Lucky Charms

Happy Saturday!  I had kind of a lazy day today.  I had every good intention but I fell off the path somewhere along the way.  Tomorrow will be different.

Today I wanted to show you the bag tags I made for my club ladies.  There are LOTS of pics so grab a drink and maybe even a snack.  I'll wait..................

Ready?

Teeny tiny wishes and distressed dots background.  Crumb cake, blush blossom, pretty in pink and black Stazon inks.  Crumb cake, cajun craze, whisper white, gumball green, wild wasabi and basic black cardstock.  Curly label punch, 1 3/4" scallop punch, owl builder punch, bitty butterfly punch, word window punch1 3/8" circle punch, big shot, label framelits, rhinestones and sunshine and sprinkles DSP. 

Thats alot of supplies there.  Whew!  Now that I look at the little guy, his eyes are a little wonky.  I guess he had too much green beer.

So I've put together a picture tutorial on how to make him.  Its pretty self explanatory but heck, I've got nowhere to go.

Lets do this!

I didn't have any Blush Blossom cardstock.  This color was retired a loooooong time ago but, you can still buy the marker in this color. 

So since I didn't have any cardstock, I decided to make my own. 

Take some white cardstock.......

..................and just rub your ink pad over it until you have the right depth of color you want. 

Rocket science huh?

And then, I didn't take a pic of this but punch out a circle with your 1 3/8" circle punch.

I used my 1 3/4" scallop punch to get this.  I lopped off the top but you don't really need to.

Stick your blush blossom circle on there.  Note:  I had decided I didn't have enough Blush Blossom ink on there so I made some more paper and punched a new circle later.

Now for the hat.  Cut a gumball green curly label in half on the long side, so the short sides are intact.

I just freehanded a strip of black cardstock and glued it on.  Trim it to fit.  You'll also notice I punched some gumball green with the word window punch. 

Then put them together. 

Now get out your owl punch and punch out 4 cute little hearts.  This is wild wasabi.  I love this owl punch although I will admit, I never make owls with it.

Now get your magnifiers on because you're old and can't see up close anymore and put a drop of glue on your hat.  This was not enough and I had to add more..........just so you know.  Place the hearts on the glue to form a shamrock.

When we started selling the rhinestones, I bought a whole pack of colored Sharpies just for this.  So color a rhinestone yellow and stick it in the middle of your shamrock.  I just wanted the idea of gold represented somewhere on my little guy.

Stick the hat your head.

Once again, use your owl punch to make some eyes.  Did you know you can just press the tip of your paper snips on the dot and it will pick it up?  Yep, works great.  Use your white gel pen to add some character.

Add some pretty in pink cheeks.  I did this before I decided he needed a mustache.  Don't forget to punch out some ears too.  I just used the owl punch again.

I had bought this Bitty Butterfly punch from the Spring Catalog in Jan. and I've never used it.  I think it makes the perfect bushy mustache.  I'm just showing you how I cut it apart here.

I don't have the Two Tags die so I rigged up my own.  This was a 2 1/4" x 4" strip of crumb cake.  Roll it through the machine only half way and then roll it back out.  Just so it cuts the top.

Nifty huh? 

Here they are all together.  Sorry about the dirty background paper.  Geez...what a slob!

I used the Sunshine and Sprinkles DSP from the Spring Catalog for the strip because it makes me think of rainbows.  Right after I had gotten them done and had handed out a few of the bags, I realized they would have been cuter on either a white or blue tag with white polka dots.  But I decided I wasn't going to redo them.  They are still cute. 

Alrighty then.   I'm heading to bed.  I want to be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for everything I need to do tomorrow. 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I love that you do that.

Blessings, b.

rainbows and pennies

Happy (day before) St. Patty's Day!  I can't get my crew to eat corned beef and cabbage so we'll be having beef stew.  I am 1/4 Irish and my family sure did whoop it up when we were kids.  

Anyhow, I wanted to show you the cute little treats I made for my ladies' orders.  They got them tonight so I can show you now. 

Teeny Tiny Wishes.  Crumb cake, whisper white and garden green cardstock.  Black Stazon ink.  Big shot, label framelits, square lattice embossing folder, 1/2" circle punch, sm. heart punch, bitty buttons, pearls, oval punch, 1x8 cello bags, white bakers twine.

Aren't they cute?  I used Skittles jelly beans and they are so yummy!  These cello bags were in the last mini catalog but you can still order them.  Use number 124134.  I think they were $2.95 for 50.  Good deal eh? 

I originally thought to put chocolate gold coins in but I couldn't find any, and they wouldn't fit anyway.  The jelly beans are a perfect fit. 

These are pretty simple to make.  I adhered the hearts to the 1/2" circle and then punched out a sliver with the oval punch for the stem.  I cut another label so I could write my thank you and just tied them together.

I put just a dot of the Tombow Glue in the center and popped the button on there.  The pearls are already sticky and they stick gooooood.

Alrighty then, I'm going to be real quick tonight.  I'm still getting ready for my class tomorrow night.  I thought I would be using the same cards as last week but, I can't leave well enough alone and ended up tweaking each one so they are pretty different.  I am my own worst enemy.

Thanks so much for stopping by and may the luck of the Irish be with ye.

Blessings, b.

another holiday

St. Patty's Day is coming.  Do you send out St. Patty's Day cards?  I never do.  Why do we feel the need to make them then?  Hmmm.......  Well, I guess any excuse to make something cute works, right?

Here is a St. Patty's Day card I made last year.  I'm pretty sure I still have it. 

Love You Much and Wonderful Favorites. Garden green, choc. chip., whisper white, certainly celery and some old DSP.  Garden green and certainly celery inks.  Heart to heart punch, button from button latte, brads, round tab punch, larg oval punch and dimensionals.

This is a 4 1/4" square card.  I like making this size because you don't need a special size envelope.  Shamrocks/four leaf clovers are so easy to make using hearts.  I love how this punch matches the stamp.  So easy to stamp and punch out. 

Okay peeps, thats it.  Thanks for stopping by. 

Blessings, b.

friendly shamrocks

Hey everybody, I hope you're having a super duper day. We're just Jim Dandy around here.  Does anyone say that anymore?  Probably not.  But really, homework is done (even the big kids), dinner is done and cleaned up, Grace is getting ready for the shower and bed and its only 7:24.  Hey, we got it going on! 

I wanted to show you the cute little bag tags I made for my friends that ordered last week.  We are getting closer to St. Patrick's Day so I thought I'd make them some friendly shamrocks.

I {heart} hearts set ( Occasions mini) and Cheep Talk sets.  Kraft, old olive and whisper white cardstock.  Old olive ink.  Scallop edge punch, stampamajig, hemp, white grosgrain and white taffeta ( I ran out), sm. glue dots, round tab punch, brass eyelet, cropadile and Playground and misc. buttons. 

I wrote a little thank you on the backs and tied them to their bags. 

I turned the button upside down so the embossed flower is on the bottom.  Why did I do that?  I don't know.  It seemed to go better that way. 

I think they came out pretty cute. 

Technically, is a shamrock a four leaf clover?  Or is a four leaf clover a four leaf clover and a shamrock is just a three leaf clover?  Hmmmm.........the things I shall ponder tonight. 

Okie dokie, I'm just in time to watch American Idol.  I don't get into it until there are fewer people but I'm done with my chores early tonight.  Woo Hoo!

Thanks for stopping by and keeping me company.

Blessings, b.