Creek Princess Cards & Crafts

Well last night I had some creative fun with two sweet ladies, my friend Kim, and her good friend Theresa. They came over for my pretty informal open house since everyone else bailed on me! :oP But I'm glad these ladies showed and we still had a good time I think and they aided in getting me out of pending! YAY! Anyway, we came up with our designs each for a photo brag book (using cellophane bags for holding the pics). I got this idea from Aunt Cindy after she showed me her cute one she did for Jennifer for Mother's Day. I didn't think to take pictures of all of ours together and I wish I had. I liked their books too! Kim did one for her son Jacob in her favorite bright primary colors and shapes, and Theresa did one for her grandson Dakota in baby blue and burgundy with turtles. But here are pics of mine! Thanks again Aunt Cindy! *HUGS*

I made the card using the Stampin' Up Lucky Star embellishment sticker set. I like how it turned out and it was easy-peasy! I also made a matching gift card tin using the tin that the stickers came in.

Okay, Aunt Cindy told me I am too hard on myself about my creations, so I'll try to behave and be more positive. LOL But anyway, look at what I did tonight! I'm actually pretty happy with it. I used a plastic jar that previously had pork rinds from Sam's in it (bleck! - hubby's snack). And I cleaned it out because I liked the shape and because it's plastic, and also our change jar that I also made before was getting cracked and old, I knew it was time to replace it. So I took the jar and my favorite stamp set, and made a new change jar! Voila! Pun intended! LOL (The name of the Stampin' Up set I used) And made it a tip jar for the chef! And it's going to sit on my kitchen counter because I have other whimsical chef stuff that I collect as decor in my kitchen. I had a lot of fun doing it and actually pretty pleased. But the pictures I took of it tonight wouldn't come out as bright as I wanted but I think you can see it well enough in the pic

Here are a few Thank You cards I did that I thought I would share. I really like how it kind of has a denim look. I think I have lots of room from improvement though still. But they were fun to play around with!

This is a birthday card I made for a co-worker tonight. It's not what I had pictured and I'm not totally happy with it. But maybe she will like it. I really need to get a scallop circle punch and maybe I shouldn't have used white for the background. I don't know. Hmmmm....I'll probably try to improve on this idea again later.

This is a card I made for my cousin for her birthday. I love this set and I think it has to be my favorite. And it's special to me because it is my first stamp set from Stampin' Up and was a gift to me from Aunt Cindy! Thanks Aunt Cindy for helping start my addiction! LOL

Here is the Father's Day card sample I made this year. I tried to make it masculine and kind of went a little overboard. The stamps are not Stampin' Up...shame on me, I know. But the hardware and ribbon is! I used the Hodgepodge Hardware (a lot of it!) and the Basic Black ribbon. I punched little holes in the brown bag-looking paper and it turned out cool. It kind of makes it look like peg board! (It's impossible to see on here.. :o( Sorry!) I re-did the card like three times but I'm still not quite satisfied with it.

Welcome to my new blog! I'm hoping I'll be able to update it frequently with all my stamping and various craft projects as I complete them so that I can share them with you and hopefully inspire you a s well. I'm definitely not the most talented sometimes and make more than my fair share of goof-ups in what I do. But I still enjoy doing it and enjoy trying! For my first show-and-tell, this is a mini album/scrapbook I decorated from Stampin' Up. Some of the items used for it w ere not from Stampin' Up but the ribbon, the flower, the brad in the flower, a nd the pearls are from Stampin' Up. I had so much fun doing that and I got lots of compliments on it. I did it for my friend and fellow volunteer's birthday at the feline center. I was actually pretty happy with it. Below is a picture of the inside of it. And I'm sorry but the picture came out kind of blurry. But I added a personal message and used a stamp I bought from Michael's of a cute li