Stash To Treasure Saturday

I gathered these partially used paper pads

and a stack of coordinating embellishments

from my stash.

These have all been in my studio for over a year.

I created these 12 fun and youthful cards.

They will be in my next box to:

hugs,

Kim

NOTE:

Be sure to leave a comment on this and every post in the month of February

for a chance to win a large paper crafting destash.

One winner will be chosen at random on February 28, 2019.

Stash To Treasure Saturday

Every year or so I go through my 12 x 12 papers (of which there are many)

and separate them into keep or donate piles.

My son is a 7th grade Math teacher

so I give him the donate pile to pass along to the art teacher.

As I rifled through pads of paper,

I found this mixed bag of partially used papers

and turned them into these cards.

After these 6 cards were made,

I used my dies to cut shapes for later use.

All of this effort barely made a dent,

but tomorrow is another day!

happy weekend hugs,

Kim

NOTE:

Be sure to leave a comment on this and every post in the month of February

for a chance to win a large paper crafting destash.

One winner will be chosen at random on February 28, 2019.

6 x 6 Saturday

I have used this adorable stamp set from

BoBunny quite a few times over this past year,

and just recently purchased the coordinating 6" x 6" paper pad.

(The stamp set is called

"Forest Friends,"

and the paper is called

"Little Wonders.")

Using one of each pattern paper

(a total of 12 sheets),

I created the 6 greeting cards pictured above.

I line all my envelopes,

which explains 12 sheets for 6 cards.

These will be making their way to:

My goal is to finish up this 6 x 6 pad by the end of the month.

Wish me luck.

hugs,

Kim

12 x 12 Tuesday

Welcome back for another 12 x 12 Tuesday!

As promised last week,

the goal this week was to create multiple cards 

from a single 12 x 12 sheet of paper.

You can check out my new Pinterest board,

ONE SHEET WONDERS,

for some suggestions of cut layouts.

The cut map I choose could make 16 cards,

however, I decided to use multiple pieces on several cards,

which left me with 11 cards.

I challenged myself to make 11 very different cards.

I did use 2+ additional sheets of the same pattern paper

to line and decorate the envelopes.

As always,

my kid cards are going to:

Happy Hugs,

Kim

$5.00 FriYAY!

$5.00 purchase from the Dollar Tree

INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOMEMADE ENAMEL DOTS:

spread pony beads on a parchment lined cookie sheet,

holes facing up

melt in 400 degree oven for about a half hour

(warning, these smell as they melt, so it probably is not the healthiest thing to do indoors,

I suggest using a toaster oven outdoors,

some people have melted them on an outdoor barbecue grill)

adhere the little blobs to strips of glue dots for easy use

(so technically, this is over $5.00 because of the glue dots,

but there are plenty of colorful dots to use in future projects)

A few stamps, some inks, and adhesives

were all the additional supplies needed to make these cute boy cards.

The travel theme stickers are nearly used up,

but otherwise, there are lots of leftovers for future projects.

These cards will be going to:

Please leave a comment.

At the end of the month,

I will announce a random winner

of a special gift.

(only one comment per post will be entered).

Happy weekend hugs,

Kim

Tuesday Mornings With Tuesday Morning Craft Haul

Let's face it, crafting can be expensive.

Last year I went overboard with the spending.

I NEEDED every new Prima and Maggie Holmes (Crate Paper) collection that was released.

Who didn't?

I joined several monthly kit clubs.

It's all the rage on YouTube, don't you know?

These days most of my paper crafting

involves creating cards to donate to children's hospitals.

So yes, I stocked up on beautiful scrapbook/card-making supplies,

but no, I did not stock up on child appropriate things.

The guilt finally got to me,

and I went on a self-imposed spending freeze.

I allowed myself $10.00 a month for things like glue, ink, envelopes and card bases.

Everything else was off limits.

That lasted one and a half months.

Enter Tuesday Morning.

For anyone not familiar,

Tuesday Morning is a chain of stores

which sell home decor, children's items, seasonal gifts,

CRAFTS, and a bunch of other things 

at deep-cut prices.

I am allowing myself a once a month trip to said store,

and hopefully, will share what I found and what I did with it

on a few Tuesday Mornings throughout the month.

I could hardly wait to try out the monkey punch (makes adorable frogs too).

The punch was on clearance and cost about $6.50,

and the paper pads were $2.99 each.

Thanks so much for visiting.

Please leave a comment.

At the end of the month,

I will announce a random winner

of a special gift.

(only one comment per post will be entered).

hugs,

Kim

Stash To Treasure Saturday - #3

Welcome to week 3 of

STASH TO TREASURE SATURDAY!

Each week I take some long-neglected item(s) from my stash

and create something new.

I know we all have those items,

the color is not now,

the style is so 2000s,

the theme is no longer relevant.

I am going to try my best to take those items and breathe new life into them.

PLEASE READ TO THE END OF THIS POST.

I WOULD LIKE YOUR INPUT.

THANKS

Okay, so today I am stretching the intention

 of this weekly challenge.

These stamps have not been sitting around for years,

but were purchase 6+ months ago

and not touched until this past week.

All of the old goodies I have been working with lately

have been making their way into kits for my shop.

I thought about sharing some of those,

but thought that didn't make much sense.

So, stamping it is!

These Lawn Fawn mini stamp sets are far too adorable

to be ignored any longer.

Feel free to scroll through

my latest kiddo cards.

I made 2 from each stamp set,

for a total of 10 cards.

I was wondering whether anyone would like 

this weekly series to be presented as a link-up party?

Would you be interested in visiting the party participants 

and more importantly, would you link up your latest

STASH TO TREASURE project?  

Please let me know in the comments section.

Thanks so much for visiting.

Please leave a comment.

At the end of the month,

I will announce a random winner

of a special gift.

(only one comment per post will be entered).

Lovely weekend to you all,

hugs,

Kim