Sunflower Shower Favor

I recently was asked to make 15 shower favors for a wedding shower.  This was the result!  I used the CTMH Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge to cut out the boxes.  I created it on my Gypsy so I could hide the score marks-I dislike the way they look when folded.  I then used an oldie to cut out the layers for the sunflower-Stretch Your Imagination.  Before folding the boxes, I used an assortment of stamps to decorate the background.  The sunflower outline is by Inspired Stamps and the dots are from the CTMH set Hooray Bouquet.  The Love banner is from Remarkable Wreath from CTMH.

After adhering all 3 layers of the sunflower, I used CTMH Bronze Glitter Gel to create the "seeds".  The box was finished off with sheer yellow ribbon.

Monkey Candy Box

 

I made this for a sweet little 8 yo boy I know who has just had surgery to remove a brain tumor.  Please say a prayer for him and his family.  Things do seem to be looking good at this point. 

I got the idea, to reuse this acetate box, from www.heart2heartchallenges.blogspot.com. They are having a reduce, reuse, recycle challenge this month.  This box began life as packaging for a roll of vinyl.  I wrapped it with 2 strips of CTMH paper from the Sophia and Caboodle collections. I edged the paper with our awesome Kraft Color Ready borders.  They are the most versatile and cost effective items we carry!  The monkey was cut with the Create A Critter cart with my Cricut using CTMH cardstock.  The sentiment stamp is from My Pink Stamper. I wrote his name with a CTMH marker on one of our Canvas buttons.  These can be stamped on as well.  Of course, I had to add some fun googly eyes from my stash!

Hope you'll think twice before you throw away packaging again!  I just keep a bin under a table to throw all my reusable packaging in.

H2H Bunny Blog Hop

  

The ladies at www.heart2heartchallenges.blogspot.com are starting a Bunny Blog Hop today.  You should head over there and check out all the fun Easter ideas or add your own Close To My Heart Easter project.

I made these cute little treats for my fellow Scrapbook Divas for our monthly Scrapping Bee at our church yesterday.  I found these clear pails on clearance at Container Store.  They are filled with colorful candy that pairs nicely with the cute Caboodle paper (retired) from CTMH.  The scallop rounds were cut with our punch out of our current Miracle paper.  The bunny was stamped using "A Hop" stamp set in Sorbet ink. The ribbon is also retired.  The sentiment stamp, flowers and rhinestones are not from CTMH.  

Leave me some love and have a blessed Easter!

Sweet Baby or Easter Basket

The challenge at www.heart2heartchallenges.blogspot.com this week is to create a baby item.  I decided to make something that would work for baby or Easter.  This basket started life as a vintage fruit box that you used to get at fruit stands.  My husband cleaned his parents' attic and found several of these.  Since he knows me so well, he knew I would repurpose them into something!

This is the perfect size to fill with baby stuff like powder, shampoo, washcloths or even diapers and sit out on the dresser or changing table.  I used the beautiful papers from the Sophia Collection from CTMH. 

The bunnies are from the CTMH stamp set A Hop.  I used Pear ink and 2nd generation stamped them.  I then cut them out and stamped them in Pear and Hollyhock ink with the flowers from the Tea Time stamp set.  I used our foam tape (LOVE this stuff) to pop them up and placed rhinestone flowers behind them (from Michaels).  The "Happy" is from the Sophia Stickease and has $1 rhinestones added from M's.

I used Pear ink again to color the Kraft Color-ready border (so INEXPENSIVE & so FUN) and attached to the top edge.  The final touch is the gorgeous ribbon flowers from Close To My Heart.  Hope you likey-leave me some love and let me know whatcha think!

Oh My Stars!

Sorry, TV Land is on with one of my childhood faves-"Bewitched".  Samantha's catch phrase when things were going wrong was "Oh my stars!".  In my opinion OMS should be a replacement for the ubiquitous OM "you know what is used today" in texting, etc.  Anyhoo, I think the phrase fits my entry for this week's challenge at www.heart2heartchallenges.blogspot.com.  All products except the purple takeout container are CTMH.  The challenge this week was to use at least 2 kinds of ribbon so I used what I had that would work with the wonderful "You Rock" papers.  The ribbons are sweet leaf and colonial white.  The stamp sets are "Rock Star"  and "Star Power".  Inks used are "Sweet Leaf", "Goldrush" and "Dusky Plum".  Also used Glitz Glitter Glue for the sparkle!  Thanks for looking!

 

I'm not a Halloween fan but I needed to do something with these bags and came up with this.  I think they came out fun and even the creepy spiders are cute with their rhinestone eyes.