Stampin' Up! Father's Day Card - Open Sea

Today I am sharing this simple Father's Day card that can also be used as a masculine birthday card.  What's unique about this card is the silver strip.  I used Silver Duct Tape from Home Depot and ran the piece through the Chevron Embossing Folder.  Peeled the backing and glued it to the card.  Simple as that.

Technique Tuesday - Polished Stone Technique

Today's Technique Tuesday featured sample is the "Polished Stone Technique".  Such a pretty technique.. This inspires me to try this on a card background.  Hope it inspires you!

Easter Egg Holder

Made this cute little Easter Egg Holder using the new Stampin' Up Tag Punch.  A friend shared this great idea from StampingGinger.com. 

 

 

Measurements

• Cut a strip of card stock 2 x 8 1/2 and score at 3 1/2 and 5
• Cut a 1 1/2 x 4 piece of card stock and score at 1/2, 1, 3 and 3 1/2 (this is your nesting unit)
• Front was punched with large oval punch and 1" circle punch was used in the center of the nesting unit to hold the egg in place
• Save the oval punched piece for your greeting tag

Stampin' Up! Teen Card

What kind of card to you make for a teenage girl.  I started with Black, Pink and White... I ended up not using this card, but I do like it and will add to my card supply.

Stampin' Up! The Open Sea

Wanted to try some "masculine" cards for Father's Day.  These cards were made using the Stampin' Up! set "The Open Sea".

Throw Back Thursday

Today's Throw Back Thursday sample is from an old "WOW Swap" I made for a demonstrator meeting.  I purchased these boxes from Michael's in the wood section.  I painted them to match the Stampin' Up! colors and then decorated with the front panel.  Inside the boxes were chocolate kisses (of course) in a cello bag.

Organizing Crafting Supplies

I'm an organizing junkie.  I love when everything matches and fits nice.  I use a lot of these old Stampin' Up! tins to store my craft supplies...  paint chips, coasters, test tubes, wood blocks, brushes, etc.  Adding labels makes it easy to find what I need.

I created these labels in word and punch them out...  The background label is Stampin' Up! DSP.  My friends make fun of me with this paper..  it's all over my craft room.  I can't help it, I like things to match.

You will notice here the labels, the cases where I store my Pearls and Rhinestones and even my little garbage box have the DSP.