Decorated Can

I got tired of making Christmas cards yesterday and decided to do something else. I got this bean can that I had been saving and decorated it.

This is definately a "plan ahead" project. The can needs to have a pull tab opening and you'll need to open it from the bottom with a safety can opener, leaving the pull tab intact.

After cleaning and drying the can and bottom. It's simply a matter of decorating the can any way you like for any occasion. I didn't even glue the paper down. It's just taped in the back with scotch tape so it doesn't show.

The twill tape I dyed using a regular Stampin' Up! craft pad and sponge. The metal tag is from the Hodgepodge Hardware and works great because it bends to conform to the shape of the can.

The gold cord is just wrapped around the can and then taped in the back.

All together I think I spent about 20-25 minutes on this.

Snowman Card

This is my latest Christmas card. I used chocolate chip, close to cocoa and creamy caramel paper. I had to use 4 different stamp sets in order to get a big snowflake variety.

All of the snowflakes in the background were embossed using a versamark pad and clear embossing poweder.

The ribbon is the new Taffeta ribbon from Stampin' Up!. It is wonderful ribbon to work with. I love it!!

Happy Halloween

Faux Grid Technique.

Stamp Sets Used:
Carved and Candlelit
The Fine Vine

This is the most fun, best looking and easiest technique I've come across lately!

All you need to do is randomly stamp your image(s) on your cardstock, color and add any extras marks that you want to show (just don't add embellishments yet!).

Then, using your Stampin' Up! cutting pad, a permanent black marker, and a ruler, draw a line every inch (or wherever you want them) or so, horizontally and vertically, skipping the images you stamped.

Then add your embellishments, ribbon, or whatever and you are done!!

So Swirly

I love these colors together! These are two of Stampin' Up's! new In Color's for 2007/2008, Wild Wasabi and Purely Pomegranate.

It doesn't seem to matter what type of card I'm making, it always turns out great!

I also used the new ticket corner punch and double stitched ribbon, also in Purely Pomegranate.

I used the So Swirly wheel on this card so it went together super fast!

Camping at the Beach

Can you believe it?? This is the Oregon Coast!! Famous for cloudy weather and rain but during our church campout last weekend we were blessed with near perfect weather!! It was a bit windy the first couple of days (as in, your legs would get sand-blasted on the beach), but then the wind died down to almost nothing and with the warm sun it was near heaven on earth.

Name Frame

This frame was created using scraps of designer paper and bit from a Simply Scrappin kit. I also used the Office Accoutrement and Headline Alphabet sets. The frame came from Dollar Tree. This went together so quickly!! I probably only spent 45 minutes to 1 hour on it.

Milwaukie Wildlife

Look what wandered into our neighborhood!! All the kids loved looking at this guy even though he wouldn't raise his tail feathers. He finally wandered off after about 20 minutes. I sure hope Animal Control found him.