Hostess Gift - Top Note Purse

Happy Tuesday! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend! I did. My in-laws were visiting and my daughter just LOVED being with her cousins. It was really great to see everyone again.
On Sunday, I had a workshop with a wonderful hostess. This is the Thank You gift that I made for her. I filled it with chocolate. :)


I love making these purses and I just had to try the flower. I was surprised at just how easy it was to do. I will be making MANY more of these - for sure! You can find the directions I used for the purse here and the flower here.

~Enjoy!

Paper: Island Oasis DSP, Old Olive CS, Rose Red CS
Accessories: Big Shot, Top Note Die, Scallop Circle Die, Crop-a-dile, Jumbo Eyelets, Old Olive 1/2" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Scallop Circle Punch, Rhinestone Brads, Paper-piercing tool

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Diaper Cake

A very dear friend of my family had her baby over the weekend. How exciting! Her baby shower was last month and since I love to make diaper cakes this is what she got for her gift. I used the super easy tutorial found here.

I made it to match her baby shower invitations (which I helped her design). She didn't know the gender of the baby, so she went with bright colors. Actually, the design and colors of everything was based off of the plates she bought for the shower!


And of course, a matching card. Isn't it cool how the Daisy die kinda matches the design on the plates?


~Enjoy

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Elegant Eggplant, Temping Turquoise
Punch: 1 3/8" circle
Accessories: Big Shot, Daisies #2 Die, Scallop Circle Die, Crop-a-dile, Jumbo Eyelets, Old Olive 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Backgrounds 1 Texturz Plates, Paper-Piercing tool

Preschool Bag Tags

My daughter is growing up too fast! Monday was her 1st day of Preschool. She was so excited to go and meet new friends. I'm happy that she's so excited about school, but sad that my little buddy will be gone for part of the day!

Monday morning she woke up all on her own and even got dressed before she came out for breakfast. She had a surprise waiting for her - I had made these bag tags for her backpack and lunch bag. She loved them!

Can you believe I made these with cereal boxes? I don't throw those things away. I cut all of the sides off so they store flat and use them for stuff like this. Not just easy, but VERY inexpensive. My kind of project!

I took a 4-3/4" X 4-3/4" piece of the box and used a glue stick to adhere DSP on one side and cardstock on the other (the back side is Pretty in Pink). I ran them through the Big Shot with my Scallop Circle Die. I also used the Big Shot to cut the letter 'E' with the Serif Essentials Die. I didn't want to embellish too much since she's 4 and I'm sure they'll get beat up over the year, but they'll definitely help her identify her stuff!
What do you think?

~Enjoy!

Paper: Welcome Neighbor DSP, Pretty in Pink
Accessories: Big Shot, Scallop Circle Die, Serif Essentials Alphabet, Crop-A-Dile
Extras: Cereal Box, 2" book rings

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Boy Baby Bib Card

Well, I HAD to make a boy version of the baby bib card, too! Here it is! Too cute & super easy.
~Enjoy!
Paper: Bashful Blue, Whisper White
Ink: Bashful Blue
Stamps: Family Phrases
Punches: Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval, 1-3/8" circle punch
Accessories: Big Shot, Scallop Circle Die, Jumbo Eyelets, 1/2" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Crop A Dile, Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder

Girl Baby Bib Card

Hi Everyone! I love looking at other people's creations and then using what I have in my stash to put my own twist on it. Here is my 'girl' version of the baby bib card. Next, I'll show you the 'boy' version. I was inspired by the bib card here. This card was SO easy with the Big Shot!

Paper: Pretty in Pink, Whisper White
Punches: 1-3/8" circle punch
Accessories: Big Shot, Scallop Circle Die, Jumbo Eyelets, 1/2" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Crop A Dile, Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder, Sweet Pea Stitched Felt