USWDAF Mitten Toppers

Yup, I have designed another group of projects for USWDAF for the Wrapping up the Holidays event. TONS of wonderful ideas for holiday wrapping and gift giving. 

Yes, I realize the picture shows gloves, but this works with both mittens and gloves and glove topper just doesn't have the same cozy sound to it :) These would be adorable party favors for any winter party, but mainly I was thinking about all of the mitten trees that the local businesses put up every year around Christmas to encourage charitable giving. Notice the envelopes tucked in the gloves? These cards are gift card/money holders and if you pin the gloves/mittens together on the fingers, the gloves/mittens will hold the gift cards! These would be so cute hanging all over the tree! Doesn't this project make you want to run out and do your charitable shopping for the year?!

Here is a close up of the pinks version of the gift card...

....and the browns version.

Do you want the tutorial for this set of projects and dozens more? Follow the link below and they can all be yours for $24.95!

USWDAF Take-Out Boxes

I don't know about anybody else, but when my family gets together for a big holiday dinner, there is always a pile of leftovers to divvy up and send home with everybody. And wouldn't it be great to have a cute little box to send the food home in! No losing all of your good plastic containers :) Or maybe you are going to participate in a cookie exchange this year and don't want to resort to the plastic wrapped paper plate again this year. As you can see, this box holds plenty of cookies. It would work well for teacher/coach/bus driver/neighbor gifts too. I even included my famous soft and yummy Gingersnaps recipe for you to try, but you could easily make recipes cards with your own recipe to share with the recipient, just tuck it under the bow on your box!

 I made 2 versions of this project. This is the poinsettia version. If you go get a membership to the Wrapping Up the Holidays Event, you will get the tutorial with both versions, and the yummy Ginger Snaps recipe :)

This is the North Woods version, right up my alley! Both are made using the Watercolor Winter set.

Colors are: Sahara Sand, Riding Hood Red, Always Artichoke, Early Espresso, and Naturals White. 

There are tons of gorgeous projects in this event, so come check it out!

Darling Didies and Free Downloads!

The Technique Boutique is still going strong! This is the second project I created for the event. I used the Inked Embossing Folder technique and made some baby shower favors:)
If you would like to see more of the 40+ projects for this event, check out UStampWithDawnandFriends.com . It is a great value for only $24.95!

I know most of us are in Holiday mode, but there are babies being born all the time and we still need fresh ideas! You can fit about 5 nuggets in the diapers, and I am sure there are lots of other things that would fit also.

Now, back to designing stuff for the Stampin' Addicts MDS Blog Hop Nov. 2-4th! Be sure to come back and check that out too! There are 3 free downloads available this week and 50% off the digital kits! How exciting is that ?!

Let's Get Dirty

UStampWithDawnandFriends is having another event right now, and I wanted to share a peek of one of the projects I designed for this round. We are focusing on techniques, as the title states. I chose to feature Sanded Paper. I fell in love with the Core'dinations cardstock in the Holiday Mini and was inspried to create this fun set of party stuff :)

Every little boy wants to tear around like a wild man when he gets together with his friends, and there really is something to be said about a good old fashioned afternoon in the sun. Remember all the good times you had playing in the sandbox, racing the toy cars, playing hide & seek, tag, tug-of-war, Red Rover Red Rover, and all kinds of other games kids are losing touch with these days?! Bring back the fun of playing with minimal toys and maximum energy and imagination! You will be the coolest parent on the block, I promise!
Oh, and you get to play too, when you make these fun badges and the banner :)

USWDAF Keep Calm and Stamp On

I have the honor of being a Guest Designer again with the latest UStampWithDawnAndFriends event. It is a bit of a free for all this time with the challenge being anything in the new catalog. I love to look for more crafty ideas on the web as much as the next girl and I have been looking for a good organization tool for my craft area. I have seen a lot of different ideas using a Rolodex, and I couldn't find one in town, so I decided there had to be a way I could make one myself!

And I found a way to do it! There is a tutorial available through the event and many more amazing project suites! I happen to have a die that cuts rolodex cards, but you can buy them very inexpensively also. You can change and add to this system with ease and it will hold A LOT of rolodex cards.

