Wendy's Card Creations

Autumn Hershey Bars

Hello everyone! Happy Fall to you! I am sure loving this beautiful Fall weather. This past weekend I took part in my local town’s Octoberfest. I rented a spot and made all kind of fall crafty things including the Hershey Candy Bar wrappers below.

I used some retired Stampin Up DSP paper and whipped these up in no time. I really loved the way the turned out. Here’s how I made them…I just cut the patterned paper into a 6 3/4” x 5 1/2” piece. Then I scored the paper at 2”, 2 1/4”, 4 1/2”, and 4 3/4” and folded the paper around the Hershey bar and attached with Scor-Tape (love that stuff by the way!). Then, make you a belly band and attach a cute label and you’re done. Easy peasy! Have a fabulous day and give this a try this weekend! Love, Wendy

Gift Bags–Make Your Own!

See this little cutie pie gift bag above?  I made it for my BFF using some super cute patterned paper and you can do the same thing!  Next time  you are at Michaels pick up a pack of their Kraft (or white) paper bags.  They come in like 10 or 12 to a pack and they are only around 6 bucks (use that 40% coupon and get them cheaper!).  Keep them on hand for those occasions when you need a gift bag for your friend’s birthday and the only gift bags you have are baby and Christmas!  Does that happen to you too? 

This is such a cost effective way to make your own gift bags for a fraction of the price that you would pay for a gift bag in the store.  Have you seen how much they sell those things for?  Usually they are $3 or $4!  You can make your own for under a buck, and they will be much cuter I must say!  It’s also a great way to use up that beautiful patterned paper you’ve been hoarding!  Thanks for stopping by for a visit today.  Have a great day!

Because I Care

 

Hello Everyone!  I thought I’d share a card with you today that I made a while back for a color challenge on the Paper Crafts Connection blog.  I really love the way it turned out.  The color combo of melon mambo, pumpkin pie and black is right up my alley! 

So, where have I been this time?  I have been creating away for the past couple of weeks for Paper Craft’s latest submission call for their March/April 2012 magazine!  I created 10 cards/projects for the call!  I think I was really inspired this time because several weeks ago I got some happy email from Paper Crafts…  They are going to publish one of my cards in their January/February 2012 issue!  Needless to say, I was absolutely thrilled!  So tomorrrow, those who submitted cards for their March/April call will find out if any will be accepted for publication.  So the way I look at it, if all () or none () get accepted I am still happy because I’ll get to share them with you!  Thanks for stopping by today! 

Happy Birthday Aunt Ann!

Good morning!  Today I’m sharing a card with you that I made for my Aunt Ann :)  She was away at the beach and I thought I’d surprise her by having this birthday card waiting patiently for her in her mailbox when she returned!  I used the new Flower Fest stamp set by Stampin Up to make those beautiful flowers.  The picture doesn’t quite show all of the gorgeous details of the flowers…I embossed them with Versamark and clear embossing powder.  They really pop in person.  Oh, and here’s a hint…the large scallop circle punch by Stampin Up will punch out the largest flower…don’t be like me and hand cut those out (learn from my mistakes!).  Hope you are all having a wonderful week.  Thanks for taking time out to drop by and visit me today!  Love,

Where I’ve been…

Hello everyone!  It’s been waaay too long since I’ve posted and I sincerely apologize!  I have missed you guys so much!  Here is why I have been absent lately…

This is my home away from home…the wonderful place where I work, Environamics, Inc.  On August 5th, 2011 we were hit with some torrential rain…approximately 6 inches of rain within two hours.  Our office building is situated fairly close to Stewart Creek…which overflowed and completely flooded our entire office within hours.  Over 5 feet of water came inside and completely flooded our office.  Here is what my office looked like…

Since then, we have all been working hard to clean up and start rebuilding.  I have been working from home for about two weeks but now we have job trailers set up for temporary office space, so today was officially my first day actually back to work.  I have been soooo busy though even though I’ve been working from home, and today it was extremely hard to get out of my PJs and get to my office by 8!   So, this is why I haven’t found much time to be too crafty or post any cards!  However, I will post some beauties soon!  Thanks for stopping by!

