Photo Frame Note Pads

Whoo hooo I am ready for the craft fair on Saturday and Sunday.  Everything is made, and packaged, and priced, and packed!  I am feeling good, one day ahead of schedule.  Now I will share with you some of the items I made for the fair.
The first one is cased from a great note pad idea I got from my friend Elsie!  (Hi Elsie!!!)  Last year she kindly gave me one of these and I have it sitting beside by computer.  It's great when you have to jot something down real quick, there it is just waiting for you!

They are made using the plastic picture frames you can buy almost anywhere very cheap.  You slip a piece of designer paper where the picture should be, turn the frame around so the standy up part is on the top, put the note pad (sticky notes) on the bottom and add some embellishments!  Tomorrow I will share with you what they look like from a different angle.  Right now I am heading to bed (this is set to post early in the morning tomorrow).
The designer paper is retired and I used the Five Petal Flower punch and Little Leaves Die to create the floral embellie.
Thanks for your patience, see you soon. 

Magnolia Card - Hello Little Butterfly Spring Card

Yesterday in Tofino, it was a steady downpour. I decided it was time to create my submission for the Magnolia-Licious Spring Extravaganza Contest, and chose Option #1 - Full Size Magnolia Image.  This is what I came up with, remember I am in our trailer, away from home, so don't have all my supplies with me.  But had enough I think ......

This is one of the new images from the 2011 Butterfly Dreams Collection called "Hello Little Butterfly".  And there on the top of her bow on her back is the butterfly.  I used Diamond Stickles over top of it to make it stand out a bit.  Here it is a bit closer ....

Here is a closer view of the Tild image ....

I used Stampin' Up! Watercolour Paper, Stampin' Write Markers, and an Aqua Pen to colour her in.  I used Blush Blossom, Pretty In Pink, Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight, Peach Parfait, Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, Crumb Cake and Chocolate Chip.
Now for a closer view of the flowers .....

For the bigger ones, I used the Island Floral Die, and the smaller ones are from the Boho Blossom Punch (both from Stampin' Up!) and both are in Daffodil Delight.  The bigger ones have a glimmer brad in the middle, and the smaller ones have mini brads.  The leaves are by a MS punch and I used Old Olive and Pear Pizzazz cardstock.   I also added flowers on 3 of the corners of the layer under the Tilda image.  I used the now retired Trio Flower punch in Poppy Parade, then added glimmer brads to the middle of them.
The Designer Series Paper is Summer Garden and I layered it with Poppy Parade cardstock.  I used Labels Four Nestabilities to cut out the image and layer it.
Thanks for visiting, and I hope you are having a drier day than I am.  Won't be walking on the beach today!!!!
Happy Stampin'  ...................  

Happy Easter Bunny Punchie Art Card

Back in June 2010 I saved a picture of a very cute Bunny Punch Art Image by Mercedes Webber.  Now I do not know if I got it on a blog (I did search and cannot find one), or received it in an email, or found it on Splitcoast Stampers, but thank you Mercedes for one of the cutest bunny rabbits I have seen.  It was originally on an Easter Basket made with the Stampin' Up! Scallop Envelope die. 
This month this cute Bunny is one of the images for my Monthly Punchie Class.  I did the "how to" page and made the punch images last year, and today I created the card to go with it.  I was a bit stumped, until Kim Score posted THIS cute card with her bunny on it.  I was inspired and came up with this .....

Can you believe how cute this turned out?  Here is a closer view of the bunny image ....

And here are the flowers - I used Champagne Mist Shimmer Spritz to add some bling - well of course I did!

I used a couple of different techniques on this card - faux clouds and direct to paper.  The flowers are made out of the Island Floral Bigz Die, and the centers are Neutrals Glimmer Brads.  I did something different to the sentiment to get it to look like that, can you guess what I did?  If there is enough interest, I could do a tutorial on how I achieved it, but not until after my Punchie Class as my Stampin' Ladies will be the first to get that little tidbit of information!  If you are in the area and would like to join us for my Monthly Punchie Class, email me, the class is Tuesday, March 29 between 1 pm and 8 pm.  Hope to see you there!
This is the post for the other Punchie card we will be making .
Happy Stampin', and I hope to see you soon, In My Craft Room .... 

