Bottlecap Necklaces

I have seen these bottlecap necklaces here and there and thought I'd give them a try. They were much easier than I thought they would be! I whipped up several of them in no time. Here are just a few of the many I've made. I think these will be great sellers at my craft fair I'm doing in November. What a great gift for a teenager, coworker, babysitter, cleaning lady, teacher, etc. I will be selling these for $10 at my fair and here on my blog if any of you are interested. These can be custom ordered as well. Just let me know what you are wanting and I will see what I can do. Price will be the same regardless. Next I'll be working on packaging for them for those who buy any from here. For my craft fair, I think I will just sell them as is and have little cello bags or something to put them in. Email me if you are interested in purchasing one.

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Stamps: None

Ink: None

Paper: Various retired SU! DSP and Non SU! DSP

Accessories: bottlecaps, Crystal Effects, 1" circle punch, rhinestones, Dazzling Diamonds, jump rings, cording

Notepad Holder

Here is a cute little notepad and cover. This is a 3x5 notepad I found at Walmart. This will make a great stocking stuffer come Christmas! I plan on making several to give to coworkers, my son's teachers, etc. I think I'll add a little pen with them though. The cover is Old Olive with a piece of retired Christmas DSP and Very Vanilla layer of cardstock on top. The snowman is from the Punch Pals set as are the snowflakes. I added some Dazzling Diamonds to the flakes and made a little hill of snow under the snowman with it as well. I tied a piece of Very Vanilla grosgrain ribbon around it to keep it closed. I will be back later this week with the directions on how to make one.

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Stamps: Punch Pals

Ink: Basic Black, Versa Mark

Paper: Old Olive, Very Vanilla, Retired DSP

Accessories: Very Vanilla grosgrain ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds, 3x5 notepad

Musical Thanks

Here is a card I made for my son's piano/guitar teacher at the end of the year in June. All the parents chipped in and got her a gift card and I also made the card. I used the retired background stamp Musical Score, but you can easily use the Musical Notes wheel stamp in it's place. The base is Basic Black and I layered Whisper White on it. I tore all the edges of the white and sponged it with black ink. I took some of the 1 1/4" Basic Black stiped grosgrain ribbon and tied it around the middle. The gift card slipped under the ribbon on the inside of the card.

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Stamps: Musical Score (retired)

Ink: Basic Black

Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White

Accessories: 1 1/4" Basic Black striped grosgrain ribbon

Thinking of You

A teacher I work with found out last week that her mom has cancer. We all picked days to make her a meal and I offered to make the card. We want her to know we are all thinking of her and help ease some of the everyday burdens for her. The card is a 5x5 square base. This size fits perfectly into the SU! 5 1/2 x 51/2 square envelopes. Once I had the base made, I used my 1 3/8" circle punch to punch out the lower corner. I stamped the image from the Baroque Motifs set on Concord Crush, Poppy Parade, and Pear Pizzazz. I stamped the same image directly on the inside of the card, but where you can see it through the circle punch out. I then stamped my sentiment and punched it out with the 1 1/4" circle punch and used a dimensional to adhere it to the inside stamped image. The ribbon is the 1 1/4" striped grosgrain in Basic Black. I just folded it in half before wrapping it around my card.

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Stamps: Baroque Motifs, A Touch of Kindness (retired)

Ink: Basic Black

Paper: Whisper White, Poppy Parade, Pear Pizzaz, Concord Crush

Accessories: 1 3/8" & 1 1/4" circle punches, 1 1/4" striped grosgrain ribbon, dimensionals

Post It Note Holder

I'm taking a little break from Halloween projects. Today I have a couple post it note holders I made to sell at an upcoming craft show I'm doing. I used the tutorial here to make the actual holder. Again, I'm trying to use up my scraps, so the DSP is all retired and I honestly don't know which paper it is. I keep all my scraps together, not labeled. The pens are from the dollar spot at Target. Cute, quick, and great gifts to make. If you are interested in buying these, or would like to place a custom order with particulair colors or a theme, let me know. They sell for $4.00 plus shipping. For orders outside the US, I will get you a shipping quote.

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Stamps: None

Ink: None

Paper: Old Olive, Very Vanilla, retired DSP

Accessories: Simply Scored tool, sticky strip, post it notes, Very Vanilla satin ribbon, Old Olive Satin Ribbon, mini pens

Frankie Box

Today I have a box, or is it a bag? I guess it's up to you as to what it is, I'll just call it a Frankie box. I used Old Olive cardstock for the box, Perfect Plum for his hair, Basic Black and Whisper White for his eyes. His eyes were made with various sized circle punches and I added the details to them with the Signo Uniball pen. I used an oval punch for nose and trimmed it down some so it wasn't so big. His mouth I just freehand drew. To close it, I attached a small velcro dot. Cute and easy - just my style! Now to fill it up with all kinds of yummy treats!