Come check us out and find all kinds of amazing inspiration :)

USWDAF-A Sketch:Take Two




Welcome to the UStamp with Dawn and Friends!! 3rd Anniversary Celebration Edition 2012 World Showcase Blog Hop.

 


If you have been following the Blog Hop from the beginning, you have just been wowed by Tara Bilboa's Sports Scrapbook layout! What a gorgeous way to remember those special activities for the family! Tara is a FABULOUS Designer and always shares something special for UStamp with Dawn and Friends!! events!!

 


If you are just joining the Blog Hop, no problem, as you can start at any point. All the Designer's Blogs are linked together so you will be able to see ALL the FANTASTIC projects we have for you.

 


I love a good Sketch for scrapbooking inspiration, so I made a sketch and then did a traditional version and a digital version. 

 


My Digital Studio made making this sketch so easy! And Stampin' Up! offers printing services also for the Digital stuff you make. How cool is that?!
 


 


This is my adorable nephew. Don't you just Love that Parker's Patterns DSP?! Great colors and great patterns.

 


 
And this is my niece, but not the sister to the nephew above :) I had a lot of fun putting these together and I hope you enjoy the sketch also.

As a Special Thank You for stopping by my blog I am giving away BLOG CANDY!!

Please leave a comment about my project to be entered for a chance to win a dynamite prize of 12 inches of ALL the BRAND NEW Stampin' Up! RIBBONS!! These NEW Ribbons will be available as part of the NEW Stampin' Up! 2012-2013 Catalog!! I will randomly select a winner to be announced on Tuesday, May 29th so please check back to see if you are the lucky recipient!
 


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Zippers for Mom-USWDAF

 Lookie what I made! Zipper Cards! I have seen just a few of these and decided to figure out how to make them using tools I already have. It was actually pretty simple, and the result is so fun! I wrote a tutorial for them and you can find it by clicking on the link at the end of this post and purchasing a pass to the Cards with Cool Moves 2012 event. My tutorial was posted on March 29th and is available NOW :)

Here is the suite of cards I made, 2 of them have zippers.

Here is a zipper "unzipped". Don't you love it?! Click on the link below to buy your pass to this awesome event. There will be over 30 Cool Moves with full tutorials, and at least 3 cards per tutorial! All for 24.99

USWDAF- Rustic Wedding Decor

Wow! It's time for a new event already!! I designed another fun project for UStamp, and this time I went crazy with the butterflies! The tutorial for my project was posted on the Big Shot Round Up event on 2/16/12. Go check it out!

Doesn't this look fun? One of my girlfriends wants me to make this for her niece's wedding in Montana. I think that would be perfect!!

SCORE! with USWDAF- TEa for Two~Party in a Box

At last! The event we have been waiting for since August when the Simply Scored arrived! If you want DOZENS of ideas for projects using the Simply Scored, then this event is just perfect for you. And since the new Occasions Mini and Sale-A-Bration are just around the corner, you will find lots of ideas using the new stuff too.
I got quite a surprise when I logged in to the first day of the event and saw that my project was the second one posted! Woo-hoo!!

This fun box will hold a couple of tea cups with tea bags, or a cup with a  small can of loose leaf tea and an infuser, or a couple of disposable hot cups and some tea bags, or...a lot of different things!! There are a couple of great tricks to try with our new Framelits dies in the tutorial too!


Come check us out, you won't regret it!
 

USWDAF Blog Hop~CD Envelope Treat Holders

Welcome to the Hop! We are going to blow you away with all of the awesome projects and tutorials this weekend! I am so pleased to be part of this very talented group of women :) Everyone has such amazing ideas!  

Dec 2-4,

2011 Holiday

Up on the Rooftop

Blog Hop!!

* The FABULOUS UStamp with Dawn and Friends!! Design Team will have awesome projects for you to enjoy at their blogs!! 

* Every project will include a link for a downloadable PDF tutorial.

* Every Designer will have BLOG Candy at their blogs and YOU could be a winner!! 

