Easter Basket

Here's the Easter Basket we made during the Shoebox Swap.  

Here's how you make it...

Score as shown above and cut along your score lines as shown. Cut from the 4 1/2 inch side up to the score line on both ends, creating 3 tabs of equal length and width.

Fold basket on all score lines and fold together as shown. Holding tabs in place on one end, punch through all three layers. Do this on both sides.

The handle is 7 inches by 1/2 inch. punch a hole in each handle end as shown.

Put brad through all tabs and through one handle end and fasten by folding brad tines back. Do the same on the other side and your basket is done! You can do all sorts of things to decorate. Mine are really simple, because I wanted to demonstrate a quick and easy project. When you use designer series paper and designer brads that coordinate it's really easy to create a WOW factor with your simple projects.

Card Club

Our card club meets the second Friday of every month.  We make 2 cards and one project each month.  It is free to attend with a $25 Stampin' Up' order.   If you would like to be a guest, please contact me.  Since I just started my Blog, I am going to post some of the cards and projects we need in January, February and March.  I am not sure if I have all of them, some went out to friends.  If you would like information on how they were made, I will be happy to and I will be happy to share the information.

This is a box that holds about 6 cards.  We used the SAB Fresh Vintage Stamp Set.

This was one of our favorites for Valentines Day.  However, you can use it for any occassion depending on the colors and DSP/Card Stock you use.  We used the Take it To Heart stamp set from Stampin' Up!.The hearts were cut out using the Framelits Hearts Collection Die.  We stamped the the bicycle riders  and embossed them in black.  Some of us chose to emboss in a different color.  The small hearts were punched with the Heart to Heart punch. 

I will be glad when I get this blog thing under control.  I can't figure out how to turn the picture where the doilies are at the top of the card.  We used the Delicate Doilies Stamp Set from SU and used the 3/8" Pleated Satin Ribbon in Blushing Bride.

This card used the Tea Shoppe stamp set from su.  It has a fold over front that closes by going under the flower on the left side. 

Established Elegance is such a versatile stamp set.  We used 3 of the stamps from that set, the Designer Frames embossing folder and the 3/8" Pleated Satin Ribbon in Baja Breeze.

When you are looking for a bookmark, this is one of the easiest things to do.  It is made by using an 8 x 8 inch piece of DSP.  We made them embellishing them with flowers, initials and animals (can't foget the boys).

We made the heart box using DSP or solid colored card stock.  We cut out the hearts with the Framelits Hearts Collection Die and adhered them to another heart for durability (we cut the other heart out of cereal boxes).  We embossed the top with the Perfect Polka Dot folder and everyone embellished their boxes.   

The flower on this card is made from pages torned out of magazines and then punching the paper to make a flower using the scalloped circle punch.  We put a bling in the center.  We glued the flower to the inside of the card and punched out the front with the scalloped circle punch.  We embossed the white cardstock.

Again, I don't know how to rotate my picture.  The basket was made using a 12 x 12 " piece of card stock.  The bunny was done with punch art.  this was sooooo much fun doing this bunny.  I am going to have a Punch Art class very soon.  a

Shoebox Swap

Who ever said you don't have talent?  Well my ladies do.  We had a Shoebox Swap last weekend where everyone makes a card or project and brings the supplies for everyone else to make it.  Take a look at some of the things that were made.

About me

Well...here I go.  I have never blogged before, but decided to start now.

My name is Cindy and I would like to tell you a little about myself.  I live in North Carolina and love it.  I consider myself still a newbie in the NC area although I have lived here almost two years.  Seems like I have been a nomad for the last 6 years.  Before moving to NC, I lived in Orlando for two years and due to unfortunate events, I had to get out of there.  Ok, so where else did I live.  I lived in Massachusetts for 2 years before that.  Yea, it seems like I stay somewhere only two years, but that is not true.  I lived in the Memphis, TN area for 45 years.  Well I'm here to stay, North Carolina felt like home from day one and I have no intentions of leaving.

I worked for FedEx building their Human Resource systems for 20 years.  I took early retirement and began spending more time being involved in crafts and I love it.  About two years ago, I seriously decided to begin scrapbooking and met some great ladies who go me into card making and stamping.  To support my habit (I think I have enough paper, stamps, ink, etc. to make cards for the entire population of Clayton), I became  a Stampin' Up! demonstrator. I love sharing and teaching and unleashing the creativity hidden inside of some of us and hope this blog with help me achieve this goal.