Vinyl on earrings...what's next

There's nothing I can't vinyl. I found these mother of pearl earrings in the Dollar section of Target - Wahoo! Picked up a few pair to make gifts. The workable area is 1 inch by 1 inch. I thought these would be cute to change around for the occasion or season. Since it uses such a small amount of vinyl, you can rip off the design and change as you want! The owl is from the cartridge Stamping Solutions.

Cake Carrier

I got inspiration from all of the cake carriers on the MB, so had to do my own - I think I went a little overboard with the monogram, polka dots AND flamingos - I wanted them all. The flamingo is from Life's a beach cartridge, the monogram is the font My Own Topher done in SCAL. CLick on picture for a better view.

Strawberry Rhubarb Jam

I jazzed up my jam jars with a vinyl strawberry!

Here's the recipe:

1 lb strawberries (fresh or frozen)

6 stalks rhubarb

1/2 c water

3 c sugar

1 small pkg strawberry jello

Puree the strawberries in the blender with a small amount of the water

Chop the rhubarb

Cook the rhubarb with the water until soft

Add the strawberries and sugar

Boil for about 8 minutes

Add the jello and simmer a few minutes

Refrigerate and ENJOY!

the EASIEST Men's shirt card

Here is a super easy mens shirt card. It's a standard A2 card. Just one fold. I usually make the card base out of white so the shirt has a white collar, although it could be made of any color. I put pop dots under the collar so it adds some dimension. The entire shirt is made from George and there are 2 tie options. In the picture, the tie is made from PDDU, there is a tie option made from George as well on the cut file. The cut file is available in the right hand column.

Monogrammed Tote bag

I did the same tote bag as in the post below but with my monogram and hibiscus.

Teacher Tote

I've been looking for these totes in order to vinyl them. I found them at my Dollar store and bought them all! These bags are a great size and measure 18 inches wide by 13 inches high, with generous handles and a flat bottom. It is a PVC type bag, not fabric. I just used regular outdoor vinyl. Used SCAL for the paw and the font LD Susie for the words. I'm going to make these for end of the year teacher gifts.

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Rubber stamping on chocolate??

I just found this on a website - looked interesting to share. I know so many of us love the clear acrylic stamps.

I WILL be trying this.

1. Place a small amount of vegetable oil on a paper towel and allow it to absorb. Take your choice of new acrylic rubber stamps and dab it in the oil. It is important that you use new rubber stamps for this as the finished product will be consumed and you don't want any ink coming off the stamps onto the chocolate.
2. Heat the surface of the chocolate with a heat embossing tool.
3. Place the oiled clear rubber stamp (without a stamping block) into the melted chocolate. Refrigerate the chocolate with the clear stamp still in the chocolate. Complete your set of chocolates using different rubber stamp images.
4. Once the chocolate has solidified, bring it out of the fridge and gently peel the clear acrylic stamp from the surface of the chocolate.
5. Package your personalized, unique stamped chocolates in a box. Add a little colored tissue paper if you like. Be sure to clean your clear rubber stamps with soapy water as you don't want any traces of chocolate or oil left especially if you plan on converting your clear stamps over for use on paper crafts.

Here is the link to the original web post:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Rubber-Stamping-on-Chocolate&id=2033706

Dollar Tree Find

I found these at my local Dollar Tree - 25 pack of assorted color envelopes. They measure 3x4.5. I'll probably use them on my cards to make gift card holders. Or...hmmm...I'll come up with something cute.

How I SCENT...

I like to scent my cards occasionally - it's even fun to scent a paper flower bouquet. I find these are the best scents and do not stain or leave any oily residue. They are from Walmart. They are 2oz bottles for 1.97. They are in the craft area, but near candles. The scents I have here are vanilla pound cake, pina colada, warm sugar cookie, and wild cherry blossom. I put them in a spray bottle and just apply only TWO sprays. Make sure to label your small spray bottles. The spray bottles are usually in the toiletries area with the sample sizes.

I scream...You scream

It is ICE CREAM season. And who doesn't love those big soft serve cones?! Here we even get them dipped in chocolate usually...Mmmmmm...Makes me crave a cone. Here is a cut made with DS. I used George and Doodlecharms for the cone and ice cream. The chocolate dip is made with George, Doodlecharm and Plantin. There are 2 separate cuts one for just the cone and ice cream and anothe one for the dip!. Guess what- the little swirl on the top of the cone is an upside down seahorse! Enjoy

Drama Deleted!

Thanks goodness the posts on the MB were deleted by the moderator Lori. No more drama please...

So now I'm working on...
My son's RainForest Project with him
A cute card for the summer - think ice cream!
Getting ready for my vaction
trying to organize my photos
developing some Father's Day cards
mulling around another idea for monogrammed flip flops (can't have enough monogrammed flip flops huh?!)

DS plus SCAL...

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