Project Landon Part 3 ~ Keepsake Blocks

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

The project I'm sharing with you today is the final part of "Project Landon" that was created to celebrate the much anticipated arrival of my great-nephew, Landon Ryan. If you missed the first two posts, they can be found here and here.

While I was creating all the other elements for the project, I wondered what I'd create as my gift for the little man. I originally thought about creating a mobile for his crib, but that wouldn't be much and I wanted something more substantial. Within seconds I realized that keepsake boxes styled as toy blocks were the way to go.

I used the same elements I'd used for everything else to create the blocks...

And added in die cut letters with the Little Letters Thinlits and a star from the Stars Framelits set...

I designed them to fold flat and so also created a box for the blocks...

Box lid, similar to the brag book box lid detail

Card: Whisper White and So Saffron
Ink: Lost Lagoon, Pool Party and Soft Sky
Markers: Coastal Cabana Stampin' Write (retired) and White Gel pen
Stamp sets: Celebrate Baby, Baby We've Grown (both retired) and Gorgeous Grunge
Tools: Simply Scored, Corner Rounder Punch, Little Letters Thinlits and Stars Framelits

The entire project was a total LABOR of LOVE. Yep, pun intended! Here are some of the stats from it...
13… Brag books, I LOVE YOU’s and mobiles
33… Sweet BABY stamped and colored images
39… Photo pockets
47… “Created with love” labels
119… “Landon”
133… Bunnies
179… Pairs of shoes, including 85 cut out
1328… Rounded corners

Challenges...
#201 AAG at Word Art Wednesday
#141 AG w/ optional twist Love Me Do at 613 Avenue Create
#37 AG at Crafty Gals Corner
#164 Anything but a card at Brown Sugar Challenges
#194 AAG at Pixie's Snippets Playground (LOTS used)

Whatever you're doing this weekend, have a GREAT one! I'll be back on Monday with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.

Merry Christmas!

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

The card I'm sharing with you today isn't a new creation, but it is one of my favorites out of all those I've created this year...

All the products I used to create the card are available 24/7 in my Online Shop. Click the images below to be taken straight to them.

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I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support and friendship this year.

As the card says, I wish each of you and your families a bright and beautiful Christmas and New Year filled with happiness!

See you soon!

Hugs,
Em

Christmas Suite #4 Tree Topper

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and truly do appreciate each of you more than you know!

The project I'm sharing with you today is another of my personal Christmas Suite of decorations for this year. If you missed any of the others, you can see them all here.

I finally got my mini Christmas tree up yesterday and once it was decorated I realized I'd not yet created the topper. Oops! However, that was quickly remedied using the gorgeous Bright and Beautiful stamp set and the coordinating Stars Framelits dies from Stampin' Up!

I stamped each of the three stars from the stamp set twice (the topper is double sided), in Versamark ink onto Very Vanilla and Pear Pizzazz card and embossed them in gold, then popped each layer up on Stampin' Dimensionals. To complete the topper I cut two of the largest stars from more Pear Pizzazz card and used a double layer of dimensionals to create the space for it to added to the tree.

It is now proudly in place atop the tree and I'll share a pic of that in another post.

Challenges...
December Linky at DL.ART
#102 AG w/ optional at 613 Avenue Create
#124 at Brown Sugar

All the products I've used in today's project are available 24/7 in my Online Shop. Click the images below to be taken straight to them.

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I'll be back tomorrow with a cute Christmas project, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em x

Thanksgiving Suite #1 ~ Banner with Tree Punch

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. It's an honor to have you here and I truly appreciate you more than you know.

I LOVE the Tree Punch and Festival of Trees stamp set from Stampin' Up!'s holiday catalog and today's project, part one of this year's Thanksgiving Suite, shows you another way to use the punch, as a banner...

I started by punching 20 trees from Cherry Cobbler card and then cut off the trunks. I then cut the letters from Crumb Cake card using the Little Letters Thinlits dies and also 3 of the smallest stars from the Stars Framelits to act as spaces. I attached them to the pennants with Tombow glue.

To complete the banner I poked holes in each of the pennants and used Whisper White Bakers Twine to string them together.

I'll share another pic of the banner later in the week, once it's hung up.

Challenges...
#99 AG w/ optional at 613 Avenue Create
November Linky at DL.ART
#175 Any Holiday at Hiding In My Craft Room

All the products I've used to create today's project are available 24/7 in my Online Shop. Click the images below to be taken straight to them.

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

I'll be back tomorrow with Part 2 of my Thanksgiving Suite, so I hope you'll join me then.

Hugs,
Em x

Mini cards

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your comments. I truly appreciate each of you more than you know.

It's been awhile since I've created mini cards and I absolutely loved creating this one with the gorgeous Bright and Beautiful stamp set from Stampin' Up!

The Very Vanilla base card is folded to just 3"x3" and the middle star of the stamp set, stamped and embossed in gold on Cherry Cobbler card, fits it perfectly. I stamped the smallest star on more Very Vanilla and attached it with a glue dot. The tiny sentiment from the set gives a finishing touch.

The card is one of an identical set of six and I created a box for them from Crumb Cake card using the Envelope Punch Board. It's really easy to make and shows that the EPB isn't just for envelopes. I did use it to create those for the cards too. The box is decorated with more embossed stars and the side panels with stamped ones.

Challenges...
#94 AG w/ optional twist at 613 Avenue Create
#79 at Sister Act Card Challenges
October AG at Sisters of Craft
Emboss it at CAS on Sunday

All the products used are available 24/7 in my online shop. Click the images below to go straight to them.

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I'll be back tomorrow with another Blendie creation, so please do stop back then.

Hugs,
Em x