Mini Album Explosion/Etsy Shop Update

I have just listed some blank mini albums that I have been working on in my Etsy Shop.

Also, I have marked down a lot of holiday merchandise, so check out the great deals in my Etsy Shop.

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From the Desk of Butterflies, Take Two

I finally made a box for the cards in this post. I used the My Timeless Template, From the Desk of and just made it a bit larger to accommodate the larger cards. The desk set includes 5 cards and envelopes, a matching journal, and a few pens.



Supplies:
Stamps: My Time Made Easy-Just For You
Paper: Bazzill, DCWV
Ink: Versafine
Misc: Embossing powder, embossing gun, silk leaves, MS paper punches, half pearls, ribbon, nestabilities, pop up dots, diamond glaze, sticky strip

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Beth

What A Girl Wants Desk Set

It feels like it's been forever since my last post. Last Friday was my birthday. I had a great day. Thursday night, at work, on my regular guests came in and gave $50.00 for my birthday! I couldn't believe it! I took Friday off, and my mom, stepfather, and Jenny came. We went out to lunch and then to Violette's. I spent my birthday money at Violette's. She had just got in a new shipment of Justrite Stamps, and I was psyched. I need more Christmas and Snowmen stamps like I needed a hole in my head, but I had to have them! Mom and Jenny made me card. I was cleaning out my supplies one day, and had a whole bunch of embellishments that I had made that I gave to them. I figured they could make some quick and easy cards. Well, they did, they stuck them to a piece of cardstock! It's a funny and crazy card. I will post a picture of the card this week. My friend, Victoria, and her 3 year old son made me cupcakes and he sang on the phone to me. It was so sweet. Dad sent some movies, and some cat treats for my fur babies. It was a good day.

Now, onto my project. I've been looking everywhere for a desk organizer box that would fit the larger cards. I love the template, From The Desk Of, by Lauren Meader. But, it only fits the smaller A6 cards. Then I had a "moron, your bus is leaving moment" (Bill Murray-Groundhog Day), and I just made it a little bigger and it worked! The desk organizer has a set of 5 cards and envelopes. I made a little journal with my Bind-It-All and added a few pens. The flower on the front is one that I crocheted and quickly attached it before Tedy could lose it. The directions for the flower can be found on Nichole Heady's blog. I made the little pearl embellishments on the front of the bows.




Supplies:
Stamps: My Favorite Things-What A Girl Wants
Ink: Memento, Versafine, Tim Holtz
Paper: Bazzill, Graphic 34
Template: My Timeless Templates-From The Desk Of
Misc: Half pearls, ribbon, bind-it-all pop up dots, diamond glaze, copics, chipboard coasters, pens, dmc floss, silk leaves

Thanks for stopping by,

Beth

Notepad Purse

I saw this little purse on Donna Mundinger's blog, Popsicle Toes. She has the most wonderful projects that you can make using the Cricut. Of course, I didn't have the Paisley cart that she used! But, my very thoughtful kitties bought it for me for Mother's Day. How did they know?! I totally cased her purse, I just changed the papers. You can see her post here.

Supplies:
Paper: Bazzill, Color mates, Prima Marketing
Misc: Cricut, Bind-It-All, half pearls, paper punch, prima flower, ribbon, mini gel pen, pop up dots

I'm not sure I like the curly ribbon on mine, so I took pictures of it with and without, I'll let you decide which looks best.





Here is a picture of my fur babies, they are always together! Tedy is the little one and of course, Big Oscar. When I got Tedy, we thought he was a boy, but when I took "him" to get fixed, oh snap!, it's a girl! I still call her Tedy, she is named after Tedy Bruschi (my favorite New England Patriot) and Ted Williams (the greatest Red Sox player "evah"). Oscar is named after my Grandpa Oscar.



Make sure you check out Donna's blog, it's on my sidebar, if you need Cricut inspiration. Also, look at Bitten By The Bug and Bitten By The Bug II for more wicked awesome ideals.

I'm very proud of myself, I didn't order anything at the Papertrey Ink Release Party last night. I hope everything I wanted is sold out! We are going to Stampfest 2010 in Orlando on Friday, so I needed to save my money!

Thanks for stopping by,

Beth

Little Lizzie

My favorite part of going back to school was buying the school supplies. I think that is why I love making these desk organizers! The template is from Lauren Meader's, My Timeless Templates available at Papertrey Ink. I stamped Little Lizzie and paper pieced her dresses. The set includes six cards, a notebook made with my Bind-It-All, with some pens and pencils.




Supplies:
Stamps: Lizzie Anne Designs-Little Lizzie
Paper: Cosmo Cricket, The Paper Company, Recollections
Template: My Timeless Template-From the Desk Of
Ink: Memento, Versafine
Misc: Sticky strip, ribbon, corner punch, buttons, embroidery floss, copics, pop up dots, coasters, bind-it-all

Thanks for stopping by,

Beth

Happy Birthday, Laura!

Today, is my sister, Laura's, birthday. I made her this gift bag. Technically, it's an easter basket, but since we are HUGE New England Patriot Fans, it seemed appropriate. I made some more cheerleaders to decorate the outside. In the basket is a big Hershey Bar with Almonds that I covered with football paper and embellished with another cheerleader. I also made another notebook with coasters and my Bind-It-All. Laura is a teacher, so I put a couple of apple rubber stamps in there, as well. She picked out a Martha Stewart paper punch out at Michaels, which I tucked in the basket for the photograph. It is one of those round the corner ones, it's totally cool, and I definitely need one! We spent the day together. I took her out to a little Mexican restaurant for lunch. Then we went to Violette's, a wicked awesome scrapbook shop here in Lakeland, and bought some supplies. We had a great time. She is on her way home to have dinner with her kids and our mom. She is my best friend in the whole world!

Supplies:

Paper: Bazzill, Paper Pizazz, Best Creations

Misc: Black pen, Bind-It-All, coasters, paper punches, ribbon, paper shred

Thanks for stopping by,

Beth

PS Scroll down for both posts for today.

All The Best Girls Root For Boston!

Yesterday, my sister, brother (who flew down from Boston) and I went to a Red Sox Spring Training Game at Ft. Myers. It was awesome! We saw Big Papi, Dustin Pedroia, Jonathan Papelbon, Kevin Youklis (YOUK!!), Josh Becket, and Skipper Terry Francona. For all of you Bostonians, it was wicked pissah! It was so great to see the boys again, it's going to be a great baseball season.

In honor of the greatest baseball team in the world, today's post is for all you chowdaheadz! I got the litle purse instructions from Nichole Heady at Papertrey Ink. I filled it with Boston Baked Beans Candy. I made a little notebook with my Bind-It-All. I love the little punch dolls from Splitcoast and used both Rubber Stamping Diva and Stampin Mutt's as models. I don't have all of the punches they used, so I improvised with my cricut and other punches.

Supplies:
Paper: DCWV, Best Creations
Tools: Punches, Cricut, Bind-It-All
Misc: Brads, pop up dots, coasters, stickers, ribbon, card box, snail adhesive

Here is our picture from our family fun day. I had a really good day, I don't know why I'm frowning. (I'm on the left, Richard, and Laura).

Thanks to the Boston Red Sox for the win! The game was so good, so good, so good!

Thank you for stopping by,
Beth