August Design Team Projects

Now that my August Stampin' Up! Creative Crew Design Team projects are live on splitcoaststampers.com, I am excited to finally be able to share them with you.  All three of my projects were designed as a quick and simple way to give a small gift whether it be for a friend, teacher, co-worker, and/or neighbor. Since the audience I created my projects for is primarily Stampin' Up! demonstrators, I designed my gifts with a Stampin' Up! workshop hostess in mind.

Project #1:  Accordion box with notecards & envelopes.

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Project #2:  Card "purse" with matching notecards.

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Project #3:  Stationary Set

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That's all for now ... I hope you've enjoyed this month's projects.

~Hallie

Final Design Team Sneak Peek

Hello Everyone,

I'm dropping in really quickly to post the final sneak peek of my final three Stampin' Up! Creative Crew Design Team projects. I will post all three projects on Monday, after they go live on Sunday. Until then, happy peeking!!!

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Life is going to be crazy this weekend; however, I will definitely post if I have time to create!!

Until next time ...

~Hallie

Hallie's Helpful Hint

Howdy Friends,

I'm busy working on my last Design Team project but I wanted to give you a quick helpful hint ...

When opening a new pack of DSP, turn the pack over and write the NAME of the DSP and the COLORS in the pack on the back.

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No more wondering what colors coordinate with the papers because the information is all right there at your fingertips. That's all for now!! I hope you find my hint helpful. If you have other time saving tricks, please share them in the comments.

Blessings!!

~Hallie

A Cheesy Birthday

Greetings Stamping Friends,

I haven't had a chance to sit down at my desk and create since my last post because LIFE happened.  As I've mentioned before, I wear many different "hats" and yesterday's hat was my ranch hat.  After church, my hubby and I moved cattle from my mother's farm 60 miles away to his family owned ranch here in the small Texas town where we live. As a result, I didn't get to do any stamping so tomorrow I plan to wear my "creative hat" and finish my last Design Team project. Thankfully I know what I'm doing, I just need to make myself sit down and do it. 

In the meantime, I will share the card that I made for my sister-in-law's birthday. You know, the card that I made and then didn't mail!! UGH!! Needless to say, I mailed it today and she will have it tomorrow.

I used the MOJO341 sketch for the layout of my card and paper pierced around the edge of my stamped image. Speaking of images, I just love the Giggle Greetings stamp set but will admit that I wasn't crazy about this particular stamp at first because I thought it was CHEESY (tee hee hee). Now I just giggle every time I see it. What's your thought about the set?!?

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That's all for me today. I hope to have the sneak peek of my final DT project for you tomorrow.

Happy Stamping!

~Hallie

Stamp Set:  Giggle Greetings
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Cardstock:  Melon Mambo; Pumpkin Pie; Daffodil Delight; Old Olive;Tempting Turquoise; Whisper White; Sweet Taffy DSP
Accessories: Embossing Folders (square lattice perfect polka dots); Stampin' Dimensionals
All supplies Stampin' Up! (you can order HERE) unless otherwise noted*.

How many hours?!?

After a L-O-N-G day in my stamping studio yesterday, 10.5 hours to be exact, I went to bed and realized that I hadn't blogged. As I laid there recapping my crafting hours, I realized that I hadn't blogged because I had worked on Design Team projects all afternoon/evening and I couldn't show you those projects. Hhhmmmppphhh!!!  So off to sleep I went. Now fast forward to this morning. I woke up bothered that I hadn't blogged and decided to photograph the two projects that I completed and then crop a portion of them for you to see as a sneak peek today. I still have one more project to make and then all three (or more) of my projects will go live during the Splitcoaststampers Creative Crew Gone Wild - Week of August 10-16. Once my projects are live on August 10th, I will post them here on my blog for you to see.

Project #1:

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Project #2:

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If you will recall from a previous post, I mentioned a birthday card and intended to post the actual card today after it's recipient got it out of her mailbox. Well ... I waited all week to mail the card yesterday so she would get it today (on her birthday) and then I ... DID NOT ... mail it!! UGH!!!  Time completely got away from me and by the time I realized that I hadn't mailed it, the post office employees were snoring I'm sure was long closed.  So ... I texted my sister-in-law a picture of the addressed envelope and told her I'd mail it as soon as the post office employees woke up opened on Monday since it is a square card ... in a square envelope ... that requires special handling ... and extra postage!!  Despite my mishap ... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LG ~ I hope your day is filled with many birthday blessings and is as special as you are!!!

That's all for me today so I will see you back here on Monday when I blog about the birthday card that I forgot to mail made for my sister-in-law!

Enjoy your weekend!!

~Hallie

So Very Quilted

Hi Friends,

Today's card turned out *nothing* like what I had envisioned when I started out. When I sat down to create I was at a total loss of where to start so I went to the Freshly Made Sketches blog for some inspiration. I knew I wanted to use the So Very Grateful stamp set because I was being lazy had stamped an extra image yesterday that I didn't use. The FMS sketch was fairly straightforward and simple so I decided to give it a try.  I started off with some Pacific Point and Daffodil Delight cardstock and some Sweet Taffy DSP but that didn't last very long. Once I had colored my bouquet image I couldn't make the colors work with the sketch so I scrapped that idea and decided to interpret the sketch *very* loosely.  I decided on Basic Black and Melon Mambo for my card colors, used four panels across the front instead of three, and moved the accent embellishment to the opposite side. Like I said, a very loose interpretation which, given my OCD / Type "A" personality, was a huge success for me because I normally follow a sketch exactly the way it is drawn. I absolutely *love* the final product! The burst of color is eye catching while my card remains simple clean, and crisp. Mission Accomplished!!

The downside of creating such a beauty is that it will be sitting on my desk for a while because, well, I don't want to give it away just yet ...

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... and because I usually create with a purpose (this card was for one of my church door greeters), I will have to start fresh tomorrow to make the Thank You cards for my greeters in appreciation for their service.

That's all for now ... I will be busy creating tomorrow.

Happy Stampin'!!

Hallie

Stamp Set:  So Very Grateful
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Cardstock:  Basic Black, Melon Mambo; Whisper White
Accessories: Embossing Folders (square lattice & (retired) finial press); Baker's Twine (white); Buttons (neutrals); Basic Pearls; Stampin' Dimensionals
All supplies Stampin' Up! (you can order HERE) unless otherwise noted*.