*We will have FUN Creative Challenges where you can share your projects

*LIVE Chats with prizes

* Talent Search...would you like to be considered for a Guest Designer spot for the UStamp with Dawn & Friends!! Design Team?? Get your Holiday MoJo going because details will be announced Dec 2nd.

I am stop #25 on the hop and if you are following in order, you have just come from Betty Traciak's blog where she shows us a gorgeous Window Box Display!

For my projects, we will be using Window CD Envelopes to create treat holders with a gift card holder attached to the back. This gift card holder is also a stand alone project, and we can never have enough ideas for gift card holders, can we?!

This is the first version of the project. Love those little snowmen! They remind me of marshmallows :)

And this the gift card holder on the back. Don't miss the tutorial, I have a nifty idea for the closure!

Here is the second version of this project. I couldn't stop with just one, lol!

And the gift card holder for this one. 

Can't you just see these being used for teacher/coach/busdriver/neighbor gifts?!

As a Special Thank You for stopping by my blog I am giving away BLOG CANDY!!

Please leave a comment about my project to be entered for a chance to win a great goodie bag of current Stampin' Up! products.  I will randomly select a winner to be announced on Tuesday, so please check back to see if you are the lucky recipient!

AND there's MORE...LOTS MORE!! 

• You have the opportunity to get the downloadable PDF Tutorial for my project FREE!! It's a GIFT from UStamp with Dawn and Friends!! Woohoo!! See the blinkie below to access the FREE Blog Hop Website.

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Everyone that joins the new and exciting upcoming event - SCORE!! - with "Special Holiday Pricing" will be entered into a Drawing to win 1 of 3 FREE Passes for an ENTIRE YEAR of UStamp with Dawn and Friends!! events!!

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Ok, on with the show! You can click on the banner above to get to the tutorials for this event. And to continue on with the hop, use the links below.

USWDAF Knock Out Punches- To Go Punch Kit

I am excited to share my next project for UStampwithDawnandFriends! It is a really fun and useful project if I do say so myself :)

I frequently bring stamping supplies with me when we go out of town for the weekend to visit family. I do projects with different family members and I just can't stand to be idle, so it gives me something to do while everyone else is taking naps etc :) But I always want punched shapes and punches take up so much space and weight so much! I came up with this solution. I bring pre-punched shapes in neutrals and the colors I am most likely to use and put them in small containers all ready for me to use! I even recycle by reusing existing containers. And there is a gift bag to put them all in if you want to give these away to a crafty friend.
The event this is for is the Knock Out Punches event and it is going full swing right now! My project is being featured today, so if you want the details of how to do it, head on over and get signed up for the Knock Out Punches Event.

USWDAF Paper Parade event- Northern Lodge Logbook

I did a little designer for Dawn and UstampwithDawnanFriends.com and my project is up today! I love the new Frostwood Lodge DSP, it is just perfect for my woodsy side :) I designed some projects that are just great for a cabin retreat!

I also used the Christmas Lodge stamp set, which is good for much more than Christmas! There are cork coasters, napkin rings, and a playing card box from our fabulous Wood Sheets too! The card can be used for anything... I purposely left off a sentiment so I could use it for whatever I end up needing it for!
The full details and tutorials are available at www.Ustampwithdawnandfriends.com on the Paper Parade event!

USWDAF I Heart the Holidays! Cornucopia

My project for this event was posted early this morning! I really love how this turned out. This was almost the project that didn't happen... I was trying to create a cornucopia out of waffle paper, and it just was not happening the way I had envisioned it... so on to plan ! Actually it was more like D or E, but who's counting ;)

This is the complete ensemble. If you want to know how to make this yourself, head on over the UStampWithDawnandFriends.com and check it out! You always get at least 40 tutorials like mine for the price :)

Like my pear? It's in the tutorial :)

How about a pumpkin? It's in there too!

And  a fun little flower...

Some journaling slips too!

And what I'm thankful for...

The card...

And envelope...

I love the limitless ways you could fill this little basket!

One last shot of just the cornucopia.

Let me know what you think, I live for the love ;)