Love

Despite making all those favours for my cousin's wedding, at the last minute, I came up with a super cool present idea.

I have a "thing" for frame art!  When I found this frame, fireworks went off in my head and I knew I had to get it for them.  I instantly had an idea and I'm excited that it came out exactly how I pictured it when I first saw the frame!

Here's a close up of what I did with the frame.

In my vision, they will put bride and groom pictures on either side of the love!

And, in true Lisa fashion, I had to make the card to match!  Actually I just loved how the frame turned out and I already had all the supplies out!!!

One last thing about the project...Silver Foli Smooch Spritz looks GORGEOUS on Basic Gray cardstock.  Try it...you'll love it!

And, now a couple pictures from the wedding...

Me and my 3 handsome dates for the event.  Kevin couldn't get the time off work, so he wasn't able to join us!

The favours were set out at a Candy Bar, which my children thought was the best thing ever (besides the slurpee machines and the fresh popcorn during the cocktail hour...which were both endless!).  Here's my mom supervising the kids at the candy bar.  Taylor and Carter are kind of hiding behind the table decor on the right side of the picture.

Seriously, their eyes were as wide as saucers when they found out they could pick a box and FILL it with whatever kind of candy they wanted as many times as they wanted (or twice because that's all I let them!!!).

Have an inspired day!

Finally Fancied Out

As promised, today I have one last Fancy Favour project for you.  If you don't need this die after this last week, you need to go back and look at these projects!  Trust me...you  need this die!!!

Ok, enough chit chat.  Here it is...

This is the one that the girls in the class made.  It is FABULOUS with all the new Holiday Mini stuff on it...the gorgeous new DSP, the silver glass glitter, the new tag set and the fantastic new little oval punch!  I will say that the ribbon is Early Espresso Satin ribbon...it kind of looks like Always Artichoke in this picture for some reason.

Here's a side view.

Ooohhh, it gives me goosebumps!!!  Ok, so just because I know you will be asking, here's a picture of the parts you need to cut off of the die cut to make this box.

You need to score across the whole box 1 inch from the fancy edge, then cut along your score line as shown in the picture.

I was so excited about this project (and I had an extra already cut to show you how to cut it!), that I made another one!

This one gives me goosebumps too!  Here's a side view...

Isn't is FABULOUS?!?!?!  I used the halloween DSP from the Idea Book & Catalogue.  Get this...IT'S FLOCKED!!!  You seriously can't help but touch it!  I also made a ruffle with the Waffle Paper in the Holiday Mini, and the new BAT PUNCH!  Can you tell I'm super excited about these products!!!  I speckled the box before I embellished it with the Color Spritzer Tool and a Basic Black Stampin' Write marker, and all the edges of the box were sponged with Basic Black.

On both boxes, the flap stays closed by tucking it behind something.  On the Christmas one it tucks behind the oval and on the Halloween one is tucked behind the bat.  Or should I say bats!  I layered two bats together for this feature and the top on is bent a little so it looks like it's flying.  I also put some fine glitter around the top bat.  When I was pretty much done, I smooched the box with the Silver Foil Smooth Spritz.

Well, that's all she wrote people!  I'm putting my Fancy Favour Die away for a little while now!

Have an inspired day!

Keep It Simple

There are a couple of stamps types that I tend to struggle with a bit.  One of them is the kind of stamp I used on my card for this post.  So, I was excited when I saw the latest Clean & Simple sketch and that one of the samples had used this type of stamp.  I instantly knew exactly what I was going to do for this card!

Supplies:  For All You Do & Fabulous Phrases stamp sets; Rose Red, Elegant Eggplant & Baja Breeze classic ink; Whisper White & Baja Breeze cardstock; Pearls

My card measures 3x6.  I started with a piece of Whisper White and had full intentions on just having the Whisper White base, but it didn't look finished, so I trimmed a bit off of two of the sides and mounted the whole card on a 3x6 piece of Baja Breeze.

And, to finish it off I added...are you ready for this...PEARLS!!!  I told you that you would be seeing them a lot in the next little while!!!

Each stamped square has three pearls on it as flower centers.  The pearls are the perfect little finishing touch to this card!

So, I think I'm one of only a few people who have a hard time with Baja Breeze!  There are certaily a LOT of people out there who were SUPER excited to have it back... Baja Breeze is a take it or leave it color for me!  So, how did I come up with this color combination?  Well, I didn't!  I used my trusty new Color Coach!

Have an inspired day!

