A Special Gift for you

Who couldn't resist to get a gift purse for a special occasion?  I know i love them so when i saw this new die called Candlewick Petticoats i new that it would really make up pretty. 

My first step was to measure from side to side so that i could see how wide i needed to create the purse.  Then i  made a small rectangle box the same width to put my gift in.  The black paper i folded over the box and scored it to fit and then did the same for the top.  For the dies i cut one in black to blend in on the bottom and one in white for the top to layer over a piece of grey and white.

Here is the die set with all the pieces ....

After i glued on all the pieces of the purse i added a thin handle to fit.  I had some really pretty white satin ribbon and to that i created a white rose with the new Candlewick Rosebud die set.  It was super easy to just dampen the paper and use a stylus to skrunch it up a bit and then when it was dry i glued it all together and added the leaves and that adorable candlewick flourish.  So cute!!

I think i might make some matching stationery to go into this with a gift card for Christmas.  It won't be that long to start shopping and i will be that much farther ahead.

Have a really nice day and thank you for stopping by today!

Teresa

Supplies:

Spellbinders:

Shapeabilities Candlewick Petticoats Etched Dies Candlewick Sampler Collection by Becca Feeken

Shapeabilities Candlewick Rosebud Etched Dies Candlewick Sampler Collection by Becca Feeken

Paper:  Bazzill black and white

Adhesive: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Crafty Secrets Garden Journal to share

I had alot of fun making up this journal purse for my upcoming gardening

projects this fall.  I decided to really have a planned idea for it and wanted

to make something to put cards in for planting ideas and notes and also

for maybe putting in a few seeds and other stuff that i needed to save.

So to start my journal i picked lots of papers from the Vintage Patterns CD and lots of flower
and seed pictures from the CS Summertime Images and Journal Notes.  I also
used the Creative Scraps sheet DP-05 814 and some Heartwarming Vintage Stickers
for it.  And lots of other things i had in my stash like ribbon from RRR, envelopes
and cardstock to back the flower pictures with.  And of course good white paper
to print all the papers on.

The purse chipboard book is one from Pinecone Press.  They have lots
of fun base books so this accordian style was purfect for my pocket book
idea with all the envelopes to put fun gardening ideas in.

For the front i added lots of flowers from my RRR Stash and ribbons
too and even a few leaf cuts from a Spellbinders die i have.

On each of the pages I used those pretty floral cards and matted them.  I added
ribbons and doilies that i cut from kraft paper to match. And of course i inked
up the edges with a bit of brown ink.  I added strips of the papers that i printed
on each of them and cut them with a fancy border punch.

The flower cards are all just so pretty... i had to use them all.

Each page has a pocket for other goodies, flower tags and places to write ideas
of new flowers that i might need to get to the next season to fill in.  I have
lots to get in it since i found a new place for seeds online so maybe with lots
of rain and good weather this year my garden will really be nice.

Thanks so much for stopping over and hope you have a wonderful day!

Teresa

Vintage Roses Purse with Spellbinders

I have another project in the gallery this week on
Spellbinders to share and this is one of my favorites

because I made lots of vintage roses and used my favorite 

papers from my stash from Basic Grey! 

I used the Grand Deco Circle dies to create this purse on

the fronts and backs and made a small box for the inside

to put a mini book or a special gift for someone. I also used

some vintage door handles for the base and they worked

perfect because they are so heavy and keep it nice and 

flat.  Be sure and check here to see all the other dies

in the set because they are all so beautiful and you can make

so many things with them.  One can never have enough circles

to work with right?  Here is the list of products that I used:

Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms 

Spellbinders Foliage

Spellbinders Carnation Creations

Spellbinders Grand Deco Circles

Spellbinders Grand Caliber

Metal Purse Handles, Kraft Cardstock, Scor-tape,

Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive, rhinestone swirls,

vintage door handles, chalk ink and ribbons. tweezers.

Thanks so much for stopping in and I have lots to share

with my new card club this month and lots of fun

things that I did for our Fall Open House at the store!

Have a wonderful day to you all,

Bella Blvd Birthday goodies

I finally got my things loaded on so today I can share

a few of the things I did for HNC with the

New Bella Blvd Birthday lines.  I can't say enough

amazing things about this paper!!  It's all wonderful!!!

The perfect tags, papers, little flags and prints to cut

apart are some of my favorite things.  And the colors

are just so pretty for both boys and girls. Just love it :)

So here is some of the girls projects first....

 One of the papers in the collection has these cute

little flowers all over it and I couldn't resist cutting them 

all up and creating a little ledge under the photos...

Aren't the colors just so pretty!  And you see the little 

Birthday girl little pearl pin on the top right too...

 I love these little clear purses that you can

get because they go together so easy and you

can put little gifts inside like jewelry or maybe

even a gift card to their favorite store!

 I love all the fun tags and stickers that you get

with the boys line.  It's really fun to cut them up and 

create fun pages for your books and there is lots

and lots of things to make cards with..

And last but not least my favorite card!  Normally big 

huge dots and me don't go well but I love

this card!  I used part of the border on the top

and the dots for the bottom and then cut out

the tag from the page and added a cute piece

of matching twine to the top!  

I even went back and got more papers for

my scrapbooks too!  So I hope you liked my new projects

and got a little inspired and I hope you all

 have a really wonderful weekend.

Hugs and Smiles....

I had to post my 2 favorite card purses

today as promised. The rest you can see on Best Creation Blog!

I have made lots of things in my life but this project was

really, really fun and I still have a few more of them in the works

for later..... Hope you like the ideas!!

Have a great weekend! :)

Teresa

CHA Summer Show in Chicago

We had SOOOOO much fun at CHA!!

I personally met some of the nicest ladies in the world

both in the booth and running around the show.

Hello to Tracy in Australia, and 0725, the wonderful

ladies from Canada, and all of you who drove in from

the states close to the show....

thanks for coming by and I wish you good luck

to inspire those you meet at your stores like

you to did me!!

So what did we do for 5 days!

Well,

We made Gift Card Purses and it was really a blast!

5 styles, 3 days and lots of kits....

I will share more this week and will have a class at the store

later this month!

Have a wonderful day and as always

thanks for stopping by....