As I have said before, the pictures are not doing justice. It is white card stock I purchased from Wal-Mart. Both pieces of Card Stock have been embossed using the dots and winter scene folders and the cuttlebug. It is also very difficult to see the glitter on the winter scene to emphasize the snow on the ground, snow falling and snow on the houses.

I had hoped this picture would show the glitter and embossing better. May enlarging them by clicking on them will help.

This was great fun! I have one more card to show after I finish the inside of it. I will post that later. Thanks for looking. Have a happy scrappy day!

Little Treat Box

Here is the little treat box I made last night. It is really simple. I got it from www.splitcoaststampers.
I thought I might make some up for Valentine's to pass around to people in my church. Kinda like a card with a treat. I do intend to have it done in Valentine's colors and prints too. TFL.

New Cards

Here is my Christmas Joy card. I got this design from my sister Kat. Thanks Kat. There is bling on this card hope you can see it. This was really fun to make.
Here is the inside of the Christmas Joy card. hope you can see the bling.

Here is my Valentine's card. It too has bling. Hope you can see it.

This is the inside of the Valentine's card. Can you see the bling? Hope so. I am sorry it took me so long to post these cards. I had to find my camera and charge the batteries. My son is always using my camera so when it is missing I have to ask him for it. Thanks for looking.