Easter Nugget Tins!

Happppppy Sunday! It has been a busy weekend and I have been trying to finishing up some projects. I had bought these little tins a month or so ago and was waiting until Easter time to pull them out and try a project with them. I made two different color schemes, and I am going to make a bunch more soon and change the colors again for variety! I really love these little nuggets. There has been so many projects using these and it is so great because Paper Trey Ink has made a stamp set especially designed just for these little nugget wraps. You just need a sheet of standard mailing labels and you are set! The set comes with several different designs and the flower design is perfect for spring. I used Fresh Ink in melon and SU! Certainly Celery ink and bought some coordinating ribbon for the outside of the tin. You just stamp the image onto the label, then wrap them around the little candy nuggets for a real simple but elegant look! The set also came with some little sentiments for every occasion so I stamped the Happy Easter onto white cardstock then used my Stampin' Up tag punches to layer the Happy Easter sentiment onto the larger tag and punch a small hole in the tag to attach to the tin! I hope you have a great rest of the weekend!!! Thanks so much for taking a look.. ~Nicole

Spring Fling Sliders!

Happy Thursday! I am so happy it is almost the weekend. My friend Katie and I are gearing up for a booth we are having this weekend in Portland, so I have been trying to get some spring treats to bring along with me.. I posted the carrot boxes a couple of days ago and I just finished making the last of these chocolate bar sliders! I have made these before for little presents and such and I just love them! I think they are cute and clever and I have seen so many of these posted for every type of occasion, so this time around, I will try Easter! You can do the same with popcorn packs and boxes of conversation hearts and I am sure many other items, but who doesn't like chocolate for Easter!! I used my Stampin' Up Spring Fling Paper on all of these. I love the colors in these papers.. I used coordinating ribbon and then finished them off with a belly band and used my scallop punch and my one inch punch to punch out the circles from one of the sheets of the spring fling paper for the centers and on some of them I used the SU! Lots of Scallops set in Pretty in Pink ink and of course, my little pearls for the centers. I used my SU! dimensionals to make them pop a bit. I decorated a silver bucket with ribbon and a flower and voila! I hope they like... have a great Friday! ~Nicole

Birthday Cheer!

Hello there! I am enjoying my evening of American Idol and placing Stampin' Up Orders! I am so excited about the new Occasions Mini that started March 1st! Please take a look by clicking on the link on the side of th page under the Occasions mini picture. The sets are super cute, especially the Tart and Tangy set. I have to have it, so it is on my list to order soon, maybe even tonight (hee hee)! I needed a quick birthday card for a friend and thought I would add a little treat to go with it, so this is what I came up with.. I have some similar treat jars I made up for Easter too, and will post those very soon so you can take a peek. For this project though, I pulled out my SU! Dashing paper from Christmas, but the colors still work for so many everyday occasions too, especially the polka dots! I LOVE polka dots, so I paired the designer paper with the happy birthday stamp from the FREE Lots of Scallops Sale-a-bration set. I have mentioned before how versatile this set is and here is another example of that. I added some river rock and wild wasabi ribbon to match. Enjoy the rest of the night..!

Carrot Crazy!!

Good Evening! Well, another Monday over, it got a little soggy here today. I am looking soooo forward to spring.. I have to tell you, I was so thrilled when I went out to the backyard for about the first time since winter and I saw my daylillies beginning to pop up! I planted them last year and not one bloom, so this year I am staying very optimistic that not only will they come up bigger and better but bloom like crazy (so wish me luck! :) Soooo, speaking of crazy, as you can see from the picture I have been going a little carrot crazy in my craft room lately. I had mentioned a few days ago that I got some really cute things from the girls at my stamp store and these little treat holders were part of that loot! I just loved these when I saw them. They were empty in the store, but I visualized the cute little jelly bellys and some cute green ribbon, which I also picked up there. I had to run to the mall and pick up my jelly bellys and then I lined a bucket with some flower foam and covered it with the green shredded paper. With the foam in the bottom, it made it so easy to get my carrots to stand up! I wanted to add just a touch of something on the front, so I grabbed my new Stampin' Up Eastern Elegance rub-ons and cut out some of the small images to put on the front of each carrot.. I think these would look great in someone's Easter basket!!! Please click on the picture to see up close.. since they are clear they don't show up quite as well in the picture! Have a great rest of the night.. ~Nicole

Big Flower Books!

Good Evening! I am finally getting a chance to post these tonight. I had a great time in Seattle on Friday with my husband. It was a great DRY sunny drive on the way there, not so much for the way back, rain the whole time! After a few stops we finally got to my stamping spot. It was so fun looking at all of their new products for Spring.. Wow, there is so many neat things out right now, brads, rub-ons, so needless to say, I couldn't resist, I bought a couple of things I would like to make and will share those when I get them completed. But, for now, I wanted to share these steno/journal books I put together. They are bright and happy and were really fun to make. I started with a basic plain journal and covered it with Romani series paper from Basic Grey. I did the same for the pen that is attached to the book. I added the giant white fabric flowers and used a SU clear button covered in back with the same Basic Grey paper to match. I added velvet ribbon to the cover and coordinating ribbon to the wire coils at the top. I added the silver inspiration sayings and a couple of little rhinestones at the bottom corner. Definitely try one of these. The little tin in the front is filled with paper clips and made two to match each book. They go together simple, easy! Thanks so much for looking! I better pay attention to my little Oliver now, he keeps jumping up trying to lay on my lap but the laptop is in his way, so I better sign off so he has a warm place to lay down! Have a great night.. ~Nicole