Altered Pencil Holder
Hello! Thanks for your comments on my notecard holders! I’m working on the directions for a future post. I’ll get them out as soon as I can get it done. I didn’t have a template when I made them. I measured the score lines and cut as I went along and didn’t write any of it down so I’ll have to go over it again to refresh my memory!
For today’s post, I have an altered pencil holder that I bought last year at Target. The pencil holder is just made of heavy black chipboard. I’ve had this pencil holder on my desk since I bought it last year and finally got inspired to decorate it. The paper I used is from Crate Paper. I simply cut out squares, or shall I say rectangles, and glued them on. I know it’s really simple, but I thought the design of the paper went really well with container. I like my pencil holder so much more now that it’s finally decorated!
Bachelorette Party Sign
Last weekend I went to my friend, Julie’s, bachelorette party in Vegas! She wasn’t supposed to know where the destination of her bachelorette party was, so I decided to make this sign to reveal it when she came out to the car! I decorated my friend’s car (who was driving) with the sign and some tulle. Well, it turns out someone leaked the destination to her early so going to Vegas wasn’t a surprise, but Julie enjoyed my sign anyways!
I made the sign with a bunch of supplies from the dollar store, including the posterboard, garter, and ribbon. The letters were made with my Cricut machine. This was the first time I used my Cricut for such a project and it made it so easy! I made the bra with my Uchida circle scallop punches and the panties from a template I traced. Then I added ribbon and rhinestones to for some flair, although you can’t see it from this photo.
The dice were my favorite part! I made them with a variation of the “2-4-6-8″ box template. Each dice is 3″x3″ and the dots are punch from my 1/2″ circle punch.
The entire weekend was a lot of fun and my sign started it off with great energy!
One of a Kind Birthday Card
I made this card for my grandma for her 90th birthday. I used the Bali Breeze DS paper and One of a Kind stamp set. I really love the bright color combo on this card. The sentiment is from the retired “Warmest Regards” hostess set. That stamp is one of my all time favorite sentiment sets. I always find myself reaching for it whenever I have to make a card for an occasion.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you are having a wonderful weekend!
Mother’s Day Notecard Sets
Forgive me for being a blog slacker! I don’t know why every year May seems to be so busy for me! Anyways, I wanted to share the Mother’s Day notecard sets I made for my Mom, Mother In Law, and Sister In Law. I got this notecard holder idea from my upline and thought it would be a perfect gift for Mother’s Day!
For each set, I made the notecard holder and then a matching set of cards and envelopes to put inside. The cards are the same for each set, but I used different sentiments for each card so my recipients would have cards to use for different occasions.
These were really fun to make! They were a bit time consuming at first, but after I finished the first one, I got the hang of it, I was able to make the rest pretty fast! The hardest part for me was deciding what patterned paper combo to use!
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Another Mother’s Day Card
Here’s another card I made for Mother’s Day! For this one I used the One of a Kind stamp set along with the Berry Bliss DS paper – two of my new favorites! The “Happy Mother’s Day” sentiment is by Amuse. This card is pretty straight forward. I used Purely Pomegranate and Chocolate Chip to match the DS paper.
I am grateful for being able to spend Mother’s Day with my Mom. I wish all the mothers an early Happy Mother’s Day!