Dress up any Homemade Goodie!

Happy Friday!  Today I wanted to post a quick and easy idea to dress up any handmade treat…or any other gift for that matter!  We as tried and true papercrafters know that presentation is just as important as the gift itself, right?  Right! 

Well, it began like this…Jeff told me he had new neighbors and brought me over some cake mix, icing and a package of square aluminum cake pans and asked if I’d make them a cake.  I said sure and even though I really prefer to make baked goods from scratch and not a box since he bought the stuff I made the cake.  Then I realized the pans he bought had no lids…problem…it definitely wouldn’t be pretty with aluminum foil wrapped around it, plus the icing would stick – it hate that.  So I ran out and bought square cake pans with lids…the lids didn’t fit the cake pan I baked in…problem…ok so now I take the cake out and squish it down in the pan that came with lids and covered well with icing so you couldn’t tell :)  problem solved. 

Then I simply used that beautiful melon mambo striped ribbon from Stampin Up and the Daily Designs and DD Sentiments sets from Papertrey Ink to create that cute tag and voila!  Simple but so elegant!  I was busy yesterday afternoon and couldn’t go with Jeff to deliver this to his new neighbors but when I handed it to him to take over there I told him to make sure and tell them I made it.  He said don’t worry that will be the first words out of my mouth, I don’t want them to think I did it or they will think I’m gay!  He’s so funny.  I hope you enjoy your weekend and find some time to be crafty!

Congrats on Your New Home!

Hello Everyone!  I hope you are having a wonderful first week of August.  Wow!  Hasn’t the summer just been flying by…it amazes me how fast time goes by and the stores are already putting out all of their Fall and Christmas decorations!  It has been just near or over 100 degrees here in NC for over two weeks now.  I just can’t think about Fall and Christmas with weather like that!

On to today’s card…I made this one for a co-worker of mine who just bought a new house.  I used my Silhouette to die cut that cutie pie little house!  I added the roofing details (and curtains) using a scallop border punch.  The clouds were cut using PTI cloud dies.  I thought it turned out just precious! 

Sorry for the absence in posting lately, I am working on moving and remodeling my new scrapbook room…I can’t wait to show you some pictures and if I get brave enough…I might venture out and create a video!  I hate my voice on recording though, so we will just have to see about that!  Have a fabulous day! 

              Love,

CARDS challenge - Use that Baker’s Twine!

Happy Friday!  This past week Paige issued a challenge on the Create CARDS magazine blog to make a card using baker’s twine.  I have to admit, I love the look of baker’s twine on cards and it is one of my go to embellishments for many of my cards.  With this card in mind, I broke out my Hero Arts Sew Artsy stamp set and created this card! 

I added some threaded buttons along the side, because after all, a card is just not complete without some buttons, right?  Please stop by the CARDS blog to see all of the other beautiful cards that everyone else came up with!  Have a fabulous weekend and squeeze in some time to do something papercrafty!   

Dahlia Birthday Card

Good morning friends!  Oh how I’ve missed you!  After enjoying a vacation at the beach last week I’m struggling to get back into the everyday work world again!  I wanted to share a card with you today however that I made a few weeks back.  I just love the way it turned out…

I used this tutorial from Splitcoast to create that gorgeous Dahlia fold flower from the now retired :( Sweet & Sour Specialty DSP paper from Stampin Up.  I love how using the Dahlia fold technique showcases both sides of patterned paper!  Also if you look closely, you can see the Happy Birthday impressions folder I used!  I hope you all are having a wonderful week…thanks for stopping by!

Viva la Verve June Sketch Challenge Week #2

Yeah, can you tell I’m behind…so far behind…I’m just now posting this card that I created for this sketch challenge

Better late than never, though, huh?  Unfortunately I didn’t get around to creating a card for the other 2 sketches Verve posted for the month of June.  Last weekend I went to my friend’s wedding in Brandy Station, Virginia and this weekend I’m headed off for a much needed week-long vacation at the beach!  (I’m planning to sneak some cardmaking and stamping supplies with me though!)  Thank you for stopping by today, I hope you have a blessed day!