Daffodil Delightful!

I saw some awesome Daffodils created from the Fun Flowers Bigz die by Kari Metzger in THIS post.  She made them as a 3D bouquet, I wanted to put them on a card.  The card is awesome, but definitely not one you want to send through the mail!!!  Here is the card I created with the daffodils .....

Aren't those daffodils just the best? And so darned easy to make.  Thanks Kari, for the inspiration.  This will be another card for one of my classes in March which is my Big Shot month.  My stampers have also been asking for another lesson on Brayering, so I think this one also fits that bill.  I also used the Lots of Tags Label 1 die for the sentiment.  I cut one out of Basic Black, sliced it in half and cut off the little pointy things in the middle, then layered it behind a Whisper White one that I stamped the sentiment on.  The leaves are hand cut out of strips of Pear Pizzazz cardstock then I ran them through the crimper.
Stamps:  Kind and Caring Thoughts
Ink:  Pear Pizzazz, Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Basic Black
Cardstock:  Daffodil Delight, Basic Black, Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz
Big Shot Dies:  Fun Flowers, Lots of Tags Label 1
Other:  Crimper, brayers
This card is a little ray of spring sunshine in an otherwise foggy, dreary time of the year.
Happy Stampin'......   

Floral Birthday - CASEd Card Share

I went from Clean and Simple yesterday, to Fussy and Fun today.  This card was CASEd from Chat Wszelaki.  Chat used the tree image from Stampin' Up!'s Contempo Christmas and a small oval punch to create this fun card.  Another card showing how to use a seasonal stamp in a non-seasonal way. 

I used different Designer Series paper - mine is Greenhouse Gals, so I used Pear Pizzazz along with Whisper White and Real Red.  I also used the Ovals die to make the red piece behind the sentiment, it layers perfectly with the Wide Oval Punch.  My ribbon is Real Red Satin.
Another great card CASEd from a very talented lady.  Thanks Chat!
I have one more cased card for you tomorrow, then I actually have a "Glenda Mollet Original" for you!
Happy Stampin'  ... ... ...  Glenda Mollet

Scrapbooking - Barkerville, BC 2008

I got another one of my scrapbook pages done today for my Scrapbooking 101 class I purchased from Andrea Walford.  This is a vintage one, and boy do I like the way it turned out.

This is our son and future daughter-in-law on a trip to Barkerville, up by Quesnel, BC in the gold rush area of our province. They are a hoot! The page uses Log Cabin Smooch Spritz (item #119921 page 195 = $6.25) to antique the cardstock, then I used some of the brand new Victoria Crochet Trim (item # 118481 page 190 = $9.50) to trim around the picture.  I also added a few of the new Basic Pearls (item #119247 page 188 = $6.50) to the Baroque Motif (stamp set #113490 page 132 = $33.95) images.  The flowers I made with the largest flower from Boho Blossoms Punch (item # 119858 page 200 = $23.95) and some free packaging that comes with my Stampin' Up! orders.  I spritzed them with some Champagne Mist shimmer spritz (made by mixing 70% rubbing alcohol and the Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint Item #116806 page 195 = $7.95), then after they were assembled I spritzed them lighly with Log Cabin Smooch Spritz (item #119921 page 195 = $6.25) to antique them a bit too.  This page uses some of my vary favourite Stampin' Up! products and they go very well together.  The leaves are made with Old Olive cardstock and the Little Leaves Sizzlets Die (item #114511 page 210 = $7.50).

Here is a close up picture of the flower treatment on the bottom right hand corner, you can see some of the pearls too......

Bye for now, I am off to create a double page layout with fun summer theme and colours............ 

Glenda Mollet

Scrapbooking - Fav Foods - Hawaii

The past few days I have been doing a Scrapbooking 101 class I purchased from Andrea Walford/Sophie Landry.  HERE is the link to that site.  I am a beginner scrapbooker and have been struggling cuz I want my pages to look like my cards and end up way too over-embellished.  These pages are giving me some lessons and taking me outside my comfort zone.  This page focused on using multiple pictures and adding them in a circle on the page.
In January we went to Hawaii for 12 days. We tried to sample lots of local foods while we where there. These 4 were our ultimate favorites! We still talk about them and they bring back some awesome memories. (Yes that is me eating the Passion Fruit).