A Day Late & A Dollar Short

Actually, I'm two days late with this post and I'm not short and $$, but you get the idea!  In my rush to get things packed up and get out of the house on Friday, I didn't have time to set some posts up for the weekend and I forgot my laptop...but I remembered all 500 of those wedding favors!!!  So, today I'm playing catch up and will be posting thrice today!

My first post today is my scrapbook page.  Now, I'm not totally in love with this page...actually I like most of the page (the colors, the layout and the general idea of the title), but I don't love how the title turned out.  It's safe to say it looked better in my mind!!!  But, I will show it anyway and will most likely tweek it a bit when I have time!

It is what it is and that's really all I have to say about this layout at this point!!!  I will tell you that my colors are Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Not Quite Navy, Cajun Craze and Wild Wasabi.

Have an inspired day!

Fancy Pouch

This is my second last Fancy Favour project...I've saved the best for last and I will share it on Monday.  Today, the project is a great little pouch perfect for holding a little gift for someone special.

Here's my color combination for this project...Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler & Old Olive.

And, here's the project!

Isn't it YUMMY!!!  I made a little pouch from the Fancy Favour die!  Now, I can't take credit for this idea...I saw it somewhere a long time ago.  The pouch is Crumb Cake cardstock stamped with the apple image from Tart & Tangy with Crumb Cake ink.  And, it holds a packet of Apple Cider mix.  A perfect little something for someone during the crisp days of fall.  This pouch could hold a packet of Hot Chocolate, some tea bags or you could do a really fun one with a packet of Kool-Aid.

I've been using my Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder a LOT lately, my Square Lattice one has been feeling a bit neglected!  So I used it to emboss a strip of Cherry Cobbler cardstock for the belly band around the pouch.  I wrapped a piece of Striped Old Olive Ribbon around that and instead of tieing it, I scrunched it in the middle with a piece of Linen Thread through a Crumb Cake Button.  This is a great way to get the look of a knot without the bulk...especially with the wider ribbons!

It's finished off with the apple image from the Apple Blossoms Level 2 Hostess Set stamped with Old Olive on Crumb Cake cardstock.  I cut it out and stuck it on with a Stampin' Dimensional.

And, sonce I know you're wanting to know how to make these fun little pouches, I've done a tutorial for you!

You'll want to cut some pieces off of your Fancy Favour after you cut it out like this. 

Now's the time to stamp your pouch if you so desire!  It's much easier to  stamp it now than after it's all put together...I speak from experience here people!!!!  *wink*  After you've stamped it, you want to glue part of one of the flaps and the bottom flap like this...

And, then you stick it together to form the pouch itself!

Fun, eh?  Well, when I made this one, I got a bit carried away and made another!  And, I just have to share it with you!  It's like a 2-for-1 post!

So CA-UTE!!!  The pouch is Early Espresso with a Marina Mist DSP belly band.  I stamped with the Word Play set directly on the the DSP with Marina Mist and then over top that with Early Espresso to get a shadow effect.  You'll notice a litle scallop along the top...that's half of a punched Scallop Square.  Don't throw away the other half though!  I'm gonig to show you where I used it in a bit!

The little mug is from the Every Little Bit set.  It was stamped with Early Espresso ink on Watercolor Paper and then watercolored with Marina Mist and Cajun craze ink.  It's punched out with the new oval punch (which you can find in the Holiday Mini) and then sponged around the edge with Cajun Craze ink.

Are you curious about what I put in this pouch?  Well, have a look!

A cute little card!  you can now see where I used that other half of that Scalloped Square.  I used the same general idea as the pouch.  One of the mugs is hilighted by coloring it and there's a little thank you (from Teeny Tiny Wishes) stamped with Early Espresso ink.  To finish it off, I did a row of piercing.

But, this is not just any card...

...it's made to hold a gift card.  And, not just any gift card, it's a Tim Card...shhhh, don't tell my husband I stole his from his wallet for the picture.  I'll have to remember to put it back before my coffee-a-holic goes back to work tomorrow!!!  My card measures 2 7/8 x 3 1/2 (which means I had to cut a 2 7/8 x 7 1/2 piece of cardstock).  The little 1 inch strip I cut off my cardstock to get my card size I used to make a little pocket to hold the gift card.

Well, that's all I have for today!  I have one more Fancy Favor project to show you, but I will wait until Monday to show it.  Tomorrow I have a Scrapbook Saturday layout to share and I will have a super fantastic card for Simple Card Sunday on Sunday for you.  Remember, I've saved the BEST Fancy Favour project for last, so you'll definitely want to stop back on Monday to have a look!

Have an inspired day!