Cupid Poop

Here's a little "treat" I thought of last night while I couldn't sleep.  I love the Jaded Blossom stamps that were released earlier this month.  I had been thinking of what else could I do with the "I like the way you roll" stamp besides using Tootsie Rolls.  As I was laying awake at 1am still not able to get to sleep, it hit me!  Use a roll of toilet paper!!!  I know it's not your conventional "treat" but it is fun and practical!  Who couldn't use a roll of toilet paper?  

Now I just have to decide who shall receive this precious gift!  Maybe I'll donate it to my librarian friend that hosts an Anti-Valentine party for her teen advisory group at the library every year.  It would certainly fit the theme!  Lol!

I stamped the toilet paper, wrapped it in tulle and added some decorative paper.  I used the following Jaded Blossom stamp sets on this project:  Valentine Candies, Pattern Kisses, Got Candy?, and Trust in Cupid. 

This was a quick and easy project!  I think I'll make one for St. Patricks day too!  In fact, Jaded Blossom has "Poop" stamps for just about every holiday so this might become a year round treat!

Check out the Jaded Blossom Stamps

Here's a Christmas planner I made for a wedding gift.  I got it done just in time as the wedding is tomorrow, January 12th!  I used my cricut expression, gypsy, Jaded Blossom stamps and my computer.  I made all the forms on my computer a few years ago when I made one of these for myself.

This is the 6th planner that I've made.  In the previous planners I used pretty green or red binders that were prefect for Christmas.  I haven't been able to find them the last couple of years.  I've looked everywhere.  I didn't want to use plastic because I mod-podged the inside of the front & back covers.

I burned a CD of all the forms so new ones can be printed when needed.  There's a little box at the bottom of each form to write the current year.


The dividers were actually a little too big and stick out of the binder a tad bit.  I used measurements from the one I made a few years ago thinking that all binders are the same size.  They are not.  Lesson learned!  Hopefully the recipient doesn't mind the error.  I tried to fix it but I was only going to make it worse.  These mistakes seem to only happen when you don't have extra paper on hand.  Lol!

This is the first binder I made that has a pretty little decoration on it.   That is thanks to Jaded Blossom and their Christmas Wishes stamp set!  I love the tree in that set!

I hope the happy couple enjoys and uses their binder as much as I do mine!  Hopefully they don't forget they have it with Christmas being so far away!

And some more....

You can't tell in the pictures but all papers used for the bottom of the "ornaments" are shiny/metallic.

More Ornament Gift Boxes

Here's some more gift boxes!

Christmas Ornament Gift Box

This is an ornamentgift box I made with Sweet Tooth Boxes. The tag is from Art Philosophy.

I cut all the big pieces of the of box (ConeLy1, ConeLy2 and ConeLy3) at 9.5 inches and assemble according to the directions. For the insert (ConeLy3) I used my Gypsy to "hide" the circle so that it wouldn't have a big hole in it. I was giving airplane ornaments as gifts and I wanted them to sit on top of the insert rather than in the hole. If I were giving a round ornament I probably would have left the hole.

For the gold top of the ornament I cut 2 pieces of at 2.5 inches. I used my Gypsy to hide the circle/hole on one of the pieces and inserted a rectangle that was .60 inches. I hot glued a gold ring in the top piece with the rectangular hole. Be careful! The hot glue makes the metal ring get hot too. I then hot glued the 2 pieces together with the one on the bottom upside down. I tired to center the tabs of the top piece over the spaces between the tabs of the bottom. It was hard because they were so small and they shifted a lot. I then hot glued the whole thing to the top of my "ornament." I made sure to pull all the glue "threads" off before giving it away.

The gold rings I used were left over from my wedding 17 years ago. Yes, you read that right... SEVENTEEN years! I can't believe I have craft supplies that old. But, I'm not a hoarder. I am a collector! LOL! I always knew I'd find another use for them. You can still find the rings at craft stores in the wedding favor aisles. They also come in silver.

I made several of these gift boxes for teacher & church gifts. We always give an airplane ornament at Christmas. We live on a small airport so whenever people look at their airplane ornaments every year they'll remember our family!

Wow!

It's been almost a year since I've posted anything on this blog! I hope my one faithful follower will forgive me;) Good thing she's my sister. I really had good intentions but I can't seem to commit the time to keep up with this on a regular basis. Maybe I can commit to posting bi-annually, lol!

How do other bloggers keep up with their blogs. I see some pretty fancy ones out there with prizes and contests and everything. Maybe I should ask one of them to blog for me!

Oh well, I'll post some pictures here soon. Maybe even tonight. I want to enter something in the Cricut Circle challenge and I need to post the pictures here so I can link them to their blog to enter the challenge.

Check back soon my lovely sister!

Some Bathroom Decor

I can't remember where I found this quote. It was either somewhere on the internet or in one of my many scrapbooking quote books.

I like what it says because so many couples forget about what they promised to each other on their wedding day and they forget what that promise means to their children. It's a nice reminder sometimes. And, where I hung it, it gives you something to ponder while using the potty! I have some other quotes in mind, about marriage, that I'd like to scrap and frame. I don't know if they'll go in the bathroom or not though.

I printed on the vellum using my computer and tore it to the right size. It was a little to light so I lightly inked the back of it with some brown ink. That seemed to tone it down a little. I cut the flourish using the "Cindy Loo" cartridge. It was actually a square but I cut it in half diagonally, being careful not to cut too many flourishes off.