I made a flower a while ago using the Presto Patterns DSP, some Vanilla Smooch Spritz and a DSP covered jumbo brad .  HERE is Patty Bennett's tutorial on that, I just did not put the daisy behind it and added another layer.

Then part of the tutorial was to put 3 brads on the bottom left hand corner of the cardstock.  I did not want just regular brads, as this was Hawaii , after all.  So here is what I came up with....

I put a Very Vanilla 5/16" Brad through the middle of the small Filigree Brad.  They work great together.  I used some of the new Elegant Soiree designer paper, and Pear Pizazz, Crumb Cake, and Mellon Mambo cardstock.

Thanks for looking, I will be back tomorrow with a "Watermellon" page I made featuring James, our Grandson......  Glenda Mollet

Lilly Explosion Box

Another day of "Gardening".  I love these flowers, I can't kill them.  Its' amazing how not watering your flowers / garden causes them to die ~ ~ ~ who knew!!!

I used THIS tutorial by Valita in Aussie, for the lillies, they originated from Sharri and they are so fun to make.  I made 2 of the white ones, then made a pinkish one for this box.  Here is a picture of my completed box with a couple of my white lillies...........

and the inside

Here is a close up of the inside flowers - one lilly and two roses behind it, the "leaves" are a MS punch.

And here is a close up of the flower detail on the top of the box ~ ~ ~

Supplies I used:

Paper:  Retired Stampin' Up! DSP (sorry can't remember the name)

Cardstock:  Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Regal Rose, Pretty In Pink, Old Olive

Ink:  Pretty In Pink and Regal Rose for sponging

Ribbon:  Regal Rose 5/8" GG, Whisper White Taffeta

Other:  Beads from Pretties Kit, Little Leaves die, MS Punch, NEW XL 2-3/8" Scallop Circle punch

For the flower on the box top I punched 3 XL Sc Circles from Pretty In Pink and 3 from Regal Rose.  Then I ran them through the crimper to break down the fibers and to separate the layers.  I separated each one into two pieces.  Then I spritzed them with Champagne Mist Shimmer Pain Spritz and crumpled them, put them together with a pink brad and formed into a flower.  Then I spritzed again with some Gold and Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritzes.  Oh my the ***BLING***.  I sponged all the DSP with Pretty In Pink and Regal Rose around all the edges.  The bow detail is just 2 layers of Regal Rose GG then a layer of Whisper White Taffeta, and a round of Regal Rose again.  The inside is all ready to put either pictures or some stamped and / or coloured images.  I have not decided yet.  But I love this little box, and they are so darned easy to make.

Here' another picture of the box all closed up....

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog,

              see you soon In My Craft Room. ......  Glenda Mollet

Pansies, Pansies, Pansies.....

Finally got a chance to do some "Gardening" (LOL).  And these flowers I don't have to worry about the deer eating!  HERE is the link to Dawn's blog where she does the video tutorial on how to make these awesome flowers.........  Here's my card:

And here is an up close picture of the flowers............

I made a whole bouquet of them, playing with different colours...........

Oohhh these are so pretty.  I used Stampin' Up! Shimmery White cardstock, and Elegant Eggplant, Melon Mambo, and Summer Sun reinkers.  Summer Sun is retiring, but I have not received my shipment of the new colours yet.  When I do I will use Daffodil Delight instead.  The centers are Circle Fire Rhinestone Brads, and I drew on the "lines" with the Elegant Eggplant Stampin' Write Marker.  The vine is Old Olive and I used the Swirly die for my Big Shot.

I will be doing a Technique Class on these flowers in later July.  Let me know if you are interested in joining us.  Date to be announced later on, the class will include one package of Circle Fire Rhinestone Brads, and enough Shimmery White cardstock to make a veritable garden of these beauties.

Thanks for visiting today, have a great evening..........  Glenda Mollet