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Stamps: None

Ink: None

Paper: Old Olive, Perfect Plum, Whisper White, Basic Black

Accessories: 1 3/4, 1 1/4 circle punches, oval punch, Signo Uniball pen

More Halloween Treats

Here's another way to package your Halloween goodies. This uses the Candy Wrapper die - love it! I used Pumpkin Pie cardstock and wrapped it with some of my retired Halloween DSP scraps. I also punched a couple of the Bitty Bats out from the retired punch and used the sentiment from the Tiny Tags set and punched it out with the Jewelry Tag punch. If you don't have the Bitty Bat punch, or any of the retired items I happen to use, just use what supplies you do have in place of those. Don't let not having the exact item you see others use keep you from recreating something you like. Get inspiration from others and make it your own. Hope you're enjoying all the Halloween things I've been making. I'm enjoying making them! 

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Stamps: Tiny Tags

Ink: Basic Black

Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Perfect Plum, Basic Black, retired Halloween DSP

Accessories: Big Shot, Candy Wrapper die, Bitty Bat punch (retired), Jewelry Tag Punch, dimensionals

Repurposed Priority Boxes

I saw this idea somewhere, but can't for the life of me remember where! I took the medium priority boxes you can get from the post office (for free) and turned them into a mailbox I can use in my classroom to keep my daily papers organized. I took 4 of the boxes and adhered them together. You can either tape them or use some spray adhesive to do this, whichever you prefer. Once I had my mailbox put together, I took some white, craft acrylic paint and painted all the outside surfaces. When that dried, I used my ATG tape gun and adhered designer series paper to all the sides. The paper I used is from the retired Sweet Pea pack. Once I had my DSP on, it is ready to be used! It wasn't hard at all to do. Just a little time consuming because I had to let the paint dry. A great way to reuse something you have laying around the house and stay organized at the same time! The great thing about this project is you can customize it to fit your needs. You can add more boxes, or use fewer. Hope you'll give it a try!

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Stamps: None

Ink: None

Paper: Sweet Pea DSP (retired)

Accessories: Priority boxes from post office, adhesive, craft paint (all non SU!)

More Halloween Goodies

Here are some more treat bags I made. This time I used the Fancy Favor Bigz XL die and the Batty for You stamp set. For the handle I used some retired jute rope and punched holes with my crop a dile. Again, something quick and easy that you can whip up in no time.

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Stamps: Batty For You

Ink: Only Orange (retired)

Paper: Only Orange, YoYo Yellow, Summer Sun (all retired)

Accessories: Big Shot, Fancy Favor Bigz XL die, 1 3/4" scallop circle punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, crop a dile, jute rope (retired)

Two Tags Halloween Favor

Here are some little treat holders I made for my son's class. They are made with the Two Tags die, the spiderweb textured impressions embossing folder, and a little sponging. I first ran my cardstock through the Big Shot in the Spiderweb embossing folder, then ran it through again using the Two Tags die. Very simple to do. Once I had them all cut out, I took my sponge dauber and sponged a little ink on it to bring out the spiderweb even more. I used a glue dot to keep the bag of Skittles in place and tied each up with some ribbon I had in my stash. Try some of these for yourself! Great to give trick or treaters, kids at your church, school, play dates, etc. Hope y'all are having a great Labor Day Weekend!

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Stamps: None

Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White craft

Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black

Accessories: Big Shot, Two Tags Die, Spiderweb embossing folder, Bitty Bat punch (retired), sponge daubers, glue dots, ribbon (non SU!)

A Scrappy Kind of Card

Do you have a ton of scrap paper laying around? I do and they are taking over my crafting area! This card shows a great way to use up some of those scraps. I know you've all seen these "quilt" cards before, but I thought I'd share it anyway. I chose a Halloween theme and used up some retired DSP scraps I had laying around. I honestly don't remember what the name of the DSP was, sorry. To make a quilt card, punch 1" squares out of your scraps. Adhere them to a piece of cardstock and run it through the Big Shot using the top note die. Add some faux stitching with the Signo Uni-ball pen and wah-lah, a quilt! Very easy and I love the way it turns out. The ribbon is just some I had in my stash and is non SU!

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Stamps: None

Ink: None

Paper: Basic Black, various retired DSP scraps, Whisper White

Accessories: Big Shot, Top Note die, Signo Uni ball pen, ribbon