Quick Thank You Gift

We are taking a little break from the Animal Card Series to show you a different project today.  Hopefully, we will get back to the other set soon.

Recently, I coordinated a Stroke Awareness Day at the hospital where I work.  I wanted to make a little thank you gift to those who helped me and those who sponsored it.  I had seen a similar idea to this on Pinterest and I thought it was perfect for this event.

I started with a package of "Extra" gum and wrapped a 6.5" X 3" piece of paper from Hot Off the Press.  I used Soft Tints Lavender Swirls and Ticking Stripe.

I then cut a piece of dark purple paper to measure 2.5" X 3" and adhered it over the seam to cover the seam.  I pulled these ready made tags from Avery and inked around the edges on both sides with "Dusty Concord" Distress Ink.  I printed my sentiment from the computer and trimmed it to fit inside of the purple piece.  I found some flowers from Recollections that I had sprayed with my home-made glitter spray.  I attached the flower and the tag with glue dots.  This was a super simple project and I'm really glad I found it on Pinterest.  To see the original post click here.

Have a wonderful day serving the Lord.

Quick and Yummy Gift

Today I have a super simple and delicious little gift to show you.  I received something similar from a co-worker at Christmas and thought it was adorable.  I was reminded of it again a week or so ago by Mary on CardzTV.

As mentioned in a previous post, I recently coordinated Stroke Awareness Day at the hospital where I work.  As part of that day, I had a poster contest.  Each department was asked to make a poster with stroke information on it.  I had planned to get ice cream bars for the winning department, but changed my mind when I saw Mary's video.

Here's what I used:
Soft tints lavender "Swirls" and "Ticking Stripes" from Hot Off the Press - cut at 1" X 3"
Bags - I found these tiny zipper bags in the beading section at Walmart for $2.
Hershey's Nuggets candy
Purple Card Stock from my stash - cut at 3.25" X 3"
White Card Stock from Georgia Pacific with sentiment printed and trimmed to fit

All you have to do is add adhesive to the paper and wrap it around the nuggets.  Staple the purple topper on and cover the staples with your white paper.

Animal Card Series - Poodles of Fun Box

Of course we have to have something to put all those cards into, don't we?  Today we are taking a break from the cards so I could have a place to store the ones that were finished.  I had piles of cards sitting on a table.  Could be a recipe for disaster should Hobbes, my mangy cat decide he likes googly eyes and twine.

I didn't really go through the process of creating the box on the video.  If you would like more information on how to make a box click here.  I just wanted to show you how I decorated it.  The box was made from plain white cardstock from the office supply section at Walmart.  The rest of the paper was from my stash or my scraps.  I didn't have quite enough striped paper to make all 4 boxes, so I made the 4th one from a great scrap from Penny's Playground.  I absolutely love this collection and am pretty much down to scraps.  I'll be sad when they're gone.

It's going to be a tight fit to get all 8 cards in the box, but I think we'll make it.  I used Doodlecharms to make the little poodle and "All About Animals" to stamp my sentiment in black Excelsior ink.  The bow was made from grosgrain ribbon from Gifts International.

Have a great day!

A Mermaids Crafts Giveaway

Whew!  National Stroke Awareness Day is over and it was a lot of work.  I had a great time doing it and we had quite a few people attend the event at my hospital.  I will post a couple of projects that I used for gifts and prizes within a few days.  I have a bunch of stuff to put away at work today and some paperwork to wrap up and this year's event will be wrapped up.

Unfortunately, I have been so busy working on the event, on prizes (yes, some of the animal card sets were prizes), and trying to keep up that I haven't had much time to look at the blogs I follow.  I was scrolling through A Mermaid's Crafts and found this fun giveaway.  Lisa has passed 900 followers - WAY TO GO LISA!  To celebrate she is giving away a Spellbinder's Butterfly Set and a Bo-Bunny paper pad. 

Lisa and I "met" not long before I was added to my term on the Getting Cricky Design team.  She is such an encourager and has nice comments to add to nearly all my projects.  She is also one creative lady and it is largely because of her that I purchased my first set of Nestabilities.  You really should check out Lisa's blog and this giveaway by clicking here.

Well I'm off to see what I can get accomplished before plunging into a 48 hour work week over the next 4 days.  Have a wonderful weekend.  I trust you make some time to spend in God's House on Sunday!

Animal Card Series - Fishin' You Were Here

I think these fish are adorable!  I used the Life's a Beach Cricut cartridge and cut them at 4".  Googly eyes make them really fun.  The waves were originally cut out in the pool water paper that you have seen in other cards in this series, but didn't cut cleanly.  I couldn't find more, but I decided this was a more abstract card and the blue ticking paper was perfect!

You can barely see the watermark fish stamped on the inside.  I used Versamark and a fish stamp from a $1 set to create the background.

The sentiment is from "Splashtastic Summer by K. Andrew Designs.  Mandarin twine from The Twinery is tied through the little orange button.

The video has the rest of the details of the card.  I hope you have a few minutes to watch it.

Thanks for stopping by and have a supercalifragilisticexpealadocious day!

Animal Card Series - Get Whale Soon

I "Whaley" hope you are enjoying this series as much as I am enjoying making the cards for it!  I think this whale from the "Splish Splash" Cricut cartridge is adorable.  This was a cartridge that I won several months ago in a giveaway and it's the first time I've used it.  Don't have this cartridge?  No problem!  Go to mycutsearch.com to find what other cartridges have whales on them.  I know I have at least 2 others.

I used the "Scripture Sayings" and "Splashtastic Summer" stamp sets to stamp the sentiments on this card.  They are from K. Andrew Designs.  The video will include other information including cut sizes and the other supplies I used.

Thanks for stopping by.  Please remember: "Jesus paid it all.  All to Him I owe".

Animal Card Series - Sea Ya Later Alligator

Today is the second in the animal cards series.  Doesn't this alligator look friendly?  I used the "Animal Kingdom" Cricut cartridge.  The sentiment was made by combining 2 stamps from the "Pirate Tales and Fish Scales" stamp set by Kristal at K. Andrew Designs.

Inside of the card

The video gives more information on the sizes of the cuts and other supplies used.  Thanks for taking the time to stop by today.  Remember: Jesus loves you and wants you to know Him!