Tea Party Designer Series Paper Makes a Cute Backpack

My 4th-grader's teacher has a birthday today. Since a gift card is a great choice for the class to give her, but not very exciting, I decided to package it in a fun way. I have seen mini-backpacks before, but this is my first shot. Have to admit, I am pleased with the result.

• tip: using Stampin' Up! designer series paper (this is Tea Party) helps create a coordinated project easily
  
• almost amethyst cardstock is perfect with this paper
• old olive ribbon in 5/8" grosgrain makes up the straps while 1/4" so saffron creates the loop on top

I'll be headed to the school shortly to deliver this and sing Happy Birthday.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Tasha

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Labor Day (or...er...life!)

It's been a busy weekend so far! We had our first football game on Thursday and Marlin's parents drove out here to see it. We had a nice, although short, visit since they had to leave this morning.

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For today's papercraft idea, I have some gift containers to share.

• A friend of mine is looking for something that she can fill with candy to give as thank yous for co-workers who help her out. So I made a few options for her to look at.
• All but the matchbox use the window sheets which are so cool! Tip: be sure to use permanent ink such as StazOn when stamping on the window sheet.
• Below you can see the basket style with it's matching card.

I'll be back later in the week with some dimensions/tutorial for making these!

Thanks for stopping by!

Tasha

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The rubber stamping idea for you today includes very little stamping! This candy purse is more of a paper folding project and makes a great thank you gift.

We will be giving these to the bus drivers tomorrow because I am soooo thankful that they deliver my children to school and back home each day.

To make the first one, I measured the Hershey nuggets and went from there. These are economical, too, because you can get 2 out of 1 piece of cardstock. Here's what I used:

• So Saffron cardstock cut to 4-1/2"x7" for purse, 1"x3" for tab, and punched with Modern label punch for the closure
• Tea Party designer series paper cut to 2"x7-1/8" for purse, 2-3/4"x3/4" for tab, and 6 pieces 1-1/4"x2-3/4" for nuggets
• Pretty in Pink cardstock punched with Three Flower punch for decorations
• Old Olive flowers cut with one of the Birds and Blooms dies and the Big Shot
• Bashful Blue 1/4" grosgrain ribbon
• silver brads
• Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set and regal rose ink
• lots of sticky strip!

Everything is Stampin' Up! except the pearls.

The box size ends up 2-3/4"x 3"x 3/4". I think anyone would be happy to receive such a cute little package!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Tasha

A Riddle For You

What happens if a mom has a week that includes...

• getting "burned" on the face for 8 hours by plant sap
• spending a day with left side of said face swollen to the point the eye won't open
• hosting 3 stamping workshops in her home
• watching a neighbor-friend for 3 days
• celebrating her son's 13th birthday
• spending 4 hours of that birthday in the waiting room of dr and optomotrist for birthday boy, along with the 2 sibling AND neighbor-friend
• spending 3 hours of that birthday picking up birthday boy's good friend that has moved away
• running the kids to the pool almost daily (thank goodness it rained 2 days)

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Answer: not much stamping!!

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So here's a quick card idea I'll share with you. I used this week's Unscripted Sketches 08--thank goodness for a sketch jumpstart. I am really starting to look forward to these each Saturday.

What I used:

stamps: Fun and Fast Notes, Darling Dots (available as a level 1 hostess set through the end of June only)

cardstock: whisper white, pretty in pink, so saffron, tea party designer series paper

ink: staz on jet black, certainly celery

accessories: so saffron 5/8" grosgrain ribbon

tools: Big Shot with sizzix die flower, daisy #2 and nestablities

Thanks for stopping by today. We are enjoying the weekend with my husband's parents whom we haven't seen since Christmas!
Tasha

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