Alyssa rocks!

My friend and co-worker, Alyssa, made me this pirate hat for my birthday. She put my name on it and found some really cool pirate scrapbooking stickers to put on it too. She also made me a card! She had never crafted anything before, and she said she never will again! (Apparently, there's a big blob of glue permanently attached to her carpet now.)

Here is Daniel wearing the pirate hat.

And last but certainly not least, here is Birkie wearing the pirate hat!

Sorry I didn't have anything stamping related to show you today. I'm working on my swaps for the Minneapolis regional this weekend, so I can't guarantee anything for Wednesday. But the next couple of weeks will be rockin' because I usually take about 100 photos at regional! I'm hoping for a new photo with Shelli so I can update the one permanently posted.

Happy stamping!

Card pouch

Last Friday's 3-D demonstrator challenge was this adorable card pouch made by Elissa. She has a great photo tutorial on her blog. It's made from a sheet of 12X12 double-sided paper, and there's only a few folds! It's big enough to hold cards, and it's a double pouch too!

The twist I added to mine is the eyelet border punch. I folded the pouch first and then I used the punch along both corners. Here is a photo of one whole side punched.

Here's a close-up of one edge so you can see how I lined my punch up with the folded diagonal line. Then I just trimmed from the edge of the paper up to the punched part. Super easy and cute!

Supplies (all SU): Delicate Dots DSP (SAB), horizontal slot punch, eyelet border punch, Certainly Celery polytwill ribbon (SAB), blue gingham ribbon

Happy stamping!

Another easy card

This card is even easier than the pink one because there's no stamping on it. The sentiment and swirl come pre-printed on the acetate! I was limited on this one by how wide the ribbon could be without covering up the Thank You. I probably should have used a narrower ribbon, but I just love the Kiwi Kiss satin ribbon, so I couldn't resist using it.
I promise that I'll have something cool and 3-D for you on Friday!
Happy stamping!

Clearly Easy Card

Today's card was super quick and simple. It literally took me 5 minutes to make this one, thanks to the new Clearly Thanks printed window sheets from the upcoming Occasions Mini catalog. They are pre-printed acetate sheets with 4 images on one 8 1/2 X 11 sheet. This section came with the dots on it, and I stamped "thanks so much" from Sincere Salutations using White StazOn. I used regular adhesive to adhere it along the top then tied on the ribbon to cover up the adhesive.
Happy stamping!

A glittery swap card

This swap card is by Shelley Zarling. I love how the Irridescent Ice EP looks against the black! The butterfly is a Big Shot die and is also covered in Irridescent Ice.

Hinge card

This is a really fun card that was in the last Stampin' Success magazine (demonstrators get it from Stampin' Up). I wanted to make a card with my new Oval All set and scallop oval punch from the upcoming Occasions Mini, and I decided on this after watching this video from Dawn Griffith.
The base is 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" Whisper White. For the bottom piece, I started with 3 1/2" X 4 1/4" Certainly Celery. I ran the Whimsy jumbo wheel over it with Certainly Celery ink and then used the eyelet border punch along the top.

This piece is adhered to the bottom of the Whisper White base, but don't run the adhesive all the way to the top. You need to leave room for the top piece to slide underneath it.

The top piece is 2 3/4" X 4 1/4" Soft Sky. I lined it up with the top of the Whisper White base and slid the bottom of it under the scalloped edge of the Certainly Celery piece. I punched a hole through all 3 layers and put in a Whisper White 5/16" brad. That's what makes the hinge.

Here it is opened so you can see the inside. You put your message on the white base at the top. The focal image is the butterfly from Garden Whimsy. I inked the entire stamp with Soft Sky then sponged Pacific Point onto the edges with a sponge dauber. I sponged Certainly Celery around the edges of the cardstock then matted it with Pacific Point and added some Dazzling Diamonds. The sentiment is stamped with Pacific Point on Soft Sky then punched with the large oval punch. The mat is the same stamp embossed in white and then punched with the new scallop oval punch.

Happy stamping!

A scrapbook page!

Here is something you'll rarely see from me: a scrapbook page! I don't scrap too much, but I do like to frame single pages. These are photos from my 2 work trips; I framed it and put it up at my desk at work. I was so excited to use the skull and crossbones paper from the Rockabilly DSP! It went perfectly with the photos of Alyssa and me with the pirate statues.
Happy stamping!